CV for Diana Ruggiero | the University of Memphis

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Diana Ruggiero Department:World Languages & Literatures
EDUCATION
DEGREES DISCIPLINE INSTITUTION YEAR
Ph.D. Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies The Ohio State University 2010
M.A. Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies The Ohio State University 2004
B.A. Spanish The Ohio State University 2002
EXPERIENCE
RANK/POSITION DEPARTMENT/DIVISION INSTITUTION/COMPANY/ORGANIZATION PERIOD
Associate Professor World Languages and Literatures University of Memphis 2018-present
Assistant Professor World Languages and Literatures University of Memphis 2012-2018
Assistant Professor Spanish Monmouth College 2010-2012
Graduate Associate Spanish and Portuguese The Ohio State University 2002-2010
HONORS/AWARDS
HONOR/AWARD INSTITUTION/COMPANY/ORGANIZATION YEAR
Nominated for The Willard R. Sparks Eminent Faculty Award. University of Memphis 2024
Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient University of Memphis 2024
Freeburg Professorship University of Memphis 2022-
2025
Cycle 3 OER Tier 1 Grant for OER Healthcare Interpreting Course Tennessee Board of Regents 2022
Redesign Project ($29,997)
Community of Research Scholars (CoRS) Award (collaborating University of Memphis Division of Research and 2021 (for
scholar; convened by Dr. Simranjit Khalsa) Innovation Spring
2022)
Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Engaged Scholarship University of Memphis Alumni Association 2022
Faculty Fellow, Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities Freeburg Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, 2021 (for
Fellows Program University of Memphis Spring
2022)
USRC Grant Writing Award Competition ($1000) University of Memphis 2021
Finalist - Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award University of Memphis Alumni Association 2021
Finalist - Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Engaged University of Memphis Alumni Association 2020,
Scholarship 2021,
2022
Community of Research Scholars (CoRS) Award (convener; $2,500) University of Memphis Division of Research and 2019 (for
Innovation Spring
2020)
AATSP Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award at the University & American Association of Teachers of Spanish and 2019
College level Portuguese (AATSP)
Early Career Research Award (ECRA; $500) University of Memphis 2019
ACTFL Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in The Teaching of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign 2018
Culture Languages
CAS Professional Development Assignment University of Memphis College of Arts and Fall 2018
Sciences
CAS Travel Enrichment Award University of Memphis 2017
Women's History Month Honoree University of Memphis 2014-

2017
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Poem titled "Wonder Woman" honored as part of Women's History University of Memphis 2017
Month Closing Ceremony
Thomas W. Briggs Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee University of Memphis 2016
Strengthening Communities Capacity Building Grant ($18,500) University of Memphis 2015
AATSP First Time Attendee Award American Association of Teachers of Spanish and 2015
Portuguese (AATSP)
Thomas W. Briggs Foundation’s Excellence in Teaching Award University of Memphis 2015
Nominee
Excellence in Service to Students Award Sigma Alpha Phi, The National Society of 2015
Leadership and Success
Engaged Scholarship Conference Travel Award University of Memphis 2014
Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee University of Memphis 2014
AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship Alternate American Association of University Women 2010
Fulbright Award and Extension Fulbright 2007
Graduate School Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and The Ohio State University 2007
Scholarship
Crane Café Radio TV / Google Earth Lesson Planning Competition The Ohio State University 2006
Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship (Portuguese) The Ohio State University 2005
Graduate Associate Teaching Award The Ohio State University 2004
President Kirwan Critical Difference for Women Scholarship The Ohio State University 2002
Recipient
Undergraduate Excellence in Spanish Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Ohio 2002
State University
College of Humanities Diversity Enhancement Award Nominee The Ohio State University 2002
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SUBJECT INSTITUTION
Spanish for the Hospitality Industry (HPRM 3011M50) University of Memphis
Healthcare Interpreting and Translation (SPAN 4793/4705 & 4705M50) University of Memhphis
Applied Languages for Specific Purposes (SPAN 7794/7896) University of Memphis
Teaching Spanish for Specific Purposes (SPAN 7895) University of Memphis
Intro to Hispanic Studies (SPAN 3304) University of Memphis
Hispanic Literature Genres (SPAN 4563) University of Memphis
UNHP 4901 Intersections between Global Issues, Culture, Health, and Local Community University of Memphis
Engagement: A Service Learning Course in Cahuita, Costa Rica
Spanish for Specific Purposes and Community Engagement (SPAN 4703) University of Memphis
Teaching Spanish for Specific Purposes (SPAN 7895) University of Memphis
Spanish for Commerce I and II (SPAN 4701 & 4702) University of Memphis
Spanish for Healthcare (4704) University of Memphis
Individual Studies in Business Languages University of Memphis
Research in Hispanic Literature University of Memphis
Spanish literature University of Memphis
Spanish Composition (SPAN 3303) University of Memphis
Spanish Conversation (SPAN 3311) University of Memphis
Individual Studies in Spanish University of Memphis
Spanish Composition Monmouth College
Powerful Women of Latin America Monmouth College
Global Perspectives; Dances of the New World Monmouth College
Introduction to Ibero-American Literature and Culture Monmouth College
Spanish in Ohio The Ohio State University
Medical Spanish The Ohio State University/Office
of Extended Education
Business Spanish The Ohio State University/Office

of Extended Education
Hybrid Spanish Monmouth College
Comparative Studies “Latino Identity in the U.S.” The Ohio State University
STUDENT ADVISING/MENTORING
YEAR OF
CURRENT DEGREE NAME
GRADUATION
ELE/EL2 Master's (Caro y Cuervo Institute. Bogota, Colombia) Yenny Urrego 2020
Master's in Applied Linguistics and Spanish for Specific Purposes Carolina Molina 2016
(Universidad de Nebrija, Spain)
Mary Pettus Scholarship advisor
Honor student grant application advisor
Mentor students on career and education
goals and plans
Service learning project mentor and
supervisor (Span 4703)
Comprehensive exam mentor and advisor
Spanish Chaarity Williams, Honor's Thesis 2014
Advisor
Co-Advisor of the Hispanic Student
Association
Interim Advisor, Spanish Club, Spring
2013
Books Published
Ruggiero, D., & Alaniz, J. (2023). Corazón y Mente: A Journey to Mental Wellness for Latinx Women. OER
Commons. https://oercommons.org
Ruggiero, D. M. (2022). A Guide to Medical Interpreting: DEI and Healthcare. https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/oer/2/
Diana Ruggiero and Steven Sacco co edited the Special Issue: Global Advances in Business Communication (GABC) World Languages
for Specific Purposes: The Future is Blended, Current Volume: Volume 10 (2022)
Ruggiero, Diana. Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes: A Practical Guide. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press,
2022.
Galarreta-Aima, Diana, Gabriela Segal, and Diana Ruggiero. Intermediate Medical Spanish: A Healthcare Workers’ Guide for
Communicating With the Latino Patient. Irvine: Brown Walker Press, 2021.
Book Reviews
"Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun." Hispania 96, no. 1 (2013): 198.
Refereed Journal Publications

