MEREDITH LYN JEFFERS, Ph.D.
Department of Modern Languages, Plaza Building 347
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado 80217-3362, Campus Box 26
[email protected]
Cell phone: (518) 944-1493
EDUCATION
2013
Ph.D. Spanish, summa cum laude
University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Dissertation: Transcription in Twenty-First Century Peninsular Spanish Literature
Director: Dr. Nina Molinaro
2007
M.A. Spanish, magna cum laude
University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
2005
B.A. Spanish and English, magna cum laude
Lafayette College
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Metropolitan State University of Denver,
May 2015–present.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Metropolitan State University of
Denver, August 2014–May 2015.
Lecturer of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Metropolitan State
University of Denver, May 2014–July 2014.
Lecturer of Spanish, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University at Albany, 2013– 2014.
Graduate Part Time Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Colorado at Boulder,
2007–2013.
Lead Graduate Part-Time Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Colorado at
Boulder, 2010–2012.
Introductory Spanish Assistant Coordinator, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Colorado
at Boulder, 2009–2011.
Modified Language Program Assistant, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Colorado at
Boulder, 2007–2010.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Colorado at Boulder,
2005–2007.
COURSES TAUGHT
Department of Modern Languages, Metropolitan State University of Denver
SPA 498N, Selected Readings in Hispanic Literature (independent study)
SPA 4961, Modern Languages Independent Study
SPA 4020, Advanced Writing and Grammar
SPA 390C, Spain: Culture through Film
SPA 3250, Introduction to Literary Studies in Spanish
SPA 3200, Culture & Civilization of Spain
SPA 3200 (fully online), Culture & Civilization of Spain
SPA 3250, Introduction to Literary Studies
SPA 2120, Spanish Reading and Composition II
SPA 2110, Spanish Reading and Composition I
SPA 2010, Intermediate Spanish I
SPA 1010, Beginning Spanish I
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University at Albany, 2013–2014.
ASPN 454, Cultural Foundations of Hispanic Literature (fully online course)
ASPN 319, Representative Works of Postwar Spanish Narrative, 1940-present.
ASPN 312, Representative Spanish Authors 1700-1900.
ASPN 301z, Advanced Composition and Conversation.
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2005–2013.
SPAN 1010, Introductory Spanish I.
SPAN 1020, Introductory Spanish II.
SPAN 2110, Second Year Spanish I.
SPAN 2120, Second Year Spanish II.
SPAN 3000, Advanced Spanish Grammar and Composition.
SPAN 3001, Advanced Spanish Conversation.
Anderson Language and Technology Center (ALTEC), University of Colorado at Boulder, 2007–2014.
Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Spanish Language for Graduates, Faculty and Professionals.
Advanced Conversation and Culture for Graduates, Faculty and Professionals.
English as a Second Language. Casa Americana (Valencia, Spain), 2008–2009.
Beginning English, Intermediate English, Advanced English and Conversation.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED
Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium (TLTS), Metropolitan State University of Denver.
2015 School of Education Summit. Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Flipped Classroom Academy, Institute for Teaching, Learning, and Academic Leadership (ITLAL),
University at Albany. Selected for participation in hybrid class development following application and
interview process.
Online Course Development (FLEX) Program, Information Technology Services (ITS) Faculty
Technology Resources, University at Albany. Selected for participation in development of fully online course
following application and interview process.
Faculty Technology Program, Interactive Media Center, University at Albany. Advanced classes on
Blackboard, Dreamweaver, CSS, Editing HTML, InDesign, Zotero, Audacity, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Faculty Teaching Program. Institute for Teaching, Learning, and Academic Leadership (ITLAL),
University at Albany. Advanced classes on pedagogic theory and methodology.
Foreign Language Technology Program, Anderson Language and Technology Center (ALTEC), University
of Colorado at Boulder.
Lead Graduate Teacher Certification, Graduate Teacher Program of the Graduate School, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Leads are nominated to be instructed in teaching consultation, pedagogy, testing and evaluation of
other graduate teachers, program planning, and intellectual entrepreneurship. Lead training readies
leads to work as administrative liaisons between the Graduate Teacher Program and their home
departments, and prepares them to lead workshops, carry out videotape consultations with graduate
teachers, and lead microteaching sessions.
