Georgetown University has announced its Harold N. Glassman Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences for 2019 to be awarded to Dr. Celia Zamora, Foreign Languages Master Teacher at Oakcrest. The award is given to honor truly distinguished dissertations in the social sciences, sciences, and humanities. One award is available in each of the three broad disciplinary areas.
The title of the dissertation of Dr. Zamora is “The Secret is in the Processing: A Study of Levels of Explicit Computerized Feedback in Heritage and L2 Learners of Spanish.”
According to Vienna Connection, "She holds several advanced degrees including a Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from Georgetown University; M.S. in Spanish Linguistics, Georgetown University; M.A. in Linguistics, Florida International University; and B.A. in English Literature and Japanese Culture Studies, Florida International University. Other publications include Leow, R. & Zamora, C. (2017). “Intentional and Incidental Learning” in The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition, and “Does, um, the medium, uh, matter? Measuring fluency through filled pauses in Face-to-Face and Teletandem communicative groups.”
Dr. Zamora will be awarded on Friday, May 17 at Georgetown’s Graduate Commencement Ceremony.
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