diana natalicio, president - utep

DIANA NATALICIO, PRESIDENT

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

EMPLOYMENT

1. Administrative: The University of Texas at El Paso

President, February 11, 1988-present

Interim President, 1987-1988

Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1984-1988

Dean, College of Liberal Arts, 1980-1984

Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts, 1979-1980

Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, 1977-1979

Chairman, Department of Modern Languages, 1973-1977

2. Teaching/Research

Professor, Department of Languages and Linguistics,

The University of Texas at El Paso, 1978-present

Associate Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Modern Languages,

The University of Texas at El Paso, 1973-1978

Assistant Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Modern Languages,


Visiting Assistant Professor, Departments of Linguistics and Modern Languages,


Assistant Professor (part-time), Department of Curriculum and Instruction,

The University of Texas at Austin, Spring, 1971

Senior Staff Research Associate, Center for Communication Research,

University of Texas at Austin, 1970-1971

Instructor of Portuguese (part-time), St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX, Fall 1967

Professor of Linguistics, NDEA Institute in ESOL, Our Lady of the Lake College,

San Antonio, TX, Summer 1967

Training Specialist (Language Coordinator), Peace Corps Training Program in

Petropolis, Brazil, administered by the University of Texas at Austin, Summer 1966

Teaching Assistant in Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin, 1962-1964

Diana Natalicio, President


EDUCATION

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1969 (Linguistics).

Universidad de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 1964-65

M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1964 (Portuguese language and Brazilian area

studies).

Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1961-62

B.S., summa cum laude, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1961 (Spanish).

PUBLIC SERVICE

OpportunityNation Leadership Council, July 2011

Awards for U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Cooperation and Innovation, Selection

Committee, (Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte,

ASU North American Center for Transborder Studies), April 2011

Regional Migration Study Group, Member, Migration Policy Institute/Woodrow Wilson

International Center for Scholars Mexico Institute, January 2011

Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors (CPUPC) Nominating

Committee, May 2010 to Present

Anchor Institutions Task Force, University of Pennsylvania, February 2010

Mexico Bicentennial Committee in the United States, December 2009

Texas Exes Distinguished Alumnus Selection Committee, March 2009-11

National Academies

Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and

Engineering Workforce Pipeline, 2008-Present

Committee on Emerging Research Institutions, 2006-Present

Inter-American Foundation (IAF), Advisory Council, 2007-January 2011



NASA Education Advisory Committee, 2004-2005

President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Member, (appointed by President

Clinton), 2000-2001

Education Advisory Team for Bush-Cheney Transition, 2001

National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Advisory Research Resources Council

(NARRC), 2000-2004

U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science, Board of Governors, 1999-2007

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Visiting Committee, 1998-2004

“America Reads Challenge” Steering Committee, U.S. Department of Education,

Member, 1997-2000

Fulbright Study Steering Committee, United States Information Agency, Member, 1996-

1997

Citizens’ Committee on Property Tax Relief, (appointed by Texas Governor George W.

Bush), Member, 1996

NASA Advisory Council, 1994-1996

U.S.-Mexico Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (Fulbright-Garcia

Robles), Board Member, 1994-2000

Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health, Advisory Board

Member, 1993-1996

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of

Education, Board Member, 1993-1997

United States Information Agency, Trilateral Task Force on North American Higher

Education Collaboration, U.S. Representative, 1995-1998

Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, (appointed by

President George Bush), 1991-1992

Texas Committee for the Humanities, Board Member (appointed by Governor Ann

Richards), 1991-1994



El Paso Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Director, 1988-1993;

Chair of the Board, 1989

U.S.-Mexico Border Governors' Conferences, Co-chair of Education Sessions:

Phoenix, Arizona, 1994; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, 1993; San Diego, California,

1992; Hermosillo, Sonora, 1991

National Science Foundation:

Advisory Committee, Education and Human Resources Directorate, 1991-1994;

Chair 1994

Committees of Visitors: Teacher Collaboratives 1994; Visiting Professorships for

Women 1993; Research Improvement in Minority Institutions 1991

Advisory Committee, Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs

Directorate, 1990

Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, 1989-1991

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board:

Committee on Higher Education and NAFTA, 1992-1994

Council for Women in Higher Education, 1992-1994

Advisory Committee on Approval of New Programs, 1991-1992

Advisory Committee on International Issues, 1990-1993; Chair 1990-1993

Advisory Committee on Undergraduate Education, 1988-1990

Agency for International Development, Member of Advisory Committee on the

University Center Program, Board of International Food and Agricultural Development

and Economic Cooperation (BIFADEC), 1991

The Philosophical Society of Texas, Member, 1990-present

Texas Department of Agriculture, Member of Mexico-Texas Exchange Commission,

1990-1991

Texas Department of Commerce, Member of Texas-Chihuahua Regional Commission,

1989-1990

Texas Attorney General's Office, Board of Child Support Enforcement Division,

El Paso, Texas, 1990

Texas Education Agency, Member of Oral Language Assessment Instrument Evaluation

Committee, 1978-1984; Chair 1980-1981



BOARDS AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS

American Council on Education (ACE)

Vice Chair, Board of Directors, March 2012 - Present

Member, Commission on Higher Education Attainment, October 2011 - Present

Member, Executive Committee, May 2011 - Present

Chair, Finance Committee, May 2010 - Present

Membership Committee, Feb. 2009 – May 2010

Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), Council of Presidents

Member, May 2009 – Present

Member, Executive Committee, May 2009 - Present

Board of the Harrington Fellows Program, UT Austin, September 2007-2010

National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), Member, 2007-2008

Council for Aid to Education (CAE)

Board of Trustees and Officers, 2006-2012

Board of Advisors, Member, 1998-2001

Board of Directors, 1992-1996

CFAE Commission on the National Investment in Higher Education, 1994-1996

The Rockefeller Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2004-present

National Science Board, Member, 1994-2000; 2000-2006 (appointed by President

Clinton)

Vice Chair, 1996-2000; 2002-2006

Committee on National Science Board Nominees, 2002-2006

Task Force on International Issues, Chair, 1999-2002

Task Force on National Policies for the Science and Engineering Workforce,

2000-2006

Committee on Education and Human Resources, 2001-2002

Internet2, Board of Trustees, 2005-2007

Conference USA, 2005 - Present

Council on Competitiveness, 2003-2006

University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development,



Board of Trustees, 2001-2004

Blue Ribbon Panel for the NASA Educator Astronaut Position

Candidate Selection, 2003

Campus Compact, Board of Directors, 2001-2003

Policy Committee, 2001-2003; Co-Chair, 2002-2003

Texas Campus Compact, Founding President, 2000

North American Institute (NAMI), North American Community Service Project,

Trinational Advisory Board, 2001-2004

Space Foundation, Board of Directors, 2000-2003

National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, 2001-present

The College Board, Blue Ribbon Panel on Student Financial Aid, 2001-present; National

