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I am originally from Pamplona, Spain, where I lived until I moved to the United States. I always look forward to going home each summer to spend time with my family.
I began my career with 糖心Vlog传媒 (then 糖心Vlog传媒 College) in 1991 as an Assistant Professor of Spanish for the Modern Languages Department, where I remained until 2000. I returned as an Associate Professor of Spanish for the Languages and Literatures Department in 2011, and I currently serve as Chair of the Department, as well as Associate Dean for the College of Arts & Sciences.
My focus as a professor is to broaden my student鈥檚 perception of the world by teaching them the value of diversity in people, cultures, and languages. Participation in 糖心Vlog传媒鈥檚 Study-Abroad Program gives students in the Languages and Literatures Department the opportunity to enrich their lives by visiting other countries.聽 In addition, my department encourages students to leave the comfort zone of the classroom through community service engagement, which offers an opportunity to share their knowledge of a foreign language and the culture it represents.
As Chair, I have organized and implemented successful faculty and community workshops for foreign language teachers in the region. We share information, exchange ideas, and discuss new ways to improve teaching through different methodologies and the implementation of technology in the classroom.
During my career, I have pursued and been awarded numerous fellowships and grants with multiple agencies 鈥� The Appalachian Center for Community Faculty Development Grant, Emory & Henry College, which enabled me to incorporate service-learning into my Spanish classes; The Mednick Fellowship for Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges, which dealt with connecting Spanish language and culture; Curriculum Development Grant at Emory & Henry College, Virginia; Faculty Scholar Lecture Series at 糖心Vlog传媒; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Trust through the Appalachian College Association Fellowship; and the Graduate Council Research Fellowship at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
- Ph.D. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Licenciatura en Filosof铆a y Letras, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Certificado de Adaptaci贸n Pedag贸gica, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
鈥淶ooming into the Language Classroom,鈥� Appalachian College Association Summit XVII, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 17, 2014
鈥淓ngaging Language Learners in the XXIst Century,鈥� Holston Language Association, conducted workshop, 糖心Vlog传媒, Bristol, Tennessee, November 4th, 2013
鈥淟earning Languages Beyond the Classroom Setting: A Look into Community Service,鈥� Appalachian College Association Summit XV, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 26, 2013
鈥淒iscovering the Festival of San Ferm铆n,鈥� Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association Conference, Franklin, Tennessee, November 2, 2012
鈥淒iscovering Language through Art,鈥� Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Baltimore, Maryland, April 22, 2012.
鈥淪antiago Calatrava y Rafael Moneo: Construyendo arte sin fronteras,鈥� Southeast Coastal Conference on Language & Literatures, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, April 1st, 2011
Selected Publications:
Macione, Beatriz H., Remillard, Annie., 鈥淟earning Languages Beyond the Classroom Setting: A Look Into Community Service,鈥� Proceedings of XVI Appalachian College Association Summit, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 2013.
Macione, Beatriz H., 鈥淩eview of The Story of Spain: The Dramatic History of Europe鈥檚 Most Fascinating Country, by Mark R. Williams,鈥� Hispania Vol. 94, No. 3 (December 2011): 766-767.
Macione, Beatriz H., 鈥淗acia el coraz贸n de Europa,鈥� Revista Materiales para la ense帽anza multicultural: la realidad europea 19 (Fall 2011): 26-31. This essay also appears in the online version of Revista Materiales para la ense帽anza multicultural: la realidad europea.
Macione, Beatriz H., 鈥淚mplementation of Service-Learning in Language Courses: A Pilot Experience,鈥� Teacher鈥檚 Educators鈥� Journal Vol. 18 (Spring 2011): 27-39. This essay also appears in the online version of the Association of Teacher Educators in Virginia at .
Macione, Beatriz H., 鈥淩eview of Disorientations: Spanish Colonialism in Africa and the Performance of Identity, by Susan Martin-M谩rquez,鈥� Hispania Vol. 93, No. 1 (March 2010): 150-152.
Macione, Beatriz H., 鈥淣ueva Orle谩ns: el legado espa帽ol en una ciudad multicultural,鈥� Revista Materiales para la ense帽anza multicultural: un viaje por el tiempo 13 (Fall 2007): 14-18. This essay also appears in the online version of Revista Materiales para la ense帽anza multicultural: un viaje por el tiempo.