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USD FACULTY WAGE GAP
Position: Chair of the Language, Linguistics and Philosophy department/Associate Professor
Salary: : $80,076.68
Education:
• Ph D, German, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, 1987
• University Doctorate, German, Lorand Eotvoes University, Hungary, 1985
• BA, German, Lorand Eotvoes University of Hungary, 1980
Awards and Honors:
• Nomination for the Belbas-Larson Award in Excellence in Teaching , USD, 2012
• Nomination for the Belbas-Larson Award in Excellence in Teaching , USD, 2011
• Greek Professor of the Year, USD's Greek Organisation, 2009
• Richard and Sharon Cutler Award in Teaching and Research, Arts and Sciences , Richard and Sharon Cutler (S. Falls) through Arts and Sciences and the U. Foundation, 2005
• Initiation to Phi Beta Kappa, USD, 2004
Languages faculty
Istvan Gombocz
Angela Helmer
Position: Assistant Professor
Salary: $49,477.92
Education:
• Ph D, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of California Los Angeles, 2010
• MA, Archaeology, University of California Los Angeles, 2002
• BA, Archaeology and Classical Studies, Occidental College, 1999
Awards and Honors
• College of Arts & Sciences Grant, 2013
• American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Southern California Chapter, 2013
• College of Arts & Sciences Summer Faculty Research Grant, 2013
• College of Arts & Sciences, 2013
• College of Arts and Sciences Grant, ALFAL / Linguistic and Philological Association of Latin America, 2013
• College of Arts & Sciences Grant, Mid America Conference on Hispanic Literature, 2012
• College of Arts & Sciences Grant, 2012
• Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, Kentucky, 2012
• Nominated for Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2012
• Grant College of Arts & Sciences, 2011
• II Conference of Colonial Culture, Language, and Literature at UCLA, 2011
• Nominated for Belbas-Larson Award for Excellence in Teaching , 2011
• Grant College of Arts & Sciences, SCOLAS, Kentucky FLConference, ALFAL, 2010
• Grant College of Arts & Sciences, UCLA, 2009Honorary Member, Sigma Delta Pi, 2009
• Del Amo Travel Grant, UCLA , 2007
• Summer Travel Grant, UCLA, 2006
• Summer Travel Grant, UCLA, 2005
• Travel Grant, UCLA, 2005Year Fellowship, UCLA, 1999
• Summa cum laude, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1999
• Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999
• President's Award, Los Angeles City College, 1998
• Member Mortar Board, Mortar Board, 1998
• Member Alpha Mu Gamma, Alpha Mu Gamma, 1997
Professor
Assistant Professor
Position: Assistant Professor
Salary: $53,636.76
Education:
• Ph D, Linguistics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2010
• MS, Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1998
• BS, Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1995
Awards and Honors
• A&S Travel Grant, USD College of Arts and Science, 2012
• Documenting the Wichita Language in Music, Endangered Language Fund, 2007
Armik Mirzayan
Position: Assistant Professor
Salary: $51,966.04
Education:
• Ph D, Spanish, Vanderbilt University, 2006
• MA, Spanish, The University of Virginia, 2001
• BA, Spanish / German, Brigham Young University, 1999
Awards and Honors: N/A
Rob Turner
Instructor
Position: Instructor
Salary: $38,000
Education: N/A
Awards and Honors: N/A
Armando Galicia-Silva
Position: Instructor
Salary: N/A
Education: N/A
Awards and Honors: N/A
Nelly Pilares-Manrique
Position: Instructor
Salary: N/A
Education:
• Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish Literatures & Cultures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,MA, Modern Languages & Literatures - Spanish, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007
• Master in Human Relations, University of Oklahoma, 2002
• BA, Journalism & Mass Communications, Creighton University, 1999
Awards and Honors:
• Teaching and Learning Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of South Dakota, 2013
• Research and Conference Travel Grant, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Philosophy, University of South Dakota, 2013
• Member, Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, 2012
• George Hippee Rogers Article Publication Award, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2011
• Mini-Travel and Research Support Fellowship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2011
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , 2010
• Rogers Merit Fellowship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2010
• Mini-Travel and Research Support Fellowship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009
• Mini-Travel and Research Support Fellowship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009
• Le Prix d’ Excellence, French Section, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009
• Mini-Travel and Research Support Fellowship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008
• Le Prix d’ Excellence, French Section, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006
• Rogers Merit Fellowship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2005
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2004
Dayana Soto y Caballero de Galicia
Emeritus Professor
Position: Emeritus Professor
Salary: $15,208.33
Education: N/A
Awards and Honors: N/A
Werner Kitzler
Position: Emeritus Professor
Salary: $0
Education:
• MA, English, State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Ph D, English, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1976
• BA, English, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1968
Awards and Honors: N/A
Susan Wolfe
Visiting Faculty
Position: Visiting faculty
Salary: $50,000
Education:
• BA, French and English, Albion College,
• MA, French Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ph D, French Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Awards and Honors: N/A
Maria Slocum
Adjunct Faculty
Position: Adjunct faculty
Salary: N/A
Education: N/A
Awards and Honors: N/A
