CURRICULUM VIT!E
Jerome Banaya MWINYELLE, Ph.D.
Department of Literature & Language
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-6901
E-Mail Address: mwinyell@etsu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2005
University of Texas at Austin, USA
Concentration: Hispanic Linguistics
Dissertation: The acquisition of pragmatic competence in an L2
classroom: Giving advice in Spanish
Dissertation Director: Professor Dale Koike
M.A. 1994
Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
Concentration: Spanish
B.A. Hon. 1989
University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
Concentration: Spanish and Linguistics
Certificate, 1988
Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Spanish Proficiency
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 - Present Assistant Professor of Spanish, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City,
TN. Teach basic traditional and online Spanish courses, Spanish Basic and
Advanced Grammar, Spanish Phonetics & Pronunciation, Spanish Conversation
and Composition, Health Care Translation, Medical Terminology, and a
Methodology course for high school foreign language teachers.
2012 - 2013
English as Foreign Language Instructor, State University of Bolivar, Ecuador
2003 – 2004
Lecturer of Spanish, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
1996 - 2003
Graduate Teaching Associate of Spanish, Department of Spanish & Portuguese;
First, second, Third & Fourth Semesters, University of Texas at Austin
1995 - 1996 Elementary and High School Substitute Teacher, Philadelphia School District,
Philadelphia
1993 - 1995
Graduate Teaching Associate of Spanish, Department of Spanish & Portuguese;
First, Second, & Third Semesters, Temple University, Philadelphia
1990 - 1993
English Teacher, Social Advance Institute, Accra, Ghana
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPERIENCE
Jan. 2012-Jan. 2013
English as a Foreign Language Consultant, State University of Bolivar
(UEB), Guaranda, Ecuador. Organized workshops for English teachers,
revised the English language curriculum and consulted with the UEB
Institute of Languages
July 2010-Dec. 2011
Spanish Undergraduate Advisor & Coordinator, Dept. of Literature &
Language, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
Aug. 2004-June 2010
2010
Summer
Spanish Undergraduate Advisor & Coordinator, Dept. of Foreign
Languages, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
Acting Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2009
Summer
Acting Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2008
Summer
Acting Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2007
Summer
Acting Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2006
Summer
Acting Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2005
Summer
Director, Migrant Education Program, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
1992 - 1993
Administrative Assistant, Post & Telecom. Corp., International Section,
Accra, Ghana
1989 - 1993
Freelance Translator / Interpreter - Spanish / English: Interpreted and
translated for foreign investors and the Government of Ghana
ARTICLES PUBLISHED
2012
“The discourse of advice-giving in Spanish-language talk shows.” Enlace
universitario 13 (2012): 192-218
2011
“The ETSU-UEB summer Botany and Language courses: an innovative
partnership in international education.” Enlace universitario 12 (2011): 344-362
(co-authored with T. McDowell and M. Albán)
WORK SUBMITTED
“Acquiring pragmatic competence in a second language classroom: An analysis
of intermediate learners’ oral production of Spanish advice.” Being revised for
resubmission to Modern Language Journal
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Adverbials and gender in Spanish conversation (with T. McGarry)
Loss of indigenous languages among African youth: Is English the culprit?
(with M. Michieka)
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TEXTBOOK REVIEWS
Sept. 14, 2012
Reviewer, “Mundo interactivo,” Puntos de partida, McGraw-Hill
July 10, 2012
Reviewer, Exploraciones, Cengage Learning
July 26, 2011
Reviewer, Avanzando, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
July 8, 2011
Reviewer and Member of Advisory Board, Nexos, 3e, Cengage Learning
May 4, 2011
Reviewer, Puntos de partida, 9e, McGraw-Hill
Feb 8, 2011
Reviewer, Senderos, Cengage Learning
July 28, 2010
Reviewer, Claro que sí 7e, Cengage Learning
July 28, 2010
Reviewer, Puentes y Barreras, Cengage Learning
May 27, 2009
Reviewer, Viajes, Cengage Learning
Jan. 30, 2009
Reviewer, Pasaporte, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Oct. 20, 2006
Reviewer, Plazas: Lugar de Encuentros,Thomson and Heinle
Oct. 14, 2005
Reviewer, Nuestras Culturas, Houghton Mifflin Company
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2014
Adverbial Clauses and Gender in English and Spanish, The 81st Annual Meeting
of the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics, Myrtle Beach, SC (with T.
