CURRICULUM VITAE
William C. Maisch, PhD
(919) 408-0738
maisch@unc.edu
Education:
PhD
(1995), Spanish Literature; specialization: Spanish 15th and 16th-century narrative;
supporting program in Italian Medieval and Renaissance Literature.
MA (1991), Spanish Literature; specialization: Golden Age Prose University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Thesis: "Chivalric Madness and Pastoral Folly in the Quijote." Director: Prof. Angel Cilveti
BA
(1971), Spanish with minor in Secondary Education.
Other Educational Experience (1975-1985):
18 graduate
hours in Foreign Language Education, UVa. Grad.
2 summers of
study at Cursos Internacionales,
Teaching Experience:
1989-present:
Elementary Spanish: Spanish 1 (Spanish 101)
Intermediate Spanish, honors sections: Spanish 2A (102H), Spanish 4A (204H)
Intermediate Spanish Service Learning: Spanish 204 - APPLES
Elementary Spanish for advanced language learners: Spanish 14
Elementary/Intermediate Spanish for high beginners: Spanish 2x (Spanish 105)
Accelerated Elementary and Intermediate Spanish: Spanish 1-2
Introduction to Hispanic Literature, honors section: Spanish 21A (Spanish 260H)
Cervantes in English Translation: Spanish 46 (Spanish 280)
Contemporary Spanish Cultures: Spanish 53 (340)
Spanish Service Learning (Spanish 293)
Spanish Literature before 1700: Spanish 71 (Spanish 371)
Spanish-American Literature: Spanish 73 (Spanish 373)
Oral Histories of Our Local Hispanic Community, First Year Seminar (ROML 6e)
n.b. Syllabi, plans and other course resources for the courses I coordinate, teach and develop are available on line at http://www.unc.edu/~maisch/stdinfo.html
1972-1989: North Cross School, Roanoke,VA
Elementary Spanish (Spanish 1 and 2)
Intermediate Spanish (Spanish 3 and 4)
Advanced Placement course in Hispanic Literature (Spanish 5)
Advanced Placement course in Spanish Language (Spanish 5)
Professional Service and Administrative Experience:
Senior Lecturer, Romance Languages. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Serve as Departmental Director for Study Abroad Programs in Spain and Spanish-America. Administrative responsibilities include: advising undergraduate students planning to study abroad; reviewing and approving Departmental credit from study abroad programs; advising the Study Abroad Office on potential and existing programs in Spain and Spanish-America as well as conducting site visits; and, working in a close advisory capacity with the UNC Study Abroad Program in Seville. 2005 to present.
Coordinate one or two twenty-five to sixty section Spanish language courses each semester. Administrative responsibilities: planning syllabus of instruction, curriculum, exams; conducting course meetings; and, visiting classes to evaluate the teaching of other course instructors. 1990-present.
Served on recent search committees for both Golden Age Assistant Professorship and fixed term faculty.
Developed, coordinate, and teach APPLES service learning sections of Intermediate Spanish II (204). 2002-present
Conducted a semester-long study on incorporating computer technology into the Spanish 204 curriculum (spring, 1997). Work included helping to develop a course home page (http://roml.unc.edu/courses/span004/), planning and assessing the incorporation of several computer technologies in a pilot section.
Co-produced a foreign language instruction training video for use during departmental orientation for new graduate Teaching Assistants.
Developed and led orientation workshops for new graduate students for the Center for Teaching and Learning (1991-1994); and conducted foreign language teaching workshops for Durham Public Schools and University of Georgia at Athens (1996).
Developed curriculum and syllabus for new accelerated six-semester-hour course in Spanish language (1-2) which I taught in 1993 and 1994; the course incorporates the use of computer software into entry level language curriculum.
Served on Spanish Language Curriculum Committee (1995) and Textbook Selection Committees for Spanish language classes in 1993 and 1995.
Serve on the Romance Language Deptartment's Language Instruction Committee (1995-2005)
Developed curriculum, text, materials and syllabus for new Spanish 4 honors and service learning class which I taught first in 2002; the course incorporates intermediate language and Latino culture in the United States with hands on service opportunities in that community.
North Cross School, Roanoke,VA
Served as Department Chair for Foreign Languages: 1976-1989.
Administrative responsibilities: interviewing, training, evaluating personnel, and advising the headmaster on hiring; developing, coordinating and implementing curriculum for foreign languages; and, planning the departmental budget
Developed and implemented elementary and middle school foreign language programs: 1978-1988; developed first Spanish elementary program in a Virginia independent school.
Established an independent cultural exchange with a school in Cáceres, Spain; responsibilities: leading and hosting summer visits between the schools; counseling full year exchange students; interviewing prospective host families; and acquiring and keeping school INS and student visa records.
Chaired the foreign language section of the ten year self study for the southern Association of Colleges and Independent Schools.
Founded Chapter of Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica in 1982.
