Paloma Serrano-Viñuelas
palomaserranovinuelas@gmail.com
ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-6604
EDUCATION
2022
Ph.D.
Hispanic Studies, emphasis in Applied Linguistics
Texas A&M University, USA.
2018
M.A.
Ancient Mediterranean History, specialization in Ancient Egypt
Joint Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Alcalá, and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
2014
M.A.
Spanish Language, Literature and History
Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain.
2006
B.S.
Occupational Therapy
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
CERTIFICATIONS
2022
Film Studies
Texas A&M University
2011
Teacher Certification in Early Childhood Education EC-6 Generalist by the State of Texas.
2010
Teacher Certification in Spanish 6-12 by the State of Texas.
RESEARCH FIELDS
Second and heritage language acquisition and processing
Cultural psycholinguistics
Multilingualism
Cognitive linguistics
Film, cognition, and emotion
Emotions in Ancient Egypt
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021- present
Spanish Instructor
A&M Consolidated High School
College Station, Texas
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Spanish 1 and 2
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Special Topics: Film Studies in the Hispano/Latinx world.
2019 – 2021
Assistant to the Spanish Lower Program Division
Texas A&M University
Department of Hispanic Studies.
In charge of developing instructional materials and assessments.
2017 – 2021
Teaching Assistant
Texas A&M University
Department of Hispanic Studies.
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SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish I, instructor of record (Fall 2017)
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SPAN 102: Beginning Spanish II, instructor of record (Spring 2018, 2019)
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SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish I, instructor of record (Fall 2018, Summer 2019)
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SPAN 203: Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers, instructor of record (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
2017 – present
AP® Spanish Language and Culture Reader
ETS/College Board
Erwin, New Jersey
2014 – 2017
Spanish Instructor
Central Texas College (and Dual Credit at Lampasas High School)
Communications Department
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Beginning Spanish (SPAN 1411 & 1412)
2015 – 2016
AP® Seminar Reader
ETS/College Board
Salt Lake City, Utah
2014 – 2017
Department Chair LOTE
Lampasas High School
Lampasas, Texas
THESIS & DISSERTATIONS
2022
Enjoyment, Anxiety, and Boredom in the Spanish Language Classroom in the Time of COVID-19
Doctoral Dissertation
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
2018
Del mito egipcio al cuento de hadas: Neitiqerti Siptah – Nitocris – Rhodopis, o cómo la Cenicienta debió haber sido hombre
TFM (Master’s thesis)
Joint Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Alcalá, and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
2014
Estudio práctico del método acelerativo integrado (AIM)
TFM (Master’s thesis)
Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain
PUBLICATIONS – Textbooks
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (Collaborator) (2019). Trayectos: An introduction to Spanish. Volume 1 Chapter 4, and Workbook for Volume 1. OER textbook published by the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL). Available at https://trayectos.coerll.utexas.edu/.
PUBLICATIONS – Book Chapters
Serrano-Viñuelas, P., Aguilar, Z. (2023). Teaching the Mexican Revolution through Popular Culture: A Multiliteracies and Multimodal Approach. In: Teaching the Mexican Revolution. MLA.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS, SYMPOSIUMS AND WORKSHOPS
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2020). Connecting Social Justice to Heritage Language Learners through OER and Macro-Based Approaches. New Perspectives on Hispanic Cultures: Languages and Cultures in Contact Observatorio Instituto Cervantes Symposium; September 23, 24, 2020, Instituto Cervantes at Harvard University, Cambridge MA.
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2019). Video killed the radio star: how ‘refritos’ failed to portray the 21st century Mexican women in the Nuevo Cine Mexicano. Spaces of Law: IV International Conference in Transatlantic Studies; April 12-13, 2019, Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University, Cambridge MA.
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2019). Heritage language learners’ attitudes towards Spanish teaching methods. 6th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language; February 23, 2019, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, McAllen TX.
