EDUCATION


Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University, May 2012

Dissertation: The Effect of Phonetics Instruction on Adult Learners’ Perception and Production of L2 Sounds

   

M.A. in Spanish Literature, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2003

M.A. Thesis: Sabina Berman’s El suplicio del placer and the Subversion of Gender


B.A. in Spanish & International Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2001. Honors Thesis: El camino de Santiago in an Evolving Twentieth Century Spain



PUBLICATIONS: Journal Articles


Kissling, E.M. (to appear 2015). Phonetics instruction improves learners’ perception of L2 sounds. Language Teaching Research, 19(3), pagination pending.


--- (2014). What predicts the effectiveness of FL pronunciation instruction?: Investigating the role of perception and other individual differences. Canadian Modern Language Review, 70(4), 532-558.


--- (2013). Teaching pronunciation: Is explicit phonetics instruction beneficial for FL learners? The Modern Language Journal, 97(3), 720-744.


--- (2011). Cross linguistic differences in the immediate serial recall of consonants versus vowels. Applied Psycholinguistics, 33(3), 605-621.



PUBLICATIONS: Edited Volume


Kissling, E.M. (Ed). (2014). Emancipation: Freeing of the self in literature, arts, religion, and sport. Revista de Humanidades, 23. [Accessible at www.revistadehumanidades.com]



PUBLICATIONS: Book Chapters


Kissling, E.M. (2003). The Camino de Santiago in twentieth-century Spain. In Borges, F.M., Hurtado, M.M., & Rebhan, E.M., (Eds.), Selected Proceedings from the Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference on Lusophone and Hispanic History, Literature, and Culture (pp. 60-68). Santa Barbara: University of California TINTA Annex.


Brinkwirth, A., Kissling, E.M., Murphy-Judy, K., & Valencia, C. (2007). Technology follows technique: Refocusing the observational lens.  In Kassen, M.A., Lavine, R.Z., Murphy-Judy, K., & Peters, M., Preparing and Developing Technology-proficient L2 Teachers (pp. 165-188). CALICO Monograph Series Volume 6.



PUBLICATIONS: Reviews


Kissling, E.M. (2014). Review of Singh, N.K. (2013). Multilingual Trends in a Globalized World: Prospects and Challenges. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. In LinguistList number 25.398.  [Accessible at http://http://linguistlist.org/issues/25/25-398.html].


--- (2013). Review of Ellis, R. (2012). Language Teaching Research and Pedagogy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Modern Language Journal, 97(3), 807-808.


--- (2012). Review of Larsen-Freeman, D. & Anderson, M. (2011). Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.  In LinguistList number 23.2741. [Accessible at http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-2741.html]


--- (2011). Review of Livingstone, K.A. (2010).  Los procesos metodológicos de la enseñanza-aprendizaje de lenguas mediante tareas (The Methodological Processes of Task-based Teaching and Learning).  In LinguistList number 22.3289. [Accessible at http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-3289.html]


--- (2011). Review of Kinginger, C. (2009). Language Learning and Study Abroad: A Critical Reading of the Research. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. In Studies in Second Language Acquisition 33(4), 633-634.


--- (2011). Review of Transparent Spanish [Review of the computer software Transparent Spanish].  In CALICO Journal, 28(3): 777-784. [Accessible at https://calico.org/p-576-Transparent%20Spanish%20(52011).html]



PRESENTATIONS: Sole Presenter


Kissling, E.M. (2014, March). Reconsidering native Spanish VOT phonetic “norms” and pronunciation targets for FL learners in a bilingual, multi-dialectal context. Presented at the Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology Conference, Washington, D.C.


--- (2013, May). What predicts the effectiveness of FL pronunciation instruction?: Investigating the role of perception. Paper presented at the New Sounds Conference, Montreal, Canada.


--- (2013, April). (Un)successful interactions during study abroad: insights from host families, students, and administrators. Paper presented at the Spanish Applied Linguistics Association (AESLA), San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Spain.


--- (2012, July). The señoras' side of the story: Attitudes and behaviors of study abroad host families.  Paper presented at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.


--- (2012, February). What do Spanish learners stand to gain from phonetics lessons added to the FL curriculum?  Paper presented at the Current Approaches to Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology Conference, Columbia, South Carolina.


--- (2011, October). The perception-production Link in L2 phonology and learners’ responses to explicit vs. implicit instructional conditions. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, Ames, Iowa.


--- (2011, July). Learning outcomes of FL pronunciation instruction: How important are individual differences?  Paper presented at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese conference, Washington, DC.


--- (2011, May). Addressing L2 learners’ perceptual “foreign accent.”  Paper presented at the Spanish Applied Linguistics Association (AESLA), Salamanca, Spain.


--- (2010, March). Using cognitive linguistics analyses to explain systematicity in the L2 lexicon and support L2 vocabulary instruction. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics conference, Atlanta, Georgia.


--- (2009, October). First language influence on phonological short term memory: Exploring Arabic/English bilinguals’ serial order recall of consonants and vowels. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, East Lansing, Michigan.


--- (2007, March). Lengua y poder en EE.UU. (Language and Power in the U.S.). Paper presented at Luces y Cadenas: Cultura y Poder en el Siglo XXI Speaker Series, Córdoba, Spain.



PRESENTATIONS: Co-Presenter


Kissling, E.M., & O’Donnell, M. (2014, November). Using ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines to design an advanced conversation course. Paper presented at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference, San Antonio, Texas.


