Angelina Eduardovna Serratos
- Assistant Professor of Practice
Contact
- (520) 621-6901
- REMOTE, Rm. 107
- TUCSON, AZ 85721-0006
- achtarev@arizona.edu
Biography
My life journey began on the shores of the Black Sea, in Odessa, Ukraine, but I see myself as a citizen of the world as I have lived in Ukraine, Russia, and the United States for extended periods of time. Tucson has been home for me since 2001; this is where I completed my training as a linguist, which is a big part of my identity. I was privileged to work with one of the last speakers of Chemehuevi, a Uto-Aztecan indigenous language, to help document it for the native community, and this work lay the foundation for my PhD dissertation, which I defended in 2008. I have been in higher education for most of my adult life, first as an English as a Foreign Language teacher in Russia, then as a graduate teaching assistant in freshmen composition and linguistics courses, and finally as a lecturer at the Center for English as a Second Language at the University of Arizona, where I taught for ten years. My professional experiences also include teacher training, assessment, curriculum development, and creation of instructional materials. I believe that student engagement lies at the core of successful education and career preparedness and make an effort to make my courses meaningful, fun, and relatable. I am excited tobe a part of the General Education team at the UA and look forward to the next stage of my professional adventure. Outside of work, my priorities include my family, my church community, cooking, reading, dancing, and fostering kittens. It’s a full life, and I am happy to live it in Tucson, AZ!Degrees
- Ph.D. Theoretical Linguistics
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Topics in Chemehuevi Morphosyntax
- M.A. English
- University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- B.A. Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Novgorod State University, Novgorod, Russian Federation
Work Experience
- Office of General Education, Univeristy of Arizona (2023 - Ongoing)
- Center for English as a Second Language (2013 - 2023)
- Novgorod State University (1994 - 1998)
Interests
Research
Assessment in higher education (providing effective feedback to ePotfolios, the use of rubrics and self-assessment in class participation); student engagement ( the use of online tools in the college classroom).
Teaching
Intro to General Education Experience UNIV 101, General Education Portfolio UNIV 301, English as a Second Language
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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General Education Portfolio
UNIV 301 (Spring 2025) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Spring 2025) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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General Education Portfolio
UNIV 301 (Summer I 2024) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Spring 2024) -
General Education Portfolio
UNIV 301 (Fall 2023) -
Intro to General Ed Experience
UNIV 101 (Fall 2023)
Scholarly Contributions
Others
- Parkman, A. L., Serratos, A. E., Austin, M. W., Fuller, K. N., Heileman, J., & Henao-Munoz, J. (2023, Dec). UNIV 101 - CLO5 Assessment Tool (Pilot). UNIV Program. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VaMAO-aYwzGbod7HF3IC7IsspduOyc5tOmSf9TTi_jU/edit?usp=sharingMore infoThis assessment tool seeks to collect and analyze data from first-year/first-gen students enrolled in UNIV 101. Following the UNIV Program assessment plan, it is focused on the assessment of the UNIV 101 Course Learning Outcome 5 - Reflect on the interrelatedness of your general education, academic major(s) and minor(s), academic behaviors, and general well-being. It will be trained during Spring 2024 on UNIV 101 courses led by FT faculty members and review over the summer to be finally carried out in Fall 2024.
