| 2003 Fall - Present | Associate Professor of Second Language Education and Spanish, Director of Second Language Education Program |
| 1997 - 2003 | Department Chair, Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures, offering undergraduate and Master's instruction (41 faculty members: 19 tenure lines, 5 non-tenure lines, 6 GTAs, several part-time faculty members and four support staff members); teach Spanish; direct doctoral theses in Department of Teaching and Learning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA |
| 2001 - 2003 | Faculty Liaison to Office of International Research, Education and Development (OIRED), reporting to the Provost for University Outreach and International Affairs and to Director of Office of International Research, Education, and Development (25% appointment) |
| 1987 - 1997 | Tenured, Associate Professor (Curriculum and Instruction/Foreign Languages and Literatures). Direct the graduate and undergraduate teacher preparation program in foreign language education, teach in off campus and international programs, teach Spanish. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA |
| 1981 - 1986 | Assistant Professor (Curriculum and Instruction/Foreign Languages and Literatures), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA |
| Summer 1986 - 1988 | Director, Research and Instructional Project entitled Reflections in Second Language Instruction (ROSLI), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA |
| Summer 1983 | Founder and Director, Intensive Second Language Institute (ISLI), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA |
| Summer 1983 | Associate Director, Governor's School of Virginia, Blacksburg, VA |
| Summer 1981 | Instructor (English as a Second Language), The Ohio Dominican College/Ake-No-Hoshi Japan Program, Columbus, OH. |
| Summers 1980, 1981 | Head of Residence Life, The Martin W. Essex School for the Gifted, Columbus, OH. |
| 1981 - 1982 | Instructor, Virginia Tech, (Curriculum and Instruction/Foreign Languages and Literatures) |
| 1974 - 1976 | Instructor, English as a Second Language, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH |
| 1980 - 1981 | Instructor, Elementary Spanish, Denison University, Granville, OH. |
| 1979 - 1980 | Teaching Assistant, Foreign Language Education, graduate and undergraduate classes, supervision of student teachers, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. |
| 1978 - 1979 | University Fellow, Department of Humanities Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. |
| 1976 - 1978 | Instructor, Elementary and Intermediate Spanish and French, Spanish Literature, European Drama, Foreign Language Methodology, and supervision of student teachers, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. |
| 1974 - 1976 | Teacher and Departmental Chairperson, Spanish I, II, and French I, II, Hill High School, Winston-Salem, NC. |
| 1971 - 1974 | Teacher and Departmental Chairperson, Spanish pre-level I through VI, Tates Creek Senior High School, Lexington, KY. |
| 1970 - 1971 | Teacher and Departmental Chairperson, French, grades 3-9, The Lexington School, Lexington, KY. |
| 1969 - 1970 | Teaching Assistant, Elementary and Intermediate Spanish, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. |
| 1969 | Visiting Lecturer, Intermediate Spanish, Clarion University, Clarion, PA. |