Ruggiero, Diana. “A Significant Learning Approach to WLSP and its Impact on Student Perceptions of the Field and its Definition.”
Cuadernos de ALDEEU 33, (2019): 21-52.
Ruggiero, Diana. “Toward a Framework for Heritage Learner Service Learning in Languages for Specific Purposes.” Revista Signos 52,
no. 101 (2019): 931-949.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Toward Collaborative, Equitable, and Sustainable Community Service Learning Projects in Languages for Specific
Purposes." In Languages for Specific Purposes: Curriculum Design and Community-Based Applications, edited by Barbara Lafford and
Carmen King de Ramirez, 259-286. Springville: Sabio Books, 2018.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Lessons from the CruCES Project: Community Service Learning and Intercultural Sensitivity in the Foreign Language
Classroom." In AAUSC 2017 Volume: Engaging the World: Social Pedagogies and Language Learning, edited by Stacey K. Bourns et al.,
64-86. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2018.
Ruggiero, Diana. “Toward an Integrated Curriculum: Progress and Challenges in the Integration of Languages for Specific Purposes
(LSP) and Community Service Learning in Foreign Language Programs after 2007.” ADFL Bulletin 44, no. 2 (2018): 121-124.
Ruggiero, Diana. “Community Service Learning, Learning by Design, and Heritage Learners: A Case Study.” In Multiliteracies
Pedagogy and Language Learning: Teaching Spanish to Heritage Speakers, edited by Gabriela Zapata and Manel Lacorte, 129-147. New
York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.
Ruggiero, Diana. “Body Language Awareness: Teaching Medical Spanish Interpreting.” In Translation, Globalization and Translocation:
The Classroom and Beyond, edited by Concepcion Godeva, 185-206. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Ruggiero, Diana. "The CruCES Project: A Consideration of Service Learning and Intercultural Sensitivity Among Heritage Learners."
Revista de Lenguages para Fines Especificos (LFE) 23, no. 1 (2017): 45-62.
Lara, Francisco, and Diana Ruggiero. “Highland Afro-Ecuadorian Bomba and Identity along the Black Pacific at the Turn of the Twenty-
First Century.” Latin American Music Review (LAMR) 37, no. 2 (2016): 135-164.
Ruggiero, Diana. "The Creating Communities, Engaged Scholarship Project (CruCES): Findings of a Study on Intercultural Sensitivity
and Community Service Learning." In Beyond the Universe of Languages for Specific Purposes, edited by Mary Frances Litzler, Jesús
García Laborda and Cristina Tejedor Martínez, 59-64. Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá, 2016.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Volunteers Needed: Bridging Latino Immigrants and Local Communities through Community Service Learning and
Critical Analytic Practice Ethnography." Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES) 9, no. 1 (2016): 41-45.
Ruggiero, Diana, and Sean Hill. “New Trends in 21st Century Civic Engagement and Foreign Languages: Technology, Translation, and
Social Justice.” Journal of Languages for Specific Purposes (JLSP), no. 3 (March 2016): 51-62.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Bridging The Community and Institution Gap: A Sample Course with Civic Engagement and Language for Specific
Purposes Combined." Journal of Languages for Specific Purposes, no. 2 (March 2015): 35-48.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Más allá del fútbol: Teaching Highland Afro-Ecuadorian Culture and Engaging Race & Racism through Documentary
Film." Hispania 98, no. 3 (2015): 594-606.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Lo Global en Lo Local: Afro Ecuatorianos, Fútbol y Literatura." Kañina 39, no. 1 (2015): 161-176.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Más allá del fútbol: Validating Afro-Latino Culture and Decolonizing the Curriculum through Film and Filmmaking."
Visual Ethnography 4, no. 1 (2015): 25-46.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Graduate Courses in Languages for Specific Purposes: Needs, Challenges, and Models." Global Business Languages
19, (January 2014): 55-69.
Ruggiero, Diana. "Hybrid Spanish: Succeeding in First Year College Foreign Language Class Through Metacognitive Awareness."
Currents in Teaching & Learning 5, no. 1&2 (Spring 2013): 79-93.
Ruggiero, Diana. "La Bomba: Music, Race, and Globalization in Ecuador’s Chota-Mira Valley." Perspectivas Latinoamericanas 7,
(March 2010): 44-57.
Non-Refereed Publications
Sacco, S.J. & Ruggiero, D.M. (2022). Global Advances in Business Communication - World
Languages for Specific Purposes: The Future is BLENDED. Global Advances in Business
Communication, 10(2), p. 1-3.

https://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1102&context=gabc
Dube AR, Ortega P, Hardin DM Jr, Hardin K, Martinez F, Shah M, Naimi BR, Esteban-González AI, Dickmeyer J, Ruggiero D, Abraham
V, Diamond LC, Cowden JD. Improving Assessment and Learning Environments for Graduate Medical Trainees to Advance Healthcare
Language Equity. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Dec 13. doi: 10.1007/s11606-023-08527-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38093027.
Diana Ruggiero and Wilson Chiluiza Vasquez’ s article “EVA PERON A TRAVES DE LENGUAS CON FINES ESPECIFICOS:
Identidad, habla y corporalidad humana” has been published at the Revista Científica Educ@ção 7.12 (2022): 1442-1452
Diana Ruggiero, Steven J. Sacco and Martha Pereszlenyi-Pinter’s article "Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace:" A Curricular
Design for the Teaching of Languages for Specific Purposes in the Pandemic Era and Beyond" has been accepted into Global Advances in
Business Communication for publication on November 29th, 2022.
Ruggiero, Diana. “Teaching Spanish as a Native Speaker: Philosophy of Teaching Statement.” In The Teacher' s Handbook for UCLA:
Resources for Training TAs, edited by Jack Bishop, 52-62. Los Angeles: UCLA Press, 2008.
Ruggiero, Diana. “Role Play: Medical Interview.” In Connecting World Language Curriculum to Workplace Skills, edited by Mary Risner,
25-26. Gainesville: University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies, 2021.
Ruggiero, Diana. “Consecutive vs. Simultaneous Interpreting Exercise.” In Connecting World Language Curriculum to Workplace Skills,
edited by Mary Risner, 27-28. Gainesville: University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies, 2021.
Ruggiero, Diana. “Immigration, Memphis, and Social Justice: Connecting the Local and the Global/Civil Rights and Human Rights in the
21st Century.” In Civil Rights in the 21st Century: Poverty and Inequality: On the Frontier of Civil Rights (Benjamin Hooks Policy Papers
Series). Forthcoming.
Creative/Artistic Works
Más allá del fútbol. QueSeYo Productions, 2008.
Los II juegos autóctonos y popular de los pueblos indígenas, montubios y afro ecuatorianos. QueSeYo Productions, 2008.
Presentations - Conference (refereed *)