Recent Papers and Publications:
(Book, Co-author): Turner, Joan F., William C. Masich, and Heather D. Mendoza. 2004. Somos vecinos: Intermediate Spanish through U.S. Latino culture. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
(Book, Co-author): Turner, Joan F., William C. Masich, and Heather D. Mendoza. 2004. Workbook to accompany Somos vecinos: Intermediate Spanish through U.S. Latino culture. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
(Book, Co-author): Turner, Joan F., William C. Masich, and Heather D. Mendoza. 2004. Instructor's Resource Manual - Somos vecinos: Intermediate Spanish through U.S. Latino culture. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
(Commercial Recording, Author): Turner, Joan F., William C. Masich, and Heather D. Mendoza. 2004. Student Video CD-rom TO Accompany Somos vecinos: Intermediate Spanish through U.S. Latino culture. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
"The Unofficial (Hi)story of the Desaparecidos in Literature, Popular Music, and Film." Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Nashville: Nov., 1997.
"Problematic Aspects of Teaching Literature: Demystifying Poetry." Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina. Durham: Oct. 17, 1997.
."Boccaccio's Teseida. The Breakdown of Difference and Ritual Sacrifice." Annali D'Italianistica 15 (1997): 85-97.
Narrative Experimentation in the Fifteenth-Century Sentimental Novels.
Diss. U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1995.
"Boccaccio's Teseida: The Breakdown of Difference." Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Atlanta: Nov., 1994.
"Starting a Spanish Language Course for High Beginners." A three-hour workshop at the University of Georgia, Athens. September, 1996.
"Strategies for Teaching Writing in the Middle School Foreign Language Classroom." A two-hour workshop for the Durham Public Schools. August, 1996.
"The Narrative Agents of the Vita Nuova and Their Awareness of the Issues of "Reading." Romance Language Annual 3 (1994): 234-38.
"The Essence of Schlegelian Dialectical Irony in Bécquer's Leyendas: Breaking the Illusion." Paper delivered at the Third Area Conference for Graduate Students in Hispanic, Portuguese, Italian Literatures and Romance Philology. Chapel Hill: April, 1992.
"Demystifying the Foreign Language Classroom for New Teaching Assistants." Paper delivered at the Third National Conference on the Training and Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants. Austin, Nov., 1991.
"How to Produce an Orientation Video for New Teaching Assistants in Foreign Languages." Paper delivered at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Washington, DC.: Nov., 1991.
Work in Progress:
Revising doctoral dissertation for publication as a book, Narrative Experimentation in the Fifteenth-Century Sentimental Novels.
Writing an article for publication on classroom strategies to improve oral proficiency and address the students' role in reentry of grammar and vocabulary.
Revising curriculum guides for instructors of Spanish 204 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Researching computerized oral testing. Participated in a National Language Resource Center Summer Institute at San Diego State University in August, 1997.
Professional Affiliations, Academic Honors, and Awards:
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Modern Language Association
Southwest Council of Latin American Studies
American Association of Teachers of Italian
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Sigma Delta Pi, national Spanish honors fraternity
UNC Distinguished Teaching Awards nominations in 1993, 1994, and 1995
PhD Area of Specialization Written Exams passed with High Honors, Fall 1993
Pew Teaching Leadership Award for participation in the Third National Conference on the Training and Employment of Graduate Teaching Assistants: Austin, 1991
Recommendations:
Prof. Dino Cervigni, Romance Languages, UNC Chapel Hilloffice: (919) 962-1470; dept: (919) 962-2062; home (919) 942-3582
Prof. Cesáreo Bandera, Romance Languages, UNC Chapel Hill office: (919) 962-1033; dept: (919) 962-2062; home: (919) 408-0301
Prof. Marsha Collins, Romance Languages, UNC Chapel Hill office: (919) 962-0130; dept: (919) 962-2062
Prof. Frank Domínguez, Romance Languages, UNC Chapel Hilloffice: (919) 962-1002/1036; dept: (919) 962-2062; home (919) 933-5020
Mr. Bertrand Hudnall, former headmaster, North Cross School, Roanoke VA office/home: (804) 384-2244 [Lynchburg, VA]
Prof. Joan Turner, Romance Languages, Univ. of Arkansas at Fayettevilleoffice (501) 575-7186; dept: (501) 575-2951; home (501) 587-9054
Complete dossier consisting of confidential letters of recommendation from the above is available on request from the University of North Carolina Career Services Office, CB#5140, 211 Hanes Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Available on request:
Complete transcripts from the UNC-CH Registrar's Office
Descriptive list of course work
VHS video tape of a full 50 minute language class
Offprint of article on Dante's Vita nuova
Complete recent set of student course/instructor evaluations
VHS copy of co-produced TA training video, "Teaching Spanish at Carolina"
Copy of doctoral dissertation, Narrative Experimentation in the Fifteenth-Century Sentimental Novels
Copies of curriculum guides for
instructors of Spanish 2x and Spanish 4