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CURRICULUM VITAE
Benning Wentworth Tieke
August, 2015
Benning Wentworth Tieke
11 N Mogollon St Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Phone: 928-380-1887
EDUCATION
Ed.D. in progress in Curriculum and Instruction, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ,
Focus on Educational Technology.
M.A. in Teaching Spanish, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 2011
Focus on linguistics and impact of politics on lexical use.
M.A. in Political Science, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 2009 Graduated with distinction, focus on environmental politics
B.A. in political science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, Global Languages and Cultures, Northern Arizona University, 2010 - present
Adjunct Faculty, Languages Department, Coconino Community College, 2006-2014
Teaching Assistant, Department of Modern Languages, Northern Arizona University, 2009 – 2011.
Teaching Assistant, Department of political science, Northern Arizona University, 2006-2009.
COURSES TAUGHT
Language courses
SPA 101 Beginning Spanish – I
SPA 102 Beginning Spanish – II
SPA 101 - online Beginning Spanish – I
SPA 102 - online Beginning Spanish – II
SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish - I
SPA 201 - online Intermediate Spanish - I
SPA 202 - online Intermediate Spanish - II
SPA 301 Advanced Spanish Grammar
SPA 303 Intermediate Oral Communication
SPA 304w Spanish Stylistics: Intermediate Composition
Political science courses
POS 110 American Politics
POS 120 World Politics
POS 230 Parks, People, and the Environment (co-taught with Prof. R. Poirier)
POS 241 - online State and Local Politics (co-taught with Prof. Z. Smith)
POS 327 – online Government Budgeting (co-taught with Prof. Z. Smith)
POS 359 - online Environmental Policy (co-taught with Prof. Z. Smith)
POS 366 Latin American Politics (co-taught with Prof. R. Brett)
POS 421c Social Movements in Latin America (co-taught with Prof. R. Brett)
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
· Curriculum development for online Spanish 202, Northern Arizona University Department of Modern Languages, summer 2011
· Graduate Program Committee student representative, Northern Arizona University Department of Political Science. Responsible for helping to design and develop graduate programs of study, 2007-2008.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Educational Testing Services, June 2012 - present. Graded Advanced Placement Spanish Language Exam compositions.
Self-Regulated Learning Faculty Group, August 2014 - present. Participated in faculty learning community at Northern Arizona University focused on fostering student involvement and self-regulated learning.
May Teaching Seminar. May 2014. Participated in faculty professional development at Northern Arizona University focused on collaborative learning.
Blended Learning Faculty Group, August 2013 - May 2014. Participated in faculty learning community at Northern Arizona University focused on developing technology to aid in blended learning classrooms.
Creating Self-Regulated Learners Faculty Group, August 2014 - May, 2015. Participated in faculty learning community at Northern Arizona University focused on fostering self study and management skills in undergraduate students.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Senator. Northern Arizona University Faculty Senate. 2014-present. Represent College of Arts and Letters.
Faculty Advisor to students in Global Science and Engineering Program (GSEP), 2014- present. Assess student development and advise and assist students before, during, and after their study abroad for a year, and guide capstone projects.
Faculty Advisor to student group Global Impact through Volunteer Experience (GIVE), 2012- present. Work with student group to coordinate volunteer opportunities and fundraise to help students travel abroad during the summer.
Search Committee for Lecturer of Navajo. Northern Arizona University, Department of Global Languages and Cultures. 2014-2015
Faculty Evaluator. Spanish Section of the department of Global Languages and Cultures. Northern Arizona University. Summer 2014. Evaluated and scored examples of student work for accreditation process.
President of the Graduate Association of Political Science, Northern Arizona University, 2007-2008. Worked with faculty to amend the comprehensive exam process, worked with administration to secure 100% tuition remission for Graduate Assistants, and worked with students to bring speakers Pedro Perez Sarduy and Michael Parenti to Flagstaff campus.
Student Representative to the Faculty. Northern Arizona University, Department of Political Science, 2008-2009.
Search Committee for Associate Dean of the Graduate College, Northern Arizona University, 2007.
AWARDS
Part-Time Faculty of the Year, Coconino Community College, 2012-2013.
Travel Research Grant, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs. Awarded competitive travel grant to present research on indigenous water rights at annual Western Political Science Association conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2009
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Fostering Collaborative Note-Taking: Using Google Docs in the Classroom. Featured presentation. Southwest Institute of Learning Technology. Flagstaff, AZ, August 2014.
Oral Histories: Classroom Use of a Blog of Authentic Language Anecdotes. Featured workshop, Arizona Languages Association. Phoenix, AZ, March 2013.
First-person Perspectives: Salvadoran Narratives of Civil War and Immigration. Rocky Mountain Conference for Latin American Studies. Santa Fe, NM, April 2011.
Conversaciones con una Alemana: La Comunicación Asincrónica en Línea
y el Desarrollo de las Destrezas Orales en una Segunda Lengua. Arizona Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, February 2011.
Web 2.0 tools to promote oral communication in distance and blended learning contexts. Arizona Languages Association, October 2010.
Global Trade: “Special Delivery” of Adverse Climate Change? Report to the Interfaith Working Group on Trade annual, March 2009.
Evaporated Sovereignty: The Legacy of British colonialism on Indian sovereignty in the United States. Western Political Science Association Conference, March 2009.
Verdes Rising: The Development and Significance of Green Political Parties in Latin America. Midwestern Political Science Association Conference, April 2008.
Assessing the International Implications of Environmental Federalism: A Case Study of the Emergency Outlet for Devils Lake, North Dakota. Western Social Sciences Association Conference, April 2007.
INVITED TALKS
Global Impact of Distance Learning: Implications for Education in the Developing World. Presentation to graduate students in English. 6 June, 2015. Moulay Ismail University: Meknes, Morocco.
Nerd or Intellectual? Competing definitions in The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Presentation in SPA 312 (Contemporary Chicano Literature). 4 November, 2010. Northern Arizona University: Flagstaff, AZ.
Web 2.0 tools to promote oral communication in distance and blended learning contexts. Presentation in LAN 430 (Foreign Language Teaching Methods). 7 December, 2010. Northern Arizona University: Flagstaff, AZ.
VOLUNTEER WORK
Literacy tutor for non-native speakers of English. Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County.
Bicycle advocate and trail builder. Flagstaff Bike Organization.
Organizer for food and clothing drive. Graduate students of the Modern Languages Department and Northern Arizona University.
References Available Upon Request