Tasha L. Darbes, PhD Assistant Professor TESOL and Bilingual Education Pace University

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1 Tasha L. Darbes, PhD Assistant Professor TESOL and Bilingual Education Pace University Education Curriculum Vitae Steinhardt School of Education, Culture and Human Development Department of Teaching & Learning PhD in TESOL, Multilingual Multicultural Studies Dissertation: Hard to Place : Multilingual Immigrant Students in Community Colleges New School University New York, NY Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research Masters in Liberal Studies, Graduated with Honors An inter- disciplinary program that combined courses in Anthropology & Literature Brown University, Providence, RI B. A. in Comparative Literature, Spanish and Russian University Teaching Experience Pace University, New York September present School of Education Courses Taught: Curriculum, Methods and Assessment: Teaching English Language and Literacy to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Theory and Practice of Bilingual Education City College of New York New York, NY September 2012 May 2015 Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture Courses Taught: Research Seminar in Teaching Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Students Theories and Practices of Bilingualism Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Teaching Content in English and the Home Language Reference: Jesús Fraga, Department of Teaching, Language & Culture Hunter College Department of Curriculum & Teaching Course Taught: January 2014 present

2 Second Language Acquisition Theory and Research Reference: Anne Ediger, Department of Curriculum & Teaching Kean University, New Jersey July 2015 Course Taught: Methods I: Masters in Hindi / Urdu Foreign Language Teaching New York University Fall 2013, 2014 & 2008 Steinhardt School of Education, Culture & Human Development Department of Teaching & Learning and Department of Applied Psychology Courses Taught: Structures of American English Writing in the Social Sciences Reference: Lorena Llosa, Program Director, Multilingual Multicultural Studies New York University Startalk Program July 2008 present School of Continuing and Professional Studies Instructor of a summer workshop to prepare Hindi / Urdu language teachers. Designed curriculum, lectures and activities on second language acquisition and foreign language pedagogy. Created hybrid teacher training course. Reference: Gabriela Nik- Ilieva, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Clinical Supervision and Teacher Development Kean University Union, NJ Spring 2014 present STARTALK Language Initiatives Consultant for the development of an innovative hybrid master s program in Hindi / Urdu Language Teaching. Produced training for online instruction techniques. Reference: Janis Jensen, School for Global Education & Innovation Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Department of Teaching & Learning Supervised teacher candidates for the certification and non- certification TESOL and foreign language degree programs. Reference: Lorena Llosa, Department of Teaching & Learning Hunter College New York, NY Fall 2012 December 2013 Department of Curriculum and Teaching TESOL and Bilingual Education Field Supervisor for K- 12 teacher candidates. Reference: Laura Baecher, Department of Curriculum & Teaching

3 Research Experience September 2010 August 2012 Research Assistant for grant- funded projected on the experiences of immigrant- origin youth in community colleges (RICC). Responsibilities included data collection (quantitative, qualitative interviews, ethnography and classroom video); development of measures (surveys, interview protocols, coding, classroom observation measure); data analysis; co- author of papers. Principal Investigators: Carola and Marcelo Súarez- Orozco, Robert Teranishi and Margary Martin September 2007 August 2009 Research Assistant on a project What does Parent Involvement Mean for Immigrant Parents? Trained in qualitative research methods and discourse analysis; recruited participants, conducted in- depth interviews and focus groups in Spanish, translation and transcription. Principal Investigator: Fabienne Doucet Carnegie Institute for International Peace June 2000 November 2000 Washington, D.C. (fieldwork conducted in New York City) Conducted in- depth interviews for a research study on the effects of Welfare Reform on the Dominican community in New York City. Reference: Norma Fuentes Urban Institute Washington, D.C. October 1999 June 2001 Analyzed qualitative data and wrote a report based on my analysis of 100 in- depth interviews on the issues of benefit use, employment, health and immigration issues of New York City immigrants. Conducted in- depth interviews for a research study on the impact of Welfare and Immigration reforms on immigrants in New York City. Principal Investigator: Micheal Fix Teaching English as a Second Language Experience Bronx Community College Department of English Full- time adjunct of ESL and developmental writing. Reference: Marianne Pita, Department of English Fall 2009 May 2010 Hostos Community College January 2007 December 2009 College Enrichment Academy Instructor of English developmental reading and writing. Reference: Kim Sanabria, Department of Language and Cognition Hostos Community College June 2001 June 2006 CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP) Instructor of content- based ESOL and academic writing to pre- Freshman college students in the CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP). Developed curriculum,

