Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of the Modern Language Resource Center
434.544.8601
robinson.s@lynchburg.edu
Elliot & Rosel Schewel Hall 364
Experience
- May 2006-present, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Lynchburg
- 2000-May 2006, Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Lynchburg
- 1996-2000, Instructor and Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Virginia Tech
- 1995-1996, Adjunct, Spanish, Virginia Western Community College
- 1995, Adjunct, Spanish, Radford University
Education
- PhD, Contemporary Spanish-American Literature – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
- MA, Spanish-American Literature – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986
- BA, Spanish – Radford University, 1983
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.
Awards
- 2013: Language Lab Grant, Vista Higher Learning
- 2003: Mary Francis Turner Award, Kappa Delta Sorority, University of Lynchburg
- 2002: Lynchburg Police Department Civilian Commendation Award
- 2002: PHT Award, MACS, University of Lynchburg
Professional Affiliations
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Modern Language Association
- Sigma Delta Pi
Teaching Areas
- 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