Forum Planning Committee, 1991

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, El Rio Leadership

Committee; 2002-2003

Princeton University Office of Population Research, Texas Higher Education

Opportunity Project, Public Advisory Committee, 2000-present

The Leadership Group for the Distance Learning Policy Laboratory, Southern Regional

Education Board (SREB) Member, 1999

National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Project on Public Opinion and

Higher Education, Advisory Committee Member, 1999-2000

Metropolitan Life Foundation, Education Commission of the States (ECS), Advisory

Group for Change in Education Initiative, 2000

National Research Council, International Advisory Board, Member, 1998-2000

RAND Education Advisory Board, 1993-2001

Urban School Reform Subcommittee, 2001

National Committee on Higher Education and the Health of Youth, Member, Harvard

School of Public Health, 1996–2000



Border Pact Steering Committee, U.S.-Mexico Educational Interchange Project,

University of Arizona, 1996-1999

Inter-American Dialogue, Steering Committee, Member, 1995-2000

The American Assembly, Leadership Advisory Group, Member, 1996-1999

NAFSA: Association of International Educators, 50th Anniversary Honorary Committee,

1996-1998

Student Loan Marketing Association, Education Services Council, Member, 1995-1996

The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Trustee, 1996-2001

Committee for Economic Development Trustee, 1996-present; Subcommittee on

Employer’s Role in Linking School and Work, 1997-1999; Subcommittee on Business,

the Low-Wage Labor Market and Welfare Reform, 1997-2001.

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME), Board of Directors,

1993-present

Chair, Governance Committee, 2008-present

Sandia Corporation, Board of Directors, 1993-2008

Sierra Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, Board of Directors, 1992-1994

American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), Board of Directors, 1993-1997;

Chair, 1995-1996; Chair-Elect, 1994-1995; Vice-Chair 1993-1994; Consultant, AAHE

Education Roundtable, 1993-1997

American Council on Education (ACE), Commission on International Education, 1994-

present; Commission on Women in Higher Education, 1989-1991, Chair, 1991; National

Identification Forum for Women in Higher Education Administration, 1979

Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors (Texas), Member, 1988-present;

State Affairs Committee, 1990-1993; Vice Chair, 1993-1995; Chair, 1995-1997

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE): U.S.-Mexico

Educational Interchange Project Advisory Committee, 1995-1998



Participant, Forum on Science in the National Interest: World Leadership in Basic

Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, Sponsored by the White House Office of

Science and Technology Policy, National Academy of Sciences, January, 1994

Texas Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 1993-1994; Higher Education Task

Force, 1992-1994

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU), Finance Committee, 1992-

1993; Government Relations Committee, 1994-1995

Participant, Scientific Forum, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes

of Health, September 28-30, 1993

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Special Committee to Review

Financial Conditions in Intercollegiate Athletics, 1992-1993

Association of Texas Colleges and Universities, Public Awareness Committee, 1992-

1993

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS): Accreditation site visit team for

Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá Colombia, 1998; Accreditation site visit team for

Instituto CentroAmericano de Administracion de Empresas (INCAE), San Jose, Costa

Rica, 1991; Re-accreditation site visit team for Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios

Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico, 1988; Committee on Criteria and Reports,

1987.

Western Athletic Conference: Chair, Board of Directors, 1990-1991; Member, 1988-2005

U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Civilian Orientation Conference participant, 1990

Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)

Consortium on Environmental Technology: Chair, Presidents' Council, 1991-1993;

Member, 1990-1994

Society of International Business Fellows, Member, 1990-1993

Kaiser Family Foundation Social Reconnaissance Project, Center for Health Policy

Development, Advisory Committee, 1989-1991

Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC), Executive Committee, 1990-1992

Women's Foundation of Texas, Advisory Board for Border Banking Project, 1990



Texas Business and Education Coalition, Steering Committee, 1989-1994

National Physical Science Consortium, Board of Directors, 1988-1993

Mexico-United States Consortium for Academic Cooperation (COMUNICA), Binational

Advisory Council, 1993-1994

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Chair of Western

Regional Retention Conference, 1992-1993

Governor's Executive Development Program, Participant in Class VIII, 1989-1990

Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Board of Directors, 1989-1993

Texas-Mexico Border Higher Education Summit, organized and co-hosted for Secretaries

Lamar Alexander (U.S.) and Manuel Bartlett Diaz (Mexico), El Paso-Ciudad Juárez,

1989

West Texas Higher Education Council, Chair, 1988-89

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, Commission on the Mental Health of

Adolescents and Young Adults, 1987-1990

Texas World Trade Council, 1986-1987

Lilly Endowment Workshop on the Liberal Arts, Participant, Colorado College, 1984

Mexico-U.S. Border Research Program, U.T. Austin, National Advisory Board, 1980-

1983

Southwest Journal of Linguistics, Editorial Consultant, 1983-1988

Texas Teachers to Speaker of Other Languages (TEXTESOL), Advisory Board, 1983-

1985; President 1976-1977

The Modern Language Journal, Editorial Consultant, 1981-1987

National Endowment for the Humanities, Proposal Reviewer, 1980

National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Council of

The National Institutes of Health, Communicative Disorders Panel, 1978



National Science Foundation, Proposal Reviewer, 1976-1991

Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, Editorial Consultant, 1976-1992

Prentice-Hall, Editorial Consultant, 1975-1980

International Reading Association, Chair of Committee on Teacher's Handbook,

Linguistics and Reading, 1974-1977

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Research Committee

1973-1974

Interamerican Journal of Psychology, Associate Editor, 1970-1974

CORPORATE BOARDS

Trinity Industries, Board of Directors, 1996-May 2012

Human Resources Committee

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

JP Morgan Chase Bank of Texas (formerly Texas Commerce Bank) National

Association, Director, 1997-2002; Business Strategy Committee; Community Action

Committee

ENSERCH Corporation, Board of Directors, 1993-1996: Audit Committee, Directors’

Nominating Committee, and Policy Committee

Lomas Financial Corporation, Board of Directors, 1992-1994; Information Systems

Committee; Finance Committee; Nominating Committee

HONORS AND AWARDS

Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca (Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), highest honor

bestowed on foreign nationals by the President of Mexico, December 2011

Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence (CADE), Distinguished Service

Award, November 2011



Christiaan Petrus Fox Citizen of the Year Award, Fort Bliss, 2010 – Awarded August

