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VITA Dr. Zelma D. Mata |
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Course of Study:
Higher Education Administration Course of Study:
Education Course of Study:
Physical Education/Health PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: The ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE: The Position:
Chairperson Position: Chairperson COURSES TAUGHT: Activities KINE 1101 - Aerobic Dance and Exercise KINE 1108 - Body Mechanics KINE 1111 - Folk & Square Dance KINE 1112 - Folklórico Dance KINE 1115 - Jazz & Modern Dance KINE 1116 - Jogging KINE 1121 - Self-Defense KINE 1134 – Physical Conditioning KINE 1164 -
Lifetime Fitness Lecture KINE 1301 - Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science KINE 3314 – Dance for Children and Adolescence KINE 4313 - Seminar in Sports, Dance, and Exercise
Science PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: A. Institutional
Service Club
Sponsorship Intensity
Hip Hop Dance Club, 2004 Sports
Karate Club, 2004 Kinesiology
Club, 1994 – 1995, 2001 (co-sponsor) Grupo
Folklórico Tizatlán, 1993 - present T.S.C.
Folklórico Dance Company, 1987 - 1992 Kinesiology
Club, 1982, 1987, 1994 Jazz
Dance Club, 1985 - 1986 Gymnastic
Club, 1985 - 1986 Spirit
of Fun Club, 1982 Weight
Lifting Club, 1982 Baseball
Booster Club, 1980 - 1983 Committee
Work Kinesiology Complex Planning Committee,
2004 Student Wellness and Recreation
Planning Committee, 2004 State Advisory Council for the UT
System Assessment of Teacher Preparation Programs, 2003 Futures Commission, Student Life
Committee, member, 2003 Student Rec
Crew, Student Affairs, member, 2003 Chancellor’s Award Selection Committee,
2003 CASE Award Selection Committee, member, 2003 Kinesiology Asst. Professor Search,
Chair, 2002 Volleyball Coach Search, Chair, 2002 Baseball Coach Search, member, 2002 Athletic Director Search, member, 2002 Wellness Committee, member, 2002 Sport History Celebration Committee,
member, 2002 Student Union Opening Committee,
member, 2002 Anniversary Week Celebration, member,
2002 Science and Engineering Fair Committee,
member, 2002 to present Search for Dean for the Anniversary Celebration Task Force,
member, 2001 to 2002 Search
for Vice President for Student Affairs, member, 2001 to 2002 The
Legacy Task Force (Disney), member 2000 to present Field
Day Planning Committee, 1999 to present Teach
for School
of Education Elementary Education Committee, 1999 Student
Activities Director Selection Committee, 1999 Access
and Equity Evaluation Committee, 1998 to present ExCET
Task Force, Chair, 1998 Operations
Manager for Athletic Department Search, 1998 Academic
Advisor for the Secondary
Education Search Committee, 1998 Martin
Luther King Celebration Committee, 1998 Americo Paredes Celebration Day
Committee, 1998 Hispanic
Heritage Month, 1997, 1998, to present St.
Mary’s Undergraduate Self Study Committee,
1997 UTB/TSC
75th Anniversary Celebration Committee, 1996 Baseball
Coach Search Committee, 1996 Teacher
Education Committee, 1995 to present Student
Services "Dream Team" Committee, 1995 Advancement
of Women Committee, 1995 - 1996 Access
and Equity Committee, 1995 to present Mr.
Amigo Reception Committee, 1995 to present Posada/Pastorela Committee, 1995 to present T.A.H.P.E.R.D.
Region I Public Relations Steering Committee, chair, 1995 to 2000 Director
of Student Activities Search Committee, 1995 Take
Your Daughters To Work Committee, 1995 Kinesiology
Curriculum Committee, 1993 to present T.A.H.P.E.R.D.
Region I Steering Committee, 1994 Chair,
Kinesiology Department Master's Degree, 1993 Co-Chair,
Kinesiology Department Health Degree, 1993 Teacher
Education Committee, 1992 - present Field-Based
Education Committee, 1993 Athletic
Task Force, 1993 Werner
P. Steinbach Scholarship Committee, 1993 - present Co-Chair,
Personnel Committee, 1992 T.S.C.
