Curriculum Vitae:
John H. Bro M.A.

EDUCATION

University of Florida (Gainesville)

• 1994 Doctoral Exams passed (w. distinction)
• 1993 Doctoral Candidate (a.b.d.)
• 1991 admitted to doctoral studies (Linguistics)
• 1991 Master of Arts (Linguistics)

University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls)

• 1987 Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude (French) GPA: 3.92

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:

• French (near-native)
• Some Spanish
• Notions of German and Mandarin

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ESL in France

• Sum 2004 - present Instructor ESL, FIM Cherbourg, France
• Dec 2005 - Jun 2007 Instructor ESL (Reading), AIFCC, Caen, France
• Sep 2004 - Jun 2007 Instructor ESL IUT (GTE), St. Lô France

ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE:
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

• Fall 1999 - Spr 2004. Lecturer in Academic Spoken English. UF
• Fall 1994 - Spr 1995 Researcher in natural language processing (under a grant from Harris Corp.)
• Fall 1988 - Spr 1994 Instructor in all 3 levels offered by the Academic Spoken English program at UF with full responsibility for designing course materials, teaching, & evaluating two sections per semester.
• Spr 1994 - Spr 1995 Editor of Focus: UF Working Papers in Linguistics
• Sum 1993 Acting-Coordinator for Academic Spoken English
• Spr 1993 Substitute taught "Syntax-I: Intro to Generative Grammar" (mixed undergraduate/graduate).
• Fall 1991 - Spr 1992 Instructor in Language & People, with full responsibility for teaching 2 sections per semester, designing materials, tests, and lectures.
• Fall 1990 Instructor in Introduction to Linguistics, with full responsibility for teaching 1 section, designing materials, tests, and lectures.
• Sum 1990 Acting-Coordinator for Academic Spoken English

NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

• 2003- . Accent On Pronunciation, LLP. (founding member)
• 1994-1999 Founder/Pres. InterSoft Solutions, Inc. (defunct)
• 1984-95 Academia (student)
• 1973-84 Candle-artisan, France (self-employed)
• 1972 Consultant (candles) Les Papillons Blanc, La Glacerie, France.
• 1971 Consultant (candles) Flame of Hope Inc. Wellesley, MA (defunct)
• 1970-71 Foreman, sheltered workshop (candles), Goodwill Industries. Boston MA.

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AWARDS/HONORS

• 1994 National Endowment for the Humanities Dissertation Grant candidate from UF
• 1988 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (Hon. mention)
• 1987-88 Graduate Council Fellowship, $10,000, Univ. Florida
• 1987 Purple & Gold Award (1/yr/dept) U. Northern Iowa

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• TESOL International Teaching Assistants Interest Section -
  (former webmaster/member Steering Committee) (lapsed)
• TESOL Intl (former member Web Advisory Board)
• Sunshine State Tesol (lapsed)
• Association of Internet Professionals (AIP) (lapsed)
• Southeast Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) (lapsed)
• International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA) (lapsed)
• Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) (lapsed)

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REFERENCES

Gordon Tapper Academic Spoken English 313 Yon Hall University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Tel:(352)392-3286 gt(at)ufl.edu	Dr. Andrea Tyler Georgetown University Washington DC Tel: (202)543-4190
Dr. D.Gary Miller Dept of Linguistics Turlington Hall Gainesville, FL 32611 Tel:(352)392-0639 dgm(at)lin.ufl.edu	Dr. Helena Halmari Dept of English Sam Houston U. Brownesville, TX Tel:() eng_shh(at)shsu.edu