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Connie C. Martinez

Principal Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Spanish

(940) 369-7645

Email: Connie.Martinez@unt.edu

Education

  • Certificate, U. South Carolina at Columbia, 2016
    Major: Fac. Development International Business
  • MA, University of North Texas, 1995
    Major: Spanish
  • BA, University of Texas at Dallas, 1984
    Major: Spanish
  • Certificate, University of Texas at Dallas, 1984
    Major: Teaching Certification

Professional Positions

  • Principal Lecturer, UNT. UNT. (2009 - Present).
  • Testing Coordinator, UNT. UNT. (2008 - 2013).
  • Lecturer/Spanish, UNT. UNT. (2000 - 2009).
  • Adjunct Professor, UNT. UNT. (1996 - 2000).
  • Spanish Instructor, UNT. UNT. (1997 - 1998).
  • Adjunct Professor, TWU. TWU. (1996 - 1997).

Professional Memberships

  • American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages. (August 2, 2022 - Present).
  • AAUW - Denton Branch. (2013 - Present).
  • TEXAS FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION. (2013 - Present).
  • SCMLA - SOUTH CENTRAL MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION. (2000 - Present).
  • SWCOLT. (2010 - 2012).
  • AAUW - Denton Branch. (1997 - 2012).
  • AATSP. (1995 - 2010).
  • MLA. (1995 - 2009).
  • SCOLAS. (2000 - 2008).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, From Advocacy to Resilience: Taking Care of Your Program, VISTA Higher Learning.. United States of America. (February 28, 2023).
  • Other (Webinar), Leveraging Peer Assessment Technology for Student Success, Kritik Education. United States of America. (January 11, 2023).
  • Workshop, Current Issues in programs and placement for Heritage Spanish Speakers, VISTA Higher Learning.. United States of America. (October 26, 2023).
  • Other (Lecture Series - Conference), "When Literature Sings and tells: The Musical Novels of Marcio Veliz Maggiolo", Department of Spanish - UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (February 8, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, "A Little Bt is Better than Nada: Language Mixing in the Music in Texas" by Dr.Irene Moyna, Department of Spanish - UNT. United States of America. (November 4, 2022).
  • Other (Faculty Development), "Strategies for Inclusive Language and Policy", UNT - Bridge. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (October 13, 2022).
  • Other (UNT Developmental), "Dimensions of Diversity and Social Justice", UNT - Bridge. Denton,Tx,United States of America. (October 6, 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, "Crear entre mundos: Nuevas tendencias en la metaficción española", Nationla Hispanic Collegiate Honor Society - Sigma Delta Pi. United States of America. (September 10, 2022).
  • Workshop, "The Impact of Strong Heritage Speaker Language Program with High Quality Coursework", Vista Higher Learning - Dr. Kim Potowski. United States of America. (September 8, 2022).
  • Other (Lecture), "Langiuage and Identity among Dominicans in National and Diaspora Settings", Department of Spanish - UNT. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (March 30, 2022).
  • Workshop, Unlocking the Stress Response Cycle, Department of Spanish. Denton,Tx,United States of America. (February 18, 2022 - February 18, 2022).
  • Other (Lecture via Zoom), "Working with Inclusive Pedagogy and Cultural Responsiveness", University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 19, 2021).
  • Workshop, "Spanish Taggin", University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 29, 2021).
  • Workshop, Muevete, Department of Spanish at UNT. Denton,TX,United States of America. (June 5, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, "Bias Awareness and Perception Training", University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (April 14, 2021).
  • Other (Attended Lecture Series), "Towards Societal Inclusion in Non-Majority Country: The Case for Latinxs", Department of Spanish. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (February 10, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, "Towards Societal Inclusion in a Non-Majority Country: The Case for Latinexs", Department of Spanish at UNT. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (February 10, 2021).
  • Other (Webinar Conference), "You Can Be in Two Places a One Time, Part 2: Multimodality Teaching and Learning - Remote Plus Face-to-Face", Vista Higher Learning. United States of America. (July 21, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar Conference), "You Can Be in Two Places at One Time - Part !: Multimodality Teaching and Learning - Remote Plus Face-to-Face", Vista Higher Learning. United States of America. (July 14, 2020 - July 14, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar Conference), "Transition to remote teaching Part 3 - Without F-F class, how will I connect with my students?, Vista Higher Learning. United States of America. (March 17, 2020 - March 17, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar Conference), Zoom Meetings for Education, Live training Zoom. United States of America. (March 17, 2020 - March 17, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar conference), ¿Cómo planificar un curso de español para fines específicos del Turismo?, SGEL. Spain. (February 26, 2020 - February 26, 2020).
  • Other (Webinar), "El desarrollo de competencias clave en el aula de ELE", SGLE. Spain. (February 3, 2020 - February 3, 2020).
  • Workshop, Mindtap Training, Cengage. United States of America. (April 26, 2019).
  • Other (Webinar Conference), "Dynamic Online Learning in the 21st Century: Part 2-General Course Design", VISTA. United States of America. (March 14, 2019).
  • Other (Webinar Conference), "Speak up! Empowering the interpersonal mode in the Spanish Language classroom", VISTA. United States of America. (January 24, 2019).
  • Other (Webinar Conference), "The role of play and practice: Optimizing Foreign Language vocabulary learning", Pearson. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 30, 2018).
  • Workshop, Duolingo Language Educator Summit, Pearson. Southlake,TX,United States of America. (March 1, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance (TFLA - Texas Foreign Language Association), 2017 Conference on Languages, Texas Foreign Language Association. Arlington,TX,United States of America. (October 14, 2017 - October 14, 2017).
  • Workshop (Heritage Spanish Workshop), "Adapting OER activities for your heritage Spanish classroom", University of Texas at Austin. Austin,TX,United States of America. (July 27, 2017 - July 28, 2017).
  • Conference Attendance (Attended several sessions of interest), SCMLA Conference, SCMLA. Dallas,Texas,United States of America. (November 3, 2016 - November 4, 2016).
  • Other (Webinar Conference), "Demystify Grammar and Engage Students through Noticing and Co-constructing", Dr. Any Hornby Uribe. United States of America. (August 2016 - August 2016).
  • Other (Faculty Development for Professors of Business Spanish), Darla Moore School of Business, CIBER and the University of South Carolina. Columbia,South Carolina,United States of America. (June 5, 2016 - June 10, 2016).
  • Workshop, Developing Materials for Heritage Learners of Spanish, University of Texas. Austin,Texas,United States of America. (July 30, 2015 - July 30, 2015).
  • Workshop, Rate that Sample - Hands on conducting an evaluation OPI's, University of Texas. Austin,Texas,United States of America. (February 7, 2015 - February 7, 2015).
  • Conference Attendance, ACTFL Conference, ACTFL. San Antonio,Texas,United States of America. (November 20, 2014 - November 23, 2014).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • LANG 2900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • PORT 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • SPAN 1010 - Elementary Spanish, 3 courses.
  • SPAN 2040 - Intermediate Spanish, 17 courses.
  • SPAN 2050 - Intermediate Spanish, 32 courses.
  • SPAN 3001 - Advanced Conversation for Non Native Speakers, 4 courses.
  • SPAN 3002 - Advanced Conversation for Native/Heritage Speakers, 3 courses.
  • SPAN 3004 - Advanced Composition, 14 courses.
  • SPAN 3060 - Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, 17 courses.
  • SPAN 3070 - Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral Practice, 8 courses.
  • SPAN 3080 - Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar for Bilinguals, 18 courses.
  • SPAN 3090 - Advanced Spanish Grammar I, 7 courses.
  • SPAN 3150 - Spanish Culture and Civilization, 2 courses.
  • SPAN 3530 - Spanish for Hotel and Restaurant Management, 7 courses.
  • SPAN 3540 - Spanish for Travel and Tourism, 9 courses.
  • SPAN 4080 - Business Spanish, 20 courses.
  • SPAN 4120 - Advanced Spanish Grammar II, 12 courses.
  • SPAN 4900 - Special Problems, 9 courses.
  • SPAN 4910 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS, 1 course.
  • SPAN 4980 - Experimental Course, 2 courses.
  • SPAN 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Workshop, Department of Spanish, 45 participants. (June 17, 2018).
  • Workshop, Department of Spanish, 44 participants. (June 18, 2016).