2011

Honorary doctor of humane letters degree, honoris causa, Georgetown University, School

for Continuing Studies, May 2011

Honoree, Annual Mental Health America of Texas, February 2010

Named one of 2008 Most Powerful and Influential Women in Texas, Texas Diversity

Magazine, May 2008

Woman of Distinction, American Association of University Women – Texas

organization, May 2008

Named one of 35 people who will shape the future of Texas, Texas Monthly Magazine,

February 2008

Alfredo G. de los Santos, Jr. Award for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education,

American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, Inc. (AAHHE), 2007

Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award, American Council on Education (ACE),

2007

Rising Star Award, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME),

2006

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Texas Exes, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006

El Pasoan of the Year, El Paso Inc., 2006

Honorary doctor of laws degree, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Monterrey,

Mexico, 2001

Honorary doctor of laws degree, Smith College, 2001

Award of Distinction, Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration

(CONAHEC), 2001

Texas Women’s Hall of Fame, Austin, Texas, 1999

Honorary Member, Sigma Theta Tau International, Inc., 1999



Distinguished Professional Woman, UT-Houston Health Science Center Committee on

the Status of Women, 1998

Hall of Honor, The El Paso County Historical Society, 1998

Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education, 1997

Honorary Member of Cardinal Key, National Honorary Society, 1997

Award for Outstanding Support to Developmental Education by a College Administrator,

National Association of Developmental Educators (NADE), 1997

El Paso Business Hall of Fame, Junior Achievement of the Desert Southwest, Inc., 1996

Honorary Member of the Margarita Miranda de Mascareñas Foundation Board of

Directors, Ciudad Juárez (Mexico), 1996

Star Award, Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, 1995

Honorary Member, Alpha Lambda Delta, 1995

Martin Luther King Jr. Public Service Award, El Paso Chapter Afro-American Cultural

Association, 1995

Honorary Member, National Mortar Board, 1994

Appreciation Award, Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe, El Paso, 1993

Distinguished Service Award, Rotary Club of El Paso, 1993

Grand Marshal, Southwestern and International Livestock Show Rodeo Parade, El Paso,

1993

Community Builder Award, Five Points Masonic Lodge, El Paso, 1993

Outstanding Contribution to Education Award, Hispanic and Business Alliance for

Education, Inc., 1992

Humanitarian Award, League of United Latin American Citizens, El Paso, 1992

Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award, Greater El Paso Association of Realtors, 1992



Chamber Women in Action Award, Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce's Business

Opportunities Council, 1992

Torch of Liberty Award, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1991

Conquistador Award for Outstanding Service to the Citizens of El Paso, City of El Paso,

1990

El Paso Women's Hall of Fame, 1990

Humanitarian Award, National Council of Christians and Jews, El Paso, 1990

REACH Award for Outstanding Achievement in the El Paso Community, El Paso

YWCA, 1990

Woman of Distinction Award, Soroptimist International of El Paso, 1989

Outstanding Contribution in Community Development award, Mexican-American Bar

Association of El Paso, 1989

Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honor Society, 1989-present

El Paso Together Award in Education, KVIA-TV and the El Paso Sunturians, 1988

Distinguished Alumna Award, Leadership El Paso Alumni Association, NACLO

Conference, Providence, RI, 1988

Alumna of the Year, Leadership El Paso, 1988

Woman of the Year, El Paso Women's Political Caucus, 1988

Regional Woman of the Year, Mexican-American Engineering Society, 1987

Woman of the Year in Education, El Paso Women's Political Caucus, 1982

Phi Kappa Phi, International Honor Society 1978-present; President of UTEP Chapter,

1980-1981

National Defense Education Act Fellowship, Title VI, University of Texas at Austin,

1965-1969



National Science Foundation Fellowship for Summer Linguistics Institute at UCLA,

1966

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Fellowship, Portugal, 1964-1965

National Defense Education Act Fellowship, Title IV, 1961

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1961

Fulbright Fellowship to Brazil, 1961-1962

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Keynote Speaker, American Society for Engineering Education Gulf Southwest Annual

Conference, April 2012

The UTEP Story 1988-2012, Grantmakers for Education, April 2012

Texas Tribune: A Conversation with Elected Officials, November 2011

Address, Leadership El Paso Class 33, November 2011

Keynote Speaker, “Women of Impact Breakfast,” sponsored by El Paso Inc., October

2011

Presentation, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), San Antonio, Texas,

August 2011

Presentation, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO),

"Improving the Transfer Process Between Community Colleges and Four-Year

Institutions: A State Case Study," San Antonio, Texas, June 2011

Keynote Speaker, El Paso Hispanic Chamber Education Foundation Scholarship

Banquet, June 2011

Commencement Address, Georgetown University, School for Continuing Studies, May

2011

Speaker, SEED School of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2011



Plenary Speaker, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Houston, Texas,

October 2010

Speaker, El Paso Mortgage Bankers Association, El Paso, Texas, September 2010

Speaker, Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), "Tier One in Tough

Times," August 2010

Moderator, Commission of Access, Diversity and Excellence (CADE) Summer Meeting,

"The Impact of the Economic Downturn on College Access for Low-Income Students in

Public Higher Education,” Denver, Colorado, July 2010

Presentation, Inland Empire Community College District, Riverside, California, February

2010

Keynote Speaker and Presenter, El Paso Chamber of Commerce State of Higher

Education, February 2010

Speaker, El Paso Community College Commencement, December 2009

Keynote Speaker, Jesuit High School’s 50th

Anniversary, October 2009

Keynote presenter, Leadership Texas, El Paso, Texas, September 2009

Briefing, Public Service Board, El Paso, Texas, August 2009

Keynote Speaker, Baz-Wegman Plenary Conference, "Human Security: A New Border

Response," 67th Annual U.S. - Mexico Border Health Assoc. (USMBHA), El Paso,

Texas, June 2009

Presentation, Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia) delegation, June 2009

Panelist, Education Writers Association, Washington, DC, May 2009

Guest Speaker, Cathedral High School Senior Banquet, April 2009

Welcome, YISD College Readiness Summit, March 2009

Guest Speaker, Texas Association of Museums Annual Meeting, March 2009

Keynote Speaker and Presenter, El Paso Chamber of Commerce State of Higher

Education, February 2009



National Center for Border Security & Immigration Symposium, February 2009

Keynote Speaker, LULAC State Board of Directors, December 2008

Welcome, Texas & Four Corners Section: American Physical Society Joint Meeting,

October 2008

Welcome, U.S. Mexico-Health Research Symposium, September 2008

Presentation, Del Sol Medical Center Board, August 2008

EPISD College Readiness Summit, August 2008

Summer International Conference on Education, El Paso, Texas, July 2008

Speaker, Executive Forum, El Paso, Texas, June 2008

Keynote Speaker, Opening Reception of American Translation and Interpreting Studies

