MICHELLE M. ROY (UELAND)
EDUCATION
University of New Mexico, College of Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2008
Ph.D. Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies
Concentration: Educational Thought
Minor: Educational Administration and Leadership
Dissertation: “A Mexican Immigrant Family’s Bilingual, Bicultural, and Binational Family Literacy Experiences: The Magic People Have within Themselves”
I conducted longitudinal qualitative case study research for my dissertation from 1998 – 2008 on the topic of a Mexican immigrant family’s educational experiences in the Even Start Family Literacy Program.
Universidad de Salamanca, Spanish as a Second Language Proficiency Exam, February 2000 Diploma Superior de Español como Segundo Idioma (DELE)
The University of Salamanca, Spain, and the Cervantes Institute, New York, offer an exam to certify Spanish as a Second Language proficiency. I earned the highest level, Superior, in all skills, listening, speaking, reading, writing, and grammar.
Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, December 1997
Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics, Emphasis in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Thesis: “Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Public Primary Schools: A Needs Assessment Study for Teacher Specialization in Costa Rica”
I conducted this needs assessment with two colleagues during and after my employment as an academic advisor and coordinator with the Costa Rican Ministry of Education.
Creative Nonfiction Writing Fellowship with Gloria Anzaldúa, The Loft Center for Creative Writing, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 1990
I was selected as Gloria Anzaldúa’s literary assistant and as a participant in her creative non fiction writing residence.
Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, May 1989
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature and Women’s Studies, double major
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Georgetown Law, Washington, D.C., August 2009 – present
Faculty Director – Center for Legal English
- Advanced Scholarly Writing
- Oral Communication in the Law I and II
- Cocurricular outings
- From a Great Seminar Paper to a Publication Workshop
- Online Legal English Program
- Intensive Summer Legal English Program