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Full Time Faculty<\/p>\n

Watts Sandra\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Curiculum Vitae.pdf<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senior Lecturer
\nSpanish
\nCOED 449<\/strong><\/p>\n

T: 704-687-8216
\nswatts2@uncc.edu<\/p>\n

Overview<\/h4>\n

Sandra Watts is Senior Lecturer of Spanish and Coordinator of Lower Division Spanish. She coordinates first and second year Spanish language programs in both traditional and hybrid formats, and supervises the Spanish Individualized Instruction program.\u00a0 Dr. Watts is responsible for the training and supervision of graduate student teaching assistants and part-time instructors in these programs. Her areas of interest include K-20 integration, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and contemporary Peninsular literature and culture.\u00a0 She is currently serving as President of the North Carolina Chapter of the Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. In addition to her frequent work with textbook publishers, she has served as a reviewer for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and peer reviewer for Foreign Language Annals<\/em> and has reviewed scholarly works for Hispania<\/em> and Letras Peninsulares<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Educational Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • D. Spanish 2012 – University of Michigan<\/li>\n
  • A. Spanish 1998 – University of Michigan<\/li>\n
  • B cum laude, Comparative Literature 1992 – Cornell University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Second Language Acquisition<\/li>\n
    • Foreign Language Teacher Training<\/li>\n
    • Contemporary Spanish Literature and Culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Teaching Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Spanish language<\/li>\n
      • Foreign Language Methodology<\/li>\n
      • Literature, Culture, and History of Spain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Select Courses <\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • SPAN 5050: Spanish Teaching Practicum I and II<\/li>\n
        • SPAN 1201 and 1202: Hybrid Elementary Spanish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Select Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Dissertation:\u00a0 Genre in the Works of Benjam\u00edn Jarn\u00e9s:\u00a0 “el g\u00e9nero intermedio”<\/em><\/p>\n

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          • \u201cGenre in the Works of Benjam\u00edn Jarn\u00e9s.\u201d Diss. University of Michigan (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Select Professional Affiliations<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese<\/li>\n
            • The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages<\/li>\n
            • American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators<\/li>\n
            • Foreign Language Association of North Carolina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Public Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, North Carolina Chapter. (President, 2012-Present, Vice President, 2011-2012, Treasurer, 2010-2011)<\/li>\n
              • Reviewer, Dual & Heritage Language Programs \u2013 Heritage Language. World Language Essential \u00a0Standards for North Carolina.\u00a0 North Carolina State Board of Education Department of Public Instruction. \u00a0Spring 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                • Participant, NC K-12 Second Language Standard Course of Study Higher Education Focus Group. \u00a0North Carolina State Board of Education Department of Public Instruction.\u00a0 Spring 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Selected Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Rev. of Growing Up in an Inhospitable World: \u00a0Female Bildungsroman in Spain<\/em>,\u00a0 by Olga Bezhanova.\u00a0 Hispania <\/em>(forthcoming).<\/p>\n

                  Trans. of \u201cFragmented Identities: The Narrative World of Espido Freire\u201d by Montserrat \u00a0 Linares Farra.\u00a0 In Reflecting the Self. Women in Spanish Literature at the Turn of the Millennium, 1990- 2005<\/em>.\u00a0 Ed. Kyra A. Kietrys and Montserrat Linares Farra.\u00a0 Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2009. Print.<\/p>\n

                  Rev. of Mujer, modernismo y vanguardia en Espa\u00f1a (1898-1931),<\/em> by Susan Kirkpatrick.\u00a0 <\/em>Letras\u00a0 peninsulares<\/em>.\u00a0 Fall\/Winter 2003\/2004: \u00a0909-911. Print.<\/p>\n

                  Contributor, Fuentes.\u00a0 Special Edition for the University of Michigan<\/em>.\u00a0 Ed. Kimberly Boys.\u00a0 Geneva, llinois:\u00a0 Houghton Mifflin, 2000.\u00a0 Print.<\/p>\n

                  Contributor, Complementary Class Activities<\/em>, Wall Street Espa\u00f1a, S.A., 1995.\u00a0 Print.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Full Time Faculty Watts Sandra\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Curiculum Vitae.pdf Senior Lecturer Spanish COED 449 T: 704-687-8216 swatts2@uncc.edu Overview Sandra Watts is Senior Lecturer of Spanish and Coordinator of Lower Division Spanish. She coordinates first and second year Spanish language programs in both traditional and hybrid formats, and supervises the Spanish Individualized Instruction program.\u00a0 Dr. Watts is responsible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/sandra-watts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/sandra-watts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/sandra-watts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/sandra-watts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/sandra-watts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/sandra-watts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/sandra-watts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/sandra-watts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}