Association Conference-- "Border Perspectives," El Paso, Texas, April 2008

Plenary Speaker, Society for College and University Planning, Mid-continental Regional

Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, November 2001

Keynote Speaker, “El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence,” Collaboration for

Academic Excellence: Higher Education, the Schools, and the Community, Portland,

Oregon, May 2001

Keynote Speaker, “Excellence in Education–K-16,” National Learning Infrastructure

Initiative (NLII) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2001

Plenary Speaker, NAFSA Association of International Educators, Region II Conference,

Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 2000

Keynote Speaker, “Entering Student Programs and Retention,” Policy Center on the First

Year of College, National Summer Institute for College and University Presidents,

Asheville, North Carolina, July 2000

Keynote Speaker, “Strengthening Teacher Preparation Programs,” Arkansas Department

of Higher Education, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 2000



Presentation, “UTEP’s Model of Excellence and Equity,” Texas Lt. Governor’s 21st

Century Commission on Higher Education, El Paso, Texas, June 2000

Commencement Address, Andress High School, El Paso, Texas, May 2000

Keynote Speaker, “Access to Higher Education: A K-16 Strategy,” American Association

for Higher Education, Anaheim, California, April 2000

Keynote Speaker, “Against All Odds: The El Paso Story,” North Carolina Joint

Governing Boards Meeting, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,

March 2000

Speaker, “Inside the Texas Myth: Life at the Edge,” Texas Philosophical Society, Austin,

Texas, December 1999

Keynote Speaker, “Dreams, Prophecies, and Strategies for the New Millennium,” College

Academic Support Program (CASP), El Paso, Texas, October 1999

Speaker, “New Directions,” Women Chemists of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain

Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society, El Paso, Texas, October 1999

Presentation, Institute for Educational Inquiry, National Conference Celebrating

Educational Renewal, “In Praise of Education,” Seattle, Washington, June 1999

Panelist, Texas Lyceum Association, Austin, Texas, April 1999

Speaker, “Scholarship, Service, and Integrity: Benchmarks in a Changing Landscape,”

Association for Continuing Higher Education, Ft. Worth, Texas, November 1998

Speaker, “Building Educational Bridges,” Junior/Community College Student Personnel

Association of Texas, El Paso, Texas, October 1998

Speaker, “Creating a Seamless Border,” Leadership Texas, El Paso, Texas, June 1998

Speaker, “System-Wide Seminar,” The University of Texas System,

Development/External Relations and Governmental Relations, Austin, Texas, November

1997

Speaker, “Life is a Team Sport,” Dallas Greater Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, Texas,

October 1997



Speaker, “Trends and Approaches to International Education,” NAFSA: Association of

International Educators, Vancouver, Canada, May 1997

Commencement Address, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico,

December 1996

Speaker, “Crossing Boundaries: Higher Education’s Greatest Challenge,” Association

for Institutional Research Annual Forum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 1996

Keynote Speaker, “Partners in International Education, Internal and External,”

Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), Bandera, Texas, March

1996

Keynote Speaker, The Dallas Morning News Distinguished Women Leaders Lecture

Series, Dallas, Texas, February 1996

Keynote Speaker, Council for International Education Exchange National Conference, El

Paso, November 1995

Speaker, The Institute for the Humanities at Salado, October 1995

Speaker, Technology Management Conference, FMC Corporation, Scottsdale, March

1995

Speaker, University of Texas at Tyler 1995 Liberal Arts Spring Colloquium, March 1995

Panelist, Annual meeting of the American Council on Education, Commission on

International Education, San Francisco, February 1995

Keynote Speaker, Investiture Ceremony for Federal Judge David Briones, El Paso,

Texas, January 1995

Presentation, Southwest Texas State University, President's Council for Women in

Higher Education, December 1994

Panelist, Fourth Annual DOE Review of Laboratory Programs for Women, Sandia

National Laboratories, Albuquerque, October 1994

Speaker, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Annual Assembly,

Chicago July 1994



Opening Plenary Speaker, NAFSA Association of International Educators, Miami Beach,

May 1994

Commencement Address, St Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, May 1994

Visiting Professor, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, John P.

McGovern Visiting Professor of Humanities in Medicine, March 1994

Panelist, Mexican-American Legislative Caucus of the Texas House of Representatives,

The Future Outlook of Higher Education in Texas, December 1993

Keynote Speaker, Executive Women in Texas Government's Seventh Annual

Professional Development Conference, November 1993

Speaker, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Albuquerque, October 1993

Team Member, American Association for Higher Education, Presidential Leadership

Group on Higher Education and the Schools, June 1993

Commencement Address, United High School, Laredo, Texas, May 1993

Speaker, Women Faculty and Administrators Organization Annual Meeting, University

of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, May 1993

Speaker, Texas Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Spring Conference,

El Paso, Texas, April 1993

Panelist, Televised Satellite Town meeting "Goals 2000: Educate America," (with

Education Secretary Richard Riley), U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC,

March 1993

Keynote Speaker, Texas Society of Professional Engineers, El Paso, Texas, February

1993

Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting, American Council on Education, San Diego, January

1993

Keynote Speaker, Texas Space Grant Consortium's Third National Space Grant

Conference, Clear Lake, Texas, January 1993

Speaker, American Council on Education's National Identification Program, Austin,

Texas, November 1992



Keynote Speaker, Annual Board of Directors Meeting of the Texas Court Appointed

Special Advocates Conference, Austin, Texas, November 1992

Speaker, Primera Conferencia de Rectores de America del Norte, University of

Guadalajara, Mexico, October 1992

Keynote Speaker, National Humanities Conference of the Federation of State Humanities

Councils, Albuquerque, NM, October 1992

Speaker, "The Way Up Conference for Women in Higher Education," Arizona Board of

Regents, Tempe, AZ, October 1992

Speaker, Texas Association of Collegiate Testing Personnel Annual Conference, El Paso,

TX, October 1992

Speaker, Texas/New Mexico State Seminar, sponsored by the AASCU Academic

Leadership Academy, El Paso, TX, September 1992

Panelist, "White House Initiative: Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans"

workshop, National Council of La Raza's Annual Conference, Los Angeles, July 1992

Keynote Speaker, Women Leaders' Workshop, sponsored by East Texas State University,

Commerce, TX, April 1992

Speaker, CASE District IV Conference, Albuquerque, April 1992

Panelist, SER-Jobs for Progress National, Inc., 26th Annual Conference, Dallas, April

