CURRICULUM VITAE - University of South Florida

CV—L IONTAS ________________________________________________________________
1996-1998 Curriculum Developer and Coordinator of the Modern Greek Community Language Program
for Young Children, Adults, and Heritage Learners, St. Demetrius Greek Orthodox Church,
Tucson, AZ, 08/1996 to 06/1998.
1993-1994 Curriculum Developer and Coordinator of the German and Spanish Language Program, Ranson
Middle School, Charlotte, NC, 08/1993 to 06/1994.
1989-1993 Curriculum Developer and Coordinator of the German Language Program, Richmond Senior
High School, Blue Ribbon National School of Excellence, Rockingham, NC, 08/1989 to
06/1993.
TEACHING POSITIONS
2010- Associate Professor of ESOL and Second Language Acquisition Specialist, College of
Education, USF in Lakeland, FL, 08/2010 to present.
Responsibilities: Teaching (under)graduate level courses in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other
Languages); engaging in applied research and efforts to secure external funding; participating in
programmatic, college and university committees/councils; engaging in professional and
community service; developing and maintaining Division Outreach to schools and the
community at large; and developing and maintaining a program of research and creative activity.
2005-2010 Associate Professor of TESOL, Second Language Acquisition Specialist, and TESOL Program
Coordinator, Department of Language, Learning, and Leadership, College of Education, SUNY
Fredonia, NY, 08/2005 to 08/2010.
Responsibilities: Teaching graduate-level courses in ESL/SLA theory, methodology, and multimedia
technology, as well as graduate seminars in curriculum theory and development for the SL
classroom, cultural literature and cultural norms and practices, foundations of bilingual education,
content area English as a second language, linguistics and psycho-/sociolinguistics, and second
language acquisition; teaching Literacy and Technology-Adolescents at the undergraduate level and
advising undergraduate as well as graduate students who are pursuing New York State Education
Department certification in TESOL K-12; coordinating and directing the TESOL K-12
Education Program, the TESOL K-12 Advanced Certificate Program (CAS), and the TESOL K-
12 Intensive Teacher Institute (ITI) Advanced Certificate Program (CAS); overseeing curriculum
planning and graduate course/program development and assessment; writing and submitting
NCATE and TESOL SPA Program Reports; coordinating the Practicum and Capstone Research
Project/ Master’sThesis for M.S.Ed candidates; organizing academic and social events;
developing and maintaining College Outreach to schools and the community at large; and
developing and maintaining a program of research and creative activity.
2000-2005 Assistant Professor of German, Second Language Acquisition Specialist, and Director of the
German Language Program, Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures,
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 08/2000 to 08/2005. [Research Leave, 2004-2005].
Responsibilities: Teaching undergraduate beginning-to-advanced German language, conversation,
composition, and cultural studies courses, as well as graduate-level directed readings and courses in
SLA theory, methodology, and multimedia technology; supervising and mentoring graduate
student teaching; advising undergraduate and graduate students; coordinating and directing the
German language program; overseeing curriculum planning and (under)graduate course/program
development and OPI testing; coordinating the orientation program for incoming teaching
assistants; managing placement exams; organizing academic and social events; developing and
maintaining Departmental Outreach to schools and the community at large; developing and
maintaining a program of research and creative activity.
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