McGarry)
2014
Emotional expression in traumatic narratives by Spanish-English coordinate
bilingual speakers, The 88th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of
America / The Association for Linguistic Evidence, Minneapolis, MN
2013
Loss of Indigenous Languages among African Youth: Is English the Culprit? The
19th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes, Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona
2012
Inductive Teaching for Oral Skills, First International English Conference,
Guaranda, Ecuador (with T. McGarry) (Invited)
2012
The creation of standards and a curriculum for English Teacher preparation
programs, First International English Conference, Guaranda, Ecuador (Invited)
2011
Inductive Language Teaching in Large Classes, First International and Second
National English Language Teaching Conference, Cuenca, Ecuador (with T.
McGarry) (Invited)
2011
The challenges of translation, 19th Annual Conference of NAAAS & Affiliates,
Baton Rouge, LA
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2010
Collocation and concordance of lexical items in translation, 8th Annual
Conference of TAPIT, Nashville, TN
2006
The discourse of giving advice in Spanish, 88th AATSP Annual Conference,
University of Salamanca, Spain
2005
The acquisition of pragmatic competence in a second language classroom: The
case of advice in Spanish, 12th International Conference on Learning, The
University of Granada, Spain
2005
The development of pragmatic competence in an L2 classroom: The case of
giving advice in Spanish, 16th International Pragmatics and Language Learning
Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington
1999
The Pragmatics of giving Advice in Spanish, 9th UT Colloquium on Hispanic and
Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics, Spanish and Portuguese
Department, The University of Texas at Austin
INVITED TALKS
July 26, 2014 Values and fundamental principles for achieving one’s personal goals in life,
event organized by Foster Home Program, Puerto Rico, Caquetá, Colombia
Aug. 17, 2012 The importance of foreign languages in a global economy, Manuel Zapata
Olivella Institute, María La Baja, Colombia
May 10, 1989 Aproximaciones de tipo existencialista a L’Etranger y La Familia de Pascual
Duarte, a thesis presented to the Department of Modern Languages, The
University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
WORKSHOPS AND SUMMER INSTITUTE
June 24-July 19, 2013 Participant, Summer Linguistics Institute at Michigan University
March 12, 2013
Participant, Fostering Student Engagement in Distance Education ­
Without Being Married to Your Computer, by Wiley Faculty Network
May 14-18, 2012
Participant, The creation of standards and a curriculum for English
teacher preparation programs: The road to the improvement of the
teaching of English and accreditation in Ecuador, Swissotel, Quito,
Ecuador
April 30, 2012
Presenter, Using Language Corpora in EFL Classroom, English as
Foreign Language Workshop at Universidad Politécnica Estatal del
Carchi in Tulcán, Ecuador
July 15-16, 2011
Presenter, Using Language Corpora in Teaching, 1St International and
2nd National English Language Teaching Conference, Cuenca, Ecuador
(with T. McGarry) Spring 2010 Participant, Translation workshop,
ETSU, Johnson City, TN
March 13, 2009
Participant, Visualizing the Future of Spanish Education, Wiley Faculty
Network, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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June 9-14, 2008
Participant, Spanish Faculty Development in International Business
Workshop, University of South Carolina, SC
Jan. 26-27, 2007
Participant, ETSU Master Teacher Workshop, Johnson City, TN
Nov. 16-19, 2006
Participant, Podcasting / Videocasting in the Foreign Language
Classroom: How to make it happen. ACTFL 40th Annual Meeting and
Exposition in Nashville, TN
April 5-8, 2006
Participant, 2006 CIBER National Business Language Conference at
Georgia Tec, Atlanta, GA
Feb. 23-25, 2006
Participant, Language and Culture for International Business: A
Workshop for Foreign Language Faculty, Memphis, TN
Nov. 17-20, 2005
Participant, Oral Proficiency workshop at ACTFL 39th Annual Meeting
and Exposition in Baltimore, MA
March 8-9, 2005
Participant, 2005 Tennessee Migrant Education Conference “Here todayGone tomorrow”, Nashville, TN
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, ASSISTANTSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2014
ETSU RDC Small Grants ($1,488) (with T. McGarry)
2013
ETSU Presidential grant-in-aid ($3,300) (with T. McGarry)
2013
ETSU Summer Sch. Innovative Course Grant ($5,255) (with T. McGarry)
2009
ETSU Summer Sch. Innovative Course Grant ($9,255) (with T. McDowell)
2008
CIBER scholarship ($500) to attend a one-week workshop on developing
Business Spanish courses at the University of South Carolina, Columbia
2005