1992

Speaker, Texas Classroom Teachers Association 1992 Educational Symposium, El Paso,

TX, January 1992

Speaker, Symposium on International Border Ecology, sponsored by The Southwest

Center for Environmental Research Policy, Monterrey, Mexico, August 1991

Commencement Address, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Medical

Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, August 1991

Keynote Speaker, Community Partnerships Seminar, sponsored by the Kellogg

Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 1991



Panelist, National Forum and Annual Meeting, Education Commission of the States,

Denver, CO, July 1991

Keynote Speaker, Texas Rehabilitation Association Annual Conference, El Paso, TX,

July 1991

Moderator, American Council on Education/Office of Women in Higher Education

National Forum, Washington, DC, June 1991

Commencement Address, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, May 1991

Keynote Address, Southwest Trust Conference, Texas Bankers Association, El Paso, TX,

May 1991

Keynote Address, NASA Training Project Annual Banquet, Albuquerque, NM, April

1991

Speaker, Federal Women's Program Outstanding Women of the Year Awards Luncheon,

Holloman Air Force Base, NM, March 1991

Panelist, "Calling All Women" Conference, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX,

March 1991

Speaker, Texas-Mexico Legislative Conference, Austin, TX, February 1991

Guest Speaker, Higher Education Student Association, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,

TX, March 1991

Keynote Address, Annual Conference of the National Association of Minority

Engineering Program Administrators, San Antonio, TX, February 1991

Keynote Address, Annual Banquet of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce, Pecos, TX,

February 1991

Keynote Address, Annual Seminar of Laredo Business and Professional Women's

Association, Laredo, TX, January 1991

Facilitator, Hogg Foundation's Commission Workshop on the Mental Health of

Adolescents and Young Adults, Austin, TX, November 1990

Panelist, Annual Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, TX, November 1990



Keynote Address, Annual Conference of the Southwest Association of Student Financial

Aid Administrators (SWASFAA), Albuquerque, NM, November 1990

Keynote Address, Annual Southwest Association of Special Assistance Program

(SWASAP), El Paso, TX, November 1990

Fostering Diversity: State and Institutional Partnerships. Conference co-sponsored by

the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) and the National Center for

Postsecondary Governance and Finance, El Paso, TX, October 1990

Panel presentation, Conference of Southwest Foundations, El Paso, TX, October 1990

Panelist, Texas A&M University System Symposium, Kingsville, TX, October 1990

Presenter, Third National Forum on Substance Abuse Issues in Higher Education,

Washington, D.C., September 1990

Keynote Address, Conference on Women in Higher Education, Texas A&I University,

Kingsville, TX, September 1990

Commencement Address, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, August 1990

A Higher Education Institutional Response to Changing Demographics, Colorado

Committee of Higher Education, Keystone, CO, May 1990

Keynote Address, Annual Conference of the Southwest Placement Association,

Albuquerque, May 1990

Keynote Address, Changing Demographics in Texas, The College Board Regional

Assembly, Corpus Christi, TX, February 1990

Keynote Address, 68th Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Collegiate

Registrars and Admissions Officers (TACRAO), El Paso, TX, November 1989

Access and Quality: University Remedial Programming, IBM Conference on Higher

Education, Orlando, FL, May 1989

The Role of the Universities, The Texas Education Summit Conference, Texas Research

League, Austin, TX, February 1989

Enhancing Diversity: Linking Research and Practice, American Council on Education's

71st Annual Meeting, San Diego, January 1989



Changing Demographics: Hispanics in Higher Education, Forum at 93rd Annual Meeting of

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA, 1988

Keynote Address, New Mexico Governor's Conference on Women, Las Cruces, NM,

October 1988

Keynote Address, Meeting of Visiting Professorships for Women program, National

Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., June 1988

From Access to Achievement: Strategies for Urban Institutions, Conference sponsored

by the National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance, Los Angeles, CA

November 1987

Graduate Education for Texas Hispanics, Annual Meeting of the Association of Texas

Graduate Schools, El Paso, TX, October 1987

(with J. Dick) Increasing the Participation of Minority Women in Science and

Engineering: The Role of Network Support Systems. Planning Conference on Research

as a Tool for Increasing the Participation of Minority Women in Science and

Engineering, Atlanta, GA, March 1987

(with J. Dick) Access and Quality: The Case of the University of Texas at El Paso. MRI

Directors Meeting, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, March 1986

The Perils of Part-Timers: Staffing of the Freshman English Program at the University of

Texas at El Paso, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting, San Antonio,

TX, 1983

Case Study Session Chair, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Meeting,

Savannah, GA, 1982

The Role of Community Institutions--Church, Social Agencies, School--in Meeting the

Needs of the Family with Changing Work Patterns. Mid-America Bi-Regional

Conference of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), El Paso, TX,

June 1982

Dialect, the Child and the School. 1980 Lyceum Program, Arizona State University,

Tempe, AZ, February 1980

Linguistically Different Children. Two-day seminar, University of the Pacific, Stockton,

CA, June 1979



Oral language assessment in bilingual education: the state of the art. Pan American

University Language Forum, Edinburg, TX, March 1979

Basics for the classroom: Workshop on language testing. Conference of Regions II and

III of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, El Paso, TX, November 1978

Reading and the bilingual child. Conference on Beginning Reading Instruction, Learning

Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, June 1976

Sentence repetition in language assessment. Meeting of Texas Chapter of Teachers of

English to Speakers of Other Languages, El Paso, TX, November 1975

Contrastive linguistics and bilingual education. Inservice meeting of Brush, LaSalle, and

Ft. Morgan, Colorado Schools, January 1975

Teaching English as a Second Language. Series of invited lectures at the University of

Yucatan, Merida, (Yucatan) Mexico, November 1974

Spanish-English contrastive linguistics. Inservice meeting of Stockton Public Schools in

conjunction with the School Education of the University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA,

October 1974

Linguistic concepts and analysis to improve bilingual instruction: the contrastive

linguistic model. NIMH Conference: Research on Personality and Cognitive

Development Among Mexican-American Children, San Antonio, TX, April 1972

Oral language assessment. Language Research Seminar of the College of Education, the

University of Texas at Austin, February 1972

An oral language focus in teacher training. National meeting of Teacher Corps Directors,

Austin, TX, April 1971

Psycholinguistics. Texas International Psychology Seminars, The Hogg Foundation for

Mental Health, Departments of Psychology and Educational Psychology, the University

of Texas at Austin, August 1970

CIVIC ACTIVITIES



Catholic Diocese of El Paso, Cathedral High School’s 75th

Anniversary, Honorary

Diamond Committee, 2000-2001

Discover El Paso, Honorary Member, 1996-present

Tom Lea Gallery State Advisory Board, Member, 1996-present

El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence, Chair of the Board, 1993-present

