| 2005
- 2006 |
($3000) International Program Council - SDSU. Office of International Programs. Grant to explore and establish study abroad programs in Argentina (Buenos Aires and Cordoba) |
| 2004
- 2005 |
($118,000) Principal Investigator and Test Developer for The California
Endowment to design a Version II for language proficiency and interpreting proficiency tests for interpreters in the health-care sector with a focus in Spanish. Responsibilities include: recruitment of a committee of consulting experts in the fields of cross-cultural communication, language testing and interpreting studies and hiring and training of research associates and assistants; passing the National Institute of Health; IRBs certifications (exam, hearings); data collection of interpreted health-care encounters; transcription and analysis of encounters; test design and piloting; design of test administration materials and scoring guidelines and protocols; training of testers, and report writing. |
| 2004 |
($6387.00) SDSU
Grant-in-Aid. Principal Investigator with Co-principal investigator
Dr. Geist-Martin. Enhancing Culturally Competent Health Communication
Between Patients and Providers Regarding Folk Health Beliefs and
Behaviors. |
| 2002
to present
|
($20,817) Principal Investigator and Test Developer for Hablamos
Juntos, a $18,000,000 national initiative of The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation. Hablamos Juntos seeks to improve health-care
access to Latinos in the US by focusing on communication. Responsibilities
include directing a team of researchers to improve: hospital signage
(English/Spanish), written material in Spanish (either via translation
of materials into Spanish, culturally adapting existing materials
or re-creating written materials for Spanish-speaking Latinos
living in the US), oral communication (either via establishing
interpreting programs or via increasing language capacity on the
sites); and designing tests to measure language proficiency of
health-care providers.
|
| 2001
to 2003 |
($182,000)
Principal Investigator and Test Developer for The California Health
Collaborative (A Consortium of Public Hospitals in California).
Sub-contracted by the California
Endowment ($500,000) to design language proficiency and interpreting
proficiency tests for interpreters in the health-care sector with
a focus in Spanish, Hmong, English and Cantonese. Responsibilities
included: conceptualization of valid and reliable instrument to
measure language proficiency and ability to interpret; recruitment
of a committee of consulting experts in the fields of cross-cultural
communication, language testing and interpreting studies and hiring
and training of research associates and assistants; passing the
National Institute of Health; IRBs Merced County Hospital certifications
(exam, hearings); data collection of interpreted health-care encounters;
transcription and analysis of encounters; test design and piloting;
design of test administration materials and scoring guidelines and
protocols; training of testers, and report writing. |
2002
to 2003
|
SDSU
Center for Teaching and Learning Fellow
Founded in 1999, the Center for Teaching and Learning is designed
to coordinate and/or inform the campus of events related to teaching
and learning, bring together faculty with shared interests, promote
workshops and lectures on teaching/learning topics, and encourage
research into topics related to university curricula and classrooms.
|
2001
to 2002
|
California
Healthcare Interpreting Association
($6000) Principal Investigator for The
California Health Care Interpreting Association. Study title:
What are health-care interpreters' opinions/reactions/thoughts
on CHIA Ethical Principles and Standards of Practice? Responsibilities
included: study design; focus groups organization (sites, recruitment
of participants) and design of materials (letters, consent forms,
standards, protocol); analysis of transcripts, and report writing.
|
2001
to 2002
|
Career
Center for Service Learning Curriculum Grant - SDSU
($2500) Community based service-learning is a pedagogy,
a way of doing things, that provides structured opportunities
for students to learn and develop through active participation
and thoughtfully-organized involvement that: is conducted
in the community and meets mutually-identified needs of the students,
faculty, and the community partners; and is integrated into and
enhances the academic experience of students by relating academic
content and course objectives to issues in the community; and
Fosters civic responsibility; and integrates effective assessment
and student reflection on the interrelationships between course
content, concepts, and objectives and community-based service
learning activities.
|
2001
to 2002
|
CIBER
Grant - SDSU.
($1500) The Center for International Business Education and
Research (CIBER) at SDSU is one of five original centers founded
in 1989 to be “centers of excellence” in international
business education. Funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department
of Education, the SDSU CIBER is one of thirty distinguished universities
nationwide whose research and education efforts seek to enhance
U.S. competitiveness abroad. This grant investigated discourse patterns
in business meetings in Argentina and the use of authentic materials
to teach Business Spanish.
|
| 2001
to 2002 |
($500)
Cal Micro-grant - SDSU. |
1999
|
($500)
Spencer Small Grant for Dissertation Writing, School of Education,
Stanford University. Stanford, CA. |
| 1996
to 1997 |
($6000)
Research Consultant for Dr. Guadalupe Valdés and Dr. Shirley
Brice Heath. Coordinated and conducted focus group studies with
community interpreters in Ottawa, Canada and Stanford, CA. |
Claudia
V. Angelelli 