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2014). The awakening of the oral fluency: AIM (Accelerative Integrated Methodology). Third Colloquium of Spanish Educators in Southern Africa, November 10-11, 2014 University of Cape Town, Cape Town (South Africa).
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2014). Teaching with AIM-Accelerative Integrated Method. Workshop for Lampasas ISD Spanish teachers, August 2014, Lampasas TX.
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2012). AP Readiness. Seminar for Lampasas ISD Spanish teachers, August 2012, Lampasas TX.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2019). HLLs’ Emotions during instruction. Linguistics in Five, 2019 Language Day Mini Symposium presented by Language Matters Working Group, February 27th, Texas A&M University, College Station TX.
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2018 & 2019). Tips to balance teaching, studies, and family. Hispanic Studies New Graduate Student and Instructor Spanish Language Program Orientation, August 20th, Texas A&M University, College Station TX.
Co-presenter (2018). Multimodal Genre-Based Pedagogy Activities: Learning by Design in the L2 classroom. 2018 Graduate Mini Symposium on Learning Instruction and Learning by Design, April 5th, Texas A&M University, College Station TX.
Serrano-Viñuelas, P. (2018). Del mito egipcio al cuento de hadas: Neitiqerti Siptah – Nitocris – Rhodopis, o cómo la Cenicienta debió haber sido hombre. Charlas de Café, Hispanic Studies conference. February 23rd 2018, Texas A&M University, College Station TX.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2019
Writing a Research Statement
Colloquium
Facilitator: Dr. Craig Kallendorf
The Graduate Student Colloquium
Department of Hispanic Studies – Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
November 2019
2019
La inmersión dual y su importancia para la justicia social
Webinar
Facilitator: Dr. Kim Potowski
Organized by Difusión and AATSP
October, 2019
2019
Grants: They Have a Language all Their Own
Seminar
Facilitator: Dr. Jim Izat
Office of Graduate and Professional Studies and
the Division of Research - Research Development Services - Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
October, 2019
2019
Writing a teaching statement
Colloquium
Facilitator: Dr. Sarah Misemer
The Graduate Student Colloquium
Department of Hispanic Studies – Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
October 2019
2019
Spanish as a Heritage Language
Workshop
Facilitator: Dr. Diego Pascual y Cabo
Organized by ETS/College Board
AP Reading – Cincinnati, OH
June, 2019
2018
Exploring Learner Language Development
Workshop
Facilitator: Dr. Elaine E. Tarone
University of Minnesota.
Department of International Studies - Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
October, 2018
2018
Multiliteracies and Learning by Design
Workshop
Facilitators: Dr. Bill Cope and Dr. Mary Kalantzis.
2018 Graduate Mini Symposium on Learning Instruction and Learning by Design. Department of Hispanic Studies - Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
April, 2018
2017
Programming 4 Humanists Series: Encoding and Analyzing Digital Editions
Official Course
Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture - Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Fall semester, 2018
2017
Programming 4 Humanists Series: What Is Digital Humanities
Official Course
Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture - Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
August, 2017
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS
2021
CLLA Summer Dissertation Fellowship
College of Liberal Arts
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
$6000
2020
Fasken Graduate Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching
Fasken Graduate Student Teaching Awards Committee
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
$300
SERVICE – Committee memberships
2021
Fasken Graduate Teaching Awards Committee
College of Liberal Arts
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
2017 – 2019
Undergraduate Studies Committee representative
College of Liberal Arts
Department of Hispanic Studies - Texas A&M University
2016 – 2017
Member of the District Site Based Committee
Lampasas ISD
Lampasas, TX
OTHER
2015 – 2017
Director of travel abroad program in Spain for Lampasas ISD.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2020 -
American Association for Applied Linguistics
2019 -
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
2017 -
Modern Language Association
2014 -
American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages
LANGUAGES
Spanish
Native
English
Near-native
Catalan
Intermediate
Italian
Intermediate reading
Portuguese
Intermediate-low reading
French
Intermediate low
German
Novice-high
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