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Ana Beatriz Arêas da Luz Fontes Curriculum Vitae Department of Psychology University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 79968 Office phone: 915-747-7365 Cell phone: 915-256-1540 Email: [email protected] Education Ph.D. (Expected May 2010)

Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso; An investigation of the cognitive factors that contribute to second language reading

M.A. 2008

Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso; Developing lexical competition resolution mechanisms through reading experiences

B.A. 2005

Communication, The University of Texas at El Paso Research Interests

Psycholinguistics and Cognition Bilingualism, second language reading development, lexical access, lexical disambiguation, individual differences in working memory capacity, applied psycholinguistics Education Apply cognitive, psycholinguistics research to improve bilingual and second language learner’s academic achievement

Professional Positions 2005 – Present

Summer 2007; August 2008 – present

Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Ana I. Schwartz, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso, Psycholinguistics Research on Bilingualism and Reading Research Assistant to Dr. Penelope Espinoza, Department of Education, The University of Texas at El Paso, Center for Research on Education Reform; Attributional Gender Bias: How Teachers Explain Girls' vs. Boys' Math Performance

2007 – 2008

Research Assistant to Dr. Ana Macias, Department of Education, The University of Texas at El Paso, Teachers for a New Era Program; Teaching English Language Arts in Spanish?: An Exploration into Sheltered English Instruction

2003 – 2006

Sports Editor, The Prospector, The University of Texas at El Paso Publications

Arêas da Luz Fontes, A.B & Schwartz, A.I. (in press). On a different plane: Crosslanguage effects on the conceptual representations of within-language homonyms. Language and Cognitive Processes. Schwartz, A.I., & Arêas da Luz Fontes, A.B. (2008). Cross-language mediated priming: Effects of context and lexical relationship. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 11, 1-16. Submitted Manuscripts Arêas da Luz Fontes, A.B & Schwartz, A.I. (2009). The effects of working memory capacity on cross-language activation during lexical disambiguation. Preparing revision for resubmission to Bilingualism: Language & Cognition. Schwartz, A.I., Yeh, L., Arêas Da Luz Fontes, A. B. (2009). Bilingual lexical disambiguation in context: The role of non-selective cross-language activation. Manuscript under review.

Presentations Espinoza, P. P., Arms-Chavez, C. & Arêas da Luz Fontes, A.B (accepted) Attributional Gender Bias: How Teachers Explain Girls' vs. Boys' Math Performance. Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. Arêas da Luz Fontes, A.B. & Schwartz, A.I. (2009) On a different plane: Crosslanguage effects on the conceptual representations of within-language homonyms. Poster presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism 7, Utrecht, Holland Francis, W., Duran, G., Arêas Da Luz Fontes, A. B., de la Riva Lopez, E., Yeh, L. (2008) Introducción de Psicología cognoscitiva. Paper presented at 28th Asamblea de FENAPSIME: Congreso Internacional de Psicología, Ciudad de Juárez, México Yeh, L., Arêas Da Luz Fontes, A. B., Chen, H, Gutiérrez, M. & Morera O. (2008) Bilingual’s Attitude toward Code-Switching. Poster presented at the 5th Quantitative Training for Underrepresented Group (QTUG) conference, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Arêas da Luz Fontes, A. B. & Schwartz, A. I. (2008) Effects of language-specific working memory capacity on the resolution of lexical ambiguity. Poster presented at Armadillo: The Southwest Cognition Conference, El Paso, Texas. Arêas da Luz Fontes, A. B. & Schwartz, A. I. (2008) Norming ambiguous cognates. Oral presentation at the 2008 American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Arêas da Luz Fontes, A.B. (2006) Bilingual cross-language activation: The influence of context on what becomes active from the non-target language. First Year Project presented to the Psychology Department at the University of Texas at El Paso, Texas. Schwartz, A.I. & Arêas da Luz Fontes, A.B. (2006) Cross-language lexical activation: What exactly becomes active? Poster presented at the 5th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Montreal, Canada. Schwartz, A.I. & Arêas da Luz Fontes, A.B. (2006) Cross-language lexical activation: What exactly becomes active? Poster presented at Armadillo: The Southwest Cognition Conference, Lubbock, Texas.

Grants and Awards

2009

Graduate School Travel Award – The University of Texas at El Paso

2009

Graduate School Research Funding Award – The University of Texas at El Paso

2009

Outstanding Graduate Thesis in Experimental Psychology – The University of Texas at El Paso

2008

UTEP M-RISP Travel Award – The University of Texas at El Paso

2008

Graduate School Travel Award – The University of Texas at El Paso

2006 2006

Dodson Travel Award Grant – The University of Texas at El Paso Graduate School Travel Award – The University of Texas at El Paso

2005

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Print Media Award – The University of Texas at El Paso

2005

Honorable Mention for Sports Page Design – Texas Intercollegiate Press Association

2004

Third Place for Sports Page Design – Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Teaching Assistant Positions

Introduction to Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso Psychological Testing, The University of Texas at El Paso Advanced Statistics, The University of Texas at El Paso Statistical Methods, The University of Texas at El Paso Learning and Memory, The University of Texas at El Paso Psychobiology, The University of Texas at El Paso Recent students supervised Jessica Alvarez (Undergraduate student, August 2009 – present, UTEP)

Aldo Viramontes (Undergraduate student, January 2009 – present, UTEP) Laura Mendoza (Undergraduate student, January 2009 – present, UTEP) Eloy Castro (Undergraduate student, August 2007 – May 2009, UTEP) Victoria Fatorinni (Undergraduate student, August 2007 – December 2008, UTEP) Alejandra Dominguez (Undergraduate student, August 2007- December 2008, UTEP) Belem Lopez (Undergraduate student, August 2007- December 2008, UTEP) Senyi (Undergraduate student, August 2007- December 2007, UTEP) Sofia Quezada (Undergraduate student, August 2007- December 2007, UTEP) Stella Zayas (Undergraduate student, January 2007- December 2007, UTEP) Ashley Rohn (Undergraduate student, August 2006- December 2006, UTEP) John Salas (Undergraduate student, August 2005- May 2006, UTEP) Zaira Chavez (Undergraduate student, August 2005- December 2005, UTEP) Jessica Salas (Undergraduate student, January 2005- May 2005, UTEP) Service Community Volleyball coach, Extreme Force Volleyball Club, El Paso, TX, January 2007 to May 2008 Volleyball coach, Elite Performance Volleyball Club, El Paso, TX, January 2006 to May 2007 Volleyball assistant coach, Sunspots Junior Volleyball Club, El Paso, TX, January 2004 to May 2004

References Ana I. Schwartz Assistant Professor of Psychology Phone: 1-915-747-7365 Fax: 1-915-747-6553 E-mail: [email protected] 110 Psychology Building Department of Psychology University of Texas at El Paso El Paso TX, 79968 Donald E. Moss Professor of Psychology Phone: 1- 915-747-6566 Fax: 1-915-747-6553 E-mail: [email protected] 211 Psychology Building Department of Psychology University of Texas at El Paso El Paso TX, 79968 Penelope Espinoza Assistant Professor of Education Phone: 1-915-747-8784 Fax: 1-915-747 E-mail: [email protected] 905 Education Building Department of Education Leadership University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX, 79968