Curriculum Vitae
Stephen F. Austin State University
Department of English
P.O. Box 13007, SFA Station
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3007 samsc@sfasu.edu
Education:
Ph.D. in Romance Linguistics: University at Buffalo-SUNY, June 2009
M.A. in Linguistics: University of Colorado at Boulder, May 2007
B.A. in Spanish: Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, December 2003
Certifications:
Advanced Certificate in Forensic Linguistics: The Forensic Linguistics Institute, UK, July 2010
Certified Online Course Developer and Instructor, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Nacogdoches, TX, December 2009
Teaching and Research Interests:
Second language acquisition, forensic linguistics, linguistic typology and universals, language description and documentation, Romance linguistics, historical linguistics, translation studies
Academic Appointments and Courses Taught:
August 2010-present
Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Coordinator of English Education 7-12 Teacher
Certification, and Co-coordinator of the Linguistics Minor Program
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Department of English
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ENG 341 Introduction to Linguistics
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ENG 343 Descriptive Linguistics: Italian
• ENG 344 Structures of English
• ENG 411 Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages
• ENG 438 Forensic Linguistics
• ENG 440 Linguistic Field Methods: Haya
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ENG 442 Comparative Romance Linguistics
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ENG 442 Conversation Analysis

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• ENG 442 Language and Culture
• ENG 442 Second Language Acquisition
• ENG 442 Translation Studies
• ENG 458 Forensic Semantics
• ENG 458 Veracity and Language
• ENG 444 Teaching English in Secondary School
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ENG 495 Historical Linguistics
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ENG 495 Topics in Forensic Linguistics
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ENG 495 Topics in Second Language Acquisition
• ENG 595 Descriptive Linguistics: Hungarian
• ENG 595 Language and Culture
• ENG 595 Linguistic Typology and Universals
• ENG 595 Practicum in TESOL Teaching and Program Assessment
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ENG 595 Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Methodology
• ENG 595 Topics in Forensic Linguistics
• ENG 595 Topics in Second Language Acquisition
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ENG 131 English Composition: Rhetoric and Composition
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ENG 132 English Composition: Research and Argument
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SFA 101 Freshman Seminar
July 2009-present
Adjunct Faculty of English, Angelina College, Lufkin, TX, College of Liberal Arts and
Office of Distance Learning (teach face-to-face, CTV, and dual-credit courses)
• ENGL 1301 Composition I
• ENGL 1302 Composition II
July 2009-July 2010
Full-time Adjunct Faculty (Composition and Linguistics), Stephen F. Austin State
University, Nacogdoches, TX, Department of English
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ENG 131 English Composition: Rhetoric and Composition
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ENG 132 English Composition: Research and Argument
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ENG 344 Structures of English
August 2008-August 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor (Spanish and Italian), Canisius College, Buffalo, NY,
Department of Modern Languages.
• SPA 103/104 Beginning College Spanish

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• SPA 115/116 Intermediate College Spanish
• SPA 323 Beginning Spanish Conversation
• SPA 324 Advanced Spanish Conversation
• SPA 499 Undergraduate Independent Study: Hispanic Linguistics
• ITA 103/104 Beginning College Italian
August 2007-December 2008
Adjunct Faculty (Italian), University at Buffalo-SUNY, Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures.
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ITA 101/102 Beginning College Italian
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ITA 322 Advanced Italian Conversation and Culture
August 2007-August 2008
Adjunct Professor (Spanish), Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, Department of Modern
Languages.
• SPA 103/104 Beginning College Spanish
• SPA 115/116 Intermediate College Spanish
August 2005-May 2007
Lecturer (Spanish), University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Spanish and
Portuguese.
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SPAN 1010/1020 Beginning College Spanish
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SPAN 2110/2120 Intermediate College Spanish
August 2001-January 2003
Technology and Language Acquisition Consultant: Visual Knowledge Project for
Georgetown University under the direction of Professor Melissa T. Smith, Youngstown
State University.
February 2002-June 2002
Instructor (Spanish and French), Cardinal Mooney High School, Youngstown, OH.
• Spanish III
• French I
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
Sams, C. (2015). “T/V Pronouns in L2 Acquisition of Spanish”. International Journal of
Language and Linguistics . 3.3: 182-186.
Sams, C. (2015). “Teaching Higher-Order Critical Thinking Skills Through Linguistics”.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research. 3.1: 155-161.

