Susan M Bacon

Susan M. Bacon (Ph. D. Ohio State University) is Professor Emerita of Spanish at the University of Cincinnati and former Director of UC International Programs where she promoted and supervised all education abroad for the University. In the Department of Romance Languages she served at various times as Director of the Basic Spanish Program, Undergraduate Director, Graduate Director, and Assistant Department Head. In addition to her administrative duties, she taught Spanish language and culture, teaching methodology, and second-language acquisition. Her research interests include child and adult second-language acquisition, and the processing of authentic input. She is recipient of the prestigious Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Education. She was Project Director for a four-year grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in Mexico, and a Fulbright-Robles Scholar in Mexico. She is primary researcher for a considerable number of empirical studies, and has co-authored several elementary and intermediate-level Spanish texts including ¡Arriba!, Conexiones, and Leyendas del mundo hispano, all published by Pearson-Prentice Hall. Her research for her books has taken her to 20 Spanish-speaking countries, some several times, and she remains active in academic publishing.
 

Ph. D.: The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, 1985 (Foreign Language Education Spanish Applied Linguistics)

M.A.: Indiana University Bloomington, IN, 1970 (Spanish Literature)

B.A.: University of South Florida Tampa, FL, 1964 (Spanish; Italian)

2007 -To Present Professor Emerita, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2008 -2009 Visiting Professor of Spanish, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH

2001 -2007 Associate Director/Director UC International Programs, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1985 -1992 Assistant Professor of Spanish; Director of Basic Spanish, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1992 -1998 Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1998 -2007 Professor of Spanish, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Grant: #OSP 05117 Investigators:Bacon, Susan 10-01-2004 -11-30-2004 Department of State International Education Week Celebration Role:PI $1,800.00 Closed Level:Federal

Book

Zayas-Bazán, Eduardo, Susan M. Bacon & Dulce García. (2014). Conexiones. 5^th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Pearson Education/Prentice Hall.

Zayas Bazán, Eduardo, Susan M. Bacon & Holly Nibert. (2012). ¡Arriba! Comunicación y cultura. 6^th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Pearson Education/Prentice Hall.

Bacon, Susan M., Nancy Humbach, Aitor Bikandi Mejias, Gregg Courtad. (2010). Leyendas del mundo hispano. 3^rd Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.