Omar Beas Arizona State University School of International Letters and Cultures Tempe, AZ 85287-0202 obeas@asu.edu (310) 927-0783 [cell] (480) 727-9131 [office] EDUCATION Graduate University of Southern California Ph.D. in General Linguistics 2007 Dissertation: Agreement on the Left Edge: The Syntax of Dislocation in Spanish. Advisor: Prof. Maria Luisa Zubizarreta M.A. in General Linguistics 2003 Centro Bartolomé de las Casas 1998 Graduate courses in Andean Linguistics and Bilingual Education, Cuzco, Perú. Undergraduate Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú B.A. in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature 1998 PUBLICATIONS a. Books The Lower Periphery: Lexical Subjects in Spanish. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, (under contract). b. Edited Volumes USC Working Papers in Linguistics. (Eds.) with Lindsey Chen. Volume 2. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2004. 1
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant, The Role of Bilingual and Intercultural Education in the Development of Proficiency in a Dominant Language. Research project by Liliana Sánchez, PhD (Carnegie Mellon University-Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). Linguistic analysis, data collection, CHILDES transcription, encoding (1996-1999). Research Assistant, Léxico de la Norma Culta de Lima. Research Project by Rocío Caravedo, PhD (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú). Data collection (1995). CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS A V2 Analysis of Interrogatives: The Preverbal Subject Constraint in Spanish, Talk to be presented at AZ Linguistics Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, November 10 (2012). "Efectos posicionales en la periferia izquierda: la inversión de sujetos en interrogativas en español", X Encuentro de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Talk presented at X Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, México, November 14 (2008). "Estrategias morfosintácticas de marcación evidencial en español" (with David Zarazúa), X Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, México, November 14 (2008). Inversión del sujeto en interrogativas como residuo de la Ley Tobler Mussafia. Talk presented at IX Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, México, November 17 (2006). A-Movement, Dislocation and the Syntax of the Left Periphery in Spanish. Talk presented at the 36th Linguistics Symposium of Romance Languages (LSRL), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, April 1 (2006). A-Movement, Dependencies and Passives in Spanish. Talk presented at the Western Conference on Formal Linguistics (WECOL), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, November 12 (2004). "On the Role of Clitics in Spanish Reflexive Doubling. Talk presented at II Student Workshop, Linguistics Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 29 (2002). "Una nota sobre las elisiones vocálicas en aimara sureño. Talk presented at VI Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, México, December 1 (2000). "Morfofonémica y elisiones vocálicas en aimara sureño. Talk presented at Taller de Lingüística Amerindia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú, August 13 (1999). 2
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Arizona State University Current School of International Letters and Cultures Visiting Assistant Professor Spanish Syntax (SPAN 418) California State University at Long Beach 2011-2012 Romance, German and Russian Languages and Literatures Part time Lecturer Business Spanish (SPAN 335A) Advanced Grammar and Composition (SPAN 300) Intermediate Spanish I (SPAN 201A) Intermediate Spanish II (SPAN 201B) Introduction to Literary Analysis (SPAN 310) Loyola Marymount University 2010 Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Part time Lecturer Spanish 101 Elementary Spanish I Spanish 203 Intermediate Spanish I University of Southern California 2007-2010 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Full time Lecturer Spanish 150 (Intermediate level) Spanish 220 (High Intermediate level) Spanish 240 (Advanced level) Spanish 020 (Spanish for Reading Knowledge) Mount Saint Mary s College 2008 Department of Languages and Cultures Adjunct Faculty Spanish 2 (Intermediate level) University of Southern California 2004-2007 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Assistant Lecturer Spanish 120 (Beginning level) Spanish 150 (Intermediate level) 3
University of Southern California 2004 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Academic Writing Tutor Facultad Pontificia y Civil de Lima 2000 General Education Program Professor Introduction to Linguistics Spanish Grammar I Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 1994-2000 General Education Program Teaching Assistant Language I Spanish Literature I Writing and Communication Skills ACADEMIC HONORS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Final Summer Dissertation Fellowship Award. The Graduate School, University of Southern California, July 2007. Summer Assistant Lectureship Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Southern California, Summer 2007. Summer Assistant Lectureship Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Southern California, Summer 2006. Advanced Fellowship Semester, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Fall 2004. Merit Award Fellowship, Department of Linguistics, University of Southern California, Fall 2000-Spring 2001 and Fall 2002-Spring 2003. Assistant Lectureship Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Southern California Fall 2001-Spring 2002, Fall 2003-Spring 2004 and Spring 2005-2007. 4
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Oral Proficiency Interviewer Workshop (Spanish) organized by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, July 5-8, 2012. Conference Teaching with Technology organized by the University of Southern California, May 5, 2009. Jornadas de formación docente, organized by the USC Centro Español de Recursos. Participated in the morning/afternoon sessions. The morning session consisted of a workshop on aspects of the teaching profession such as teaching grammar, teaching vocabulary, lexical development and emotional intelligence. The afternoon session discussed some cultural aspects of the Hispanic World and its application to the language classroom. Conference Capturing Video for Teaching Institute of Multimedia Literacy, March 30, 2009; organized by the University of Southern California. Workshop on imovie and Windows Movie Maker, on January 27, 2009; organized by the USC Spanish and Portuguese Department. SERVICE Trustee and Presidential Scholarship Committee (2009-2010). Interviewed undergraduate prospective students applying for a scholarship at the University of Southern California (USC) as part of the admission process. Contributor. Made corrections and editions in the USC version of the Mosaicos electronic workbook for SPAN 220, Fall 2009. Moderator at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference, April 18, 2009, California State University Northridge. Editor. Worked on creation/edition of the midterm exam, final exam and composition exams during the academic years 2008-2009 at the University of Southern California (USC). Classes: SPAN 150 and SPAN 220. Co-organizer of the USC Student Workshop, Linguistics Department, University of Southern California, 2004. FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE Spanish (native speaker). English (near native). Italian (reading competence). 5
REFERENCES Prof. María Luisa Zubizarreta University of Southern California Linguistics Department 3601 Watt Way Grace Ford Salvatori Hall 301 Los Angeles, CA 90089-1693 (213) 740-3887 zubizarr@usc.edu Prof. Hajime Hoji University of Southern California Linguistics Department 3601 Watt Way Hall 301 Los Angeles, CA 90089-1693 (213) 740-3882 hoji@usc.edu Dr. Claire Martin California State University at Long Beach Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures 1250 Bellflower Blvd, AS-328 Long Beach, CA 90840 (562) 985-4638 Claire.Martin@csulb.edu Dr. Monserrat Reguant Mount Saint Mary s College Chair, Department of Languages and Cultures 12001 Chalon Rd. Humanities, H511 Los Angeles, CA 90049 (310) 954-4271 mreguant@msmc.la.edu 6