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Sams, C. (2014). "Students Perception of Spoken Corrective Feedback". Texas Foreign
Language Association Journal 61.2: 17-19.
Sams, C. (2011). “Seven Best Practices for the Foreign Language Classrooms” .
in R.
Goldberg & W. White (eds.), People, Practices, and Programs that Inspire.
New York
State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT) Annual Conference
Publication No. 27. Buffalo, NY. 35-48.
Sams, C. (2009). “Mood Choice in Spanish, Italian, and French Relative Clauses” .
in E. Angelini
& M. Warford (eds.), Language Teachers: Seeing the Needs, Making a Difference.
New
York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT) Annual Conference
Publication No. 25. Buffalo, NY. 1-17.
Conference Presentations:
October 2013. “English Forms of Address in the University Setting” (with Kelsey Treusdell).
Presentation at the 70 th Annual Conference of the South Central Modern Language
Association. New Orleans, LA.
April 2013. "The Teaching of Core Linguistic Concepts in an Undergraduate Field Methods
Course" (with Lindsey Antonini). Presentation at the 80 th Annual Conference of the
SouthEastern Conference on Linguistics. Spartanburg, SC.
November 2012. "Students' Perception of Oral Corrective Feedback in the Foreign Language
Classroom" (with Nikki Letney). Presentation at the 69th Annual Conference of the
South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio, TX.
March 2012. "Acquisition of French Pronominal Forms of Address by Native English Speakers"
(with Diana Ariciaga and Cameron Rothluebber). Presentation at the 19th Annual
University of Texas at Arlington Student Conference in Linguistics and TESOL
(UTASCILT): Arlington, TX.
September 2011. “Acquisition of Spanish Pronominal Forms of Address by Native English
Speakers” (with Lindsey Antonini, Diana Ariciaga, & Cameron Rothluebber).
Presentation at the 40 th Annual Meeting of The Linguistic Association of the Southwest
(LASSO): South Padre Island, TX.
October 2010. “A Typology of Indigenous Latin American Languages”. Presentation at the
Stephen F. Austin State University Latin American Borderlands Conference:
Nacogdoches, TX.
January 2010. “Developing and Teaching Linguistics Courses Online”. Presentation at the 7 th annual MLK Day Ohio State University Symposium on Linguistic Pedagogy: Columbus,
OH.

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November 2009. “The Role of Frequency in the Auxiliary Selection of Old Spanish”.
Presentation at the 12 th Annual Meeting of the Texas Linguistics Society: Austin, TX.
October 2008. “Perfect Auxiliary Selection in Old Spanish. Presentation at the Temple
University Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Studies: Philadelphia, PA.
November 2005. The Grammaticalization of the Definite Article from Latin to Spanish.
Presentation at the University of Colorado Department of Spanish and Portuguese 2005
Linguistic Colloquium: Boulder, CO.
Book Reviews:
(2014). The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages review of Voci dal
Sud: A Journey to Southern Italy with Carlo Levi and His Christ Stopped at Eboli.
(2011). Bartalesi-Graf, Daniela. New Haven and London. Yale University Press.
(2014). The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages review of Trame: A
Contemporary Italian Reader . (2010).
Eds. Abbona-Sneider, Cristina, Antonello Borra, and Cristina Pausini. New Haven and London. Yale University Press.
(2013). LINGUIST List review of Sakel, J. & Everett, D. (2012). Linguistic Fieldwork .
Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge: UK.
(2012). LINGUIST List review of Hammarström, Göran. (2011). Fundamentals of Diachronic
Linguistics . Linguistics Edition 84. Lincom GmbH.
(2011). LINGUIST List review of Sheen, Youngheen. (2011). Corrective Feedback, Individual
Differences and Second Language Learning . Educational Linguistics vol.13. Springer.
(2010). LINGUIST List review of Coulthard, M. & Johnson, A. (eds.) (2010). The Routledge
Handbook of Forensic Linguistics
York: Routledge.
. Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics. New
(2010). LINGUIST List review of Masullo, P, O’Rourke, E. & Huang, Chia-Hui. (eds.) (2009).
Romance Linguistics 2007: Selected Papers from the 37 th Linguistic Symposium on
Romance Languages (LSRL), Pittsburgh, 15-18 March 2007 . Current Issues in Linguistic
Theory (CILT) 304. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins.
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