Dr. Diana Ruggiero was an invited speaker at the Online Learning Consortium's Global Leadership Impact Summit, held in December
2023, where she significantly contributed to discussions on global collaboration and leadership in the evolving landscape of online and
blended learning.
On November 29th, 2023, Dr. Ruggiero conducted a professional development workshop titled “Shaping the Future of Education:
Integrating World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP) in Language and Culture Programs” for the CERCLL Center for Educational
Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy.
On November 2nd, Diana Ruggiero and J. Elliott Casal presented “Ayúdame! Multilingualism, Access, and Health Disparities: The
Importance of Spanish Proficiency in the US Healthcare System." This program was a part of the University Libraries' NEDtalks series
On Thursday, October 19th, The Southern College of Optometry invited Dr. Diana Ruggiero to discuss Hispanic culture and patient care,
sponsored by the National Optometric Student Association. Dr. Ruggiero's points were invaluable for their professors and students
regarding improving treatment for Spanish-speaking patients, diversity, and inclusion in healthcare.
Attended 2022 We All Rise Conference, as part of the OER medical interpreting course redesign grant, October 19-20, 2022,
Murfreesboro, TN
"All Wellness Dimensions: SDG 3- Good Health and Well Being", Invited to serve as a guest speaker for the 2022 Institute for Emerging
Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL) Global program, October 12th, 2022
“Community Engagement SIG Business Meeting.” Invited Meeting Organizer as Chair of this SIG. American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2022 Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 10, 2022.
“Inclusivity in Higher Education.” Organized and gave this invited presentation as part of a panel presentation put together by the
Community of Research Scholars (CoRS) at the University of Memphis, April 4th, 2022.
“Building Community through Zoom Background Antics.” Invited workshop facilitator for the Virtual Speed Networking Lounge at the
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate 2022 Conference, March 28th, 2022.
“The Future is Blended: Ideas, Achievements, and Challenges.” Invited presentation given at the SYNCH 2022 virtual conference: Going
the Distance. John Tyler (becoming Brightpoint) Community College, January 6, 2022.
“Exploring EFE Innovations for Professional Purposes in the United States.” The Second Latin American Meeting EFE (Spanish for
Specific Purposes), Chile-USA, Pontificia Católica de Valparaíso University, December 10, 2021.
"Implementing LSP activities in the classroom.” Workshop on Languages for Specific Purposes sponsored by the Dedman College
Interdisciplinary Institute's Research Cluster on Global Literacy and Languages for Specific Purposes, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, TX, November 12th, 2021.
“Listen Linda, PechaKucha, and Other Ways We Learned to Get Students' Attention Online During the Pandemic” and “Studying or
recording for TikTok? Perceptions and patience during Pandemic Teaching.” The OLC (Online Learning Consortium) Accelerate
Conference, September 29, 2021.
“Microaggressions in Modern Family Towards the Latinx Identity” and “Spanish for Fitness, Wellness, Sports and Health/Healthcare.”
Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures, Statesboro, GA, September 24, 2021.
“Community Engagement SIG Business Meeting.” Invited Meeting Chair. American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
(AATSP) 2021 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, July 10, 2021.
“E-Poster: Online Classroom Tools: What Worked Amazingly and What did Not.” Invited E-Poster Presenter. American Association of
Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2021 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, July 9, 2021.
“Community Engagement Abroad: Doing a Documentary on Afrochotenos.” Invited Presenter. American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2021 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, July 9, 2021.
“El Futuro del SSP: Los Puestos de Trabajo, El Mundo Virtual, Y Nuevas Estrategias de Reclutamientos.” Invited Presenter. American
Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) 2021 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, July 8, 2021.
“Body Language Awareness: Teaching Medical Spanish Interpreting.” Paper co-presented with Joanna Orozco, Mariel Cunha de Souza,
and Jonathan Jones Edwards at the 5th ISLSP-CIBER Language Conference, UNC Charlotte, March 6, 2020.
“Translation and Interpreting Across the Spanish Curriculum.” Panel moderator. 5th ISLSP-CIBER Language Conference, UNC
Charlotte, March 6, 2020.
“Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP): Practical Strategies and Models for Integrating WLSP into the World
Language Classroom.” Pre conference workshop given at the 5th ISLSP-CIBER Language Conference, UNC Charlotte, March 5, 2020.
“World Languages for Specific Purposes.” Invited keynote presentation for Conference on World Languages for Specific Purposes at Fort
Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, September 20, 2019.
“A Foreign in your own Foreign Languages Department: Otherness and Marginalization in the Field of World Languages for Specific
Purposes (WLSP) and an Invitation to Change.” The MLA International Symposium, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal,
July 25, 2019.
“Race and Place in Latin America.” Panel presented with John Thomas Maddox IV and Thomas M. Stephens at the at the 2019 annual
AATSP conference, San Diego, CA, July 10, 2019.
“What’s Next in World Languages for Specific Purposes? Ideas for the Future and an Invitation to Approach the Field Regardless of
Background” Panel presented with Carmen King de Ramirez and Barbara Lafford at the 2019 annual AATSP conference, San Diego, CA,
July 10, 2019.
“Foundational Curricular and Methodological Issues in Spanish for the Professions and Specific Purposes.” Presented with Michael Doyle
and Enrica Ardemagni at the 2019 annual AATSP conference, San Diego, CA, July 10, 2019.
“Re-Conceptualizing Professional Development & Networking Opportunities through an Interactive Podcast Series.” Presented with
Carmen King de Ramirez at the 2019 annual AATSP conference, San Diego, CA, July 8th, 2019.
“Healthcare Interpreting in the Language Classroom: A Future Professional Choice for your Students.” Tennessee Foreign Language
Teaching Association (TFLTA) West Tennessee Regional Mini-Conference, April 6, 2019.
Workshop and Presentation, III Taller Experiencias Metodológicas de la Investigación y Escritura de Artículos Científicos, Instituto
Académico de Idiomas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, March 6 – 8, 2019.
“RED (Rhythm, Exercise, Dance) Fitness: Harnessing Creativity and Building Meaningful Partnerships through the Needs
Assessment.” Invited Ignite presentation, Community Engagement Conference, The Ohio State University, January 23, 2019.
“Choose Your Own Adventure: ‘Multiple Choices’ Assignments for Heritage/Non-heritage Learners in Languages for Special Purposes.”
Presented with Christina Garcia for the 100th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
(AATSP), Salamanca, Spain, June 26, 2018.
"Toward a Socially Responsive LSP: Reconsidering the Scope and Objectives of LSP for the Twenty-First Century." Session Panelist. IV
International Symposium on Languages for Specific Purposes (ISLSP)/CIBER Business Language Conference. University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida, February 24, 2018.
“Service Learning Research: Achievements, Opportunities, and Challenges.” Session Panelist. American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2017 Annual Convention and World Language Expo. Nashville, Tennessee, November 18, 2017.
"Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching Spanish as a Professional Language." Colloquium Panelist. Second Language Research
Forum. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, October 14, 2017.
"Documenting Student Transformations through Digital Media in Community Engagement." Memphis in May Student Affairs
Conference (MIMSAC), University of Memphis, Tennessee, May 19, 2017.
"Teaching Languages with a Purpose to Diverse Students." Paper presented with Joy Heath and Teresa Montano for the Tennessee Foreign
Language Teaching Association (TFLTA) West Regional Conference, Rhodes College, Tennessee, March 25, 2017.
"Languages for Specific Purposes and Community Engagement." Invited research presentation, The Ohio State University Department of
Spanish and Portuguese, Columbus, Ohio, March 3, 2017.
"Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) Pedagogy." Invited workshop presentation, The Ohio State University Department of Spanish
and Portuguese, Columbus, Ohio, March 3, 2017.
"Spanish in the U.S.: Heritage Learners and Spanish for the Professions." Invited presentation given with Kim Potowski. Denison
University, Granville, Ohio, March 3, 2017.
"Graduate Courses in Languages for Specific Purposes." Modern Language Association Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January
6, 2017.
"Toward an Integrated Curriculum: Progress and Challenges in the Integration of Languages for Specific Purposes and Community-
Service Learning within Foreign Language Programs Post 2007." Modern Language Association Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
January 5, 2017.
“Rethinking Spanish for the Professions and Service Learning.” Session presented with Sean Hill. American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo, Boston, Massachusetts, November 18, 2016.
“Relación de la Ayuda Comunitaria con la Higíene y Seguridad en el Trabajo en el Área de las Artes.” Invited lecture presented for the
Facultad de Informática, Ciencias de la Comunicación y Técnicas Especiales (FICCTE), Universidad de Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
July 4, 2016.
"The Creating Communities, Engaged Scholarship Project (CruCES): Findings of a Study on Intercultural Sensitivity and Community
Service Learning." XV International Conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE), Universidad
de Alcala, Guadalajara, Spain, June 24, 2016.
“Incorporating Service Learning, Dance, and Traditional Folkloric Music in the Spanish Classroom.” Presented with Francisco Lara,
TFLTA West Tennessee Regional Workshop, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, April 19, 2016.
“Where’s the Community in Languages for Specific Purposes?” Roundtable discussant with Anne Abbott, Lourdes Sanchez-Lopez, and
Barbara Lafford, 3rd International Symposium on Languages for Specific Purposes/CIBER Business Language Conference, Arizona State
University, March 19, 2016.
“Designing a Spanish SL Course: A Community Model and Leadership Development.” Workshop presentation with Sheri Spaine Long,
3rd International Symposium on Languages for Specific Purposes/CIBER Business Language Conference, Arizona State University,
March 17, 2016.
“Medical Spanish for Heritage Speakers.” 97th Annual AATSP Conference, Denver, Colorado, July 2015.
"In an Acapulco Hotel: 'The Manager has Personally Passed all the Water Served Here' and Other Missed-Translations; How We Translate
Body Language?" Translation vs. Globalization Symposium, UNC Charlotte, North Carolina, February 21, 2015.
"Focus: The Need for and Value of Language for Specific Purposes at the Graduate Level." 16th Annual CIBER Business Language
Conference, Park City, Utah, April 24-26, 2014.
"Mindfulness in Higher Education: A Rocky Mountain Regional Dialogue." Invited World Café workshop participant, University of
Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, April 19, 2014.
"Teaching Century: Methodological Approaches to Teaching Spanish for Business, Healthcare and Social Services Professionals"
Panelist, 2nd International Symposium on Languages for Specific Purposes, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, April
19, 2014.
“Assessing Student Intercultural Competence in Spanish: Creative Analytical Practice Ethnography in LSP (Language for Specific
Purposes) Combined with CSL (Community Service Learning)” Opening plenary presentation, Imagining America 2014 national
conference, Atlanta, Goergia, October 9, 2014.
“Send Your Students to the Hospital! A Hybrid Spanish Course for Medical Communications and Interpretation.” ACTFL Annual
Convention and World Languages Expo, San Antonio, Texas, November 21-23, 2014.
“Hybrid Spanish: Metacognition, Foreign Language Instruction and Virtual Studying Abroad.” ACTFL Annual Convention and World
Language Expo, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 16-18, 2012.
Invited workshop participant, New Realities Beyond the Classroom and the Teaching of Spanish in the 21st Century: Workshop on
Fostering Collaboration and Exchanging Ideas, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, April 13-14, 2012.
Invited workshop participant, FaCE Value: Advances Through Collaboration, FaCE (Faculty Career Enhancement) Project, Colorado
College, Colorado, October 28-30, 2011.
“Hybrid Spanish: Metacognition, College Foreign Language Instruction, and Virtual Study Abroad.” Language Symposium 2011, Foreign
Languages as a Global Skill, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, April 15-16, 2011.
“Hybrid Spanish: Metacognition and Student Faculty Collaboration.” ACM Workshop on Models for Undergraduate Research, Chicago,
Illinois, April 2-3, 2011.
Invited workshop participant, Information Literacy in the Foreign Languages: A Collaborative Workshop Exploration, Cornell College,
Mount Vernon, Iowa, September 24-25, 2011.
Invited conference participant, Understanding Student Learning, A Conference Highlighting the ACM-Teagle Collegium on Student
Learning and Other ACM Faculty Inquiries into Learning, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 1-3, 2010.
“La historia detrás de la Salsa, Merengue y Capoeira: Resistencia en forma oral y escrita.” Interdisciplinary Colloquium on
Hispanic/Latin American Literatures, Linguistics, and Cultures, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, October 11, 2007.
“Caramuru - A Invenção do Brasil: encuentro romántico entre dos culturas.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities,
Honolulu, Hawaii, January 12, 2007.
“Modernidad y género en Cien años de Soledad.” Conference on Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics,
University of California, Santa Barbara, California, May 14, 2005.
“Mercano el Marciano: Argentinean First Digital Cartoon as a way to Express Economic Crisis.” Graduate Conference on Hispanic Film
and Literature, Letropolis, SUNY Stony Brook, New York, New York, October 14, 2006.
Presentations - Universities/Industry (refereed *)