Directed Student Learning

  • Other (OPI Testing - Language Evaluation for the Fulbright Program), "US Fulbright Program - Language Evaluation according to the ACTFL," Spanish. (October 22, 2023).
  • Other (OPI Testing in Portuguese in order to comply with degree requisites), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (October 6, 2023).
  • Other (OPI Test in Portuguese to comply with the language requirements), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (September 15, 2023).
  • Other (OPI in Portuguese - To obtain the intermediate Langueage Requirements), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (August 30, 2023 - August 30, 2023).
  • Other (OPI in Portuguese), "Testing for proficiency to complete requisites," World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (November 18, 2019).
  • Other (Evaluator / Credit by examination), Spanish. (March 15, 2019).
  • Other (OPI in Portuguese), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (January 30, 2019).
  • Other (OPI in Portuguese), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (October 3, 2018 - October 3, 2018).
  • Other (OPI in Spanish for a Fulbright Application), Spanish. (September 28, 2018 - September 28, 2018).
  • Other (OPI in Portuguese), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (January 19, 2018 - January 19, 2018).
  • Other (OPI in Portuguese), World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (September 13, 2017 - September 13, 2017).
  • Other (OPI in Portuguese), "Testing for proficiency to complete requisites," World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (November 11, 2016 - November 11, 2016).
  • Other (Mentor during internship), Spanish. (September 15, 2016 - November 11, 2016).
  • Other (Mentor during internship), Accounting. (September 8, 2016 - November 11, 2016).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for CLASS Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Class Advisory Board. (September 2018).
  • Best in Service, Lecturers, Department of Spanish - UNT. (April 25, 2017).
  • Best in Teaching, Lecturers, Department of Spanish - UNT. (April 25, 2017).
  • Faculty Award for Collegiality, Department of Spanish - UNT. (April 25, 2017).
  • CIBER Scholarship Teaching Grant, CIBER - Darla Moore School of Busines at USC. (June 5, 2016).
  • Soaring Eagle Award, UNT. (August 2013).
  • Nominated for Faculty/Recognized Honors Day, UNT. (April 2011).
  • Nominated for Faculty Recognized/Honors Day, UNT. (April 2010).
  • Achievement for Undergraduate Mentorship, Ronald E.McNair. (September 11, 2009).
  • Alumni Award, UNT - CAS. (April 21, 2006).
  • Honorary Member, Golden Key Honor Soc. (2005).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Editor. (2012). Computer Manual/ Manual de Computación 101.

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Martinez, C.C. (Presenter), Professional Development for Spanish Faculty, "Importance of the written accent in Spanish", Department of Spanish, UNT, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Martinez, C.C. (Author & Presenter), Professional Development for Spanish Faculty, Importance of the Oral Proficiency Interview; design, practice and execution, Department of Spanish, UNT, United States of America. (2016).
  • Martinez, C.C. (Panelist), Southwest Conference of Languages, "Challenges and Strategies in Heritage Learner Methodology" Southwest Conference on Language Teaching. Language Integrated - Ft. Worth Texas - April 2011(Co-presenter), SWCOLT, Ft Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2011 - 2011).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Martinez, C.C. (Panelist), Southwest Conference of Languages, "Promoting and Sustaining Study Abroad Progress in Diffcult Economic Climate" - Southwest Conference on Language Teaching: Language Integrated - Ft. Worth, Tx. April 2011, SWCOLT, Ft Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2011 - 2011).

Media Contributions

    Newspaper

  • "Is it tamal or tamale? Here's a tasty lesson," The Dallas Morning News - METRO. (December 24, 2023).

Service

University Service

  • Member, AD HOC - Space Committee. (September 26, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (August 29, 2021 - Present).
  • Student Org Advisor (Professional Org), Sigma Delta Pi - Alpha Pi - Hispanic Honor Society. (August 2005 - Present).
  • Student Org Advisor (Professional Org), Sigma Delta Pi - Alpha Pi - Hispanic Honor Society. (August 2005 - December 18, 2023).
  • Program Organizer, AD HOC -HHM - Hispanic Heritage Month.. (August 22, 2023 - October 16, 2023).
  • Member, AD HOC for Promotion to Principal Lecturer. (September 22, 2023).
  • Member, AD HOC - Lecturer Seach Committee. (August 1, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Professional Develoment "Muévete". (February 7, 2023 - June 10, 2023).
  • Chairperson, LAC - Lecturers Affairs Committee. (August 25, 2022 - March 28, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion of Lecturers - WLLC. (September 2022).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion of Lecturers. (August 25, 2022 - September 10, 2022).
  • Chairperson, Lecturers Affairs Committee - LAC. (January 2022 - August 2022).
  • Task Force Member, Committee for Profesional Development. (January 2016 - December 2021).
  • Committee Member, Executive Committee. (January 2021 - August 2021).
  • Committee Chair, Lecturer's Affairs Committee - LAC. (August 29, 2021 - May 5, 2021).
  • Member, Executive Committee. (January 5, 2021 - August 1, 2021).
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. (August 2018 - August 2020).
  • Member, LAC-Lecturers Affairs Committee. (August 2019 - May 2020).
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion of Lecturers. (August 29, 2019 - October 9, 2019).
  • Program Coordinator, SEEC - State Employees Charitable Contribution. (October 1, 2018 - October 31, 2018).
  • Member, LAC-Lecturers Affairs Committee. (August 2017 - May 2018).
  • Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee. (January 2016 - May 2017).
  • Committee Chair, LAC-Lecturers Affairs Committee. (August 2015 - May 2017).
  • Program Coordinator, SEEC - State Employees Charitable Contribution. (October 1, 2016 - October 31, 2016).
  • Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion of Lecturers. (August 29, 2016 - October 2016).
  • Committee Chair, Ad-Hoc Committee for Promotion of Lecturers. (2015 - 2015).
  • Member, Events Committee. (2015 - 2015).
  • Member, Recruitment Committee. (2015).
  • Other (Secretary), Scholarship Committee. (2015 - 2015).
  • Chairperson, LAC-Lecturers Affairs Committee. (January 2013 - May 2015).
  • Member, Ad-Hoc Committee for Promotion of P. Lecturers. (2014 - 2014).
  • Committee Chair, External Funding and Scholarship Committee. (2013 - 2014).
  • Member, Lecturers Search Committee - Italian. (2013 - 2014).
  • Committee Chair, Social Committee. (2005 - 2014).
  • Member, External Funding and Scholarship Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Member, LAC-Lecturers Affairs Committee. (2011 - 2012).
  • Member, Ad-Hoc Committee for Promotion of P.Lecturers. (2011 - 2011).
  • Member, Dept. Chair Search Committee. (2011 - 2011).
  • Member, LAC-Lecturers Affairs Committee. (2010 - 2011).
  • Committee Chair, LAC-Lecturers Affairs Committee. (2009 - 2010).
  • Member, LAC-Lecturers Affairs Committee. (2008 - 2009).
  • Other (Member / Secretary), Curriculum Committee. (2005 - 2008).
  • Committee Chair, Lecturers Search Committee. (2006 - 2006).
  • Other (Co-Chair), Ad-Hoc Social Committee. (2004 - 2005).
  • Other (Member / Secretary), Executive Committee. (2003 - 2005).
  • Other (Secretary), Dept. Chair Search Committee. (2003 - 2004).
  • Other (Member / Secretary), Elections Committee. (2002 - 2004).
  • Committee Chair, Elections Committee. (2002 - 2003).

