CURRICULUM VITAE
María Isabel Kalbermatten
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Literature and Linguistics, 2006.
Licenciatura en Letras (B.S. in Linguistics and Literature), 1999.
Thesis Topic: Resolution of Problems During Examinations and Related Difficulties. Cognitive and Socio-cultural Factors, and the Significance of the Phrasing of the Problems.
National Teacher Training Institute of Paraná. Entre Ríos, Argentina.
Teacher of Spanish, Literature and Latin, 1986.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor: Gustavus Adolphus College, Department of Modern Languages, Literature and Culture. Saint Peter, MN
Spanish 102: Beginning Spanish II
Spanish 103: Beginning Spanish III
Spanish 250: Composition
Spanish 330: Advanced Grammar and Composition
Spanish 344: Special Topics. El español de Latinoamérica
Spanish 370: Applied Linguistics
JEX08: Humor and Irony in Spanish and English
JEX09: Argentinean Culture and Identity
Graduate Instructor: University of Minnesota, Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Minneapolis, MN.
Span 3015: Advanced Communication Skills. Fall 2004 – Spring 2005
Span 3021: Advanced Communication Skills. Spring 2004 and 2006
Span 3107: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics. Fall 2002 – Fall 2003. Fall 2005
Span 1004: Intermediate Spanish. Spring 2002 – Summer 2002
Span 1003: Intermediate Spanish. Fall 2001 and Spring 2001
Span 1022: Alternate Second Semester Spanish. Summer 2001
Span 1002: Beginning Spanish. Fall 2000
Associate Professor: Catholic University of Santa Fe, College of Letters. Santa Fe, Argentina.
Lingüística (Linguistics). 1999 – 2000
Professor: National Superior Private Institute No. 9017 “San José Adoratrices.” Santa Fe, Argentina.
Lengua y Literatura y su Didáctica. (Language and Literature Methodologies). 1998 – 2000
Teacher: High School No. 331 “Almirante Guillermo Brown.” Santa Fe, Argentina.
Proyecto de Servicio (Community Service Project). 1995
Seminario (Seminar). 1994
Lengua y Literatura (Language and Literature). 1988 – 2000
Teacher: High School No. 389 “Julio Migno.” Santa Fe, Argentina.
Proyecto de Servicio (Community Service Project). 1994 – 2000
Lengua y Literatura (Language and Literature). 1993 – 1999
Teaching Assistant: Catholic University of Santa Fe, College of Letters. Santa Fe, Argentina.
Taller de Lengua (Language Workshop). 1991 – 2000
Lingüística (Linguistics) . 1989 – 1999
Teacher: Colegio "Santa Catalina de Siena." San Guillermo, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Lengua y Literatura (Language and Literature). 1987 -1988
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Article referee for “Humoradas: el poder del humor en la literatura y la cultura.” 2007.
Article referee for “Cognitive Poetics. Goals-Gains-Gaps.” 2006.
Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies. 2006 - 2008.
Principal: High School No. 389 “Julio Migno.” Santa Fe, Argentina. 1995 – 2000.
Member of the Central Committee of Teacher Training: Provincial Plan of Permanent Teacher Training (PROCAP), Ministry of Education. Provincial Office of Superior Education, Teacher Training, and Curricular Planning and Design. Santa Fe Administrative Center. Santa Fe, Argentina. 2000
Researcher: Institute of Communication Research. College of Letters, Catholic University of Santa Fe. Santa Fe, Argentina. 1992 - 2000
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Gustavus Adolphus College. 2006 – 2007.
Co-Investigator: Institute of Communication Research. College of Letters, Catholic University of Santa Fe. Santa Fe, Argentina.The Use of Advertising in High Schools.Principal Investigator: Evangelina Simón. 1996 – 1997.
Co-Investigator: College of Letters, Catholic University of Santa Fe. Santa Fe, Argentina. Dialectal Problems, Bad Linguistic Habits, or Language Anomalies? Principal Investigator: Evangelina Simón. 1996 – 1997.
Co-Investigator: College of Letters, Catholic University of Santa Fe. Santa Fe, Argentina. Training in Linguistics for Rural Teachers Through Distance Learning.Principal Investigator: Evangelina Simón. 1995– 1996.
Principal Investigator: National Teacher Training Institute of Paraná. Entre Ríos, Argentina. Forms of Address: Consequences of its Use in Argentinean Spanish Pronominal and Verbal Systems. Suggestions for its Teaching in High School. 1987 – 1988.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Applied Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics.
• Conversational Analysis, Pragmatics and Verbal Irony. Verbal Humor.
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Simón, E., Kalbermatten, M. I., and Ramondelli, S. 1997. Ortografiando. Un desafío a la enseñanza de la ortografía. Para docentes de la E.G.B. Buenos Aires (Argentina): Ameghino Educativa.
Articles
Kalbermatten, M. I. 2007. La ironía verbal como una categoría prototípica en español: un análisis discursivo. Submitted for publication.
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. 2007. Do Intonational and Pragmatic Factors Play a Role in Predicting Speaker Changes in Argentinean Spanish Conversations? Submitted for publication.
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. 2007. “Yo nunca fui irónico y no lo volveré a ser”. La incompatibilidad o incongruencia entre dos interpretaciones simultáneas como generadora del humor en la ironía verbal. Submitted for publication.