"How Hispanic/Latino Culture Impacts Health." Invited presentation given at the Medical Spanish Forum Cultural Humility, UTHSC
College of Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee, January 14, 2022.
“Building Pathways to Community Engagement Series(Section 2): Partnering with Community-Based Organizations.” Panelist for virtual
panel hosted by The University of Memphis School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy and Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit
Leadership, Friday, September 24, 2021.
“Deciphering Dialects: When Words Vary Amongst Spanish Speaking Populations.” Panelist for a virtual panel hosted by the Office of
Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity at UT Health Science Center, September 22, 2021.
“Create Impactful Learning Experiences: Leading Through Change During a Global Pandemic." Invited interview for the virtual Winter
Summit at the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, December 3rd, 2020.
"Linguistics and Dissecting the Various Spanish Dialects - Why We Should/Shouldn't 'Police' the Grammar.” Invited presenter and
discussant alongside Iván Ortega Santos and Manuel Duran (journalist, Memphis Noticias) for Shelby County School's Podcast “Voces de
SCS,” October 7, 2020.
“Significant Learning and Spanish for Specific Purposes in Three Areas.” Invited presenter for live, online international webinar on the
teaching of Spanish for specific purposes, hosted by Editorial Difusiones and sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). February 20, 2020.
“Teaching Day of the Dead.” Invited remote presentation given for the Center for Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee, October 26, 2020.
“Memphis Latinas: A Woman’s Perspective.” Invited presenter and discussant on Memphis Latino culture, Café Conversation, Latino
Memphis, October 14, 2020.
“Educandonos sobre el racismo.” Organizer and facilitator of online panel co-produced with Cazateatro on Afro-Latinx Identity, Race and
Racism, and Black Lives Matter, Memphis, TN, July 8,, 2020.
“Integrating Cultural Competence as World Languages for Specific Purposes into the Classroom: The Day of the Dead, Daring to Make
Mistakes, and Significant Learning: A World Café Workshop.” Invited presentation given at the Center for Latin American Studies,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesse, October 4, 2019.
"Invitation to teach World Languages for Specific Purposes: significant learning, activity/course design and assessment." Workshop given
for the Department of World Languages and Literatures, University of Memphis, April 5, 2019.
“Teaching World Languages for Specific Purposes in the Twenty-First Century” Invited presentation, Spanish 8390: Teaching Spanish for
the Professions, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Ohio State University, January 23, 2019.
“Más Allá del Fútbol.” Invited documentary film screening and Q & A, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Literatures, Saint
Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, Nov. 7, 2018.
“The Making of Más allá del fútbol.” Invited presentation, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Literatures, Saint Louis University,
Saint Louis, Missouri, Nov. 7, 2018.
“Teaching Spanish for Specific Purposes and Health.” Invited presentation, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Literatures, Saint
“Afro-Ecuadorians and Identity in Latin America.” Invited presentation, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Literatures, Saint
“Power Dynamics in Latin America.” Invited presentation, Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Literatures, Saint Louis University,
Saint Louis, Missouri, Nov. 6, 2018.
“World Languages for Specific Purposes: State of the Field and Applications for the Future.” Invited presentation and workshop,
Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Literatures, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, Nov. 5, 2018.
“Spanish for Healthcare: Interpreting and Translating in a Medical Encounter.” Invited presentation, Department of Linguistics,
Languages, and Literatures, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, Nov. 5, 2018.
“Afro-Ecuadorian Bomba: Sounding Blackness at the Margins of the Black Pacific.” Invited presentation with Dr. Francisco Lara for the
University of Alabama Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, March 26, 2018.
“Beyond Soccer: The Life and Music of the Afro-Ecuadorians.” Film screening and presentation of the documentary film Más allá del
fútbol, dir. Diana Ruggiero. University of Memphis Alumni Association Hispanic Council, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
November 7, 2017.
Invited Workshop Presentation. Medical Spanish. Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Rhodes College, Memphis,
Tennessee, October 27, 2017.
Invited Faculty Speaker. Hispanic Student Association's Hispanic Heritage Month Opening Dinner. University of Memphis, Memphis,
Tennessee, September 14, 2017.
"Creating Communities Engaged Scholarship (CruCES) Project Findings." Poster presented with Kerry Johnson for the open house of the
National Undergraduate Research Conference (NCUR), The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, April 6, 2017.
"Afro-Latino Music and Identity." Guest Lecture, Department of Music, Rhodes College, November 2014.
"Salsa Dance Workshop." Guest Lecture/Workshop, Department of Music, Rhodes College, December 2014.
"On Collaboration: Hybrid Spanish, Metacognition, Language Acquisition, and Civic Engagement with the Latino Community." Brown
bag presentation, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, April 28, 2014.
“Imagining America: Disruption in Higher Education and Ideas to Better Our Engagement Experience.” Invited report on the Imagining
America conference, presented for the Engaged Scholarship Committee, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, November 13,
2014.
“From the Margin to the Center: How Bomba and Soccer Re-shaped Racial Prejudices in Today’s Ecuador.” International Luncheon,
Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, October 27, 2010.
“Beyond Soccer in Ecuador: Bomba and Black Ethnic Identity in the Chota Valley.” Presentation given with Francisco Lara, School of
Music Lectures in Musicology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 17, 2008.
“La Bomba and the Chota Mira Valley.” Latin American Colloquium of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, November 30, 2008.
“Creating Modules with Dreamweaver.” Spring Colloquium on Humanities and Computing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,
May 2, 2003.
“How to Write a Bilingual Article and What is Lost in Translation.” Invited presentation, Nuestro Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, March 10,
2005.
“Learning Spanish within the Latino Community in Ohio.” Invited presentation, Spanish 689, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, June 11, 2005.
Other Presentations (refereed *)

