Dakota J.

Thomas-Wilhelm
Curriculum Vitae

Campus Address: W607 Seashore Hall

English as a Second Language Programs, University of Iowa
Phone: 319.467.1246
E-mail: dakota-thomas@uiowa.edu
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Higher Education
in progress PhD, Linguistics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Thesis: The (Un)Countable Dilemma: Challenges in the
acquisition of EFL articles and noun type distinctions by
speakers of Chinese and Spanish
2015 MA, Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, Universitat Pompeu
Fabra
Supporting Areas / Minor: Research in Language
Acquisition & Language Learning
Thesis: This Counts for Something!: Understanding the use
of (un)countable nouns in the case of higher education EFL
learners
2014 BA, Spanish, University of Iowa
2014 BA, Linguistics, University of Iowa
Supporting Areas / Minor: Teaching English as a Second
Language

Professional and Academic Positions

2016 - 2017 ESL Grammar Skill Area Leader, English as a Second Language
Programs, University of Iowa
2014 - 2015 English as a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant,
Department of Translation & Language Sciences, Universitat
Pompeu Fabra

Honors and Awards

2014 Pràctiques remunerades d'assistència a la docència (Paid
internship supported by teaching), Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Department of Translation & Language Sciences, I taught English
in the Department of Translation and Language Sciences at
Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Memberships
2016 - Present Iowa World Language Association
2015 - 2017 Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

TEACHING

Courses Taught at the University of Iowa

Term Course# Title Enrollme
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Fall 2017 ESL:4130:001 ESL Academic Listening Skills 13
7
Fall 2017 ESL:4130:001 ESL Academic Listening Skills 14
9
Fall 2017 ESL:4130:002 ESL Academic Listening Skills 16
4
Fall 2017 ESL:4190:000 ESL Academic Writing 16
9
Fall 2017 ESL:4160:000 ESL Grammar 16
5
Fall 2017 ESL:4160:000 ESL Grammar 18
7
Summer 2017 IIEP:0515:000 IIE Communication Skills: Advanced 9
2
Summer 2017 IIEP:0565:000 IIE Listening Skills: Advanced 9
2
Spring 2017 ESL:4160:000 ESL Grammar 5
9
Spring 2017 ESL:4160:001 ESL Grammar 10
2
Spring 2017 ESL:1005:000 ESL Special Topics 5
1
Fall 2016 ESL:4190:6 ESL Academic Writing 16
Fall 2016 ESL:4160:12 ESL Grammar 16
Fall 2016 ESL:4160:19 ESL Grammar 14
Fall 2016 IIEP:465:6 IIE Listening Skills: High 8
Intermediate
Summer 2016 IIEP:345:2 IIE Grammar: Intermediate 8
Summer 2016 IIEP:345:3 IIE Grammar: Intermediate 10
Summer 2016 IIEP:355:2 IIE Writing: Intermediate 8
Summer 2016 IIEP:355:3 IIE Writing: Intermediate 10
Spring 2016 ESL:1020:000 Creatively Speaking 10
1
Spring 2016 ESL:4190:000 ESL Academic Writing 10
4
Spring 2016 ESL:4190:001 ESL Academic Writing 14
1
Spring 2016 ESL:4160:000 ESL Grammar 14
8
Spring 2016 ESL:4160:000 ESL Grammar 10
9
Fall 2015 ESL:4190:000 ESL Academic Writing 18
6
Fall 2015 ESL:4190:001 ESL Academic Writing 18
6
Fall 2015 ESL:4160:001 ESL Grammar 18
2
Fall 2015 ESL:4160:002 ESL Grammar 18
1
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Fall 2015 IIEP:0465:000 IIE Listening Skills: High 17
5 Intermediate

SCHOLARSHIP

Publications
CLAS * System * = Senior Author, Major Contribution, ** = Secondary Contribution *** = Equal Contribution, **** = Minor
Contribution

Books
1. *** Learning context effects: Study abroad, formal instruction and
international immersion classrooms. C. Pérez-Vidal, S. López-Serrano, J.
Ament, & D. J. Thomas-Wilhelm (Eds.), EUROSLA Studies (vol. 1).
Berlin: Language Science Press. http://langsci-
press.org/catalog/book/180 Accepted/In Press January 1, 2018

Master's Thesis
1. * Thomas, D. J. (2015). This counts for something!: Understanding the
use of (un)countable nouns in the case of higher education EFL
learners. Barcelona: e-Repositori. http://hdl.handle.net/10230/24845
Advisor: Carmen Pérez-Vidal

Publications In Progress
Book Chapter
2017 (submitted) Introduction
2017 (submitted) Exploring the acquisition of countable and uncountable nouns
in EMI and FI contexts

Areas of Research Interest

Cross-linguistic Influence
English as a Second Language
Foreign Language Acquisition
Hispanic Linguistics
Semantics
Syntax

Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations

Conference Presentation
International
2017 International Conference on Foreign/Second Language
Acquisition, Developing linguistically-informed materials for
the acquisition of ESL articles & noun type distinctions,
University of Silesia, Szczyrk, Poland Peer-Reviewed/Refereed
Presenters/Authors: Thomas-Wilhelm, Dakota J.
2016 MIDTESOL, Optimizing "Courses in Common": Using Themes
to Integrate Skills, Mid-America Teachers of English to
Speakers of Other Languages, Kansas City, Missouri, United
States Presenters/Authors: Thomas-Wilhelm, Dakota J.,
Harding, Meaghan
2016 International Conference on Second/Foreign Language
Acquisition, The (Un)countable Dilemma in the case of
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Multilingual EFL Learners, University of Silesia, Szczyrk,
Poland Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Presenters/Authors: Thomas-
Wilhelm, Dakota J., Pérez-Vidal, Carmen
2016 Second Language Acquisition Workshop: The Effect of
Different Learning Contexts on Linguistic and Non-linguistic
Development: Study Abroad, Immersion, and Formal
Instruction, A qualitative analysis of ESL written input: the
countable/uncountable distinction, Universitat Pompeu Fabra,
Barcelona, Spain Presenters/Authors: Thomas-Wilhelm, Dakota
J.
2015 Workshop on Reliability and Validity in SLA Research,
Collecting quantitative data: the web-based experience,
Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Peer-
Reviewed/Refereed Student Presenters/Authors: Ament,
Jennifer, Puig-Mayenco, Eloi, Thomas, Dakota
2015 UR-Ling Workshop 2015, Understanding the use of
(un)countable nouns in the case of EFL learners, Unitat de
Recerca en Lingüística de Universitat Pompeu Fabra,
Barcelona, Spain Presenters/Authors: Thomas, Dakota
Regional
2017 MIDTESOL, Courses in Common: An EAP Program-within-a-
Program, Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages, Kansas City, Missouri, United States Peer-
Reviewed/Refereed Presenters/Authors: Harding, Meaghan,
Thomas-Wilhelm, Dakota, Burke, Maureen
2017 MIDTESOL, Linguistic Theory in the ESL Grammar Classroom,
Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages, Kansas City, Missouri, United States Peer-
Reviewed/Refereed Presenters/Authors: Thomas-Wilhelm,
Dakota J.
2017 MIDTESOL, Meta-cognitive Integration through "Grammar-in-
Use" Journals, Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages, Kansas City, Missouri, United States Peer-
Reviewed/Refereed Presenters/Authors: Thomas-Wilhelm,
Dakota J., Cornell, Anna-Maria, Jennings, Ashley
2016 MIDTESOL 2016, A New Starting Point: Guiding ESL Students
Through a More Authentic Writing Process, Mid-America
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Kansas
City, Missouri, United States Presenters/Authors: Thomas-
Wilhelm, Dakota J.
Guest Speaker
Department
2015 Ongoing Research in ALLENCAM, Does this carry any
weight?: Understanding adult use of count and non-count
noun distinctions in the case of EFL learners, Grup de Recerca
en Adquisició de Llengües des de la Catalunya Multilingüe
(ALLENCAM), Barcelona, Spain Student Presenters/Authors:
Thomas-Wilhelm, Dakota J.
Poster
International
2017 International Conference on Foreign/Second Language
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Acquisition, Exploring the acquisition of EFL articles and noun
type distinctions by native speakers of Chinese and Spanish,
University of Silesia, Szczyrk, Poland Peer-Reviewed/Refereed
Presenters/Authors: Thomas-Wilhelm, Dakota J.
Seminar
International
2017 Graduate Seminar on English Philology held at the Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona, Using AJT & SPR to explore the
acquisition of English articles and noun types, Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Student
Presenters/Authors: Thomas-Wilhelm, Dakota J

SERVICE

Department
2017 - Present ESL Programs Skill Area Leaders Committee, Member
2017 ESL Programs Assessment - Student Achievement Committee,
Committee Assignment
2016 - 2017 ESL Grammar, ESL Grammar Skill Area Leader
2016 - 2017 ESL Programs Curriculum Committee, Member
2016 - 2017 ESL Programs Grammar Final Exam Committee, Chair
2016 - 2017 ESL Programs Research Projects Committee, Member
2015 - 2016 ESL Programs Writing Final Exam Committee, Member

Professional Development Activities

2018 Fellowship, Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
2017 Conference Attendance, International Conference on
Foreign/Second Language Acquisition, University of Silesia
2017 Training/Development Program, Safe Zone Training (Trans
Awareness Workshop), University of Iowa Chief Diversity Office
2017 Training/Development Program, Safe Zone Training (Phase 2),
University of Iowa Chief Diversity Office
2017 Training/Development Program, Safe Zone Training (Phase 1),
University of Iowa Chief Diversity Office
2016 Training/Development Program, TILE Essentials Training, University
of Iowa Office for Teaching, Learning, & Technology
2016 Conference Attendance, Workshop on the Semantic Contribution of
Det and Num: (In)definiteness, genericity and referentiality,
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2015 Conference Attendance, MIDTESOL, Mid-America Teachers of
English to Speakers of Other Languages
2015 Conference Attendance, Multimodal Communication in the 21st
Century: Professional and Academic Challenges, Asociación
Española de Lingüística Aplicada