Southwestern International Livestock Show & Rodeo, Board of Directors, 1994-1995

Strategies for El Paso's Economic Development Initiative, DRI-McGraw Hill, Steering

Committee, 1993-1995

World Health Organization Collaboration Center in Oral Health, El Paso-Ciudad Juárez,

Advisory Board, 1993-present

Boy Scouts of America, Yucca Council, Advisory Board, 1994-present; Chair of

"Scouting for Food" campaign, 1992

Unite El Paso, Chair of Coordinating Committee, 1993-1994

El Paso Zoological Society, Advisory Board, 1992-present

White Sands Missile Range Historical Foundation, Board of Directors, 1992-present

Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 1987-present; Honorary

Member of Woman's Department, 1992-present, Education Committee, 1990-1991

Downtown Lions Club, Honorary Member, 1990-present

United Way of El Paso, Board of Directors, 1990-1992; Chair of Human Needs Survey

Committee 1990-1991; Chair of Education Division, 1989

Leadership El Paso, Chair of Class 12, 1989-1990; Advisory Council, 1987-1990;

Participant, 1980-1981

El Paso Mission Trail Association, Advisory Council, 1990-present

El Paso Health Services Foundation, Board of Directors, 1989-1990

Colonias, For the People, Inc., Advisory Committee, 1989



Executive Forum, Member, 1989-present

Westside Rotary Club, Honorary Member, 1989-present

Rio Vista Rehabilitation Hospital, Member and Vice Chair of the Board, 1988

El Paso Certified Development Corporation, Board of Directors, 1988-1989

El Paso Industrial Development Corporation, Board of Directors, 1987-1990

Better Business Bureau, Board of Directors, 1987

Cultural Planning Project, City of El Paso, 1984-1985

KCOS-TV, Public Television, Board of Directors 1975-1985; Executive Committee

1981-1984

GRANTS

Principal Investigator, Border Biomedical Research Center, National Institutes of Health,

RCMI program, 1993-present

Project Director, U.T. System Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) Program,

National Science Foundation, 1992-present

Chair, UTEP Minority Research Center of Excellence in Materials Science, National

Science Foundation, 1988-1993

Project Director, Minority Educational Institution Assistance Program--Infrastructure

support. Department of Energy, 1987-88

Director, Texas Women--A Celebration of History. Texas Committee for the Humanities

(NEH) June-November 1982

Co-Investigator, An investigation into linguistic cues involved in English noun

pluralization of six-year-old Mexican-American children. United States Office of

Education Research Grant (HEW), the University of Texas at El Paso, 1972-1973

UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENTS



1. The University of Texas at El Paso

Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, 1986-1993

Member, Computer Policy Board, 1984-88. Chairman, 1984-85

Member, University Planning Council, 1984-85

Member, Search Committee for Director of Personnel, 1984

Member, Library Building Art Acquisitions Committee, 1983-present

Chair, Internal Analysis Committee for Planning, 1982-83

Chair, Search Committee for Director of Continuing Education, 1981-82

Member, Honors Convocation Committee, 1981-84

Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Provisional Students, 1981

Member, Search Committee for Dean of the College of Science, 1980-81

Member, Library Building Planning Committee, 1980-81

Member, Search Committee for Vice President for Business Affairs, 1980

Member, Deans' Council, 1979-1987

Member, Faculty Development Committee of the Faculty Senate, 1978

Member, Editorial Board, Center for Inter-American Studies, 1976-7

Faculty Sponsor, Au Tatsu Judo Club, 1976-79

Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1976-77, 1979-84

Member, Oral History Institute Advisory Board, 1975-78

Member, Search Committee for Dean of the College of Science, 1975-76

Member, Academic Planning Committee, 1974-77

Chair, Educational Program Subcommittee of Institutional Self-Study (for reaccreditation by

Southern Association of Colleges & Schools), 1974-76

Chair, Special Graduate School Committee on Juarez Linguistics Program, 1974

Member, Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, 1974

Member, Council of Teacher Education, 1973-77, 1982-84

Member, Council of Chairpersons, 1973-77

Chair, Search Committee for Director of Libraries, 1973-74

Representative, Faculty Council, 1973-74

Member, Institutional Advisory Committee for Selection of a President, 1972

2. The University of Texas System

Member, Advisory Committee for the Selection of Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic

Affairs at The University of Texas System, 2011

Member, Advisory Committee for the Selection of the Chancellor at The University of Texas

System, 2009

Member, Advisory Committee for the Selection of a President of The University of Texas at

Austin, 2005



Member, Advisory Committee for the Selection of a President of The University of Texas at

Dallas, 2004

Chair, U.T. System K-16 Leadership Council, 1999-present

Member, U.T. System Search Committee for the Selection of a President of the

University of Texas at San Antonio, 1998 Member, U.T. System Health Plan Policy Advisory Committee, 1992-1994

Member, Advisory Committee for the Selection of a President of the University of Texas at

Austin, 1992

Member, U.T. Medical Branch at Galveston's Centennial Commission, 1989-91

Member, U.T. System Select Committee on Doctoral Nursing Programs, 1989

Member, Advisory Committee for the Selection of a President of the University of Texas at

San Antonio, 1989

Chair, U.T. System Committee to Consider Possible Merger of Laredo State University with

the U.T. System, 1988

Member, U.T. System Task Force on Teacher Education, 1982-83

Member, U.T. System Task Force on Women in Higher Education Administration, 1980-81

PUBLISHED WRITINGS

1. Books, Monographs and Book Chapters

“Building the Foundation for First-Year Student Success in Public, Urban Universities: A

Case Study”. In Challenging and Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for

Improving the First Year of College. 1st Ed. Edited by M. Lee Upcraft, et al. San

Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. pp. 155-175.

“Contrastive Linguistics and the Preparation of Bilingual

Education Teachers”. E. L. Blansitt and R. V. Teschner (eds.). Festschrift in Honor

of Jacob Ornstein: Studies in General and Sociolinguistics. Rowley, MA: Newbury

House, 1980, pp. 229-235.

“Reading and Bilingual Child”. In L. B. Resnick and P. A. Weaver (eds.).

Theory and Practice of Early Reading. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,

1979, pp. 131-149.

(with F. Williams & R. Hopper) The Sounds of Children. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:

Prentice-Hall, 1977. Reprinted 1981.

(with L. Natalicio) An Investigation into Linguistic Cues Involved in

English Noun Pluralization of Six-year-old Mexican-American Children. El Paso:

University of Texas at El Paso, 1973. ERIC Document ED 108 521.