Diana Ruggiero and Trish Lange presented virtually “An instructional designer, a faculty member and a student walk into a bar:
Demystifying faculty lack of buy-in and connecting across roles to improve overall online experiences “ at the OLC accelerate
conference, November 1, 2022.
Diana Ruggiero presented virtually “Transform your course into Languages for Specific Purposes one activity at the time”, at the XXXI
CILH conference, on october 22nd, 2022.
“Transform your course into Languages for Specific Purposes one activity at the time”, at the XXXI CILH virtual conference, on October
22nd, 2022.
SUPPORT
(External)
ACTIVITY AGENCY/SOURCE AMOUNT PERIOD

Cycle 3 OER Tier 1 Grant for the OER Healthcare Tennessee Board of Regents $29,997 2022
Interpreting Course Redesign Project
Funds for Intermediate Medical Spanish Textbook Latino Memphis $3000 2021
Illustrations
AATSP First Time Attendee Award (for conference American Association of Teachers of Spanish $500 2015
presentation) and Portuguese (AATSP)
Internal Support
ACTIVITY AGENCY/SOURCE AMOUNT PERIOD
University Schools Research Consortium (USRC) University Schools Research Consortium $1000 2021
Grant Writing Award Competition (USRC), University of Memphis
Community of Research Scholars (CoRS) Award University of Memphis Division of Research $2,500 2019 (for
and Innovation Spring 2020)
Early Career Research award University of Memphis College of Arts and $500 2019
Sciences
CAS Faculty Travel Enrichment Award (for conference University of Memphis College of Arts and $350 Fall 2017
presentation) Sciences
Strengthening Communities Capacity Building Grant University of Memphis Strengthening $18,500 2015 - 2016 (18
(grant awarded for CruCES project) Communities Initiative month grant
cycle)
CAS Faculty Travel Enrichment Award (for conference University of Memphis College of Arts and $500 Summer 2016
CAS Faculty Travel Enrichment Award (for conference University of Memphis College of Arts and $600 2015
Engaged Scholarship Conference Travel Award (for University of Memphis Engaged Scholarship $1000 2014
conference presentation) Faculty Network
OUTREACH
Project/s summary
PROJECT PARTICIPANTS PERIOD SPONSORSHIP

Provided support to Spanish speaking families University Campus Middle School, James Smith Fall 2020
for University Campus Middle School (Dir.) - present
University Middle Parent Network University Middle School, UMPN Summer
Outreach/Community Engagement 2020 -
Coordinator present
Member, Socios Comunitarios and the Rhodes College Urban Studies Program (inter Spring
subcommittees on mental health and education. organizational group organized by Iris Mercado in 2020 -
service to the Memphis Latinx population following present
COVID-19))
Document Translation Services Campus Middle School Summer
2020
Document Translation Services University of Memphis College of Education Summer
2020
Organized and facilitated online panel Cazateatro, Latino Memphis, Socios Comunitarios June and
discussion on Afro-Latinx Identity, race and July 2020
racism, and Black Lives Matter movement for
Memphis Latinx community
Advised school directors on providing support, Socios Comunitarios Education Subcommitee, Spring
webinars, professional development for faculty Shelby County Schools 2020 -
and Spanish speaking families. present
Bienestar 901 (Facebook page). Produced Socios Comunitarios Mental Health Subcommittee Spring
content on mental, emotional, and physical 2020
health and wellness in response to COVID 19
and social distancing for Latinx families.
Abrazos (Podcast). Produced content on Socios Comunitarios Mental Health Subcommittee Spring
mental, emotional, and physical health and 2020 -
wellness in response to COVID 19 and social present
distancing for Latinx families.
RED (Rhythm, Exercise, Dance) Fitness Socios Comunitarios Mental Health Subcommittee Spring
(Facebook Page). 2020 -
present
Music and Dance Activities (Latin America Ronald McDonald House Fall 2019
and Global Rhythms)
Information Table, Women's Health Francisco Lara, Desayuno con Libros, Gaisman March
Community Center 2019
Latin American music performance with Campus School, Francisco Lara March 5,
Francisco Lara for Campus School 2019
Intersession, "Tiger Olympics"
Afro-Ecuadorian Bomba Music and Dance CazaTeatro, Evergreen Theatre, Redobles de Cultura February
Performance for Afro-Latino Night 9, 2019
Latin American Folkloric Music and Rhythm Francisco Lara, Desayuno con Libros, Gaisman January
Performance for Desayuno con Libros Community Center 26, 2019
Latin Rhythms and Dance Hutchinson High School October
2018
Guest presenter (via Skype), Spanish for the Gompers Preparatory Academy, San Diego, CA March
Professions, Memphis, Tennessee. 2017
Instructor, Latin Dance/Zumba with David David Quarles, the Department of World Languages March University of
Quarles (as part of CruCES project), Language and Literatures, 2017 Memphis
Fair, University of Memphis, Memphis, Strengthening
Tennessee. Communities
Capacity
Building Grant
Instructor, Medical Spanish Interpreting Heritage Learners from Colombus, Ohio area high March 3,
Workshop, Columbus, Ohio. schools 2017
Instructor, Muevelo (Latin dance workshop), Girl Scouts February