Academic Council, 1990 Director,
Field Day, 1987 - present Director,
T.S.C. Wellness Program, 1987 - 1988 Co-Founder
and Aerobics Instructor, T.S.C. Wellness Program, T.S.C.
Faculty Association Social Committee, 1982 - 1984
Special Event/Projects: “4th
Encuentro Cultural,” co-ordinated
event, dance presentation, 2004 BISD
Youth Connection Program, Homeless Children Project, dance presentation, 2004 Folklórico
and Baton Twirling Summer Workshops, UTB/TSC Civic Engagement, Buena Vida
Project, 2004 Salsa and Merengue
Dance Workshop, Maestro Miguel Angel Ruiz, director of the Ballet Folklorico
de Veracruz, organized event, 2004. Southwest Texas State University, “La
Feria de San Marcos National Folklorico Competition, served as judge, 2003 Ballet Folklórico Conjunto de Danzas de
Xalapa, Grupo Musical de Danzas de Xalapa, and Ballet Folklórico de Jose Azueta,
co-ordinated and hosted Brownsville & Los Fresnos tour, 2002 Televisa de México, recorded dance
presentation for T.V. program, presenter, 2002 Photo
session for BISD
Youth Connection Project, dance recital, presenter, 2002 Bailes Escolares Workshop, area
schools, presenter, 2002 Grupo
Folklórico de Porter High School, founder, instructor, 2001 to present Flamenco
Workshops, organizer, 2001 Channel
4 Special Coverage: Charro Days, participant, 2001 Springbreak Folklórico Jalisco
Workshops, organizer, 2001 Bailes Ecolares Workshop for
B.I.S.D., presenter, 2001 Folklórico
Extravaganza Workshop for Fun
Fitness Activities, Catholic Diocese of South Texas, presenter, 2000 UTB/TSC
Wellness Program, folklórico instructor, 1998, 1999 Grupo Folklórico de la
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, mistress of ceremonies, 1998 Grupo
Folklórico Tizatlán Summer Workshop, director/presenter, 1998 Independent
Youth Sport League, co-sponsor, 1996 to present UTB/TSC's
75th Celebration, Chair, Dance Committee,
1996 People
Stories, Grupo Folklórico Tizatlán, participant, 1996, to present Odyssey
of the Mind Regional Competition, 1996 Take
Your Daughter To Work, presenter, 1996 Sombrero
Festival Entertainment Committee, participant/organizer, 1995 to present Boys'
and Girls' Club Summer Dance Program, instructor, 1995 Ballet
Folklórico Tizatlán Dance Workshop, director/presenter, 1995 Kevin
Locke Native American Dancer/Musician-Story Teller Presentation, co-host,
1995 Werner
P. Steinbach Memorial Pington Singles Tournament, participant/organizer, 1995 Werner
P. Steinbach Memorial Pington Doubles Tournament, participant/organizer, 1995 Phelps
& Hollander Photo Session for Charro Days
Exhibit, participant, 1995 Sweat
the Stress ACP Workshop, presenter, 1994 Werner
P. Steinbach Memorial Pington Tournament, participant/organizer, 1994 7 TV XHAB Siguiendo El
Ritmo Program, commercial footage, participant, 1994 Field
Day 1987 - present, Director Werner
P. Steinbach Memorial Pington Tournament, participant/organizer, 1993 Werner
P. Steinbach Bodybuilding Contest, organizer, 1993 Outdoor
Education Workshop, organizer, 1993 T.S.C.
Student Government Field Day, organizer, 1992 T.S.C.
Staff Association Volleyball Tournament, coach, 1988 T.S.C.
Wellness Aerobic Instructor, 1987 – 1984 Boards: Brownsville
Sports Foundation, member, 2003 Texas
Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Aesthetic
Dance, Member, appointed 2002 to present Boys and Girls Club of American,
Board Member, Secretary, 2000 to present American
Heart Association, Board Member, 1999 to 2001 Asociacion Naciónal de
Grupos Folklóricos, Vice President, 1997 to 2000 Asociacion Naciónal de Grupos
Folklóricos, Texas Representative, 1995 to present Texas
Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Region I
Public Affairs, member, 1995 to 2000 St.
