Ashley Velzquez

Email: Velazqa@purdue.edu
Education
Ph.D. in English. Specialization in English Language/English as Second Language
Secondary specialization in Rhetoric & Composition
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
May 2019 In Progress
M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language, with honors
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
December 2012
M.A Paper: Misplaced: Meeting the Unique Assessment Needs of Generation 1.5
Students for College Composition Placement, Chaired by Deborah Crusan, Ph.D.
B.A. in English Literature & Music Performance, with honors
Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
June 2009
Languages Spoken
Spanish: Bilingual/Fluent (spoken for 22 years)
Japanese: Low/intermediate proficiency
Arabic: Low proficiency
Professional Positions
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English, 2014-present
Content Developer for The Purdue OWL, 2014-present
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA
LEAPS Intensive English Program Instructor, 2012-2014
ESL Composition Instructor, 2013-2014
Miami University, Middletown, Ohio, USA
English Language Center EAP Instructor, 2013-2014
University of Dayton, Dayton Ohio, USA
Intensive English Program Instructor, 2012-2013
KAKE Educational Institute, Okayama, Japan
English as a Foreign Language Instructor, K-12 & University, 2011-2012
Awards and Recognitions
Purdue University
Five-year Diversity Fellowship, awarded March 2014

Sinclair Community College Annual Creative Writing Contest

Second Place (and publication) for creative non-fiction, Where Words Can Breathe
Course Taught, 2011-present
Purdue University
First Year Composition, Digital Rhetorics
Wright State University
ESL Composition 1
ESL Composition 2
Integrated Skills, Level 1
Integrated Skills, Level 2
Writing & Writing Workshop, Level 1
Speaking, Level 1
Miami University
Integrated Skills, Level 1
Reading & Writing, level 2
Reading & Writing, Level 3
Grammar, Level 2
Reading/Writing in Academic Contexts, Level 4
University of Dayton
Oral Communication, Level 5
Reading & Vocabulary, Level 4
Special Topics, Level 3
KAKE Educational Institute in Okayama, Japan
Kindergarten (Hiroshima)
Junior High
University Oral Communication
College Reading/Writing Club
Hiroshima Community Cultural Center Instructor
Professional Membership
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL)
CALICO
Professional Service
2010 Volunteer for the Midwestern Association of Language Testers (MwALT), Wright State
University
2014 Panel Chair at the Second Language Writing Symposium, Arizona State University
Scholarship
Select Conference Papers/Presentations

Velzquez: CV

Digital Intersections between TESOL and FYCOMP. Paper co-authored and co-presented
at the Midwestern Conference of Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM), DeKalb,
IL. (2014, March).
Google-Fu: Training Students (and Teachers) to Get the Most Out of Online Translators.
Paper co-authored and co-presented at CALICO 2014, 31st Annual Conference Open,
Online, Massive: The Future of Language Learning? Athens, OH. (2014, May).
Microsoft Word: Friend of Foe in the SSLW Classroom. Paper presented at The 13th
Symposium on Second Language Writing (SSLW) Professionalizing Second Language
Writing. (2014, November).
Book Reviews
Book Review of Diagnostic Writing Assessment: The Development and Validation of a
Rating Scale, U. Knoch. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main (2009), ISBN: 978-3-631-589816. Assessing Writing (2015), pp. 75-77.

Velzquez: CV