Graduate Teacher Certification, Graduate Teacher Program of the Graduate School, University of Colorado
at Boulder.
Certification requirements include: minimum two semesters of teaching at CU-Boulder, 20 Graduate
Teacher Program workshops, 20 hours of Discipline-Specific workshops, receiving two videotape
consultations as a classroom instructor, completion of Kolb Learning Styles Inventory and
Wingspread Faculty Teaching Inventory, faculty observation and evaluation of my teaching,
completion of teaching portfolio, and completion of training from Office of Discrimination and
Harassment.
Methods and Pedagogy Seminar, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Colorado at
Boulder.
PEDAGOGY PRESENTATIONS
Discipline-Specific Workshops
February 2015
“Steps Toward Licensure.” Modern Languages K-12 Licensure Program
Working Group. Metropolitan State University of Denver.
April 2012
“Compositions: Choosing Topics, Determining Appropriate Resources, and
Grading with Useful Feedback.” Department of Spanish & Portuguese,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
April 2011
“Authentic Language Interactions in the Classroom.” Department of Spanish
& Portuguese, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Invited Presenter for Graduate Teacher Program
September 2016
“Universal Design: Working towards Inclusion.” Graduate Teacher Program,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
March 2016
“Challenging Aspects in Course Design and Planning.” Collaborative Preparing
Future Faculty Network Forum 2016. University of Colorado at Boulder.
September 2012
“International TA Training: Understanding Different Teaching Styles.”
Graduate Teacher Program Fall Intensive, University of Colorado at Boulder.
September 2011
“How to Apply Course Content Creatively.” ATLAS Teaching Series,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
August 2011
“Succeeding as an Instructor of Record.” Graduate Teacher Program Fall
Intensive, University of Colorado at Boulder.
August 2011
“Graduate Mentor Programs at US Institutions.” Invited to Present to
Research Committee from the Japan Professional School of Education and Nihon
University. University of Colorado at Boulder.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Iberian Identities: 21st Century Studies in Film and Literature. Eds. Meredith Jeffers & Jennifer Brady.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (expected Fall 2017).
“Reconstructing the Catastrophe of los vencidos: Transcription in La voz dormida.” Collapse, Catastrophe,
and Rediscovery: Spain’s Cultural Panorama in the Twenty-First Century. Eds. Jennifer Brady, Ibon Izurieta,
and Ana María Medina. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
Invited Review of Fraser, Benjamin. Antonio López García’s Everyday Urban Worlds. Lewisburg, PA:
Bucknell UP, 2014. (Review approved for publication in Hispania)
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
October 2016
“The Lucrative Possibilities of Historical Memory: Soldados de Salamina and La
mitad del alma.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association: Salt Lake City,
UT.
October 2015
“Forty Years after the Dictatorship: Transcribing Loss in Contemporary Peninsular
Fiction.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association: Santa Fe, NM.
July 2015
“‘Lasai, ama, kantak dira:’ Transcribing the Treasure Map of Basque
Identity in Kirmen Uribe’s Bilbao–New York–Bilbao.” American Association of
Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese: Denver, CO. (Panel accepted.)
October 2014
“The Trial of Pascual Duarte: A Flipped Approach to Teaching Undergraduate
Spanish Literature.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association: Boise, ID.
October 2012
“Trans-Atlantic Transcription.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association:
Boulder, CO.
April 2012
“The Man in the Mirror: Framing Gender in Gabriela Bustelo’s Veo veo.” Framing
Narrative Conference: Boulder, CO.
March 2012
“‘Desengañar/desangrar:’ Genres of Violence in Los desengaños amorosos.”
Northeast Modern Language Association: Rochester, NY.
October 2011
"Women, Writing, and War: Dulce Chacón's La voz dormida." Rocky
Mountain Modern Language Association: Scottsdale, AZ.
April 2011
“Transcribir un pasado fantasmal: Llámame Brooklyn de Eduardo Lago.
