Barbara Weitz   English Department   Instructor   Non-Fiction Writing   and Film Studies

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

Current Positions Held:

1983-Present     Florida International University, Miami, FL
Instructor, Department of English

1992-Present     Czech Study Abroad Program Director

1999-Present     Wolfsonian Museum-FIU Advisory Board

1999-Present     Women's Studies Program Steering Committee

1999-Present     Film Society of Miami-FIU Film Council
Co-ordinator-Film Studies Internship Program

1999-Present     Co-Director-FIU Cinema Club

1990-93             FIU Honors Program
Faculty member/2nd year coordinator

1991-Present     University Academic Conduct Review Board Chair

1988-Present     English Dept. Advisor



Past Positions Held:

1980-83 and     University of Miami, Miami, FL
1977-78            Instructor, Intensive English Program

1979-80           Howard County Jewish Council, Columbia, MD
Co-ordinator of English Program for Indochinese & Russian Jewish Refugees

1977-78           Florida International University, Miami, FL
Asst. Director and Developer, English Language Institute
Asst. Co-ordinator and Director, Writing Lab
Workshop developer and instructor, Remedial Writing
Adjunct Instructor, Depts. Of English and Modern Languages

1974-77           Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Instructor, English as a Second Language Program

1970-73           N.A.T.O., Brussels, Belgium
Teacher, English as a Second Language
Speechwriter and translator

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• 1999     Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
  Russian Area Studies Lecture Series
  "Culture in Post-Communist Eastern Europe"
  
  
• 1999     Miami Book Fair, Miami, FL
  Panel Moderator, "Women Writers in Post-Communist Eastern Europe"
  
  
• 1996     FIU Women's Studies Conference, Miami, FL
  Paper-"Images of Masculinity on Film"
  
  
• 1994     12th Key West Literary Conference, Key West, FL
  Panel Moderator, "Autobiographical Writing"
  
  
• 1993     11th Key West Literary Conference, Key West, FL
  Panel Moderator, "Travel Writing"
  
  
• 1989     NCTE National Convention, Baltimore, MD
  Paper-"Critical Thinking in the Writing Classroom"
  
  
• 1988     SAMLA Annual Conference, Washington, DC
  "Self-Confidence and Sensitivity as Precursors to Intellectual Writing"
  
  
• 1986     City University of New York
  Conference on Language and Adult Literacy
  "Syntactical and Morphological Features of 'Spanglish' in Miami, FL"
  
  
• 1986     Florida International University, Miami, FL
  Linguistics Symposium
  "Is it Time to Resurrect Whorf?"
  
  
• 1982     University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
  Gulf TESOL Conference
  "What To Teach Once They Speak English"
  
  
• 1978     Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  National Association for Foreign Student Affairs (NAFSA)
  "Freshman English and TESOL-The Connection"
  
  
• 1977     University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  ELS Language Centers National Conference of Directors
  "Advanced Level Multi-Purpose Language Program"
  
  
• 1976     Portland State University, Portland, OR
  NAFSA Regional Conference
  "Teaching Literature to Advanced ESL Students"

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