The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH— PhD in Foreign and Second Language Education
and Acquisition
University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio— Masters of Science in Education and Allied Professions
Instituto Joaquín V. Gonzalez, Bs. As., Argentina — English language teacher
Teacher Training College in Special Education, Bs. As., Argentina — Special Education
teacher.
Courses Taught
SN 101-104
TE 609
Publications
Fraga-Canadas, C (June 2011). Building Communities of Practice for Foreign Language
Teachers. Modern Language Journal 95, (2), 296-300
Fraga-Canadas, C. (Fall 2010). Beyond the classroom: Maintaining and improving teachers’
language proficiency. Foreign Language Annals, 43 (3), 395-421.
Fraga-Canadas, C. (2005). Embracing our students’ family language: Implications for
the classroom. Ohio Journal of English Language Arts 45 (2), 14-21.
Fraga, C. (2002). A case Study of Patterns of Language Use by One Bilingual Student
in Various Contexts. Unpublished Master’s thesis. The University of Dayton, Ohio.
Nominated for the Mid-West Association of distinguished Master’s thesis award 2002.
Book Translation
Salvando Miles de Almas: Guía para Discernir la Vocación al Sacerdocio Diocesano (Spanish
Edition, 2011) by Fr. Brett A Brannen. Salvando Miles de Almas is the Spanish edition
of To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide to Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood.
While retaining all the wisdom and insight of the original, Salvando Miles de Almas
has been lightly revised by experts especially for Spanish-speakers in the U.S. and
Latin America. 380 pages
Presentations
II Encuentro Práctico de Español L2 en Duke University (2025) Poster Presentation:
Pasito a Pasito: Transforming students’ learning experiences through community engaged
teaching.
Collaboration between Native and Non-native Language Teachers: 5 Case Studies. (ACTFL
conference, 2011)
Beyond the Classroom: Maintaining and Improving Teachers’ Language Proficiency. Linthicum,
MD (2010)
Areas of Specialization
Second Language Acquisition
Spanish Linguistics
Foreign Language Pedagogy
Teacher Education
Research Interests
Community Engaged Teaching and Language Learning
Language for Specific Purposes
Translingualism and Faith
Language Pedagogy and Heritage language maintenance
AI and Language Learning
Service Activities and Membership in Academic Societies
Member of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Honorable Member of La Sociedad Nacional Honoraria
Reviewer for the Mid-Western Educational Research Association Journal (MWERA)
Reviewer for Foreign Language Annals.
Reviewer Hispania
Honors and Awards
2024 Student’s Choice Award. Loyola University, MD. The A.F.F.I.R.M. Award is an acknowledgement for faculty increasing relationships
as mentors with students. Words pronounced by SGA student representative: “This professor’s
dedication goes above and beyond. She is involved with her students inside and outside
of her classroom. She works closely with campus ministry and worked hard to get Spanish
masses on our campus. She even sings in those masses and encourages her students to
attend the mass. She goes above and beyond to create a space for Latinx and Spanish
speaking students on our campus.”
2025 Teaching Faculty Summer Grant (4,000 $). Loyola University, MD. My research looks at challenges that Spanish Heritage Speakers face to maintain their
language and to pass it on to the next generation. This is a qualitative case study
with interviews and observations of one heritage Spanish speaker and her family.
