Punta Molas, Cozumel
Kelliann Schrage Flores
Emails:
Kelliann.Flores@Stonybrook.edu
Blog: Ganasdeaprender.blogspot.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ganas-de-Aprender/159870154124314
Class Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SCCCSPN202/videos
Education________________________________________________________
SUNY Stony Brook Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature Ph.D. Candidate (ABD as of 2006)
Dissertation in progress: Travel, Tourism, and Transculturation in the Yucatan
Advisor: Kathleen Vernon
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies 1998 M.A. Social/Health Psychology 1996
Thesis “The Impact of Biomedical Risk on Levels and Patterns of Emotional Distress in Pregnancy”
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 1993
B.S.Ed. Library Science Major, Psychology Minor; Summa Cum Laude
Classes Taught_____________________________________________
Spanish Language
Elementary Spanish I & II
Intermediate Spanish I & II
Intermediate Spanish II Honors
Hispanic Culture and Literature
Jewish Latin American Women (Course I developed; Undergraduate and MA level)
Caribbean Women and Postcolonialism (Course I developed)
Women’s and Gender Studies
Transnational Feminist Activism
Gender, Culture, and Difference
Senior Research Seminar for WaGS minors
Contemporary Topics in Women’s Studies
Psychology of Women
Sexism in the Humanities
Women, Work, and Dollars (MA level)
Academic Appointments_____________________________________________
Adjunct Assistant Professor (Suffolk County Community College) 2011-
Adjunct Instructor 2005 - 2011
Department of Foreign Languages (from 2008)
Certified to teach Elementary Spanish I & II and Intermediate Spanish I & II. Teach one class per semester. Use of Wiley Plus and Quia internet resources. Created blog GanasdeAprender.Blogspot.Com to increase student’s cultural proficiency. Complied performance statistics comparing advanced placement high school students and those who come from college in Intermediate Spanish II. Incorporated diverse electronic resources in class (film, video clips, music). Tutor in the language lab. Assistant to the ESL Coordinator.
Department of Humanities (from 2005)
Certified to teach Sexism in the Humanities and Mythology. Teach one class per semester. Intensive use of media resources.
Lecturer (SUNY Stony Brook)
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies 1998-2012
Teach 2 to 3 courses per semester from large introductory first-year classes to a small senior seminar. Develop topics courses. Occasional coordination of independent study projects. Supervision of teaching assistants. Use Blackboard for course management.
Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature 2003-2005
Taught Beginning Spanish II as a temporary position. Compiled and edited information for common midterm and final exams. Active participant in cultural workshops.
School of Professional Development 2000 -
Teach one to two courses per semester, online and in class. Developed, proposed, and taught course titled “Jewish Latin American Women” (CEI 550). Teach “Women, Work and Money” online via Blackboard.
Department of Psychology 1997-2000
Taught occasional courses on an as-needed basis (Psychology of Women, Research Methods, Health Psychology).
Teaching Assistant (SUNY Stony Brook)
Department of Psychology 1994-1996
Teaching assistant for Psychology of Women, Social Psychology, Multivariate Statistics, and Abnormal Psychology.
Research Assistant (Stony Brook Pregnancy Project) 1993 – 2000
Responsible for data collection and analysis, interviewing participants, training and scheduling undergraduate research assistants. Kept minutes at meetings.
Projects Supervised___________________________________________
“The Jewish Latin American Experience in the Caribbean.” Independent Study Project with Renée Ortiz, Spring 2003.
“A Feminist Comparison of the Shining Path, Sandinista and Zapatista Movements.”
Independent study project in the Women’s Studies department with María Rivera. Spring 2001.
Presentations and Posters______________________________________
Presentations and Talks
“The More We Work Together: Promoting Effective Group Work in Online Classes” (2013). CIT: SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology. SUNYIT, Utica, NY.
“Yucatecan Identity in Tension: Castro Pacheco’s Hall of History Murals” (2013). HERA: Humanities Education and Research Association. Houston. Also panel chair at conference.
“Identity Politics and Banned Books in Arizona” (2012). Banned Books Week, Suffolk County Community College.
Cancún, Copas, y Cultura” (2012). Spanish Club, Suffolk County Community College.
“A Current and Future Goal: Development of a Feminist Cyberpedagogy” (2011)
Co-presenter. Doctrina Vitae: “The Teaching Life.” 2011 Colloquium. Teaching, Learning, and Technology Department, SUNY Stony Brook.
“The Ambiguous Power of La Caimana in Ramirez’ Margarita, Está Linda La Mar” (2011), NeMLA, New Brunswick, NJ.
“The Outsider Within: Women as Contingent Faculty in the Academy” (2011). Roundtable participant. NeMLA, New Brunswick, NJ.
“Women, Work, and Dollars” (2010). Invited lecture, Women’s Week, Suffolk County Community College.
“Alma Reed: Journalist, Adventurer, Patron of the Arts” (2009). Invited Lecture, Hispanic Heritage Month, Suffolk County Community College .
“Working Family Issues” (2009). Mini-workshop. Union Women: Challenges and Opportunities. 34th Annual Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women. SUNY Stony Brook.
“Small Groups in Large Classes: Techniques for Effective Learning” (2009). Innovations in Education Summer 2009 Colloquium. Teaching, Learning, and Technology Department, SUNY Stony Brook.
Environmental Film Series. Organized and led discussions for a series of films on women and the environment for Women’s History Month, SUNY Stony Brook.
"More men in women’s studies classes: What works, what doesn’t, and the consequences" (2008). Roundtable participant, National Women’s Studies Association, Cincinnati, OH.