World Thinking Day, Girl Scouts, Memphis, 2017
Tennessee.
Instructor, Muevelo (Latin dance workshop), Spanish Club February
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. 2017
Organizer and coordinator, CruCES, University of Memphis and Caritas Village 2015 - University of
Community Leaders, Memphis, Tennessee. 2016 Memphis
Strengthening
Communities
Capacity
Building Grant
Recruiter, CruCES Community Leader University of Memphis and Caritas Village 2015 - University of
Recruitment, Memphis, Tennessee. 2016 Memphis
Strengthening
Communities
Capacity
Building Grant
Organizer, CruCES Community Leader Caritas Village & Community Leaders 2015- University of
Workshops, Caritas Village, Memphis, 2016 Memphis
Tennessee. Strengthening
Communities
Capacity
Building Grant
Organizer, CruCES Entrepreneurship University of Memphis and Caritas Village Fall 2016 University of
Presentations, Caritas Village, Memphis, Memphis
Tennessee. Strengthening
Communities
Capacity
Building Grant
Interpreter Mid-South Mission of Mercy Spring
2016
Instructor, Latin Rhythms (dance workshop), University of Memphis (dorm activity coordinated November
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. by resident director) 2016
Faculty Supervisor, Books for Kids by Kids, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures and Spring
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby County Schools 2016
Interpreter, Health Fair, Memphis, Tennessee. Healthy Tennessee March
2016
Coordinator and Volunteer, Community Arts Caritas Village and Centro Cultural Latino de December Capacity
Fair, Caritas Village, Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis 2015 Building Grant,
University of
Memphis
(CruCES project)
Organizer and Facilitator, World-Cafe Caritas Village and Centro Cultural Latino de October Capacity
Workshop, Caritas Village, Memphis, Memphis 2015 Building Grant,
Tennessee. University of
Memphis
(CruCES project)
Producer, supervisor, and organizer, Creating Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis and Caritas Fall 2015 Strengthening
Communities, Engaged Scholarship (CruCES) Village Communities
Service Learning Project, Memphis, Capacity
Tennessee. Building Grant,
University of
Memphis
($18,500)
Volunteer, Annual Tamale Festival, Memphis, Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis and Caritas July 2015
Tennessee. Village
Organizer, Annual Tamale Festival, Memphis, Centro Cultural de Memphis and Caritas Village Spring
Tennessee. 2015
Grant writer, service learning project in Centro Cultural Latino, Caritas Village, Dr. Richard 2015
conjunction with El Centro Cultural Latino, Lou
Caritas, and Dr. Richard Lou (Chair,
Department of Art, University of Memphis).
Member, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center Mid-South Peace and Justice Center 2014 -
Board. 2015
Member, El Centro Cultural Latino Steering El Centro Cultural Latino, Caritas Village Fall 2014
Committee, Memphis, Tennessee. - 2019
Translator, Informational brochures, Memphis Memphis Charter School Fall 2014
Charter Schools, Memphis, Tennessee.
Supervisor, “Folk Stories of the Day of the Cazateatro 2014
Dead,” organized and performed by students in
SPAN 4703 and Cazateatro, Saturday,
November 1, 2014 at the Hattiloo Theater.
Volunteer and interpreter, Red Cross Disaster Red Cross, Hispanic families in Memphis affected Summer
Relief, Memphis, Tennessee. by flooding 2014
Supervisor, student service learning projects, First Class Montessori, students from Span 4703 2014
SPAN 4703, First Class Montessori School,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Coordinator, “Caperucita Roja,” bi-lingual Cazateatro, students from SPAN 4703 2014
play involving students from SPAN 4703 and
Cazateatro, performed November 24, 2014 at
the University Center.
Coordinator, student altar projects, Día de los Memphis Day of the Dead Committee, students in 2014
Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration, SPAN 4703
organized by the Memphis Day of the Dead
Committee, Saturday, October 25.
Interpreter, Día de los Muertos (Day of the Memphis Day of the Dead Committee 2014
Dead) celebration, organized by the Memphis
Day of the Dead Committee, Saturday, October
25.
Volunteer, First Class Montessori, Memphis, First Class Montessori 2014
Tennessee.
Collaborator, Nambija Project, Universit of University of Memphis Faculty and the National 2014
Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee. Government of Ecuador
Translator and interpreter, Nambija project University of Memphis Faculty and National 2014
Ecuadorian collaborator campus visit, Government of Ecuador
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.
Volunteer, YWCA of Greater Memphis, YWCA 2012 -
Memphis, Tennessee. present
Organizer, coordinator, and supervisor, student Latino Memphis, Cazateatro, Mid-South Peace and 2012 -
volunteer and service learning opportunities Justice Center, YWCA, Mujeres Trabajando Juntas, present
(SPAN 4703). Memphis Day of the Dead Committee, Red Cross,
Centro Cultural Latino, Caritas Village
Organizer and coordinator, community guest Various representatives of local community 2012 -
presentors, SPAN 4703, SPAN 4704, and organizations and local professionals present
SPAN 7895.
Translator, Health Information, Student Student Advocacy Center, The Ohio State University 2009
Advocacy Center, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio.
Instructor, Latin Rhythms (dance workshop), The Foreign Language Center, The Ohio State 2009
The Foreign Language Center "Language University
Festival of Cultural Performance," The Ohio

State University, Columbus, Ohio.
SERVICE
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE/ACTIVITY PERIOD
University of Team member for developing the CAS strategic plan to achieve Goal 1: Aggressively providing Access
Memphis
West Cancer Translations into Spanish for patients
Foundation
University of Faculty Advisor, University of Memphis Center for Service Learning and Volunteerism. Fall 2020 -
Memphis present
University of Remote ad hoc committee member (WL Department) Summer
Memphis 2020 -
Present
University of Travel Fund Committee Spring
Memphis 2020
University of Outstanding Senior Award Committee Spring
Memphis 2020
University of Led Student Study Abroad to Cahuita, Costa Rica as part of Honors program course, UNHP 4901 Spring
Memphis 2020
University of Co Chair, Engaged Scholarship Committee Fall 2019 -
Memphis present
University of CAS Graduate Council Committee Fall 2019 -
Memphis 2021
University of Hispanic Heritage Month, Pizza with Prof, film screening of "Más allá del fútbol" October
Memphis 11, 2018
University of Poetry Judge for Language Fair March 24,
Memphis 2018
University of Led Zumba Workshop for Language Fair March 24,
Memphis 2018
University of SACS Learning Outcomes Committee 2016
Memphis
University of Literacy Center Advisory Board 2016
Memphis
University of Reviewed Nominations for Faculty Excellence in Engaged Scholarship Award 2016
Memphis
University of Coordinated visit by Ann Abbott to the University of Memphis 2016
Memphis
University of Assisted with visit by Henry Medina to the Department of Foreign Languages 2016
Memphis
TnCIS Summer Study Abroad, Cuba program 2016
University of Engaged Scholarship Conference Travel Fund Award Review Committee 2016
Memphis
University of Engaged Scholarship Committee 2014 -
Memphis present
University of Mary Pettus Thomas Memorial Scholarship Committee (for student study abroad grants) 2014 -
Memphis present
University of Serve as a professional consultant for Rosetta Stone on developing language learning software for 2014 -
Memphis Spanish for the Professions, specifically Spanish for medical communication and interpretation. 2018
University of Comprehensive Exam Committee 2014 -
Memphis present
University of Advisory Council Committee for Foreign Languages 2014 -
Memphis present
University of Spanish Club Council 2014 -
Memphis present
University of Engaged Scholarship Travel Fund Award Review Committee 2014
Memphis
University of Engaged Learning Fellowship Proposal Review Committee 2014
Memphis
University of Designed brochure for the Spanish for Specific Purposes courses for the Department of Foreign Spring
Memphis Languages and Literatures. 2014
University of La Casa Hispana Committee 2014
Memphis
University of Judge, 26th Annual Student Research Forum, March 31, 2014 Spring
Memphis 2014
Rhodes Collaborated with the Rhodes College Latin American Studies department for the screening of "Latino Spring
College Americans," a PBS documentary. 2014
University of Served as consultant on Nambija Project, coordinated by Brian Waldron (Civil Engineering, University 2014
Memphis of Memphis; created IRB proposal and questionnaires, translated and interpreted).
University of Co-Advisor, Hispanic Students Association (HSA) 2012 -
Memphis present
University of Faculty Program Director for Summer Study Abroad Programs (Salamanca, Spain & San Jose, Costa Summer
Memphis Rica). 2013
University of Engaged Scholarship Faculty Spring
Memphis 2013 -
present
University of Promote and Recruit for International Study Abroad Programs (language fair and study abroad fair 2012 -
Memphis events on campus). present
University of Promote Department and recruit students (Campus Day and language fair events on campus). Fall 2012 -
Memphis present
University of Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS) Faculty Affiliate Fall 2012 -
Memphis present
Monmouth Search Committee for visiting faculty position 2011 -
College 2012
Monmouth New Faculty Orientation Committee 2011 -
College 2012
Monmouth Language Coordinator 2011-2012
College
Monmouth Community Outreach Coordinator 2010 -
College 2012
Monmouth Academic Advisor, Raices (Hispanic Student Association) 2010 -
College 2012
Monmouth Volunteer Global Rhythms instructor 2010 -
College 2012
The Ohio State President, Latin American Studies Student Organization 2004 -
University 2006
The Ohio State Presenter, Global School Bus Program 5 years
University
OTHER
SOCIETY/ORGANIZATION/JOURNAL COMMITTEE/EDITORIAL BOARD/OFFICE PERIOD
Global Advances in Business Editorial Board Member 2022 to
Communication Journal present
Certification Commission for Healthcare Certified Medical Interpreter Spanish (CHI-Spanish) 2021
Interpreters
Tucson Language Justice Collective Training in Interpreting for Social Justice 2021
OLC Workshop Designing Gamified Learning Environments 2021
OLC Workshop Creating an Interactive Syllabus 2021
OLC Workshop Data Stories: An Introduction to Data Visualization 2021