(with F. Williams) Carrascolendas: Evaluation of a Bilingual

Television Series. Austin: Center for Communication Research, 1971.

(with F. Williams) Repetition as an Oral Language Assessment

Technique. Austin: Center for Communication Research, 1971.

(with L. Natalicio & C Hereford) (eds.) Understanding Students' Behavior.

Dubuque: Wm. C. Brown Publishing Company, 1971.

(with L. Natalicio & C. Hereford) (eds.) La Contribucion de las Ciencias

Psicologicas y del Comportamiento al Desarrollo Social y Economico de los Pueblos

(Memorias del XI Congreso Inter-americano de Psicologia). Mexico, D.F.:

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1969.

2. Articles

(with Kathleen Staudt) “20-20: Building Access, Engaged Learning and Excellence,”

2006, In B. Holland & J. Meeropol (Eds.), A More Perfect Vision: The Future of

Campus Engagement. Providence, RI: Campus Compact. Online at

http://www.compact.org/20th/papers.

(with Kathleen Staudt) “Engaged Universities: Border Vantage Points on

Institutionalization.” Metropolitan Universities Journal, Vol 17.1, 2006.

“Information Technology: Focusing on Improved Teaching and Learning.” EDUCAUSE,

Vol. 35, No. 5, September/October 2000, pp. 10-11.

(with Susana Navarro) “Minorities in Texas Higher Education: A K-16 Challenge”.

Texas Lyceum Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1999, pp. 30-33.

(with Susana Navarro) “Closing the Achievement Gap in El Paso: A Collaboration for

K-16 Renewal.” PHI DELTA KAPPAN, April, 1999, pp. 597-601.

“Native Speaker Intuitions as a Basis for Determining Noun Gender Rules in Spanish.”

Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 6, 1, 1983.

(with T. Odlin) “Some Characteristics of Word Classification in a Second Language.” The

Modern Language Journal, 66, 1, 1982, pp. 34-38.

(with T. Oakland, E. Bernal, F. Holley, R. Leos & L. Richard) “Assessing Students with

Limited English Speaking Abilities.” The Texas Outlook, Vol. 64, No. 9, 1980, pp.

32-33.

http://www.compact.org/20th/papers



“Thoughts on Contrastive Analysis.” English Teaching Newsletter. (Santiago,

Chile), 4, 1, 1980, pp. 5-11. Reprinted in Vol. III, Nos. 3-4 of ELT FORUM: Journal

of English Studies, Calicut University, Kerala, India.

“Repetition and Dictation as Language Testing Techniques.” The Modern Language

Journal, 63, 4, 1979, pp. 165-176.

“Sentence Repetition as a Language Assessment Technique: Some Issues and

Applications.” THE BILINGUAL REVIEW/LA REVISTA BILINGUE, 4, 1-2, 1977,

pp. 107-112.

“Linguistics and Teacher Education: Chicano Spanish.” SwallowIV: Linguistics

and Education Conference Proceedings, M. R. Mazon (ed.). San Diego, CA;

Institute for Cultural Pluralism, San Diego State University, 1976, pp. 21-46.

(with F. Williams) “The Evaluation of Carrascolendas: A Bilingual Television Series for

Mexican-American Children”. Journal of Broadcasting, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1972, pp.

299-309.

(with F. Williams) “What Characteristics Can "Experts" Reliably Evaluate in the Speech of

Black and Mexican-American Children?” Tesol Quarterly 6, 2, 1972, pp. 121-127.

Reprinted in Spolsky, B. & Palmer, L. (eds.) PAPERS ON LANGUAGE TESTING

1967-1974. Washington: TESOL, 1975; and in Alatis, J. & Twaddell, K. (eds.)

English as a Second Language in Bilingual Education. Washington: TESOL, 1975.

(with L. Natalicio) “Data Management Considerations in Linguistics: a Proposal.”

Linguistics: An International Review, 73, 1971, pp. 90-104.

(with C. Spielberger, F. Gonzalez-Riesgo, A. Martinez-Urrutia & L. Natalicio)

“Development of the Spanish Edition of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory,”

Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 5, 3-4, 1971, pp. 145-158.

(with G. Fernandez & L. Natalicio) El condicionamiento de fonemas y su interpretacion.

Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 5, 1-2, 1971, pp. 27-37.

(with L. Natalicio) A comparative study of English pluralization by native and non-native

English speakers. Child Development, 42, 4, 1971, pp. 1302-1306.

(with L. Natalicio) "The Child's Learning of English Morphology," revisited, Language

Learning, 19, 3-4, 1969, pp. 205-215.



(with L. Natalicio) The Educational Problems of Atypical Student Groups: The Native

Speaker of Spanish. URBAN EDUCATION, 4, 3, 1969, pp. 262-272. Reprinted in

Ogletree, E. J. & Garcia, D. (eds.). Education of the Spanish-speaking Urban Child.

Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1975.

3. Reviews

Review of S-D PRIMARY ESL INVENTORY by J. Sheety (Chicago: Stoelting Co., 1981).

Accession number AN0904-2759, Buros Institute Database (Search Label MMYD),

Bibliographic Retrieval Services, Inc. (BRS), 1984. Also in The Ninth Mental

Measurements Yearbook, James V. Michell, Jr. (ed.). Lincoln, NB: Buros Institute of

Mental Measurements, 1985, pp. 1302-1303.

Review of CASO TEST FOR LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS by A. Caso

(Caso Industries, Inc. 1979). Accession number AN0904-2404, Buros Institute

Database (Search Label MMYD), Bibliographic Retrieval Services, Inc. (BRS), 1984.

Also in The Ninth Mental Measurements Yearbook, James V. Mitchell, Jr. (ed.).

Lincoln, NB: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, 1985, pp. 228-289.

Review of MAINSTREAMING THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENT

(ERIC AND NCTE, 1980) in The Reading Teacher, 35, 5, 1982, pp. 632-633.

Review of VARIANT ENGLISH by D. N. Bryen, C. Hartman and P. Tait (Columbus, OH:

Charles E. Merrill, 1978) in THE READING TEACHER, 33, 4, 1980, pp. 488-489.

Review of SCREENING TEST OF SPANISH GRAMMAR by Allen S. Toronto (Evanston,

IL: Northwestern University Press, 1973) in The Eighth Mental Measurements

Yearbook, Oscar K. Buros (ed.). Highland Park, NJ: The Gryphon Press, 1978, pp.

245-247.

Review of AUSTIN SPANISH ARTICULATION TEST (Austin, Texas: Learning

Concepts, Inc., 1974) in The Eighth Mental Measurements Yearbook, Oscar K. Buros

(ed.). Highland Park, NJ: The Gryphon Press, 1978, pp. 229-230.

