Curriculum Vitae

Thomas St. Pierre

Office University at Buffalo Linguistics Department Baldy Hall, Room 454 Buffalo, NY 14260 e-mail: tastpier@buffalo.edu Home 277 Linwood Ave Apt 1B Buffalo, NY 14209 telephone: (480) 335-5225

Education 2013 Present PhD Linguistics University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York GPA: 4.0/4.0 Expected Graduation: May 2018 MA TESOL and Linguistics Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana GPA: 3.98/4.0 Master Project: Case Alternation in German Two-way Prepositions. 2005 2009 BA (Honors) English with a concentration in literary criticism University of Maine, Orono, Maine GPA: 3.93/4.0 Thesis: Articulations in Conversation: Coleridges Quest for a True Philosophy. Received Highest Honors. Administrative Experience 2012 2013 Academic Coordinator, Intensive English Institute, Ball State University Curriculum review/revision, course and instructor scheduling, program-wide materials selection, accreditation Accreditation Team, Intensive English Institute, Ball State University Contributing writer and researcher for institutes self-study accreditation report

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Professional Experience 2013 Present Graduate Teaching Assistant, Linguistics Department University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Instruction of German 101 and 102 courses for primarily L1 English American students Adjunct Associate, American Language Program Columbia University, New York, NY Instruction of intermediate level ESL courses in combined skills courses (reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar) Grant Researcher Ball State University, Muncie, IN Kandahar, Afghanistan Development of ESP business curriculum and teacher training modules Higher Council for Education, Iraq EFL curriculum development for Baghdad University, teacher training, module web-design Graduate Teacher, Intensive English Institute Ball State University, Muncie, IN Instruction of various proficiency levels (from beginner to advanced) and skills (particularly writing and grammar), course/syllabus design, assessment with the same responsibilities as instructors Teachers Assistant Southern Aroostook Community School, Dyer Brook, ME Remedial math and language arts instruction for 6-8 graders Tutor ClubZ! Tutoring, Mesa, AZ Tutoring from grade 7 to college level in science, French, English, and math Peer Tutor University of Maine Writing Center , Orono, ME Individual workshopping of academic papers Copy Editor and Staff Writer The Maine Campus Newspaper, Orono, ME

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Courses Taught University at Buffalo State University of New York, Amherst, NY GER 101: Beginning German I GER 102: Beginning German II American Language Program, Columbia University, New York, NY Level 3 Level 4 Intensive English Institute, Ball State University, Muncie, IN ENIEI 111: Level 1 Writing ENIEI 121: Level 2 Writing ENIEI 131: Level 3 Writing ENIEI 141: Level 4 Writing ENIEI 152: Level 5 Grammar ENIEI 161: Level 6 Writing Presentations St. Pierre, T. (2013, March). The Combination of Concepts Through Lexical and Syntactic Interplay: The Case of get within the Syntactic Frame of Motion. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference, Dallas, TX. (Refereed). Pabst, K. & St. Pierre, T. (2013, March). The Pragmatic Interlanguage of L2 German Learners. Paper presented at the annual Central States Conference (CSC) on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Columbus, OH. (Refereed). St. Pierre, T. (2012, November). Using L1 English Intuitions to Teach L2 German Grammar. Paper presented Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association (IFLTA), Indianapolis, IN. (Refereed). St. Pierre, T., & Greer, B. (2012, October). The Pragmatics of Virtual Interaction and Identity. Paper presented at Indiana TESOL (INTESOL) Conference, Indianapolis, IN. (Refereed). St. Pierre, T. (2011, November). The Implications of Synformy in TESOL. Paper presented at the Professional Development Session of the Intensive English Institute, Muncie, IN. St. Pierre, T. (2011 October). Influence of Semantic Contrast in the Acquisition of Synforms. Paper presented at Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Iowa State University, Ames, IA. (Refereed).

Kail, H., St. Pierre, T., Priest, J., Prindle, A., Robinson, A., & Schaffner, S. (April 2009). That First Tutorial: What Does it Tell us About Peer Tutoring? Roundtable discussion given at the Northeast Writing Centers Association (NEWCA), University of Hartford, Hartford, CT. (Refereed). Honors and Awards 2011 2009 2009 2007 2005/2006 2005 2005 2005 Volunteer 2013-Present German Film Series, Organizer (Buffalo, NY) 2014 After-School Program, German Instructor (Dyer Brook, ME) 2010-2013 Staatskongress, Conversation Partner (Muncie, IN) Languages English (native) German (proficient) French (reading) Professional Affiliations AAAL American Association for Applied Linguistics INTESOL Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages IFLTAIndiana Foreign Language Teachers Association References Dr. Mary Seig, Director of Intensive English Institute and Associate Professor of English Ball State University Department of English Robert Bell Building (RB), Room 297 Muncie, IN 47306 E-mail: mtseig@bsu.edu Phone: (765) 285-2007 Dr. Janet Ross Scholarship for Teachers of ESL. Department of English, Ball State University ($750) Phi Beta Kappa Outstanding Graduating Senior in English Award. Department of English. University of Maine ($500) Albert Morton Critical Writing Competition. Department of English, University of Maine ($250) Barking Foundation Scholarship ($6000) Wal-Mart Scholarship ($1000) Destination Imagination Scholarship ($500) Top Scholar Award (free tuition at University of Maine)

Dr. David Fertig, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Director of German Program University at Buffalo Department of Linguistics 609 Baldy Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 E-mail: fertig@buffalo.edu Phone: (716) 645-2177 Dr. Elizabeth Riddle, Chairperson of the Department of English Ball State University Department of English Robert Bell Building (RB), Room 297 Muncie, IN 47306 E-mail: emriddle@bsu.edu Phone: (765) 285-8584