CURRICULUM VITAE 
                                                                             January 2022
             Helena Halmari 
             Department of English, P.O. Box 2146 (1901 University Avenue)
             Sam Houston State University
             Huntsville, Texas 77341-2146
             tel. 1-936-294-1420 (office); 1-936-291-2778 (home)
             email: halmari@shsu.edu
             www.shsu.edu/eng_ira/english/Halmari 
             EXPERIENCE:     
             2021—cont.         TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM REGENTS’ PROFESSOR
             2020–cont.         DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
                                Department of English, Sam Houston State University
             2007–20            PROFESSOR
                                Department of English, Sam Houston State University
             2009–January 2015  CHAIR 
                                Department of English, Sam Houston State University
             2002–07            ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
                                Department of English, Sam Houston State University
              
             2001–03            (Leave of absence from Sam Houston State University:)
                                DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMIC SPOKEN ENGLISH PROGRAM
                                ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
                                Program in Linguistics, University of Florida
             1995–2002          ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
                                Department of English, Sam Houston State University
             2000 spring        (Leave of absence from Sam Houston State University:)
                                       VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
                                Department of Linguistics, Rice University
             1994 spring–       VISITING LECTURER
             1995 spring        Department of Linguistics, University of California, San Diego 
             1994 spring–       INSTRUCTOR 
             1995 summer        University of California, Riverside Extension Certificate Programs for
                                       Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and Cross-
                          Cultural 
                                                     Language and Academic Development (CLAD) 
                  EDUCATION:
                  1994                      DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY: Linguistics 
                                            University of Southern California, Los Angeles
                  1992                      MASTER OF ARTS: Linguistics
                                            University of Southern California, Los Angeles
                  1990                      MASTER OF ARTS: English Composition
                                            California State University, San Bernardino
                  1986                      MASTER OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (equivalent)
                                            University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
                                            Major: Library Science
                                            Minors: General Literature, Journalism, and General Linguistics
                  1984                      MASTER OF ARTS (equivalent)
                                            University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
                                            Major: English Philology
                                            Minors: Nordic Philology, Slavic Philology, Education, and Phonetics
                  PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
                  2020                               CERTIFICATE IN ONLINE TEACHING
                                                     Sam Houston State University
                  1993                      ACCREDITED TRANSLATOR: Finnish–English
                                            Finnish-American Translators’ Association
                  1981                      CERTIFICATE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
                                            University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
                  1980                      CERTIFICATE IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION 
                                            County of Häme, Finland
                  UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE:
                  Sam Houston State University:
                  2021–23                   Chair of the Distinguished Professor Review Committee (University)
                  2020–23                   Member of the Distinguished Professor Review Committee (University)
                  2018–21                   Member of the Academic Calendar Advisory Committee (University)
                  2017–18                   Member of curriculum committee (Department)
                  2018                      Member of Dean’s Professor Advisory Board (College)
                  2014–16                   Chair of curriculum committee (Department)
                  2013–15                   Member of Freshman Learning Community Advisory Board (University)
                  2011–14                   Member of Educator Preparation Advisory Council (University)
                  2009–15                   Member of the Academic Affairs Council (University)
                  2010–11                   Member of search committee for chair of the Department of Mass 
                                            Communication (College)
                  2008–09                   Member of the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure 
                                                     (College)
                  2006–08                   Member of the Dean’s Distinguished Advisory Committee on Research 
                                            and Scholarship (College)
                  1999–2001                 Member of the university search committee for the dean of the Newton 
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                               Gresham Library (University)
             1999–2001         Member of the ad hoc committee to define degree requirements and 
                               reexamine all existing degrees across colleges (University)
             1999–2001         Chair of the linguistics/grammar committee (Department)
             1998–99           Member (elected) of the department chair selection committee 
                               (Department)
             1998–2000         Member of curriculum committee (Department)
             1998–2001, 2009–12 Member of Newton Gresham Library committee (University)
             1997–99           Member of the SACS Self-Study Committee on Financial Resources
                               & Coordinator of the Self-Study Subcommittee on Budgets (University)
             1997–99           Member of the Texas Review Press Publications Board (University)
             1997–2001, 2007–09 Member of program committee (Department)
             1996–97           Member of the search committee for creative writing position 
                                     (Department)
             1995–98           Member of grammar committee (Department)
             1995–96           Member of writing committee (Department)
             1996–2001         Student advisor (Department)
                   
             University of Florida:
             2001–03           Director of the Academic Spoken English Program (University)
             2002–03           Chair of the graduate student employment committee (Department)
             2001–02           Member of the graduate student employment committee (Department)
                               Member of the TESL committee (Department)
                               Member of the English Language Institute search committee (Department)
             EDITORSHIPS:
             2011–21           Journal of Finnish Studies, editor-in-chief
             2015–20           Virittäjä, member of the editorial board. 
             PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (selected):
             2020              Judge for a writing contest for masters’ students in Linguistics for the 
                               journal Virittäjä.
             2015              Evaluator for promotion to full professor at the Department of English at 
                                     Montana State University
             2014              External expert for the University of Eastern Finland Philosophical
             Faculty,                School of Humanities, Professor of English position
             2010, 2012        Evaluator for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at the 
                               Department of English and Linguistics at Indiana University - Purdue 
                               University Fort Wayne
             2007–08, 2012, 2017 Evaluator for grants in linguistics for Suomen Akatemia [Academy of 
                               Finland]
             2008              Negotiator for the student exchange program between the University of 
                                     Turku and Sam Houston State University
                               Evaluator for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at the 
                               Department of English at North Carolina State University
             2007–10           Editorial board for Register & Context
             2006–12           Editorial board for Scientific Journals International
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             2003–04           Member of the American Association for Applied Linguistics Finance 
                               Committee
             2002–03           Chair for the American Association for Applied Linguistics Graduate 
                               Student Travel Grant Committee
             2002              Evaluator for the following positions: 
                                     •Docent’s position at University of Tampere 
                                     •Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in Linguistics 
                                            Department at Southern Illinois University
             1999–2000         Coordinator for the Language and Culture strand abstract evaluation for 
                               the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2000 conference
             1998–99           Coordinator for the Rhetoric and Stylistics strand abstract evaluation for 
                               the American Association for Applied Linguistics 1999 conference
             1997–98           Co-chair of the American Association for Applied Linguistics Awards 
                               Committee
             1996–97           Member of the American Association for Applied Linguistics Awards 
                               Committee
             1994–cont.              •Reader of manuscripts for Cambridge University Press; M.I.T. 
                               Press;       Oxford University Press; John Benjamins; Allyn and Bacon; 
                               Thomson      and Wadsworth; Academia Letters, International Journal of 
                               Bilingualism; Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism; Journal 
                               of English as Lingua Franca; Journal of Neurolinguistics; Journal of 
                               Pragmatics; Languages in Contrast; The Linguistic Association of 
                               Finland Yearbook 1999; Linguistics; Natural Language and Linguistic 
                               Theory; Nordic Journal of Linguistics; Palo Alto Research Center; 
                               Philosophies; Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics; Pragmatics 
                               and Society; Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana; 
                               Scandinavian Studies; SKY Journal of Linguistics; TESOL Quarterly; Text
                               & Talk: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse & 
                               Communication Studies; Virittäjä.
                               •Reader of abstracts for the American Association for Applied Linguistics 
                                Meeting (1996, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2014); West Coast Conference
                                on Formal Linguistics 22 (2003); Linguistic Society of America (2011);
                                International Symposium on Bilingualism (2003, 2007, 2011, 2014).
                                •Reviewer for the National Science Foundation (2010, 2011x2); Czech 
                                      Science Foundation (2016, 2020, 2021).
             DISSERTATION COMMITTEE WORK:
             2021  External faculty member for a Sam Houston State University’s College of Education 
                   dissertation by Hannah Dietrich. (Registered.)
             2016  External examiner for University of Manchester, UK, doctoral dissertation by Cheryl
                   Holden. Topic: “Persuasion in business networking: The genre.”
             2013              Pre-examiner for the University of Helsinki doctoral dissertation by Maria
                               Frick. Topic: 
                   “Emergent bilingual constructions: Finnish-Estonian code-switching in interaction.” 
             2010  Pre-examiner and opponent for Åbo Akademi University doctoral dissertation by Oana 
                   Varga. Topic: “From women to gender: A diachronic exploration of participant 
                   representation in texts from the United Nations.” 
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