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Jorge Ernesto Clavo Abbass

Jorge Ernesto Clavo Abbass

Jorge Ernesto Clavo Abbass

Ph.D. Candidate / Max Kade Dissertation Fellow (2025-26)

clavoabbass.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu

492 Hagerty Hall

Education 

The Ohio State University, Ph.D., in progress
Germanic Languages and Literatures spec. Applied Linguistics
Dissertation Topic – Instructor English Ideologies and Practices in the Undergraduate German L2 Classroom: How, When, and Why?

The Ohio State University, M.A., 2021
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Exam Topic – Dritter Raum: A Case Study of Postcolonial Subjectivity in Contemporary Austrian Literature

The University of Chicago, A.B. with General Honors, 2019
Germanic Studies, Minor in Human Rights
Thesis – Sieben Rosen: Auffinden der Kanarischen Inseln im germanischen Kulturbild 

 

Research Interests

  • Applied Linguistics
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • L1 use in the L2 classroom
  • Code-switching, language mixing, and translanguaging

 

Courses Taught 

as Instructor (GTA appointment)

GER 1101.01 – SP22
GER 1102.01 – AU19, SP20, SP21, AU21
GER 1102.02 – SU24
GER 1103.01 – AU20, AU24
GER 1101.61, 1102.61, 1103.61 (German Self-Paced) – SU21

as Grader

GER 3252.02 – The Holocaust in German Literature and Film – SU20
 

University Service

University Senate
2024 – present: Rules Committee
2022 – 2024: Chair, Graduate Student Compensation and Benefits Committee (GCBC)
2022 – 2024: Member ex officio, Steering Committee
2022 – 2024: Member ex officio, Faculty Cabinet
2022 – 2024: Observer, Faculty Council
2022: Member, Allocations Committee, Council on Student Affairs (CSA)

Council of Graduate Students (CGS)
2024 – present: Senator
2022 – 2024: President (50% Graduate Associate appointment, Office of Student Life)
2022 – 2024: Chair ex officio, Executive Committee, CGS
2022 – 2024: Member ex officio, Graduate Council, The Graduate School
2023 – 2024: Search Committee, Provost and Executive Vice President, Office of Academic Affairs
2022 – 2024: University Advisory Subcommittee, Presidential Search Committee, Board of Trustees
2023: Interviewer, Search Committee, Associate Vice President for Health and Wellbeing, Office of Student Life
2023: Interviewer, Search Committee, Vice Provost for International Affairs, Office of International Affairs (OIA)
2023: Interviewer, Search Committee, Associate Dean for Excellence in Graduate and Postdoctoral Training, The Graduate School
2023: Search Committee, Vice Provost of Diversity & Inclusion, Office of Diversity & Inclusion (ODI)
2023: Free Speech Policy Advisory Group, Office of Academic Affairs
2023: Framework 3.0 Scenario Planning: Planning, Architecture, and Real Estate (PARE)
2022 – present: Member, Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), Department of Public Safety (DPS)
2022 – present: Member, Alcohol and Other Drugs Policy Committee, Office of Student Life
2022: Member, Doctoral Funding Task Force, Office of Academic Affairs (OAA)
2022: Judge, Ray Travel Award, CGS
2021 – 2022: Delegate, Germanic Languages & Literatures
2022: Interviewer, Search Committee, Dean of the Graduate School
2021 – 2022: Graduate Student Member, Graduate Council, The Graduate School
2021 – 2022: Member, University Conduct Board, Office of Student Life
2021 – 2022: Internal Committee Member, International Student Affairs
2019 – 2020: Delegate, Germanic Languages & Literatures
2019 – 2020: Internal Committee Member, Diversity and Inclusion
2019 – 2020: Internal Committee Member, Ray Travel Award

Germanic Graduate Students Association (GGSA)
2021 – present: Graduate Representative to the Departmental Council
2021 – 2022: Treasurer
2021 – 2022: Organizing Committee, 14th Annual GGSA Conference
2019 – 2021: Graduate Representative to the Undergraduate Scheduling Committee

Migration and Global Mediterranean Forum
2019 – 2020: Vice-President 

 

Conferences and Presentations

“Instructor English Ideologies and Practices in the Undergraduate German L2 Classroom: How, When, and Why?”
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Convention.
Philadelphia, forthcoming.

Written and Oral Testimony in Opposition to HB151/SB83, Higher Education Committee, Ohio House of Representatives, May 2023.

“Penalising Queerness: The Lasting Impact of § 175 StGB.” 
Becoming Visible: 12th Germanic Graduate Students Association Conference. 
The Ohio State University, January 2020.

 

Relevant Experience 

Government of Spain – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation – Permanent Mission of Spain to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Vienna, Austria, Summer 2018
Collaborator in the 1st and 2nd Dimensions (Politico-Military and Economic-Environmental)

Universität Wien
Vienna, Austria, Autumn 2017
Exchange Student, Faculty of History
Schlussarbeit – Das politische System Österreichs: Wirkung, Ergänzung von Kompetenzen und Beziehung zur Europäischen Union

 

Professional Affiliations

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
Delta Phi Alpha