Warren, L., Kissling, E.M., & Negrete, L. (2013, November). A cognitive linguistics approach to teaching Spanish prepositions por, para. Paper presented at the ACTFL Conference, Orlando, Florida.


Negrete, L., Warren, L., & Kissling, E.M. (2013, June). A Cognitive linguistics approach to teaching Spanish por and para. Paper to be presented at the 12th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Alberta, Canada.


Murphy-Judy, K. & Kissling, E.M. (2007, October). Integrating Technology into Teacher Education and Professional Development: a Roundtable with and for teacher trainers, teachers and students.  Presented at the Foreign Language Association of Virginia conference, Richmond, Virginia.


Murphy-Judy, K. & Kissling, E.M. (2006, October). Improving Teaching and Learning through Digital Video. Presented at the Foreign Language Association of Virginia conference, Richmond, Virginia.


Brinkwirth, A., Kissling, E.M., Murphy-Judy, K., & Valencia, C. (2006, May). Clipping Good Teaching, Lab Use, and Learning. Workshop presented at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium conference, Manoa, Hawai’i.


Murphy-Judy, K. & Kissling, E.M. (2006, March). Catching Ourselves Teaching Well. Presented at the 16th Annual Saturday Seminar for Virginia High School Foreign Language Teachers, Richmond, Virginia.


Murphy-Judy, K., Kissling, E.M., & Brinkwirth, A. (2006, February). Backward Design Instruction. Presented at the World Languages In-Service for Chesterfield County Schools’ language teachers, Chesterfield, Virginia.



HONORS


Council on Undergraduate Research Travel Award (March 2014), to present research involving undergraduates in an academic conference

Faculty Summer Research Grant (Summer 2013) College of Arts and Letters, James Madison University

Best Graduate Student Presentation (February 2012), Current Approaches in Spanish and Portuguese Second Language Phonology conference

Dissertation Grant (December 2010): Language Learning (journal)

Ph.D. Full Assistantship (fall 2007 – spring 2012), Georgetown University

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (summer 2003) to study Arabic at the Monterey Institute of International Studies

Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis Award (May 2001), The University of North Carolina, International Studies Department



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


University of Richmond, fall 2014 – present

Courses:

    Bilingualism in US, Latin America, and Spain

    Spanish in the Media

    Spanish for advanced beginners


Southern Oregon University’s Summer Institute for Spanish Teachers, summers 2014 – 2015

Courses:

    Action Research (graduate level)


James Madison University, fall 2012 – spring 2014

Courses:

    Special Topics in Spanish Linguistics: Bilingual politics, acquisition, and education
    Spanish Phonetics in traditional, online, and hybrid environments

    Advanced Spanish Conversation

Advised Spanish majors

Hosted weekly Spanish conversation table

Served on the Honor Advisory Board of the College of Arts and Letters


Georgetown University, fall 2007 – spring 2012

Graduate Courses:

    Second language acquisition and bilingualism (teaching assistant)

Undergraduate Courses:

    Introduction to linguistics (instructor)

    Second language teaching methodology (teaching assistant)

    Phonology (teaching assistant)

Conducted data collection and analysis for artificial grammar implicit learning study

Assisted the chair in preparing large national conference for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)

Was faculty liaison for Graduate Linguistics Student Association


Virginia Commonwealth University, fall 2005 – summer 2009

Taught intermediate - advanced courses in Spanish language, grammar, literature, and media

Coordinated Spanish elementary – intermediate courses

Supervised adjunct instructors of Spanish

Created an Undergraduate Certificate in Spanish/English Translation and Interpretation

Created the university’s first online Spanish course, “Spanish through the Media”

Advised undergraduate Spanish majors and minors

Was secretary of the undergraduate curriculum committee

Was faculty representative to the Honor Council


University of Richmond’s “Summer in Seville,” Spain, summers, 2006 and 2011

Taught intermediate-level Spanish literature and media courses

Acted as Assistant Director to the program, which enrolled 28 undergraduate students

Conducted interviews for ongoing research project investigating program stakeholders’ language attitudes


TASIS (The American School in Switzerland), Salamanca, Spain, summer, 2008

Taught intermediate Spanish to international high school students

Assisted and accompanied students during all activities, including excursions and cultural lessons


Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, N.C., fall 2004 – spring 2005

Taught elementary Spanish language courses

Served as foreign language technology representative to principle’s advisory council


Various programs in Mount Pleasant, Washington, D.C., June 2009 – July 2012

Taught volunteer English as a Second Language program for low-literacy adult learners


The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, fall 2001 – spring 2004

Taught elementary – intermediate Spanish language courses

Served as graduate student assistant to the study abroad program in Seville, Spain


Feynman School, Washington, D.C., March – June 2010

As a language consultant, created curricular maps and lesson plans for charter school emphasizing science, math, and language submersion for gifted preschool students



SERVICE TO COMMUNITY AND ACADEMIC FIELD

Co-organizer of Current Approaches to Spanish & Portuguese Second Language Phonology Conference, 2014

Teaching assistant, Smithland Elementary School’s dual-immersion Spanish/English program

Member of Advisory Council for Revista de Humanidades (Journal of Humanities)

External reviewer for journal Language Learning

External reviewer for the Modern Language Journal

External reviewer for journal Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

External reviewer for open access journal Languages