Mysterious Phantoms Conference: Boulder, CO.
October 2009
“Poner voz a la memoria:” la recuperación y la reconstrucción del pasado en
Los girasoles ciegos de Alberto Méndez.” Mid-Atlantic Conference of
Hispanic Literature: Lawrence, KS.
March 2007
“A Marriage of Readings in Tirso de Molino’s El amor medico.” Association
for Hispanic Classical Theater Conference: El Paso, TX.
SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE
November 2016
Invited reviewer for Letras Hispanas
June 2016–July 2016
ACADEMIC SERVICE
June 2016–present
Invited author, Reading and Learning Guide
One Book / One Project / To Transform
Learning Communities and First Year Success
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Faculty Associate
Center for Individualized Learning
Metropolitan State University of Denver
June 2016–present
Oversight Committee
Center for Individualized Learning
Metropolitan State University of Denver
October 2016–January 2017
Chair, Search Committee
Center for Individualized Learning
Metropolitan State University of Denver
May 2016–present
Curriculum Committee
Department of Modern Languages
Metropolitan State University of Denver
May 2016
BASE Petition Committee
Metropolitan State University of Denver
May 2015–present
Faculty Senator
Department of Modern Languages
Metropolitan State University of Denver
May 2015—present
Co-Chair, Service and Outreach Committee
Department of Modern Languages
Metropolitan State University of Denver
June 2015—August 2015
Curriculum Map
Department of Modern Languages
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Evaluated all past and current Modern Language Department courses to
align course objectives and student learning outcomes across all equivalent
foreign language courses. Used new ACTFL standards to realign expected
proficiency levels for students completing each foreign language level.
March 2015—present
Faculty Coordinator: Denver Police Proficiency Testing
Department of Modern Languages
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Negotiated contract and testing materials with DPD. Coordinated oral and
written translation exams for over 200 officers.
September 2014–present
Faculty Advisor to MSUD Spanish Club
Department of Modern Languages
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Helped officers found organization, advertise, fundraise, secure university
funding, and recruit over eighty active members. Continue to help plan and
implement all club events.
August 2014–present
Faculty Advisor to MDL K-12 Teacher Licensure Candidates
Department of Modern Languages and School of Education
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Intrusive advising sessions with over forty MDL K-12 licensure candidates;
administer Oral Proficiency Interview through ACTFL; prepare students for
PLACE/Praxis content exams; prepare and distribute monthly newsletter
with relevant updates and information for candidates; created MDL K-12
Licensure page for the Department of Modern Languages website.
August 2014–present
Coordinator, MDL K-12 Teacher Licensure Program
Department of Modern Languages and School of Education
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Co-authored curriculum pack for new courses within MDL K-12 Licensure
program. Restructured course sequencing to align methods courses with field
experiences. Participated in CAEP program review and accreditation
portfolio. Revised MDL K-12 Teacher Licensure Advising Guide.
Currently assist with coordination of courses for pre-service teachers;
liaison with Teacher Education in support of this program; attend regular
meetings with School of Education’s Chair of Department of Secondary
Education, K-12 & Educational Technology and Teacher Education
advisors; recruit community partners seeking student teachers and
CLD/licensure candidates; and conduct exit interviews.
