B.A., (Hons.), M.A., Cambridge University A.M., Ph.D., Indiana University
Duncan Charters was appointed to the faculty in 1974. Prior to that he was lecturer in foreign languages at Humboldt State University and also taught in regular and summer programs at a number of other colleges and universities. He has also served as program evaluator, consultant, and speaker for schools and organizations including the California and Illinois State Boards of Education. In 1993 he taught in Switzerland as director of an international seminar for preparing language teachers and teacher trainers. In Spain he was coordinator for the conference theme of the Esperanto World Congress, "Educating for the 21st Century." He gave the keynote address and contributed to related panel and workshop activities. He also participated in an international teachers' conference as an invited specialist on teaching culture and gave an international summer university lecture on the essential characteristics and significance of Spanish culture and literature. His special interests include Spanish language and literature, teaching culture and listening comprehension, developing proficiency in language skills, and using technology in teaching. He has participated in radio and television broadcasts for TheChristian Science Monitor's Spanish-language program Perfiles, to which he contributed an interview on Cervantes, and for El Heraldo de la Ciencia Cristiana, with a radio interview subsequently published in the March 1994 printed edition.
Member of:
Modern Language Association of America
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
International Association of Teachers of Esperanto (president)
Foreign Language Teachers Association of Greater St. Louis (past president)