Kalbermatten, M.I. 2007. Análisis discursivo de la ironía y la parodia verbal como formas de humor conversational. Accepted for publication.
Kalbermatten, M. I. and Ferreyra, S. 2000. Lengua. Tramos I, II, III. Cartilla 1. Ministerio de Educación de Santa Fe (Argentina): Imprenta Oficial.
Book Review
Kalbermatten, M. I. 2005. Review: Understanding Reading: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read: Frank Smith. Linguist List: Vol-16-374.
Conference Proceedings
Kalbermatten, M.I. 2008. ¿Por qué usamos la ironía verbal en lugar del lenguaje directo? Memoria del XV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina. Montevideo, Uruguay. CD.
Kalbermatten, M. I. and Simón, E. 1998. Actualización lingüística, con referencia al área ortográfica, para docentes de escuelas rurales a través de la modalidad a distancia. Memoria del IX Congreso Internacional de Tecnología y Educación a Distancia. San José de Costa Rica. 592-601.
Kalbermatten, M. I., Simón, E., and Ramondelli, S. 1997. Actualización Lingüística, con referencia al área ortográfica, para docentes de escuelas rurales a través de la modalidad a distancia. Anais do I Encontro do CelSul. V. 2. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis (Brasil): Imprensa Universitária. 294-299.
Kalbermatten, M. I., Simón, E., and Ramondelli, S. 1997. ¿Problemas dialectales, malos hábitos lingüísticos o anomalías del lenguaje? Anais do I Encontro do CelSul, V. 2. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis (Brasil): Imprensa Universitária. 300-306.
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Speaker
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. ¿Por qué nuestros alumnos no entienden las consignas en situaciones de exámenes? III Jornadas Pedagógicas. Colegios Intervida, Quetzaltenalgo, Guatemala, November, 2005.
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. Estrategias para mejorar el proceso de escritura de textos. III Jornadas Pedagógicas. Colegios Intervida, Quetzaltenalgo, Guatemala, November, 2005.
Conferences Presentations
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. ¿Por qué usamos la ironía verbal en lugar del lenguaje directo? XV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina (ALFAL). Montevideo, Uruguay, August, 18-21 2008.
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. La ironía verbal como una categoría prototípica: un análisis discursivo. III Congreso Internacional de Lingüística Hispánica Jóvenes investigadores en Lenguas y Lingüística. Vigo, Spain, October 18-20 2007.
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. Do Intonational and Pragmatic Factors Play a Role in Predicting Speaker Changes in Argentinean Spanish Conversations? X International Pragmatic Conference. Göteborg, Sweden, July 8-13 2007.
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. “Yo nunca fui irónico y no lo volveré a ser”. La incompatibilidad o incongruencia entre dos interpretaciones simultáneas como generadora del humor en la ironía verbal. Conference on Spanish and Portuguese Dialogue Studies. Austin, Texas, April 19-20 2007.
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. La ironía y la parodia verbal como formas de humor conversacional. X Congress of International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies. Monterrey, Mexico, October 2006.
Kalbermatten, María Isabel. La ironía verbal como una categoría prototípica en español: un análisis discursivo. XIV International Congress of Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de la América Latina (ALFAL) Monterrey, México, October, 2005.
Kalbermatten, M. I. and Simón, E. Dialectal Problems, Bad Linguistic Habits, or Language Anomalies? XII International Congress of Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de la América Latina (ALFAL) Santiago de Chile, Chile, August 9th – 14th, 1999.
Kalbermatten, M. I. and Simón, E. Linguistic Training of Spelling for Teachers in Rural Schools Through Distance Learning. IX International Congress on Technology and Distance Learning. Consorcio Red de Educación a Distancia (CREAD), Universidad Estatal a Distancia de San José de Costa Rica (UNED) San José, Costa Rica, November 2nd – 5th, 1998.
Kalbermatten, M. I. and Simón, E. Dialectal Problems, Bad Linguistic Habits, or Language Anomalies? International Workshop of Applied Linguistics. University of La Habana, College of Foreign Languages. La Habana, Cuba, December 12th, 1997.
Kalbermatten, M. I. and Simón, E. Linguistic Training of Spelling for Teachers in Rural Schools Through Distance Learning. International Workshop of Applied Linguistics. University of La Habana, College of Foreign Languages. La Habana, Cuba, December 12th, 1997.
Kalbermatten, M. I., Simón, E., and Ramondelli, S. Dialectal Problems, Bad Linguistic Habits, or Language Anomalies? I Meeting of CelSul (Circolo de Estudos Linguísticos do Sul). Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro do Comunicaçao e Expressao, CelSul. Florianópolis, Brazil, November 13th – 14th, 1995.
Kalbermatten, M. I., Simón, E., and Ramondelli, S. Linguistic Training of Spelling for Teachers in Rural Schools Through Distance Learning. I Meeting of CelSul (Circolo de Estudos Linguísticos do Sul). Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro do Comunicaçao e Expressao, CelSul. Florianópolis, Brazil, November 13th – 14th, 1995.
HONORS AND GRANTS
Summer Block Grant Dissertation Fellowship. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2005.
Summer Block Grant Dissertation Fellowship. Verbal Irony as a Prototype Category in Spanish: a Discoursive and Phonological Analysis. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2004.
Teaching Assistantship. Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 2000.
Research Fellows