Becerra, David  Spanish Instructor
dbecerra@sdccd.edu
(619) 388-4031

Education

Ph.D.               Candidate, University of California, Irvine (ABD)

M.A.                Spanish, San Diego State University (1981)

B.A.                Spanish, San Diego State University (1976)

Teaching Experience

1994-2005         Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, San Diego StateUniversity.  Taught Spanish 101, 102, 103 and 202

1987-2005Professor, San Diego City College.  Taught Spanish 101, 102, 201, 202, 210, and 211.  Currently teaching Honor C(Spanish 201)

1992-1996         Professor, Grossmont College.  Taught Spanish 120, 121, 220, and 221

1991-1992         Professor, Central Texas College.  Taught Spanish 101 and 102

1983-1987         Teaching Assistant, University of Irvine

1977-1978         Spanish Instructor, Sweetwater High School, San Diego, California

Other Professional Experience

1990-1992              Board Member of Sequoyah Magazine.  Editor:  Carlos A. López Dzur

1983-1987              Board Member of Melquiades, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of California, Irvine

Conferences

Campus Internalization: What is the Intellectual Content?, Kathleen V. Kish

Escritura Marginal Fronteriza “Otra vuelta de hoja”, Mario Martín-Flores, San Diego State University. 

“María Amparo Ruiz de Burton: The Squatter and the Don, novela de fronteras”

James Frazier, San Diego State University

“Chicana Allegory in the Post-Movement”, Amanda N. Harris Fonseca, University of Illinois

Academic Honors and Prizes

1985-1986              Department of Spanish and Portuguese Tuition Fee Fellowship, UCI

1984-1985              Department of Spanish and Portuguese Tuition Fee Fellowship, UCI

1983-1984              Department of Spanish and Portuguese Juan Villegas Fund Travel

Grant Scholarship, UCI.

Computer Instruction Experience

2003-present   Created and maintained a class Web site to facilitate students’ learning

You can visit my Web site at: http://www.geocities.com/becerracoyote2003

Languages

Spanish:  native speaker

English:  oral and written fluency

Italian:  Reading knowledge

Portuguese:  Reading knowledge

Memberships

Member of the Modern Language Association (MLA)

Member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Member of the California Community College Foreign Language