Myung Choi
TOP CLAW RECIPIENT
Dr. Myung (Sylvia) Choi
Professor of Spanish
Biography
Professor Silvia Choi earned a Ph.D. in 2008 from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in Spanish language and literature.
Every year she attends and presents papers at conferences. The last two conference she attended were at Florida International University in Miami, where she presented 鈥淧resente y futuro de la Espa帽a moderna: Fortunata y Jacinta de Benito P茅rez Gald贸s,鈥 the Blaine Ray Workshop 鈥 TPR Storytelling Foreign Language Teaching, and 鈥淭echnological Tools for Increased Speaking Skills in the Foreign Language Classroom鈥 at the Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers (AAFLT) at the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Ala.
In her previous work, Choi was a member of a task force and the Community Enhancement Council to help non-native English speakers.
Her teaching philosophy: 鈥淚 believe that a key element in the foreign language classroom is keeping the students motivated. My personal style of teaching brings enthusiasm, cultural elements and technology into the classroom to increase learning motivation. I teach with a contagious smile and open personality that helps me to interact with my students as I guide them through their learning process.鈥
Education
- Doctorate聽鈥 Spanish language and literature聽鈥 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Master's聽鈥 Spanish聽鈥 Kansas State University
Academic Interests
- Contemporary Latin-America and Spanish literature
- Contemporary women writers
- Society and culture through fiction and non fiction works
- Criticism and theory
- Indy film/s and documentaries on societal problems and issues
Distinctions
- Faculty Outstanding Service Award Nominee,聽色库TV,聽2014
- Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee,聽色库TV, 2014
- Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award Nominee,聽色库TV, 2013
- Rogers Memorial Merit Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,聽2006
- Spanish Department Fellowship, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Korea),聽1995