Mary’s St.
Mary's B.
Professional Related Community Service Derry
Elementary Project Puente, Mexican Folklorico
Program, teacher mentor, 2004 Porter
High School Grupo Folklórico, consultant, 2004 Charro
and China Competition, served as judge, 2004 Noche
Mexicana, Dance Performance, 2004 “Little
Bit of Mr.
Amigo Reception, Dance Performance, 2004 “Bailes de Mi Tierra,” Dance
Performance, 2004 Salsa,
Merengue and Danzon Workshops
for Hispanic Heritage Month, presenter, 2004 “Desfile de Trajes,” for
Hispanic Heritage Month, coordinator and presenter, 2004 The
National Association for Chicana and Chicano
Studies Tejas FOCO, Dance Performance, 2003 Charro
and China Competition, served as judge, 2003 Mr.
Amigo Reception, Dance Performance, 2003 2nd
Encuentro Cultural at BISD
Youth Connection Homeless Children, Dance Performance, 2003 Noche
Mexicana, Dance Performance, 2003 Little
Bit of Hispanic
Heritage Month, Modeled Costumes, 2003 American
Heart Walk, in charge of sound system, 2002, 2003 Mr.
Amigo Reception, Dance Performance, 2002 Pan
American Round Table, Dance Performance, 2002 Little
Bit of México, Dance Performance, 2002 82
AAA Batallion, Korean War Veterans American
Heart Walk, Committee member, 2001 Brownsville
Association for the Education of Young Children, “Folk Dances from Around the
World”, presenter, 2001 Brownsville
Association for the Education of Young Children, “Bailes
Escolares de México”, presenter, 2001 Mano a Mano Program, Dance Performance, 2001 Jump
Rope For Heart, Committee member, 2001 UTB/TSC Noche Mexicana, Dance
Performance, 2001 Winter Texans Resident’s Club, Dance Performance,
2001 Mr. Amigo Reception, Dance Performance, 2001 Del Castillo Elementary School, Dance Performance,
2001 Pan American Round Table, Dance Performance, 2001 Episcopal Church Regional Conference, 2000 United States Department of Agriculture Southwest
Region Conference, Dance Performance, 2000 International Environmental Society Annual
Conference, Dance Performance, 2000 Jump Rope For Heart Event for B.I.S.D., Committee
member, 2000 Teach for American, Dance Performance, 2000 “Little Bit of Pan American Round Table, Dance Performance, 2000 Mr. Amigo Reception, Dance Performance, 2000 La Plaza Day Care, Dance Performance, 2000 Whispering Palms Nursing Home, Dance
Performance, 2000 10th Annual Para-Educator Conference,
Delivered Opening Remarks, 1999 UTB Binational Conference,
Dance Performance, 1999 UT
Meeting for the Deans for Business, Dance Performance, 1999 Hispanic
Heritage Month, Dance Performance, 1999 United
United
States Department of Agriculture, Dance Performance, 1999 “Technology
Integration in Higher Education, Dance Performance, 1999 “Cancer
Survivors Walk For Life”, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1999 “Taste
of La Frontera”, Folklórico
Dance Performance, 1999 Mr.
Amigo Reception, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1999 “Fiesta
Diabetes”, T.A.H.P.E.R.D.,
“Making a Difference in Physical Education”, Region I Workshop, co-host, 1998 “Dance
Extravaganza Clinics”, Co-host, 1998 Diocese
of Diocese
of Brownsville
Elk’s Lodge, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1998 St.
Luke’s Del
Castillo Elementary School, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1998 Winter
Resident’s Club, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1998 Mr.
Amigo Reception, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1998 Ebony
Convalescent Home, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1998 El
El
La
Feria de Valle Hermoso, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1997 Friends
Association, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1997 Pan
American Round Table, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1997 Brownsville
Winter Resident’s Club, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1997 Mr.
