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Joan Clifford CV

Associate Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
Box 90269, Spanish Language Program, Durham, NC 27708-0257
2122 Campus Dr., Room 206, Box 90269, Durham, NC 27708
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Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies · 2022 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Duke Service Learning · 2023 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute · 2013 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published October 31, 2022
New Service-Learning Director Looks To Build Partnerships Between the Curriculum and the Community
Published January 7, 2021
Duke students partner with DPS to deepen language access during COVID-19
Published September 22, 2020
In a time of social distance, student leaders from GANO partner with Spanish service-learning courses to take language classes online

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Recent Publications


SERVICE LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE L2 CURRICULUM

Chapter · January 1, 2025 Service-learning and community-engaged (SLCE) courses offer language students ways to interact with and learn with local communities. SLCE courses offered in world language programming provide key opportunities to develop communicative language competencie ... Full text Cite

Community-based language learning as a transformative practice: An exploration of the modes of communication

Journal Article Foreign Language Annals · September 1, 2022 This study explores transformative learning (TL) in community-based language learning experiences. The fall 2019 study, conducted with 25 undergraduate students enrolled in two advanced language courses with a service-learning component, was designed to id ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Virginia · 1998 Ph.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 1992 M.A.
Washington University in St. Louis · 1989 B.A.