• 1967-68, Instructor in Spanish, Young Harris Jr. College, Young Harris, GA
• 1968-70, Spanish and French teacher, Athens H.S. (now Clark Central), Athens, GA
• 1970-72, Teaching Assistant in Spanish, University of Georgia
• 1972-74, Instructor in Spanish, University of Georgia
• 1974-80, Assistant Professor or Modern Languages, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA
• 1980 to present, Furman University (promoted to full professor in 1993)
• 1995 to present, ACTFL-certified Oral Proficiency Tester
• approx. 2000 to present ACTFL-certified Writing Proficiency Test evaluator
• 1998 to present ACTFL-certified trainer for the Oral Proficiency Interview and Writing Proficiency Test.
• I have conducted workshops from coast to coast and in the Dominican Republic, Bolivia and Paraguay.
• Two terms as president of SC chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
• Director of SC Commission on Higher Education "Center of Excellence in Foreign Language Instruction," 1991-95.

Director or Co-director of the following Furman study-away programs:

• France 1982
• France 1985
• Spain 1989
• Spain 1990
• Costa Rica 1999
• Costa Rica 2001
• Costa Rica 2003
• Spain 2008
• Chile 2009
• Spain 2009
• Spain 2010

Education

• Ph. D., University of Georgia
• M. Ed., University of Georgia
• B.S. Ed, University of Georgia