REBECCA KANAK FOX, Ph. D.

Associate Professor of Education
Co-Director, Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning Program
College of Education and Human Development
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444

HONORS AND AWARDS

Finalist, 2003 "Best of NorthEast" Award. Professional portfolios: Partners in performance-based assessment. NorthEast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Included in Who's Who of American Women (2005).

Recipient of the 1999 "Outstanding Achievement and Academic Excellence" for the George Mason University Ph.D. in Education Program.

Graduate School of Education, George Mason University
1996-1997 - Language Proficiency Assessment Research Fellowship
1997-1998 - Language Proficiency Assessment Instrument and Pilot Study Fellowship
1998-1999 - Recruiting for Diversity: Research & Project Diversity Implementation
Outstanding Teaching, George Mason University, Modern Languages - 1993.

• Co-Director, Advanced Studies in Teaching & Learning Program, 2008-present

• Assistant Director, Advanced Studies in Teaching & Learning Program, 2004 - 2008

• Acting Director, Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning Program, 2002 – 2004.

• Assistant Director, Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning Program, 2000-2002.

• Program Administrator, Teacher Education Licensure Fulfillment (TELF) Initiative, GSE, August 1999 to June 2001.

• Interim Co-Director, Secondary Education Program, George Mason University Graduate School of Education, August 1999- July 2000.

• Director, A Celebration of Teaching: A Conference for High School Students Aspiring to Become Teachers - 2000 - 2002; Co-Director 1996 - 1999.

• Consultant for Professional Development Portfolios, Graduate School of Education, for pre-service teachers in all program areas. Conducted more than 60 workshops on Portfolio development for students, faculty, and clinical faculty, 1999 - 2003.

French - bilingual; fluent oral and written skills
German - comprehension and written skills
Spanish - basic comprehension proficiency

Reviewer

            Journal of Teacher Education (2009-present)
            Journal of Research in International Education (2005ongoing)
            Review of Educational Research (2006-ongoing
            Foreign Language Annals (2006- ongoing)
            Teaching and Teacher Education (2008-present)

Textbook Reviewer

            SAGE Publications (2006)

            Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall (2004)

International and National Membership 

American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), member 1972-1983, 1986-present.

• Chair, National AATF Student Standards Commission. 2008 - 2011
• National Student Standards Commission.  2002 -2004, 2004- present. 
• National Concours Review Panel, 2002-2003.

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), member 1986-present.

• ACTFL K-16 Student Standards Committee – Writing team for new Standards update (beginning in summer 2009)
• ACTFL/NCATE National Program Audit team, appointed 2007 – present.
           Team conducts audits twice yearly – audited 89 university programs in 2008-09
           Conducted workshops at national, regional, or state conferences in 2008-09

• ACTFL/NCATE Program Reviewer, three year term, 2003 - 2006; renewed 2006 
• Pimsler Award Committee, Member, 2005-06.
• Chair, ACTFL/MLJ Emma Birkmaier Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee.  , 2004.
• Chairman, Special Interest Group (SIG) on Research in Foreign /Second Languages, 2002 to 2004 term.

American Educational Research Association (AERA), member, 2000 - present.

• SIG on Portfolios& Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education
• Chair, 2009-2011 (elected at AERA 09 annual meeting)
• Co-Chair of the Program Committee, 2005 – 2007 term
• Secretary/Treasurer, 2007-08
• Chair-elect, 2008-09
• Proposal reader, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• SIG on Second Language Acquisition Research, member 2003-present
• SIG on Action Research in Teacher Education, member 2003-present

Golden Key National Honor Society, member 1998-present
National Association for Bilingual Education, member 2002-2006
National Association for Multicultural Education, member, 1997-2005
           Proposal reader 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
NorthEast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL)
           Advisory Council, 2003-present.
Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society, member 2002-present.
Phi Delta Kappa International, member 1999-present.
Selection Committee, National Fulbright Teacher Exchange, Washington, D. C., February, 2001. 

Regional and Local Membership/Professional Service

Association of Teacher Educators in Virginia (ATE-VA), member 2001-2004.

Capital Area (chapter) National Association for Bilingual Education (CANABE), member 2004-present

Greater Washington Area Teachers of Foreign Languages (GWATFL), member 2002-present

Washington Chapter, American Association of Teachers of French, member 1972-1983, 1999-present

• President, 1977-79
• Secretary-Treasurer, 1975-76

Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA), member, 1973-1979, 2003-present

Phi Delta Kappa (PDK), member Fairfax Chapter, 2004-present

FCPS Teacher Research Conference

• Research Presenter in 2003 and 2005 (included current ASTL students on panel)

George Mason University  

 
Named to University Assessment Committee, serving two year term, 2008-2010 – Conducted a
GMU program evaluation in 2008

Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society, GMU Chapter member, 2002-present


College of Education and Human Development

• Member, CEHD Ph.D. Committee, Term 2008-2010
• Member, CEHD Council, Term 2005-2007
• Member, Performance Assessment Committee, 2000 - present
• Member, Curriculum Committee, Term 2005-2007.
• Member, GSE Council, Term 2002-2004.
• Member, GSE Diversity Committee, 2002-2003
• Co-Chair, Program Development and Evaluation Team (PDET) 2001-2002
• Member, Program Development and Evaluation Team (PDET), 2000 - 2001
• Member, Fun Bunch Committee, 2001-2004
• Search Committee Member, Center for Language and Culture 2003, 2004, 2005

Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning Program (ASTL)

• Led ASTL through the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher and Education (NCATE) Review, 2002-2004
Organized and led preparation of all program documents and materials for NCATE Team visit, with Acting Assistant Director Julie Kidd.
• Wrote ASTL Portfolio Guidelines and Evaluation Rubric, alignment with NBPTS
• Performance-assessment work for program

Center for Language and Culture

• Created Program Portfolio Guidelines and Evaluation Rubric, original in 2000
Updated FL Portfolio Guidelines to align with ACTFL NCATE and INTASC Standards, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 (newly revised)
• Language Proficiency Rater for the Language Proficiency Assessment of foreign language pre-service teachers in the GMU licensure and master's degree programs 1997 - present

Director, A Celebration of Teaching: A Conference for High School Students Aspiring to Become Students, each Spring 1996 - 2002.  A Partnership between George Mason University and surrounding school divisions to promote diversity recruitment in the teaching force.  Organized and led conference held on GMU campus each April.  Total conference attendance: approximately 325 students and adult sponsors each year.