“Women and la Maquila: A Cautionary Tale” (2008). Invited Lecture, Week of Awareness. Suffolk County Community College.
“Alma Reed: Journalist, Adventurer, Patron of the Arts” (2008). Invited Lecture, Women’s History Month, SUNY Stony Brook.
“Yucatecan Identity in Tension: Fernando Castro Pacheco’s Murals” (2008). Job talk, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS.
“Teaching Women's Studies Classes of 100 or More: Can/Should Women's
Studies Classes Be Scaled Up” (2006). Roundtable participant, National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, CA.
“Memory and Ambiguity in Agosín’s A Cross and A Star and Nissan’s May You Make a Good Bride”. (2005). Invited talk, Hillel Women’s Reading Group.
“Fragmented Diaries, Milk Cartons and Made-for-TV movies: Abducted Children and the Reconstruction of Memory”. (2005). Invited Lecture, Women’s History Month, SUNY Stony Brook.
“La Mirada Femenina a Través de la Cámara: Directoras Mexicanas". (2004). Invited Lecture, Dowling College, Brookhaven, NY.
“The Camera Broke the Mold: Women Directors and The Male Gaze in Mexican Film”. (2004). Invited Lecture, Women’s History Month, SUNY Stony Brook.
“The Search for The Garden of Eden in the Borderlands”. (2004). Extending Bridges: Constructing Transnational Identities in Latin America; A Multi-disciplinary Graduate Student Conference. SUNY Stony Brook.
“Between a Cross and a Star: Silence, Memory, and History in Marjorie Agosín’s Memoirs”. (2003). La Jornada Literaria: Sin Papeles. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
“Latin American Jewish Women’s Identity in Prose and Film: Notes on Always from Somewhere Else and Novia Que Te Vea”. (2003). Invited Lecture. Hillel, SUNY Stony Brook.
Session Moderator
When Species Meet: Gender, Science, and Critical Animal Studies (2009). Session Moderator. Conference Organized by the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, SUNY Stony Brook.
“Pestering Students with Feminism: Teaching Feminism to Students Who Don’t Seem to Care” (2007) Session Moderator. National Women’s Studies Association, St. Charles, IL.
Open the Horizon: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Latin America. (2005). Conference organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, SUNY Stony Brook.
Arms and Letters: Old and New Violence in Hispanic Literature (2005). Conference organized by Hispanic Languages and Literature, SUNY Stony Brook.
Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: Daughters of the Motherland Speak. (2004). Conference organized by the Department of Women’s Studies, SUNY Stony Brook.
Posters:
Hiel, Gary, Kelliann Flores and Todd Stanislav (September 2011). “Enriched Concept Maps in Science Education.” Poster presented at the 2009 Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, Traverse City, MI.
Hiel, Gary, Todd Stanislav, Kelliann Flores, and Nicholas Sagliano (September 2009). “Diagnosing Math and “Self-Awareness” Gaps for an Introductory Physical Science Course: rapid Assessment and Survey.” Poster presented at the 2009 Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, Traverse City, MI.
Flores, K and Lobel, M (May, 1998). “Impact of Medical Risk on Emotional Distress over the Timecourse of Pregnancy.” Poster presented at the Tenth Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.
Flores, K. and Lobel, M (February, 1998). “Changes in Emotional Distress During Pregnancy among Women at Varying Levels of Medical Risk.” Poster presented at the Sixty Ninth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Flores, K. and Keller, L. (April, 1993). “Eye Contact and Hispanic Patients in an Emergency Room Setting.” Poster presented at the Eighth Annual Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
Academic Awards and Honors___________________________________
Honors
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Women’s Studies (2003 and 2008)
Nominated for Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Part-time Faculty Member (2005)
Vivien Hartog Endowment Award in Women’s Studies (2001)
American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Honorable Mention (1973 and 1997)
Burghart Turner Fellowship (1993-1997)
Awards
Individual Development Grand to attend the NWSA conference (2008)
Individual Development Grant to attend MLA (2007)
Individual Development Grant from UUP to attend MLA (2002)
NAFSA Scholarship to conference: Women’s Right to Education: Building Global Leadership for the 21st Century (2000)
Departmental Travel Award (Psychology) (1998)
Turner Travel Award (1998)
Service___________________________________________________________
Co-advisor, Student Organization for Creating Indigenous Awareness (SOCIA)
2000-2005
Supervision of Internships in the Dept of Women’s Studies:
Athletics Internship 9/06 - current
Lifetime TV Summer 2004
Wo/men’s Center, 2002-2008
Volunteer at Writing Lab, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, 2003-05.
Judge, Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, March 2000.
University Recruitment Representative at graduate school fairs at Texas Southern
University and University of Houston, October 1999.
Faculty Search Committee, Department of Psychology 1998-1999.
Reviewer for the Annual Undergraduate Research Conference in Psychology 96-00.
Diversity Committee, Social/Health Psychology 1997-1998.
Admissions Committee, Social/Health Psychology 1994, 1995 (co-chair), 1996.
Professional Affiliations________________________________________
Modern Language Association
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Community College Humanities Association
Languages________________________________________________________
English (Native ability)
Spanish (Native ability)
Freelance translator for Whirlpool Corporation, community and school organizations.
Taught Spanish enrichment classes to 5th and 6th graders.
French and Portuguese (basic reading proficiency).
Computer Skills_______________________________________________
Experience using Quia and WileyPlus.
Blackboard for course management.
Used in class: Power Point, Flickr Slide Shows, Prezi, Youtube in addition to numerous internet sites.
Blog for Spanish classes: Ganasdeaprender.blogspot.com
Class videos at Youtube.com; channel belongs to SCCCSPN202
SPSS.