Public Service

  • Program Organizer, Dia de los Muertos - Ceremony. Denton, TX. (2005 - 2019).
  • Other (Officer - Representative of National Collegiate Honor Society), Braswell High School - Sociedad Honoraria Hispana. Denton, TX. (March 29, 2018).
  • Other (Judge, Oral Proficiency Evaluator), Coppell H S. Coppell, TX. (February 8, 2018).
  • Program Organizer, "Calaveritas" - Poetry contest. Denton, TX. (2016 - 2017).
  • Other (Judge, Oral Proficiency Evaluator), Coppell H.S.. Coppell, TX. (February 7, 2017).
  • Other (Judge - Oral proficiency evaluator), Coppell H S. Coppell, TX. (March 1, 2016).

Professional Service

  • Other (Chapter Advisor and Mentor), Sigma Delta Pi - Alpha Pi - Hispanic Honor Society. Denton, TX. (August 2005 - Present).
  • Prepare/Grade Certification Exams, Graduate Reading Examinations. (February 8, 2022 - February 10, 2022).
  • Prepare/Grade Certification Exams, Graduate Reading Examinations. (July 16, 2020 - November 25, 2020).
  • Member, "Muévete" Professional Development for teachers. Denton, Texas. (February 18, 2020 - March 9, 2020).
  • Other (Organizer and proctor), Department of Spanish - Tertulia. Denton, TX. (January 2016 - November 2019).
  • Officer, Other Officer (Prepare and grade Graduate reading exams), Graduate Reading Examinations. Denton, TX. (October 11, 2019).
  • Other (Organizer and Participant), Hispanic Heritage Month - Planning Committee. Denton, TX. (September 12, 2018 - October 15, 2018).
  • Other (Prepare and grade Graduate reading exams), Graduate Reading Examinations. Denton, TX. (February 16, 2017 - July 20, 2017).
  • Prepare/Grade Certification Exams (Prepare and grade Graduate reading exams), Graduate reading examinations. Denton, TX. (June 9, 2016 - July 21, 2016).
  • Officer, Vice President, AAUW Denton Branch. Denton, tx. (May 2013 - May 2015).
  • Committee Chair, Scholarship Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Officer, Other Officer (Chair of the Scholarship Committee), AAUW - Denton Branch. Denton, TX. (May 2012 - May 2013).
  • Other (Chair of evaluating committee), AAUW. (2012 - 2012).
  • Other (UNT Volunteer at conference), AAUW. (2012 - 2012).
  • Other (Test Evaluations), UNT/COE. (2012 - 2012).
  • Other (Member of evaluating committee), AAUW. (2011 - 2011).
  • Other (UNT Volunteer at conference), AAUW. (2011 - 2011).
  • Other (Test Evaluation), UNT/COE. (2011 - 2011).
  • Other (UNT Volunteer at conference), AAUW. (2010 - 2010).
  • Other (UNT Volunteer at conference), AAUW. (2009 - 2009).