4 coordinated assessment and placement, and gave professional development workshops to staff. Reference: Fatiha Makhloufi, Director Project Reach Youth Brooklyn, NY July 1997 August 2000 Teacher in an adult education program for ESL, literacy, and citizenship. Providence Public Library Providence, RI September 1994 July 1996 Coordinator, curriculum development, and volunteer trainer for family literacy / ESL programs. Providence Public Schools Providence, RI Volunteer teaching assistant, 2 nd grade classroom. September 1992 May 1993 Fellowships Sauti Yetu Center for African Women and Families Bronx, NY 2012 Literacy, Gender and Education Fellowship Responsible for designing curriculum supports for African- origin immigrant high school students who are designated as SIFE (Students with Interrupted Formal Education). Collected ethnographic, participant observer data and provided instructional support to students. Reference: Ramatu Bangara, Sauti Yetu Sept May 2008 Multilingual Multicultural Studies Graduate Assistantship Duties included supervising student teachers, assisting professors with editing and research, and maintaining website. Reference: Miriam Eisenstein- Ebsworth, Department of Multilingual Multicultural Studies Publications Suárez- Orozco, M., Darbes, T., Dias, S., and Sutin, M. (2011) Migrations and Schooling. Annual Review of Anthropology, 40(1). Darbes, T. & Súarez- Orozco, C. (accepted for publication in 2015). Forgetting or not getting: The implications of test- taker perceptions for test validity in community college settings. Studies in Language Testing, ed. MaryAnne Christison and Nick Saville. Cambridge University Press. Alicea, S., Súarez- Orozco, C., Singh, S., Darbes, T., and Rodriguez, E. (accepted) Observing classroom engagement in college: A systematic approach.

5 Presentations and Conferences American Educational Research Association (Accepted for 2015) Paper presentation of Translations of Linguistic Diversity: Assessment and Placement Networks and the Enaction of ESL" Society for Research in Child Development (2015) Paper presentation of Students like me : The role of peer relationships for the integration of emerging adult language learners in community colleges American Educational Research Association (2014) Roundtable presentation of Assessment and Placement Dissonance: How Language Minority Students Find their Place at Community Colleges American Association of Applied Linguistics (2014) Paper presentation of Self- Assessment of Bilingual Proficiencies of Community College Students: Measure Creation and Use American Educational Research Association (2013) Presentation and Screening of Admissions: Student Stories from Undocumented America, Winner of AERA Best Amateur Film Award American Association of Applied Linguistics (2013) Roundtable discussion Hard to Place : Multilingual Community College Students' Experiences of Testing and Placement Society for Research in Child Development (2012) Paper presentation with Alicea, S., Singh, S., Súarez- Orozco, C. & Vigil, D. Classroom- Level Engagement Differences across Community Colleges Campuses Serving Immigrant- Origin Emergent Adults Critical Race Studies in Education Association (Teachers College, 2012) Presented Admissions: Documentary, Counterstorytelling and Undocumented Students in Higher Education Mobility Shifts: An International Future of Learning Summit (New School University, October 2011) Organized panel presentation entitled Mobile Identities and Community Mobilization: Collaborative Digital Theater in Transnational Communities American Association of Applied Linguistics (Chicago, IL, March 2011) Co- presented a paper with Clark- Gareca, B. Disparities between Student Needs and Instructor Practices: Pedagogical Effects of Prestige in Beginner Arabic Language Classes

6 Who are We? Second Language Acquisition in a Global Society (University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2010) Presented a paper Exploring the Many Englishes of a Global City: A Case Study of Language Learning in Plurilingual Contexts Grants and Awards STARTALK 2015 Program Grant Awarded 90,000 to fund an Urdu- language program for a community- based organization that works with Pakistani- American youth in Brooklyn. This program will train teachers and students to become Citizen folklorists and collect and digitally preserve and disseminate cultural practices in the community. The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF) Awarded a doctoral dissertation grant of $4,000 in New York City s Mayor s Office of Adult Literacy Awarded a grant of $5,000 for a Special Project from the We Are New York. The grant funded a 9- week class that combined ESOL and drama activities. Students then created, wrote and shot a DVD that was used to promote the organization s work and tell their personal stories. CUNY Language Immersion Program Awarded a grant of $3,000 to develop a curriculum entitled Cultures at the Crossroads. The curriculum consists of three content- based units that integrate ESL, writing, and academic skills with social sciences. The three units cover immigration to the Lower East Side, conflicts between Native Americans, Spanish, and the U.S. in the Southwest, and music of the Caribbean. The curriculum is housed online and used by instructors of an intensive, content- based ESL bridge to college program. Documentary: Admissions: Student Stories from Undocumented America Co- producer, writer and researcher (June 2009 present) of a documentary about the experiences of four undocumented students in higher education entitled Admissions. Awarded Best Film by the American Educational Research Association Amateur Film Competition (2013). Selected for the 2012 Oaxaca Film Festival and the Boston International Latino Film Festival 2012, and screened at various venues throughout New York, nationwide and internationally. Selected screenings and Festivals 2012 Oaxaca Film Festival 3, Official Selection, Oaxaca, Mexico Boston Latino International Film Festival, (BLIFF) Official selection, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

7 2012 New Film Makers, Official Selection, Anthology, New York, New York Screenings at various community colleges sponsored by the Community College Consortium for Immigration Education 2013 They Asked for Workers and Families Came Conference UCLA, California 2012 UFVA Conference (University Film and Video Association) Presentation and screening of Admissions Student Stories from Undocumented America Columbia College Chicago. Professional Skills Proficient in in the following data analysis programs: MaxQDA, AtlasTi and Dedoose(Qualitative Analysis); Transana (Digital video analysis); SPSS (Descriptive and Inferential Statistics, Factor and Cluster Analysis) Proficient in digital video editing: imovie, FinalCut Pro Fluent in Spanish (written and oral); working knowledge of Russian