Tina Badstübner

RESUME

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2004 – present.

Master of Arts in Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2002 – Fall 2004.

University exchange year with the University of Heidelberg Exchange Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, academic year 1998/99.

Spanish language certificate, Malaca Instituto, Malaga, Spain, Summer 1997.

Magistra Artium (= Master of Arts) in English, Spanish and Italian Language, Linguistics, and Literature, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany, Fall 1994 – Spring 2002.

Graduate Associate in Teaching, Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2004 – present.

Assistant to Dr. Peter Ecke (Director of Basic Languages), Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2005 – Fall 2007, Fall 2008 – present.

Web Master, Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2007 – present.

Editorial Assistant to Dr. Albrecht Classen (Author, Deutsche Schwankliteratur des 16. Jahrhunderts. [forthcoming]), Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2008.

Assistant to Dr. Renate Schulz (Director of Basic Languages), Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2008.

Editorial Assistant to Dr. Renate Schulz (Co-editor, Crossing Borders: Developing Intercultural Competence in German as a Foreign Language. Munich: Iudicium, 2008), Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2008.

Editorial Assistant to Dr. Renate Schulz and Dr. Steven Martinson (Editors, Transcultural German Studies: Building Bridges. Bern, CH: Peter Lang, 2008.), Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Spring 2008.

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2002 – Spring 2004.

Assistant to Dr. Elizabeth Wylie-Ernst (Language Program Coordinator), Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Summer 2003.

German Tutor (all levels of proficiency), University of Pittsburgh and University of Arizona, Fall 2002 – present.

Translation of personal, business and literary texts (including texts in old German font), from English to German and vice versa, Fall 1998 – present.

Encoding and phonetic transcription for speech recognition and telephony software, Mende Speech Solutions, Bammental, Germany, 1999 – 2002.

Administrative assistant, Siemens AG, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany, 1994 – 1995.

German 579, Breakout Session for Issues and Methods in Post-Second Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, University of Arizona, Fall 2008.

German 500, Intensive Reading German for the Sciences and Humanities, University of Arizona, Spring 2008, Spring 2009.

German 392, Summer in Leipzig Study Abroad, University of Arizona, Summer 2005.

German 300, Gateway to German Studies: Encounters in Language and Culture, University of Arizona, Spring 2005, Spring 2006 – Fall 2007, Fall 2008.

German 211, Intensive Intermediate German, University of Arizona, Summer 2008.

German 202, Intermediate German II: Fairy Tales, University of Arizona, Fall 2005.

German 111, Intensive Beginning German, University of Arizona, Summer 2006.

German 102, Beginning German II, University of Arizona, Summer 2007.

German 101, Beginning German I, University of Arizona, Fall 2004.
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German 1002, German Phonetics, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2004.

German 0003, Intermediate German I, University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2003.

German 0002, Beginning German II, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2003.

German 0001, Beginning German I, University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2002, Summer 2003.

SLAT 596Y, Pedagogy section of the SLAT Proseminar. University of Arizona, Fall 2008. (Co-teacher under Dr. Linda Waugh, planned and taught the three-week section with a fellow doctoral candidate.)

Badstübner, T. (2008, March). L1 attrition? An analysis of the native speech of German teaching assistants in the United States. Paper presented at the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Roundtable, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Badstübner, T. & Ecke, P. (2007, March). Students' expectations, target language use, and perceived learning progress in a summer study abroad program in Germany. Paper presented at the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Roundtable, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Badstübner, T. (2004, October). Bad Neustadt an der Saale: Eine fränkische Perspektive. Presentation at the AATG Fall Meeting, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Badstübner, T. (2003, November & 2004, April). Introduction to Max Author. Workshop at the Robert Henderson Language Media Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

Badstübner, T. (2003, September). Multi-Media Showcase. Presentation and demonstration of online materials at the Robert Henderson Language Media Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

American Association for Teachers of German (AATG)

Badstübner, T. & Ecke, P. (2009). Students' expectations, motivations, target language use, and perceived learning progress in a summer study abroad program in Germany. Die Unterrichtspraxis (forthcoming).

Organizer for the German Department's Deutschdorf at the "Southern Arizona Language Fair", University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2007 – present.

Peer Mentor, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2006 – present.

Representative for the Department of German Studies at the Student Expo, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Summer 2006.

Volunteer at the "Southern Arizona Language Fair", University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2005.

Essay Contest Judge, "Annual German Essay Contest", Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2002 – Spring 2004.

Goethe Institut's "Zertifikat Deutsch" Training, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2003.

AATG seminar "More Students Learning More German with TPRS", Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002.

Graduate Assistantship, Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2004 – present.

Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Fall 2004 – present.

Book Center Scholarship for Arts and Sciences Graduate Students, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2003.

Teaching Fellowship, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2002 – Spring 2004.

Word processing, Excel, Powerpoint

Web page design (Dreamweaver, HTML)

CALL authoring programs (MaxAuthor, HotPotatoes)

Soundrecording (Soundrecorder, Audacity) and phonetic analysis (Audacity, Praat)

Windows Movie Maker

SPSS (Statistical Software)

German (native)

English (near-native)

Spanish (intermediate)

Italian (novice, reading proficiency)

French (novice, reading proficiency)

Latin (basic reading proficiency, “Kleines Latinum”)