Biography
Dr. Knapp began teaching for the Department in 1997 and later received her PhD in 2003 from the University of Oviedo, Spain. Her areas of interest include Intercultural Communication, Language Teaching Methodology, and Materials Development.
Degrees
BA, Univ. of Oviedo, Spain, 1986- Elementary Education (Specialty: Foreign Languages)
BA, Univ. of Oviedo, Spain, 1990 – Licenciatura en Filología Hispánica (Lingüística española) – Secondary Education endorsement
MA, Brigham Young Univ., 1995 – Spanish Pedagogy
PhD, Univ. of Oviedo, Spain, 2003 (Summa cum Laude) – Foreign Language Pedagogy
Honors and Awards
- Southwest Conference on Language Teaching Excellence in Teaching Award , Southwest Conference on Language Teaching (2023 - 2023)
- Karl G. Maeser Professional Faculty Excellence Award , Brigham Young University (2020 - 2021)
- Teacher of the year award, UFLA - Utah Foreign Language Association (2016 - 2016)
- Excellence in Teaching Award - 2013, College of Humanities - Brigham Young University (2013 - 2013)
Professional Citizenship
- Committee/Council Member, Educational Testing Services (2022 - Present)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Sterling Scholar (KSL-Deseret News) (2018 - Present)
- Other, College Board (2012 - Present)
- Other, BYU Summer Workshop for Spanish Teachers (2006 - Present)
- Publications-outreach, Foreign Language Fair - BYU (1997 - Present)
- Publications-outreach, BYU - Universidad de Alcalá de Henares (2024 - 2024)