Grant Moss

About Dr. Grant Moss

Grant D. Moss is Professor of Spanish in the Department of English and Modern Languages. He came to Pittsburg State University in the Fall of 2010.

EDUCATION

• 2010    PhD: Spanish/Hispanic Studies, The Ohio State University
• 2004    MA: Latin American Studies, La Universidad de Salamanca
• 2001    BA: Spanish, The University of Utah (includes coursework in pedagogy)
• 2001    BA: English, The University of Utah (includes coursework in pedagogy)

PUBLICATIONS

Books

• 2019    Speak the Way you Write and Write the Way you Speak: A Guide to Effective Communication. Edwin Mellen Press. Published in December 2019.
• 2018    A Translation of Miguel Hernández: pasiones, cárceles y muerte de un poeta (Miguel Hernández: Passions, Imprisonments, and Death of a Poet) by José Luis Ferris. Edwin Mellen Press. Published in January 2018.
• 2017    Political Poetry in the Wake of the Second Spanish Republic: Rafael Alberti, Pablo Neruda, and Nicolás Guillén. Lexington Books. Published in December 2017.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Moss, G. D. & Gambrell, J. A. (2023). The World Languages Professional Life Survey: K–20 Articulation through the 5 Cs and the Can-Dos. Foreign Language Annals, 56(1), 8–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12677
• Moss, G. D. & Bachner, H. (2023). The Bafa Bafa Cultural Simulation: A High-Leverage Teaching Practice to Increase Intercultural Awareness. The Midwest Quarterly, 64(3), 298–314.
• Moss. G. D. (2016). The Four-State Area Leadership Initiative for Language Learning: Empowering Educators for Leadership. The Language Educator, 11(3), 38–40.
• Moss, G. D. (2015). Defining Nicolás Guillén’s Ideal Racial Democracy: España: poema en cuatro angustias y una esperanza.” C. L. R. James Journal: A Review of Caribbean Ideas, 21(1–2), 91–105.
• Moss, G. D. (2013). Rafael Alberti’s Coplas de Juan Panadero: Communist Propaganda, Valuable Poetry or Both? Letras Hispanas, 9(1), 21–33.
• Moss, G. D. (2008). La retórica de la propaganda como agente de cambio literario en Huidobro durante la Guerra Civil Española. Anales de Literatura Chilena, 9(Monográfico Vicente Huidobro), 205–220.

Open Educational Resources

• 2021    La guerra civil española para estudiantes. First published in Dec. 2021.  (https://laguerracivilespanolaparaestudiantes.pressbooks.com).
• 2020    Anímate: La fonología, la fonética y la dialectología del español. First published in Aug. 2020. (https://animate.pressbooks.com).
• 2018    Rincones. Un recurso educativo abierto de español básico. First published in May 2018. (https://rincones.pressbooks.com).  

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND GRANTS

• 2022    Pittsburg State University Robert K. Ratzlaff Outstanding Faculty Award
• 2022    Pittsburg State University Professors Beyond the Classroom Grant
• 2021    Kansas African Studies Center (KASC) Summer African Language Institute (SALI) Award (for Arabic study)
• 2020    Pittsburg State University College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Service Award
• 2019    Pittsburg State University College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Research Award
• 2019    Pittsburg State University Proposal Preparation Incentive
• 2018    OpenPITT Grant
• 2016    Sabbatical Leave (Academic Year) in Alicante, Spain and Gillingham, England. Awarded for the 2016-2017 academic year. 
• 2015    Pittsburg State University Summer Teaching Innovation Grant
• 2015    Pittsburg State University Undergraduate Research Student Travel Fund Grant (for Lynzee Flores and Zoraida Price)
• 2012    Pittsburg State University Robert K. Ratzlaff Outstanding Faculty Award

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• 2019-   ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview by Computer (OPIc) Rater Certification in English. 
• 2016-   ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) Interpersonal Listening and Speaking (ILS) Rater Certification in Spanish. 
• 2016-   ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) Presentational Writing (PW) Rater Certification in Spanish. 
• 2012-   American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Certified Oral Proficiency Tester Certification in Spanish (Recertified in 2016).