Amigo Reception, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1997 Ebony
Lake Convalescent Home, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1997 El
Sol Convalescent Home, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1997 El
Jardin Convalescent Home, Folklórico Dance
Performance, 1997 16 de Septiembre
Celebration, KIWW 99.5, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1996 Mexican
World, Amigoland Mall, Folklórico Dance
Performance, 1996 Festival Dia de la
Raza, Matamoros, Mexico, Folklórico
Dance Performance, 1996 La Feria de Valle Hermoso,
Folklórico Dance Performance, 1996 Girls
Scouts of Pan
American Round Table, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1996 Mr.
Amigo Reception, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1996 Ebony
Lake Convelescent Home, Folklórico Dance
Performance, 1996 Amigos del Valle,
Folklórico Dance Performance, 1996 T.A.H.P.E.R.D.
Region I Workshop, Director of Event, 1995 UTB/TEEX
General Services Administration Conference, Folklórico Dance Performance,
1995 State
of AT&T
Regional Conference, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1995 T.A.H.P.E.R.D.
Administrator's Summer Conference, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1995 Student
Services Secretaries Round Table, Self-Defense Seminar, Co-presenter, 1995 Texas
Department of Human Services, Self-Defense Seminar, Co-presenter, 1995 Ebony
Lake Convalescent Home, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1995 Mr.
Amigo Reception, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1995 Casa del Sol Adult
Center, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1995 Miss
Casa de Cultura de
Matamoros Desfile de Porristas, Judge, 1994 & 1995 Pan
American Round Table, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1994 T.A.H.P.E.R.D.
Region I Workshop, Director of Event, 1994 UTB/TSC
Crime Prevention Week Workshop, Self-Defense Seminar, Co-presenter, 1994 Sweat
the Stress Workshop, Aerobic Session, Presenter, 1994 Peter
Piper Pizza Grand Opening Fiesta, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1994 B.I.S.D.
40th Class Besteiro Junior High Career Day Presentation, 1994 Ebony
Lake Convalescent Home Folklórico Dance Presentation, 1994 Women's
Self Defense Workshop for Safe Campus Week, Co-presenter, 1994 Sombrero Festival,
Folklórico Dance Performance, 1994 - 1990 Morningside
Elementary Dyslexia Lab, assisted in making creative instructional materials,
1993 Border
Plant Wives, Self-Defense Seminar, Presenter, 1992 Mr.
Amigo Reception, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1992 - 1988 American
Red Cross CPR Clinic, volunteer, 1991 Mr.
Amigo Association, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1991 Longoria
Elementary, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1991 Up
With People, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1990 & 1989 Sunrise
Mall Merchant's Association, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1990 Camille
Lightner Playhouse, Folklórico Dance Performance,
1989 Hidalgo
County Health Department, Self-Defense Workshop, co-presenter, 1989 U.S.S.
Lawrence Naval Vessel, Folklórico Dance Performance, 1989 Sharp
Elementary Faculty, Self-Defense Workshop, Co-presenter, 1989 St.
Mary's Elementary School, Personal Safety Skills for Children Seminar, Co-presenter, 1987 Professional
Women Speak, Self-Defense Workshop, co-presenter, 1982 Scholarly Activity A. Publications "Anglo
and Hispanic Women Administrators' Perceptions of the Conflict Among Their
Multiple Roles As Professional, Spouse, Parent and Self In Selected Higher
Education Institutions In Health
Education Program Proposal, Joint Author, 1993 Master
of Science Program Proposal, Joint Author, 1993 "Self-Perception
of Women Faculty and Administrators Towards Their Roles As Mother, Wife, and
Career," Candidacy Paper, 1992 B.