Review of ORAL LANGUAGE EVALUATION: TEACHER'S MANUAL by N. J.

Silvaroli, J. T. Skinner & J. O. Maynes, Jr. (St. Paul: EMC Corporation, 1977) in The

Reading Teacher, 32, 2, 1978, pp. 224-225.

Review of SWCEL COMPARATIVE LANGUAGE DOMINANCE TEST (Albuquerque:

Southwest Cooperative Educational Laboratory, 1975) in The Modern Language

Journal, LXII, 3, 1978, pp. 132-133.



(with L. Natalicio) Review of THE BILINGUAL CHILD, A. Simoes (ed.). (New York:

Academic Press, 1976) in The Bilingual Review/la revista bilingue, IV, 3, 1977, pp.

234-236.

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Spanish noun gender: Native speakers' intuitions. Meeting of Linguistic Association of the

Southwest (LASSO), Austin, TX, October 1981.

(with T. Odlin) Lexical class identifications in L1 and L2. 14th Annual Convention of

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), San Francisco, CA,

March 1980.

(with L. Richard) Language assessment: The Texas Approved Instruments. TEXTESOL I

Conference, El Paso, TX, January 1980.

Repetition and dictation as language testing techniques. Joint meeting of the Southern

Conference on Language Teaching, Texas Foreign Language Association and

TEXTESOL, San Antonio, TX, October 1978.

The Non-English-speaking Home environment: Implications for reading instruction. 23rd

Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, Houston, TX, May

1978.

(with Guillermo McLean) A multiple-choice cloze test of English sentence connectors. 12th

Annual Convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Mexico

City, Mexico, April 1978.

Issues in bilingual reading instruction. 22nd Annual Convention of the International Reading

Association, Miami, FL, May 1977.

Error analysis in the teacher education program. 11th Annual Convention of Teachers of

English to Speakers of Other Languages, Miami Beach, FL, April 1977.

(with L. Natalicio) On how to talk about language and mean it. XVI Interamerican Congress

of Psychology, Miami, FL, December 1976.

Learning to Read Bilingually. Preconvention Institute. 21st Annual Convention of the

International Reading Association, Los Angeles, CA, May 1976.

Sentence Repetition as a Language Assessment Technique: Issues and Applications. 1976



Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco,

CA, April 1976. ERIC Document ED 123 261.

Contrastive Spanish-English Linguistics and Error Analysis: Application to Bilingual

Settings. Preconvention Institute, 20th Annual Convention of the International

Reading Association, New York, May 1975.

Linguistics and Teacher Education. 4th Annual Southwest Area Linguistics Conference, San

Diego State University, CA, April 1975.

(with L. Natalicio) Initial sibilants and English noun pluralization in native English and

native Spanish speaking six-year-old children. XVII International Congress of

Applied Psychology, Montreal, Canada, July 1974.

The role of contrastive Spanish-English linguistics in bilingual education. 8th Annual

convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Denver, CO,

March 1974.

(with M. R. Mazon) Oral language assessment training for teachers. 7th Annual Convention

of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May

1973.

Evaluating the speech of Mexican-American school children: a qualitative approach. 1972

Annual Convention of the American Speech and Hearing Association, San Francisco,

CA, November 1972.

(with F. Williams) Oral language assessment. 1972 Annual Meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 1972.

(with F. Williams) Carroscolendas: evaluation of a bilingual television series. 1972 Annual

Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 1972.

(with G. Fernandez & L. Natalicio) El condicionamiento de fonemas y su interpretacion.

XIII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Panama City, Panama, December 1971.

Oral language assessment. 41st Annual Convention of the Southern Speech Communication

Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1971.

(with L. Natalicio) The experimental analysis of verbal behavior: the effects of phoneme

contingent stimuli on phonemic repertoire. XVII Annual Convention of the

Southwestern Psychological Association, St. Louis, MO, April 1970.



THESES SUPERVISED

Grajeda, Catherine B., "ESL in Grades 4, 5, and 6: A Pilot Program," M.A. Thesis,

University of Texas at El Paso, 1984.

Gonzalez, Magarita Correa, "Assessment of Communicative Competence Through the

Evaluation of Two Traits: Grammatical/Pragmatic Competence and Socio-linguistic

Competence," M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1984.

Lawrence, Timothy, "Language Mixing in Modified Noun Phrases," M.A.Thesis, University

of Texas at El Paso, 1982.

Muro, Gertrude, "Attitudes and Motivation in Second Language Teaching," M.A. Thesis,


Crawford, Cameron, "The Acquisition of Inversion in WH-questions by Learners of English

as a Second Language," M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1980.

Holmes, Zoe Ann K., "Development of an Intermediate-level Spanish Diagnostic Test,"

M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1980.

Zabala, Jose M., "Formas Verbales Variantes en la Produccion Escrita de Estudiantes

Mexicoamericanos de la Universidad de Texas en El Paso," M.A. Thesis, University

of Texas at El Paso, 1979.

Patterson, Jean Scarborough, "The Influence of English on the Spanish Syntax of El Paso-

Juárez," M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1979.

(Co-director with L. L. Kopra) Blosser, Dennis, "Development and Field Test of an Oral

Language Assessment Instrument for Bilingual Children in Beginning Grades," Ph.D.

Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, 1979.

Gynan, Shaw N., "Incipient Bilingualism in Anglo Preschoolers: A Case Study of Language

and Social Context," M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1978.

Odlin, Terence, "Contractions in ESL: A Case Study in Variable Rules," M.A. Thesis,


Izquierdo, Elena, "English Determiners: Their Acquisition and Use by Native Speakers of

Japanese, Persian and Spanish," M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1977.



Polizzi, Johnnie B. Holland, "Language Attitudes in El Paso, Texas Newspapers 1974-76,"

M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1977.

Cerna, Humberto, "A Semantic Description of English Verb + Particle Construction for Use

in Teaching English as a Second Language to Native Spanish Speakers," M.A.

Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 1976.

McLean, Guillermo, "Development of an Intermediate Level Test of Sentence Connectors for

English as a Second Language Students," M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at El

Paso, 1976.

Sanchez, Steve, "Spanish Proficiency Test for Spanish-English Bilinguals," M.A. Thesis,


COURSES TAUGHT

Elementary Portuguese

Introduction to Linguistics

Structure of Spanish

Contrastive Spanish-English Linguistics

Teaching English as a Second Language

Intermediate Portuguese

Structure of English

Oral Language Assessment

Psycholinguistics

Language Testing

diana natalicio, president - utep

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