August 2014—present
Translation Certificate Committee
Department of Modern Languages and School of Education
Metropolitan State University of Denver
January 2014–August 2014
Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Karina Walker, Reader
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University at Albany
November 2013–May 2014
MA Exam Committee Member, Contemporary Peninsular Studies
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University at Albany
August 2011–April 2013
Conference Organizer of “Recovery, Relapse, and Withdrawal”
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Colorado at Boulder
August 2010–May 2013
Faculty Advisor to University of Colorado Spanish Club
University of Colorado at Boulder
August 2010–May 2013
Coordinator, Graduate Student Mentor Program
University of Colorado at Boulder
August 2010–May 2012
Introductory Spanish Assistant Language Coordinator
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Colorado at Boulder
May 2010–May 2012
Lead Graduate Instructor
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
University of Colorado at Boulder
August 2010–May 2012
Co-editor of Calandria, online research journal
University of Colorado at Boulder
January 2012–May 2012
Coordinator of Mesa Española, Spanish conversation club
University of Colorado at Boulder
April 2012
Conference Organizer of “Framing Narrative”
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Colorado at Boulder
August 2011–January 2012
Research Assistant to Professor Andrés Prieto
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Colorado at Boulder
April 2010
Conference Organizer of “Other Bodies: Performance and
Theatricality in Spanish and Portuguese Literature and Arts”
University of Colorado at Boulder
March 2006–May 2008
Liaison for Spanish Translators/Interpreters
University of Colorado Legal Aid Clinic
University of Colorado at Boulder
HONORS AND GRANTS
September 2015
Office of the Provost
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Awarded $2,600 grant for proposal to attend the ¡Adelante! Leadership
Institute in San Antonio, TX with four MSU-Denver students and to
implement workshop series aligned with University mission to obtain
Hispanic Serving Institution federal designation.
September 2015
First Year Success Travel Grant
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Awarded $2,000 grant to take student group to undergraduate conference.
August 2015
Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences
Metropolitan State University of Denver
January 2015
Professional Development Grant
Metropolitan State University of Denver
December 2013
Flipped Classroom Academy Grant
University at Albany
Candidates selected for the program received a $1,000 grant allocation
for professional use upon completing the course redesign project and
meeting all of the program benchmarks.
November 2013
Online Course Development (FLEX) Program Grant
University at Albany
Candidates selected for the program received full salary and
compensation to develop and implement a fully online course for the
2014 Summer Session that is based on course alignment with General
Education requirements.
April 2012
Graduate Student Teacher Excellence Award
University of Colorado at Boulder
Awarded to best graduate student teacher following nomination,
semester-long observation and evaluation by faculty from inside and
outside of the home department, Faculty Course Questionnaire
and student evaluations, and completion of teaching portfolio.
March 2012
United Graduate Student Government Group/Outreach Grant
University of Colorado at Boulder
May 2011
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Travel Grant
University of Colorado at Boulder
August 2011
Graduate Teacher Program Best Should Teach Award
University of Colorado at Boulder
August 2010
Graduate Teacher Program Best Should Teach Award
University of Colorado at Boulder
October 2009
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Conference Travel Grant
University of Colorado at Boulder
January 2007
United Graduate Student Government Travel Grant
University of Colorado at Boulder
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
August 2013–present
Production Assistant for Hispania
Copyedit, pre-proof, proofread and format for Hispania, the official journal
of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
December 2010–present
Translator/Interpreter for Golden County Public Defender’s Office in
Golden, CO
October 2014
Copyeditor and Proofreader of El análisis de la comunicación en
español. Oscar Pereira-Zazo. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt, 2014.
April 2014
Translator (EN - ES) of the study “La reputación de México en los
Estados Unidos: la marca país y la diáspora mexicana.” Dante Pérez and
Carlos Quintero. Harvard U; Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC.
April 2011
Translator/Interpreter for University Lecture by Father Ernesto Cardenal
University of Colorado at Boulder in Boulder, CO
August 2009
Translator/Editor (ES-EN) for Dr. Patricia Romero Lankao, ProfessorInvestigator at la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad
Xochimilco; National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO
May–August 2007
Assistant Coordinator of Advanced Liberal Arts Program
CIEE Study Abroad Program in Barcelona, Spain
May–August 2005
Assistant Program Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Skidmore College in Saratoga, NY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)
Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers (CCFLT)
Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Contemporary Peninsular Spanish Literature and Film
Peninsular Spanish Cultural Studies
Foreign Language Teaching Methodology
Regional & Trans-Atlantic Identities
Instructional Technology
Golden Age Narrative and Theater
LANGUAGES
English: Native fluency.
Spanish: Near-native fluency.
Catalan: Advanced intermediate proficiency; (Advanced Proficiency Certification in progress).
Portuguese: Intermediate proficiency through graduate coursework
French and Italian: Reading knowledge.