OLC Workshop Neuro, Cognitive, and Learning Sciences, Part I: Bringing Theory to 2021
Practice
OLC Workshop Blended Learning: Applying Best Practices into Course Design 2021
OLC Workshop Neuro, Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Part II: Applying Theory to 2021
Practice
OLC Workshop Designing Game-Based Learning 2021
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL) 2021
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Certificate in Instructional Design Mastery Series, See July 2021
Institute https://www.credly.com/badges/5730c947-e9b4-4578-ad9b-
b190c58bb119/public_url
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Steering Committee member, OLC Innovate 2022, Online Learning Summer
Consortium (OLC) and MERLOT Annual Conference 2021-
present
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Subcommittee Co-Chair for Speed Networking, OLC Innovate 2022, Summer
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and MERLOT Annual Conference 2021-
present
Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Member 2020 to
present
Journal of Spanish as a Heritage Language Peer Reviewer Spring
2020
Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education Peer Reviewer Spring
2020
AATSP Chair, Special Interest Group (SIG) on Community Engagement 2019 -
present
Universidad Nacional de Educación Associate Investigator, National Foreign Language Policy 2019
(UNAE)
National Board of Certification for Medical Certified Medical Interpreter, CMI-Spanish 2019
Interpreters
ACTFL Rater, Spanish Test, ACTFL Assessment of Performance (AAPPL) Toward 2019
Proficiency in Languages
Sabio Books Co-Host, Worldlanguages21 Podcast (on LSP): 2018
www.worldlanguages21.com/podcast
Revista Cientifica Kronos Editorial Board Member 2017 to
present
Revista de lenguages para fines especificos Peer Reviewer 2016
Hispania Peer Reviewer 2014 -
present
Georgetown University Press Manuscript Reviewer 2016
Boren Fellowship Review Panel Research Proposal Reviewer, Latin American Review Panel 2016
College Board AP Reader, Spanish Language and Culture 2015 -
present
TBR Foreign Language Faculty Web Streaming Coordinator 2014 -
2015
Imagining America Assessing the Practices of Public Scholarship (APPS) Team Member Spring
2014 -
present
Modern Language Association (MLA) Member Fall 2012 -
present
American Association of Teachers of Member Fall 2012 -
Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) present
American Council on the Teaching of Member Fall 2012 -
Foreign Languages (ACTFL) present
Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica Member
Central States Conference on the Teaching Member

of Foreign Languages
National Society of Collegiate Scholars Member
Critical Difference for Women Program Member
Fulbright Association and Network of Member 2008 -
Fulbright Alumni present
Imagining America Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) Faculty Participant 2014
CONSULTING
ORGANIZATION/COMPANY PERIOD
Translation for a BPI Packaging, LLC and BPI Coating, LLC Summer 2020
Reviewer/Translator, "Together" Website, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 2019 - present
Fort Hays University Department of Modern Languages Fall 2019
Rosetta Stone Fall 2014 -
present
Ecuadorian National Government - Nambija Project Fall 2014 -
present
Appendix A
Academic
New
Year (please Credit Percent Labratory
Course # Course Name Enroll Preparation
indicate Hours Taught Supervised(S)/Instructed(I)
(Y) /(N)
year)
*Spring
2022
Freeburg
Faculty
Fellow (No
Courses
Taught)*
Fall 2021 SPAN Spanish Composition 3 100 10 N
3303 003
Fall 2021 SPAN Spanish for Commerce 3 100 6 N
4701 001
Fall 2021 SPAN Spanish for Healthcare 3 100 11 N
4704 001
Summer SPAN Healthcare Interpreting and 3 100 6 N
2021 4793 M50 Translation (UM Global)
Spring 2021 SPAN Spanish for Healthcare 3 100 3 N
4704 001
Spring 2021 SPAN Healthcare Interpreting and 3 100 6 N
4793 001 Translation
Spring 2021 SPAN Applied Languages for Specific 3 100 8 N
7794/7896 Purposes
001
Fall 2020 SPAN Spanish for Healthcare 3 100 10 N
4704 001
Fall 2020 SPAN Intro to Hispanic Studies 3 100 10
3304 002
Fall 2020 SPAN Hispanic Literature Genres 3 100 10
4563 001
Summer SPAN Healthcare Interpreting and 3 100 4 N
2020 4793 M50 Translation (UM Global)
Spring 2020 SPAN Spanish for Commerce 3 100 12 N

4701 001
Spring 2020 SPAN Healthcare Interpreting and 3 100 9 N
4793 001 Translation
Spring 2020 SPAN Teaching Spanish for Specific 100 8 N
7895 001 Purposes
Spring 2020 UNHP Costa Rican Culture (led 3 100 4 Y
4901391 students on service learning
abroad as part of course)
3303 001
3303 003
Fall 2019 Span 3304 Intro to Hispanic Studies 3 100 9
002
Spring 2019 SPAN Intermediate Spanish 3 100 11 N
3311 002 Conversation
Spring 2019 SPAN Spanish for Commerce 3 100 9 N
4701 001
4704 001
*Fall 2018
CAS
Professional
Development
Assignment
(No Courses
Taught)*
Spring 2017 SPAN Conversation 3 100 13 Y
3301
Section 4
Spring 2017 SPAN Composition 3 100 13 N
3303
Section 4
4704
Fall 2016 SPAN Composition 3 100 14 N
3303
Section 2
Fall 2016 SPAN Composition 3 100 15 N
3303
Section 3
Fall 2016 SPAN Teaching Spanish for Specific 3 100 6 Y
7895 Purposes
Spring 2016 SPAN Composition 3 100 14 N
3303
Section 2
Spring 2016 3303 Composition 3 100 14 N
Section 4
4704
Fall 2015 SPAN Language/Cultures/Communities 3 100 14 N
4703
Fall 2015 SPAN Intermediate Spanish II 3 100 30 Y
2020
Section 7
Fall 2015 SPAN Intermediate Spanish II 3 100 25 Y
2020
Section 6
Curriculum SPAN Teaching Spanish for Specific 3 100
Development 7895 Purposes
Curriculum SPAN Spanish for Healthcare 3 100
Development 4704
Curriculum SPAN Language/Cultures/Communities 3 100
Development 4703
Appendix D
GRANT APPLICATIONS
Learn and Serve Award, College of Arts and Sciences (applicant, 2013).
Center for International Business and Education (CIBER) Business Language Research and Teaching Grant (applicant, 2013).
Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and United States Department of Education Long Term Training Grant Competition (co-
applicant, 2013).
Written in conjunction with Steve Zanskas, Prof. & Concentration coordinator Rehabilitation Counseling.
Grant originally written to include Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Interpreter Certification and bilingual Spanish speaking
rehabilitation counselors. The State of Tennessee chose not to support the inclusion of this specialty, however. As a result, the
grant proceeded without the foreign language provision and was awarded approximately $1 million for the period 10/01/2014 –
09/30/2019 to fund the training of graduate rehabilitation counselors.
Appendix E
Engaged Scholarship Activities, Summer 2020 Stemming from the University of Memphis Community of Research Scholars
(CoRS) in Responsive to Covid-19 and Social Distancing Measures (2020):In the wake of Covid-19 and in conjunction with the
CoRS Award projects, I, along with participating CoRS faculty, adapted to the social distancing measures by collaborating with
community partners to provide online support to the local Latino and other underserved populations. Partners included, Cazateatro,
Latino Memphis, and Grupo Socios Comunitarios organized by Iris Mercado (Program Coordinator, Rhodes College Urban Studies
Program), and Shelby County Schools, among others. Among the projects were the following:
Bienestar901: Facebook page focused on mental and emotional health needs and information on Covid-19 and social distancing
designed in collaboration with Dorimar Ferrer, Cazateatro, Latino Memphis, and the Grupo Socios Comunitarios subcommittee
on mental and emotional health.
Podcast series: Co-produced a podcast series likewise focusing on mental and emotional health for the local Latino population
with Octavio Area, Chaplain at LeBonheur Methodist Hospital, and community activist Iris Mercado.
Live RED Fitness classes: In conjunction with Latino Memphis, I offered free live-streaming fitness classes specifically
focused on the Latino population through my RED Fitness Facebook page.
Outreach to educators: Along with community partners, organized and participated in workshops, presentations, and
discussions on issues of relevance affecting local educators serving the Latino Memphis and other underserved populations.
Community discussions on issues of relevance: Along with community partners, including Cazateatro, we organized and held
community-wide discussions on Covid-19, local and federal guidelines for managing the pandemic, mental and emotional
health, and on Afo-Latino identity, the black lives matter movement, and race and racism for the local Latino population.
These projects will serve as a springboard for potential community service learning projects to be integrated into my future courses.
SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS
CREATING COMMUNITIES, ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP (CruCES) PROJECT, 2015-2017
Partners: Caritas Village, El Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis, SPAN 4703