CIBER scholarship ($200) to attend the Language and Culture for International
Business Workshop, Memphis, TN
1996-2003
Graduate Teaching Associate, University of Texas at Austin
2001
International Education Fund Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin
1999 Summer Partial tuition fellowship, Spanish Department, University of Texas at Austin
1993-1995
Graduate Teaching Associate, Temple University, Philadelphia
1987-1988
Spanish Government Scholarship, Spanish Embassy in Ghana
SERVICE TO EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
2014
Member, University School Search Committee, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2011-Present
Faculty Advisor, Shades of Africa, a student organization, ETSU
2010-Present
Member, Faculty Senate, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2009-Present
Member, International Education Scholarship Committee, ETSU, TN
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2008-2012
Member, Honors College Selection Committee, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2008-2010
Member, Educational Affairs Committee, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2007-2010
Member, Race Relations Committee, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2007
Member, Foreign Lang. Search Committee, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2007
Member, University School Search Committee, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2007
Member, CUAI Search Committee, College of Education, ETSU, JC, TN
2006 – 2010
Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Foreign
Languages, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2005 – 2010
Member, Spanish Masters’ Program Committee, Department of Foreign
Languages, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2005 - Present
Member of the President’s Council on Cultural Diversity, ETSU,
Johnson City, TN
Spring 2001
Member of the planning committee for the 11th Colloquium on Hispanic
and Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics, University of Texas
at Austin
1999 - 2000
Linguistics Representative, Graduate Students Organization of the
Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Texas at Austin
1999 - 2000
‘Buddy Program’, assisted and motivated first year graduate students in
the Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of Texas at Austin
1999 - 2000
Reader, Dactylus, critiqued submissions for periodical at University of
Texas at Austin
1994 - 1995
GED Volunteer English Instructor for Temple University community,
Philadelphia, PA
SERVICE OUTSIDE EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
2012-Present
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Enlace universitario
THESES
Member, Honors Thesis Committee:
Krista Edmonds, “Problem Behavior in Immigrant Hispanic Children:
Considering Causes and Creating Interventions”
College of Education, spring 2008
Rosa Bartra
Member, MAT Defense Committee
College of Education, fall 2008
Kayla Bobbitt
Member, MAT Defense Committee
College of Education, spring 2011
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FOREIGN STUDY, TRAVEL, RESEARCH AND TEACHING
2009-Present
2012-2013
2012 & 2014
2006
2005
2002
1988-1989
Co-Director, Study Abroad Program in Ecuador
Teaching and Consulting at University of Bolivar, Guaranda, Ecuador
Cartagena, Barranquilla, María La Baja & Puerto Rico, Colombia
Salamanca, Spain
Granada, Spain
Monterey, Mexico
Madrid, Spain
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
MLA - Modern Languages Association
AAAL - American Association for Applied Linguistics
ACTFL - The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
AATSP- The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
TAPIT - Tennessee Association of Professional Interpreters and Translators
IAWE - International Association for World Englishes
SECOL - Southeastern Conference on Linguistics
TALE - The Association for Linguistic Evidence
ACADEMIC INTERESTS AND SPECIALITIES
All lower and upper level Spanish language courses
Introduction to General Linguistic Theory
Spanish Phonetics & Pronunciation
Applied Linguistics - Second Language Acquisition
Spanish and English Contrastive Analysis
Spanish Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis
Healthcare Translation Studies
Study Abroad Program
Methodology
Online teaching
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Spanish Pedagogy
Spanish Second Language Acquisition
Spanish Applied Linguistics
Spanish Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis
Study Abroad Program
Translation Studies
Language Documentation
LANGUAGES
Dagaare
English
Spanish
French
native speaker, excellent reading and writing skills
near-native speaker, excellent reading and writing skills
near-native speaker, excellent reading and writing skills
good speaking, reading and writing skills
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