Presentations The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas
FOCO, Presenter: Strategies for Teaching
Mexican Folklorico Dance,” Annual Conference,
UTB/TSC, 2003 The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas
FOCO, Presenter, “Trajes Regionales de Mexico,” Annual Conference, UTB/TSC, 2003 Brownsville Association for the
Education of Young Children Conference, Presenter: “Mas Bailes de México”, 2002 Texas Association for Health, Physcial Education, Recreation and Dance, presenter,
“Teaching Méxican Folklórico Dance in the
Public Schools,” Annual Conference, American
Educational Research Association, Co-presenter: “Dilemmas in Educator Preparation: The State Mandated Test for Certification
and Accreditaton”, Annual Conference, 5a. Encuentro
Binacional de Educación, “Una Cultura Una Frontera”, Presentation: “El Deporte en la Educación Básica”, Annual
Conference, 1998 "Anglo
and Hispanic Women Administrators' Perceptions of the Conflict Among Their
Multiple Roles as Professional, Spouse, Parent and Self In Selected Higher
Education Institutions In " C. Professional
Development Conferences/Conventions Summer
Institute for Women in Higher Education, Jalisco
and Jalisco
and Tamaulipas
Norte and Huasteca Dance Workshop, National
Intramural, Recreation and Sport Association Annual Conference, Texas
Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance State
Convention, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2001 American
Council on Education, “Chairing the Academic Department Workshop,” Asociación Nacional de
Grupos Folklórico, Board Meeting, Riverside, California, 2001 Asociación Nacional de Grupos
Folklóricos, Annual Conference, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, 2001 American
Association for Higher Education 9th Annual Conference, Asociación Nacional de
Grupos Folklóricos, Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 2000 1999
Fall American
Education Research Association, Annual Conference, State
Board for Educator Certification (SBEC), Oversight Team Update, Asociación Nacional de
Grupos Folklóricos, Annual Conference, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1999 Educator
Preparation Improvement Initiative (EPII) Training, American
Education Research Association, Annual Conference, Asociación Nacional de
Grupos Folklóricos, Annual Conference, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes,
México, 1998 Asociación Nacional de Grupos
Folklóricos, Annual Conference, Kansas City Missouri, 1997 Training
the Trainers: Best Practices in Middle
School Wellness, Asociación Nacional de
Grupos Folklóricos, Annual Conference, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, 1996 Ballet
Folklorico de Estrellas
State Conference, Expanding
Horizons Technology in Physical Education Conference, Asociación Nacional de
Grupos Folklóricos, Annual Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 1994 Texas
Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Elem.&
Sec. Adm. Conference, South Padre Island, 1994 American
Integration
of Technology Across the Curriculum, The
Second Annual Texas Education Agency Curriculum Conference for Physical
Education Teachers, Austin, 1993 Southern
District of the American National
Seminars, Inc., "Assertiveness Skills for Women Managers and
Supervisors," D. Educational
Advancement Earned
an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration under
the Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies Department at the Earned
24 hours in the field of kinesiology above the Master's Degree level and 6
hours outside field, 1980 - 1987 E. Creative
Endeavor Director, “Raices Méxicanas,” Dance
Recital 2002 Director, “Historia de un México
Lindo,” Dance Recital 2002 Director, “Celebrando Lo Nuestro,”
Dance Recital 2000 Director, "Estampas
Méxicanas," Dance Recital, 1992 Director, "Nuestro México,"
Dance Recital, 1991 Director, "Nuestro México,"
Dance Recital, 1990 Director, "Viva México,"
Dance Recital, 1989 F. Grants Brownville Jaycees, Buena Vida Civic
Engagement Project, $250, 2004 President’s Fund, Grupo
Folklórico Tizatlán, $1,200, 2002 Wal-Mart Fund, Grupo Folklórico Tizatlán, $500, 2002
President's Fund, Ballet Folklórico
Tizatlán, $3,760, 1996 Awards Advocate
Award for the Education of Young Children, Recipient, 2002 University
System Chancellor’s Teaching Award, Recipient, 1999 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Disney Customer Service Training Seminar,
Disneyworld, EPII Training, National Seminars, Texas Association for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance, Annual Conventions, 1978 -1998, (Missed five
conventions) Second Annual Texas Education Agency Curriculum
Conference for Physical Educators, 1993 Various Faculty Development Workshops, National Seminars, Assertiveness Skills for Women
Managers and Supervisors, 1989 PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS: Texas Association of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation & Dance, 1995 to present Kappa Delta PI, 1995 - 1996 Asociacion Nacional de Grupos
Folklorico, 1994 to present American The University of National Network of Hispanic Women, 1993 |