Sharon Robinson, PhD

Experience/Background

• May 2006-present: Associate Professor of Spanish, Lynchburg College
• 2000-May 2006: Assistant Professor of Spanish, Lynchburg College
• 1996-2000: Instructor and Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Virginia Tech
• 1995-1996: Adjunct, Spanish, Virginia Western Community College
• 1995: Adjunct, Spanish, Radford University

Degrees and Certifications

• 1998 PhD, Contemporary Spanish-American Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 1986 MA, Spanish-American Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 1983 BA, Spanish, Radford University

Information on Courses Taught

• Accelerated beginning Spanish
• Beginning, Intermediate Spanish
• Medical Spanish
• Methods of Translation in Practice
• The Role of the Reader in the Modern Argentine Short Story of Mystery and the Fantastic
• The Culture and Civilization of Spanish America
• Spanish and Latin American Literature in English Translation
• Survey of Latin American History

Honors and Awards

• 2003: Mary Francis Turner Award, Kappa Delta Sorority, Lynchburg College
• 2002: Lynchburg Police Department Civilian Commendation Award
• 2002: PHT Award, MACS, Lynchburg College

Publications

• 2010 "Contact Precautions," patient brochure for Centra Health. Translated from Spanish to English.
• 2010 "Acerca de su colonoscopía," patient brochure for Centra Health. Co-translator.
• 2010 "Derechos del paciente," patient brochure for Centra Health. Co-translator.
• 2009 "Radiología diagnóstica," patient brochure for Centra Health. Co-translator.
• 2009 Invited author of all of the service and experiential learning activities for the workbook for ¡Anda-Intermediate!, an intermediate Spanish textbook, published by Prentice Hall, January 2009.
• 2008 "Guía del paciente," patient booklet for Centra Health. Co-translator.
• 2008 Invited author of all of the service and experiential learning activities for the workbook for ¡Anda!, a beginning Spanish textbook, published by Prentice Hall, January 2008.
• 2007 "Mom's Discharge Instructions," translation into Spanish for Centra Health.
• "Newborn Instructions," translation into Spanish for Centra Health.
• "Discharge Instructions for Peripherally Inserted Catheters," translation revision of 
  Spanish for Centra Health.
• 2003: "Using Computer Mediated Communication to Enhance In-Class Discussions and Comprehension in Undergraduate Literature Classes." Inventio: Creative Thinking about Learning and Teaching, Spring 2003, Vol. 5, Issue 1.
• 2003: "Josefina Plá." Salgado, María, ed. Dictionary of Literary Biography: Spanish American Poetry. Bruccoli, Clark, and Layman.

Custom Publishing Texts:

• 2006 Cuaderno suplementario para las clases de español, edición primera. Sharon Robinson, editor and contributor. Boston: Vista Higher Learning Custom Publishing.
• 2004 Spanish Review and Practice, revision of 2nd edition. Sharon Robinson, ed. Boston: Thomson Custom Publishing.
• 2003 Spanish Review and Practice, 2nd edition. Sharon Robinson, editor and contributor. Boston: Thomson Custom Publishing.

Professional Associations

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• The Directory of Latin Americanists
• The Instituto Cervantes
• Modern Language Association
• Sigma Delta Pi