PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

University Level.
2000-Present, Associate Professor, TESOL Advisor (undergraduate programs)- Director of Bilingual Education Program (Aug. 2000- Aug. 2003); Department of English, Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

1995-2000, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

1992-1995, Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Arts & Letters, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

1985-1992, Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Intensive English Program, Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR

Intermediate & High School Level.
1979-1979, Secondary English teacher (ESL), Sacred Heart University, High School Division, San Juan, PR

1978-1979, Secondary/adult English and secondary Spanish Teacher, Department of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Miguel Such Vocational School, Río Piedras, PR

1977-1978, Secondary English Teacher, Department of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Secondary School, Hormigueros, PR

1980-1985, Teaching Assistant-Spanish, Dept. of Romance & Classical Languages, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI

Professional Consulting.
Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) Validity Evaluation for Puerto Rico, Consultant, edCount, LLC, July 2009-present.

English Committee of Examiners for "Prueba de Admisión a Estudios Graduados (PAEG)," Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ; Fall 1991

English Achievement Test (ESLAT) Committee, Aug. 1989-1992; Commission on the Teaching of English in Puerto Rico, The College Board, San Juan, PR; Aug. 1990-1992

English for Special Purposes (ESP) Professional Consultant; Eli Lilly Corp., Mayagüez, P.R., May 1986; Hewlett Packard Corp., Aguadilla, P.R., Sept. 1987-Feb. 1988, Digital Equipment Corp., San Germán, P.R., Aug. 1988- Jun. 1990; Baxter, Fenwal Division, Maricao, P.R., Oct.- Dec. 1991.