Kelsey Harper

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Appointments

2016 - 

Graduate Teaching Consultant Fellow, Center for Teaching Excellence, ​Texas A&M University
2016 -

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Hispanic Studies, Texas A&M University
2014 - 2016

Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Language Institute, Texas A&M University
2014

Adjunct Instructor of Spanish, Butler Community College, Andover, Kansas
2011 - 2013

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Wichita State University

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Publications

Accepted

Eslami-Rasekh, Z., & Harper, K. Language proficiency and NNESTs. TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching.

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Conference Presentations

2017
“​#BeingPeruvian: Social Networking Sites and U.S. Minority Hispanic Groups.” 26th Conference on Spanish in the United States:
Contact, Communities, Connections, Provo, Utah, April.
2016
“​Language and National Identity: The Case of Being Peruvian.” Linguistic Association of the Southwest XLV, Austin, Texas,
September.
“Being Peruvian: Language Attitudes on Facebook.” Language Matters Glasscock Working Group, College Station, Texas,
September.
2015
“A Program for Teaching Spanish Forms of Address.” Third Workshop of the International Network on Address Research, College
Station, Texas, October.
2014
​“La Afrenta de Corpes: Una interpretación ecocrítica.” 4th Annual Conference of the Department of Hispanic Studies: Translating
Social Movements, College Station, Texas, March.

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Courses Taught

2016 -

Beginning Spanish I, Texas A&M University
2014 - 2016

Intermediate Reading, Intermediate Oral Skills, Intermediate
Composition, Basic Vocabulary, Basic Listening, Basic Composition, Texas A&M University
2014

Elementary Spanish, Butler Community College
2011 - 2013

Intro to Spanish I, Intro to Spanish II, Wichita State University

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Scholarly Awards

2016

Glasscock Graduate Research Fellowship, Glasscock Center, Texas A&M University ($2,000)
2011

Magna Cum Laude Graduate, Wichita State University
2010 - 2011

Henry & Marjorie Malone Memorial Scholarship

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Other Academic Appointments

2016-

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, Texas A&M University,
Project: Inspiring Children to Become Better Readers (Program for the Enhancement of Scholarly and
Creative Activities (PESCA) grant

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Other Work Experience

2011 - 2014

Administrative Assistant/Assistant to the Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, ​Wichita State
University
2011

ESL Teacher, Phap Hoa Buddhist Temple, Wichita, KS
2009 - 2011

Interpreter and ESL Teacher, International Mission Board, Lima, Perú (summers)

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Service

2016

Volunteer, Aggieland Saturday
Volunteer, Brazos County Worldfest
Translator, “WATER, ART, WOMEN, LIFE.” SEAD Gallery, Texas A&M University
2015

Panel Moderator, Third Workshop of the International Network on Address Research, College Station, Texas

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Professional Memberships

2016 -

Member, Linguistic Association of the Southwest (LASSO)
2014 - 2016

Member, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
2010 -

Member, Sociedad Nacional Hispánica Sigma Delta Pi

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Languages*

English (native speaker)
Spanish (superior)
Malay (intermediate low)
Portuguese (novice high/reading knowledge)

 *All descriptors are based on the proficiency descriptors of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL)