Diana Valds

6008 West Burke Street (813) 857-2705

Tampa, FL 33634 valdesdiana92@gmail.com

EDUCATION

2017 Master of Arts in Hispanic Literature. University of South Florida. Tampa, FL.

Thesis: Study and Edition of La dama presidente by Francisco de Leiva Ramrez de Arellano.
Committee: Dr. David Arbes (Chair), Dr. Sonia Ramirez Wohlmuth, Dr. Anne Latowsky.

2015 Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language Education. Minor in Spanish Culture & Language.
University of South Florida. Tampa, FL.

2014 Education Abroad. FORSPRO/University of South Florida, Madrid, Spain.

EMPLOYMENT

2016 - 2017 Graduate Teaching Assistant. Dept. of World Languages. University of South
Florida. Dept. of World Languages. August 2016- December 2017

Taught Beginning Spanish I and II courses to non-native speakers at university level.

Responsible for creating lesson plans, assignments, exams, independently teaching and
managing the class, grading, and regularly meeting with other Graduate Assistants and
Graduate Assistant Coordinator to discuss best practices and improvements regarding
teaching methods, lesson planning, and exam development.

2016 On-line Teaching Assistant. Dept. of World Languages. University of South

Florida. January 2016 - July 2016.

Oversaw sections of Beginning Spanish I and II for non-native speakers on-line at

university level. Responsible for grading assignments, homework, exams, creating
instructional videos for students, regularly meeting with other Graduate Assistants,
Adjunct Professors, and the Graduate Assistant Coordinator to discuss best practices and
improvements regarding teaching methods and exam grading.

2014 Spanish Teaching Internship. Henry B. Plant High School. August 2014 -
December 2014.

Taught Beginning Spanish I and II courses to non-native speakers at High School level.
Responsible for creating lesson plans, assignments, exams, independently teaching and
managing the class, grading, and regularly meeting with my mentor and supervisor to
discuss best practices and improvements regarding teaching methods, lesson planning,
and parent - teacher interactions.

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WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

2017 Nov. 13th. Creating an on-line ePortfolio for future teachers.

2017 Oct. 26th. Setting up presentation material for students on-line via Canvas.

2017 Aug. 16th. Using technology in the classroom for new incoming teaching assistants.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2017 Jan. 22nd. La influencia budista en Barlaam y Josafat. 11th Annual Graduate
symposium of Spanish and Portuguese Studies. University of Florida. Gainesville, FL.

VOLUNTEER WORK

2013 Mar. 1st. Served as a judge for a speaking event at Meadowlawn Middle School.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

President, Graduate Student Association. University of South Florida.

Vice-president, University of South Florida.
Member, Spanish Club, University of South Florida.
Member, Foreign Language Education Club, University of South Florida.
Member, Portuguese Club, University of South Florida.

RELEVANT COURSEWORK IN SPANISH

Golden Age Poetry & Drama. Spanish Theatre, 18-21th Century

Spanish American Poetry: Vanguardia
Graduate Instructional Methods
Caribbean Literature
Medieval Literature
Science and Technology in Lit, Art & Film
Introduction to Hispanic Graduate Studies
Spanish-English Contrastive Grammar
Colonial Spanish American Literature
Latin American Short Story

REFERENCES

Dr. David Arbes Dr. Sandrine Savona Alejandro De La Pava

Graduate Program director
Dept. of World Languages
University of South Florida
arbesu@usf.edu
Phone: 813.974.3928
T.A. supervisor
Dept. of World Languages
University of South Florida
savonas@usf.edu
Phone: 860.839.0392
Instructor
Dept. of World Languages
University of South Florida
adelapava@.usf.edu
Phone: 813.850.6880