Funding: University of Memphis Strengthening Communities, Capacity Building Grant ($18,500)
Project Description: Grant funded community service learning project bringing together students enrolled in SPAN 4703, the
local non-profit organizations Caritas Village and El Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis, and local community members in
service to the West Binghampton neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee. Students collaborated with community project leaders
toward the development of sustainable arts-based microeconomy projects.
Related Outreach Activities:
Coordinator and Co-Presenter, Zumba Fitness, presented with community project leader David Quarles at the Language
Fair, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, March 2017.
Designer, CruCES project promotional materials, Memphis, Tennessee, Fall 2016.
Coordinator, CruCES project Community Leader Workshops, Caritas Village, Memphis, Tennessee, 2015-present
Coordinator, CruCES entrepreneurship presentations, Caritas Village, Memphis, Tennessee, 2015-present.
Organizer, Community Arts Fair, Caritas Village, Memphis, Tennessee, December 2015.
Organizer and Facilitator, CruCES World-Café Workshop, Caritas Village, Memphis, Tennessee, October 2015.
Recruiter, CruCES community project leaders, Caritas Village, Memphis, Tennessee, 2015-present.
Coordinator, CruCES University and community guest presenters, Caritas Village, Memphis, Tennessee, Fall 2015.
Lead Investigator, CruCES Engaged Scholarship project on Intercultural Sensitivity Development and Community
Service Learning, Memphis, Tennessee.
Supervisor, CruCES service-learning project, The University of Memphis and Caritas Village, Memphis, Tennessee,
2015.
Co-Administrator, The University of Memphis Strengthening Communities Capacity Building Grant ($18,500), with
Ohnie Johns (dir., Caritas Village), Memphis, Tennessee, 2015-present.
Purchaser, CruCES project materials, Memphis, Tennessee, 2015-present.
Grant Writer, CruCES project, with Caritas Village and El Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee,
Fall 2014.
BOOKS FOR KIDS BY KIDS, 2016
Partners: Belle Forest Community School (Shelby County Schools), St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital, The University of
Memphis College of Education, The Helen Hardin Honors program, and the Department of World Languages and Literatures.
Project: Students across seven Spanish courses (SPAN 2010, SPAN 2020, SPAN 2020 honors, and SPAN 3303) translated
portions of books about Memphis written by English-speaking elementary school children at Belle Forest Community School to
benefit Spanish-speaking children at St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital.
Co-Coordinator, Department of World Languages and Literatures, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee,
Spring 2016.
Faculty Supervisor, student translations, Spanish Composition (SPAN 3303), Department of World Languages and
Literatures, Spring 2016.
INDEPENDENT SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, 2013-
Partners: Latino Memphis, First Class Montessori School, Caritas Village, Cazateatro, El Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis,
YWCA, Mid-South Peace and Justice, Red Cross Disaster Relief, Healthy Tennessee, Memphis Charter Schools, Justice Center,
Mujeres Trabajando Juntas, the Memphis Day of the Dead Committee, and La Prensa Latina, University of Memphis Campus
School Parent Network, Shelby County Schools, Grupo Socios Comunitarios (organized by Iris Mercado, Program Coordinator
Rhodes College Urban Studies Program), and Ronald McDonald House, among others.
Project Description: Various independent internship and service learning projects involving students enrolled in SPAN 4703,
SPAN 4704, and SPAN 7895, as well as Rhodes College students enrolled in MUSC 140, Music and Healing (Francisco Lara,
instructor).
Coordinator and supervisor, independent student service learning projects and internships, Memphis, Tennessee, 2013 –
present.
Coordinator, community guest speakers, SPAN 4703, SPAN 4704, and SPAN 7895, 2014 – present.
Coordinator, student alter project presented at the annual Day of the Dead celebration, Arte de Libertad, Memphis,
Tennessee, October 25, 2014.
Coordinator, “Caperucita Roja,” bilingual play co-produced between students in SPAN 4703 and Cazateatro, The
University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, November 24, 2014.
Supervisor, “Folk Stories of the Day of the Dead,” bilingual play co-produced between students in SPAN 4703 and
Cazateatro, Hattiloo Theater, Memphis, Tennessee, November 1, 2014.
Co-Coordinator alongside Dr. Francisco Lara, student service-learning projects in Musc 140 (Music and Healing,
summer 2020). Students contributed to ongoing online service and outreach initiatives focusing on mental and emotional
health of the local Latino and other underserved populations in Memphis in the wake of Covid-19 and social distancing
measures. Projects included dance-fitness videos for RED Fitness Facebook page, podcast episodes on music and mental
health and wellness, and music lessons for children during the summer out of school months, among others.

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Name: Diana Ruggiero Department:World Languages & Literatures

Women's History Month Honoree University of Memphis 2014-

Business Spanish The Ohio State University/Office

Ruggiero, D. M. (2022). A Guide to Medical Interpreting: DEI and Healthcare. https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/oer/2/

Refereed Journal Publications

Communication, 10(2), p. 1-3.

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Instructor, Muevelo (Latin dance workshop), Girl Scouts February

Festival of Cultural Performance," The Ohio

OLC Workshop Data Stories: An Introduction to Data Visualization 2021

Central States Conference on the Teaching Member

Spring 2020 SPAN Spanish for Commerce 3 100 12 N

SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS

CREATING COMMUNITIES, ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP (CruCES) PROJECT, 2015-2017

Partners: Caritas Village, El Centro Cultural Latino de Memphis, SPAN 4703

BOOKS FOR KIDS BY KIDS, 2016

INDEPENDENT SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS, 2013-

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