My Abridged CV

PUBLICATIONS

Coming soon! Strands of Meaning- Hair and the Making of the Self- First Edition

Instructional Textbooks

• Anover, V., Gómez-Martín, M. ¡Se rueda! Advanced Spanish Through Films. Cognella Publishing. January 2026. 

https://titles.cognella.com/se-rueda-9798823308564

• Anover, V., Fournier-Lanzoni, R. On Tourne! Advanced French through Cinema. Georgetown University Press. February 2020. http://press.georgetown.edu/book/languages/tourne

• Pellettieri, J., Rolle-Rissetto, S. & Añover, V. (2015). Plazas First Year Spanish Workbook/Laboratory Manual. 5th edition. Boston: Cengage. (Also co-authored 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions). 

• Anover, V., & Antes, T. (2012). A vous! First Year French Program: Instructor Annotated Edition and Student Textbook Edition. Enhanced Edition. Boston: Cengage. https://www.cengage.com/c/%C3%A0-vous-the-global-french-experience-enhanced-2e-anover/9781133611011PF/

• Pellettieri, J., Rolle-Rissetto, S. & Añover, V. (2012). Viajes First Year Spanish Workbook/Lab Manual. 2nd edition. Boston: Cengage. (Also co-authored 1st edition, 2005).

TEACHING

FRENCH /MLAN                                              SPANISH                         WGSS

• French 101 (Beginner French I)                                        • Spanish 201 (Intermediate Spanish I)                  • WGSS 101 (Intro to WGSS)

• French 102 (Beginner French II)                                      • Spanish 201C (Medical Spanish)                          • WGSS 392 (Film Originals and                                                                                                                                                                                                    Remakes, Culture and Identity)

• French 201 (Intermediate French I)                                   • Spanish 302 (Intermediate Composition)            • WGSS 450  (Cinema and Gender) 

• French 202 (Intermediate French II)                                  • Spanish 303 (Advanced Composition)

• French 311 (Advanced Grammar)                                       • Spanish 610 (Second Language Acquisition with Technology)

• French 312 (Advanced Composition)                                   • Spanish 695 (Supervised Teaching)

• French 350 (French/Francophone Civilization)                    • Spanish 698 (Teaching Methods)

• French 395 (Independent Study)                                            • Spanish 380 (Narrative to Film)

• MLAN 450 (French/Francophone Identity through Advertisements)

• MLAN 392  (Film Originals and Remakes,                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Culture and Identity)

EXPERIENCE

Spring 2026- Present  •  Professor • French and Spanish • Modern Language Studies Department

Summer 2024- Fall 2025  • Department Chair  • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies • https://www.csusm.edu/wgss/index.html

Spring 2024  • Interim Chair  • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department  • https://www.csusm.edu/wgss/index.html

2022-2023  • Department Co-Chair  • Department of Communication  • https://www.csusm.edu/communication/index.html

2019-2021 •  Associate Dean • Curriculum, Academic Programs, Student Success • CHABSS (College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social Sciences) https://www.csusm.edu/chabss/index.html

2017-2019 •   Faculty Director  • Office of Service Learning  •  https://www.csusm.edu/slce/servicelearning/index.html

2018-2019 •  Department Chair • Modern Language Studies Department  •  https://www.csusm.edu/modernlanguages/index.html

Spring 2017- Fall 2017- Spring 2018 •  Department Chair • Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department https://www.csusm.edu/wgss/index.html

2010-2019  •  Professor • French and Spanish • Modern Language Studies Department

2006-2009 •  Department Chair • Modern Language Studies Department 

2003-2009 •  Associate Professor • French and Spanish • Modern Language Studies Department

1999-2003 •  Assistant Professor • French and Spanish • Modern Language Studies Department

AWARDS

Brakebill Distinguished Professor Award, 2021-2022 https://news.csusm.edu/brakebill-recipient-offers-inspiring-words/

President’s Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation, 2008-2009https://www.csusm.edu/president/awards/outstandingfaculty/previousawardees.html