Professional Organizations
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
- Montana Association of Language Teachers
- Pacific Northwest Council on Foreign Languages
- Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS and OFFICES HELD:
- Vilas (Scholastic) Fellowship, 1966-1967.
- Wisconsin Leadership Award, 1966-1967.
- President: University of Wisconsin Spanish Club, 1967.
- Sigma Delta Pi (Honorary for Spanish majors), 1967: Projects Chairman elect.
- Indiana University Fellowship, 1967-1968.
- N.D.E.A. Fellow - University of Wisconsin, 1969-1971.
- Vice President, Montana AATSP, 1976-1977.
- President, Montana AATSP, 1977-1978.
- Chairman, Spanish Literature Section Pacific Northwest Council Foreign Languages (PNCFL), 1976-1977.
- N.E.H. Panel Member for Grant Proposals in Romance Languages and Ethnic Studies, 1977-1978.
- N.E.H. Resources person - Pacific Northwest Region since 3-21-79.
- Pacific Northwest council on Foreign Languages, elected member - Executive Board, 1977-1981.
- International Who's Who in Education, 1979 (International Biographical Center, Cambridge).
- Who's Who in the West, 17th Edition, 1980.
- Vice-President, Montana Association of Language Teachers (MALT). 1980-1981.
- Executive Committee - MALT - 1981-1982. The Dept. of Modern Languages co-sponsored the state conference at MSU.
- Vice-President Elect, MALT, 1982-1983.
- State Director of Montana for Sigma Delta Pi - National Honor Society for Hispanic Studies - Appointed in 1987 for three year term.
- Montana State University/Bozeman Chamber of Commerce Award of Excellence (award given to faculty mentors of outstanding undergraduates) received in 1985 and 1986.
- Secretary-elect, Foreign Language Linguistics Section of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association 1989-1990.
- Chair, Foreign Language - Linguistics Section of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association 1990-1991.
- President, Montana Association of Language Teachers. Responsible for organizing the state-wide conference in April 1992 and the joint MALT/MEA Conference in October of 1992. 1991-1993.
- Editorial Board: The Montana Professor, published at Eastern Montana College.
- Editorial Board: Language Quarterly, published by the Division of Language, University of South Florida. 1992-1997.
- Chair, Foreign Language-Linguistics Section of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, 1993.
- Mortar Board Award for Outstanding Service, 1993.
- Executive Board - MALT, 1994.
- Selected as April Professor of the Month by Mortar Board, 1994.
- Guest Editor: Spring 1996 Issue of The Montana Professor.
- Runner-Up for the Distinguished Presidential Teaching Award. April 1995. Nominated by: Tawna Mitchell.
- Selected for inclusion in: Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1996. Nominated by former student: Carolyn Sears.
- Selected as "Teacher of the Year" by the Pi Beta Phi Sorority of MSU, 1997.
- Excellence Award for Superior Teaching - Awarded by Montana Association of Language Teachers, 1997. (Annual award given to the outstanding university foreign language teacher).
- MSU Alumni-Chamber of Commerce Award For Excellence, 1999.
- Guest Editor (with Henry Gonshak), Special Issue on the events of September 11: The Montana Professor, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring 2002.