José Montelongo, Ph.D.
TEACHING & LIBRARY EXPERIENCE:
2002-2004
Douglass Elementary School Librarian
1999-2002
Magoffin Middle School Librarian
1996-1999
Jefferson High School Assistant Librarian
1996-2004
El Paso Community College Reference Librarian (Part-time)
1991-1996
Sánchez Middle School Reading Teacher
1984-1996
El Paso Community College ESL Reading Instructor (Part-time)
1982-1985
Father Yermo Elementary School teacher
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.----New Mexico State University (Curriculum & Instruction)
M.L.I.S.-University of Texas at Austin (Librarianship}
M. Ed.---University of Texas at El Paso (Curriculum & Instruction)
M. A.----New Mexico State University (Educational Administration) [in progress]
B.S.-----University of Texas at El Paso (Psychology)
Doctoral studies--Indiana University (Cognitive Psychology)
Graduate studies--University of Texas at El Paso (General Experimental Psychology)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Library Association
International Reading Association
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Information Literacy
Technology and Education
School Librarianship
Spanish-English Cognates
Expository Reading
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Concept learning of Spanish-English cognates
Encoding of Spanish-English cognates in short-term memory
Interference Theory of Forgetting
Memory for Schemas