Awards

· Pre-Tenure Sabbatical Leave, Loyola Marymount University, Spring 2009

· Summer Research Grant for Tenure-Track Faculty, Loyola Marymount University, Summer 2008

· Summer Research Grant for New Tenure-Track Faculty, Loyola Marymount University, Summer 2006

· Rains Research Assistant Funds Program, Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

· Dissertation Fellowship, Summer 2005, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, University of Southern California

· Outstanding Academic Achievement, 2005, Office of International Services, University of Southern California

· Outstanding Leadership, 2005, Office of International Services, University of Southern California

· Strategic Theme Fellowship, Summer 2004, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, University of Southern California

· Del Amo Full Fellowship, 2003–2004, University of Southern California

· Paula Menyuk Travel Award, 2003, Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) 28

· Teaching Award, Summer 2003, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Southern California

· Merit Fellowship, Spring 2003, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

· Del Amo Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 2002–2003, University of Southern California

· Teaching Award, Summer 2002, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Southern California

· Teaching Award, Summer 2001, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, University of Southern California

· Del Amo Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 2001–2002, University of Southern California

· Del Amo Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 2000–2001, University of Southern California

· Del Amo Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 1999–2000, University of Southern California

Academic Service

· Co-organizer Yuyachkani Unstaging Antígona performance, Loyola Marymount University, November 17 2008

· Participant in the Open House Program, Loyola Marymount University, 2008

· Member of the Applied Linguistics Search Committee, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2008

· Reviewer for the journal Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, Summer 2008

· Participant in the Latino Overnight 2008 Faculty Panel, Admission Office, Loyola Marymount University, April 9 2008

· Proof-reader, La Voz, Spanish Club, Loyola Marymount University, 2008

· Co-host workshop Nuestra herencia: our responsibility at the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztán (M.E.Ch.A.) 11^th Annual Raza High School Conference, Loyola Marymount University, November 17, 2007

· Co-organizer Yuyachkani Rosa Cuchillo performance, Bellarmine Forum, Loyola Marymount University, October 29 2007

· Participant in the Academic Community of Excellence (ACE) Faculty/Staff and Student mixer, October 25 2007

· Reviewer for Roca. Nuevos Mundos. 3rd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2007.

· Reviewer for Hualde, Olarrea, and Escobar. Introducción a la Lingüística Hispánica. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 2007

· External reviewer for the volume Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar in the Second Language Acquisition Series, ed. by David Singleton, Multilingual Matters, 2007

· Member of the University Standing Frank Sullivan Social Justice Committee, Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2007-Spring 2010

· Participant in the Preview Day Program, Loyola Marymount University, 2006, 2007

· Member of University-Wide Teacher Education Committee (substitute for Prof. Rebeca Acevedo), Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2006

· Chair of Assessment Committee, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2006

· Abstract reviewer for Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL) 36 2006, 37 2007, 38 2008, 39 2009

· Proof-reader, Chicana / Latina Studies: the Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

· Reviewer,

University of Southern California Working Papers in Linguistics (USCWPL), 2006, 2007

· Manuscript reviewer, Yale University Press, 2005

· Member of the scientific committee,

Bilbao Deusto (BIDE) Student Conference, 2005, 2006, 2007

· Abstract reviewer,

Western Conference in Linguistics (WECOL), 2004, 2008

· Publications coordinator,

Graduate Students in Linguistics (GSiL), Fall 2004–Spring 2005,

Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

· Webmaster,

USC Second Language Acquisition Group, 2003-2004

Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

· Student organizer (with Eunjeong Oh & Milena Petrova),

Language and Mind Conference III,

"Knowledge of a Second Language: Epistemological and Empirical Issues", May 2-3, 2003,

Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

· Member of the Editorial Board (2003),

Working Papers in Linguistics,

Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

· President

Graduate Students in Linguistics (GSiL), Fall 2002 – Spring 2003,

Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

· Member of the Organization Committee

The Student Workshop 2002, April 29, 2002,

Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

· Organizer (with Nihan Ketrez)

The Student Workshop 2001, April 30, 2001,

Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

· Member of the Organization Committee

WCCFL XX, February 23-25, 2001,

Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California

Memberships

· Modern Language Association (MLA)

· Linguistic Society of America (LSA)

· American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

· American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)

· National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC)

· Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina (ALFAL)

· Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS), Loyola Marymount University Latina Collective