About the Team
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\(\newcommand{\avec}{\mathbf a}\) \(\newcommand{\bvec}{\mathbf b}\) \(\newcommand{\cvec}{\mathbf c}\) \(\newcommand{\dvec}{\mathbf d}\) \(\newcommand{\dtil}{\widetilde{\mathbf d}}\) \(\newcommand{\evec}{\mathbf e}\) \(\newcommand{\fvec}{\mathbf f}\) \(\newcommand{\nvec}{\mathbf n}\) \(\newcommand{\pvec}{\mathbf p}\) \(\newcommand{\qvec}{\mathbf q}\) \(\newcommand{\svec}{\mathbf s}\) \(\newcommand{\tvec}{\mathbf t}\) \(\newcommand{\uvec}{\mathbf u}\) \(\newcommand{\vvec}{\mathbf v}\) \(\newcommand{\wvec}{\mathbf w}\) \(\newcommand{\xvec}{\mathbf x}\) \(\newcommand{\yvec}{\mathbf y}\) \(\newcommand{\zvec}{\mathbf z}\) \(\newcommand{\rvec}{\mathbf r}\) \(\newcommand{\mvec}{\mathbf m}\) \(\newcommand{\zerovec}{\mathbf 0}\) \(\newcommand{\onevec}{\mathbf 1}\) \(\newcommand{\real}{\mathbb R}\) \(\newcommand{\twovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\ctwovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\threevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cthreevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\mattwo}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{rr}#1 \amp #2 \\ #3 \amp #4 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\laspan}[1]{\text{Span}\{#1\}}\) \(\newcommand{\bcal}{\cal B}\) \(\newcommand{\ccal}{\cal C}\) \(\newcommand{\scal}{\cal S}\) \(\newcommand{\wcal}{\cal W}\) \(\newcommand{\ecal}{\cal E}\) \(\newcommand{\coords}[2]{\left\{#1\right\}_{#2}}\) \(\newcommand{\gray}[1]{\color{gray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\lgray}[1]{\color{lightgray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\rank}{\operatorname{rank}}\) \(\newcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\col}{\text{Col}}\) \(\renewcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\nul}{\text{Nul}}\) \(\newcommand{\var}{\text{Var}}\) \(\newcommand{\corr}{\text{corr}}\) \(\newcommand{\len}[1]{\left|#1\right|}\) \(\newcommand{\bbar}{\overline{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bhat}{\widehat{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bperp}{\bvec^\perp}\) \(\newcommand{\xhat}{\widehat{\xvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\vhat}{\widehat{\vvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\uhat}{\widehat{\uvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\what}{\widehat{\wvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\Sighat}{\widehat{\Sigma}}\) \(\newcommand{\lt}{<}\) \(\newcommand{\gt}{>}\) \(\newcommand{\amp}{&}\) \(\definecolor{fillinmathshade}{gray}{0.9}\)Our team comprises of experienced Spanish instructors with extensive language teaching experience in language, linguistics, literature, and culture at public and private institutions. Our diverse learning and teaching styles and our different areas of expertise will all contribute to the success of this collaboration. All team members are united in our goal to create a comprehensive and accessible Spanish homework system that will showcase diverse linguistic and ethnic populations in ways that are equitable and accessible and provide a high-quality zero-cost homework platform for students. At the core of our collaboration is a commitment to learning from each other and integrating our diverse experiences and methodologies into the project.
Dr. Cristina Moon
Dr. Cristina Moon is Professor of Spanish at Chabot College. She joined the college in 2006. She earned a B. A. in Spanish from UC Berkeley, and a M. A. and Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UCLA. She has developed online courses for first and second-year Spanish, all of which have undergone the CVC-OEI review process. Cristina is the Spanish Lead, H5P Lead, and the OER Liaison for the ASCCC OERI. She co-authored Tarea Libre (2023) and Entrada Libre (2020). She is the OER/ZTC Coordinator at Chabot College and World Languages Coordinator. Dr. Moon speaks several languages and is a heritage speaker of Korean. She straddles several worlds, having grown up in Guam, Buenos Aires, and California. As project lead Dr. Moon coordinated the overall grant and project development and schedule. As the technical lead she led the content creation in ADAPT.
Dr. Alejandro Lee
Alejandro Lee is Professor of Spanish at Santa Monica College, where he has been teaching second-year Spanish and Heritage Spanish course since 2016. Professor Lee holds B. A. degrees in French and Spanish from Pitzer College, a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures, and a Masters in Library and Information Science from UCLA. In addition, he has taken courses in Portuguese, Italian, and Latin. A heritage speaker of Chinese, Professor Lee studied Mandarin in Taiwan and the United States. From 2010 to 2021 he worked as summer faculty for the StarTalk Heritage Teacher Workshop at UCLA, and is a co-founder of Heritage Language Exchange with María Carreira and Sybil Alexandrov. He served as the chair of the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) Spanish Developing Test Committee (College Board) and was the Community College representative of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) from 2020 to 2022. He is co-author of Entrada Libre (2020) with Cristina Moon, Nancy Meléndez-Ballesteros, and Nicolás Crisosto, as well as Tarea Libre (2023) with Cristina Moon, Nancy Meléndez-Ballesteros and Sarah Harmon.
Dr. Sarah Harmon
Dr. Sarah Harmon is an Adjunct Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and the OER/ZTC Coordinator at Cañada College, where she has taught most of her courses since 2006. She earned a B.A. in Spanish and a M.A. in Linguistics from the University of California at Davis, and a Ph.D. in Romance Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin. She has developed online and in-person courses in Spanish and Linguistics at the collegiate level since 2006, all of which have undergone the CVC-OEI review process. She co-authored Tarea Libre (2023) for first-year collegiate Spanish courses with Cristina Moon, Alejandro Lee and Nancy Meléndez-Ballesteros; she has created a remix of Entrada Libre plus Yepes (2021) for second-year collegiate Spanish courses, and an adaptation of Essentials of Linguistics (2024) for introductory linguistics courses. She also sits as the Faculty Chair of the SMCCCD District Academic Senate Standing Committee on Teaching and Learning, allowing her to lead discussions on pedagogy/andragogy, distance education, and other areas of classroom practices. Additionally, she is the current Academic Coordinator of Lake Tahoe Community College’s Intensive Spanish Summer Institute (ISSI). Dr. Harmon also runs a YouTube channel, Lengua Franca, which focuses on grammar explanations for Spanish and other linguistic phenomena. She is a heritage speaker of Italian and has studied Spanish and Portuguese.
Prof. Hugo Díaz-Rodil
Professor Hugo Díaz-Rodil is a part-time instructor at Sierra College and at American River College. He holds a M.A. in Teaching Spanish as a second language (University of Cantabria, Spain) as well as a Single Subject Teaching Credential in Spanish with a Bilingual Authorization. Hugo has an AAPPL rater certification, he is also a certified DELE examiner (by the Instituto Cervantes) and has completed the ACTFL OPI Familiarization Workshop. In the US, Hugo has taught Spanish at elementary level (dual-language program), high school level and at community colleges. He is currently serving as the OER / Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Department Liaison at Sierra College.