Joan Clifford
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies
Current Research Interests
Community-based Language Learning, Intercultural Communicative Competence, Service-Learning, Instructional Technology in L2 Acquisition
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies, Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015
- Director of Community-Based Language Initiative, Service Learning Program, Education 2018
- Affiliate in Latino/a Studies of the Global South, Latino Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2009
- Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2013
Contact Information
- 2122 Campus Dr., Room 206, Box 90269, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90269, Spanish Language Program, Durham, NC 27708-0257
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jcliffor@duke.edu
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Languages in Durham
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Virginia 1998
- M.A., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1992
- B.A., Washington University in St. Louis 1989
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Duke Appointment History
- Lecturer, Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008 - 2015
- Director of Community-Based Language Initiatives in Service-Learning, Service Learning Program, Education 2014 - 2015
- Recognition
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In the News
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JAN 7, 2021 Duke Service-Learning -
SEP 22, 2020 Duke Service-Learning -
SEP 15, 2020 WRAL.com -
OCT 30, 2018 -
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JAN 30, 2015 -
FEB 21, 2012
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Awards & Honors
- Dean’s Leadership Award: Spanish Civic Engagement Initiatives. Duke University. 2014
- Jumpstart Grant. Office of Instructional Technology. 2014
- The Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Grant Award . Duke University. 2014
- Thompson Writing Program Grant for Research on Machine Translation. Thompson Writing Program. November 2013
- Course Development Award. Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South. November 2012
- Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award. Duke U. Program in Service-Learning. 2012
- Study Abroad Site Exploration Grant. Global Education Office. June 2011
- DukeEngage Site Exploration Grant. DukeEngage. July 2010
- Faculty Fellowship in Oral Assignments. Center for Instructional Technology. January 2010
- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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Teaching
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- Research
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Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Celebrating Latinx Culture: A Spanish Reading Program awarded by Bass Connections 2021 - 2022
- Center for New North Carolinians Fellows awarded by Center for New North Carolinians 2020 - 2021
- Transformative Learning: A Shared Intellectual Interest across the University awarded by Intellectual Community Planning Grant 2019 - 2021
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Clifford, Joan, and Deborah S. Reisinger. Community-Based Language Learning A Framework for Educators, 2018.
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Academic Articles
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Clifford, Joan, Dane Emmerling, David Malone, Nina Hamilton, and Evan Widney. “Seeing Community Engagement as We Are: Student Perceptions of Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship Education.” International Journal of Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement 8, no. 1 (2020). https://doi.org/10.37333/001c.18735.Full Text
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Clifford, J. “Talking about service-learning: Product or process? Reciprocity or solidarity?” Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 21, no. 4 (January 1, 2017): 7–20.
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Reisinger, D., and J. Clifford. “Transforming Learners through Intercultural Competence.” The Language Educator, 2015, 70–73.
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Merschel, L. M., Deb Reisinger, and Joan Clifford. “Meeting the Challenges of Machine Translation.” The Language Educator 8 (October 2013).
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Merschel, L. M., Joan Clifford, and Joan Munné. “Surveying the Landscape: What is the Role of Machine Translation in Language Learning?” @Tic Revista D’Innovació Educativa, 2013.
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Clifford, J. E., Deb Reisinger, and Samantha Earp. “Course Management Systems and Foreign Language Curricula: The Case of Blackboard at Duke University.” Edited by Lara Lomika and Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz I Teaching with Technology (2004): 2–8.
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Clifford, J. E. “The Female Bildungsromane of Beatriz Guido.” Hispanofila, no. 132 (March 2001): 125–39.
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Clifford, Joan. “Adolfo Bioy Casares.” Edited by Noelle Watson, 1994.
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Clifford, Joan. “A Letter About Emily.” Edited by Noelle Watson, 1994.
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Clifford, Joan. “Pedro Shimose.” Edited by Maria A. Salgado, n.d.
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Book Sections
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Clifford, Joan. “Building critical consciousness through community-based language learning and global health.” In Reimagining World Languages Education: Equity, Access, and Social Justice, edited by Beth Wassell and Cassandra Glynn. UK: Multilingual Matters, 2021.
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Clifford, Joan, David Malone, Dane Emmerling, Amy Anderson, and Evan Widney. “An Exploratory Study of Student Perceptions of Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship.” In Connecting Civic Engagement and Social Innovation Toward Higher Education’s Democratic Promise, edited by Amanda Moore McBride and Eric Mlyn. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2020.
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Reisinger, D., J. Clifford, D. Deardorff, and K. Whetten. “Cultures and languages across the curriculum in global health: New curricular pathways toward internationalization.” In Critical Perspectives on Internationalising the Curriculum in Disciplines: Reflective Narrative Accounts from Business, Education and Health, 261–74, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-085-7_20.Full Text
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Clifford, J. E., S. Earp, and D. Reisinger. “Course Management Systems and Foreign Language Curricula: The Case of Blackboard at Duke University.” In The Heinle Professional Series in Language Instruction, edited by L. Lomika and J. Cooke-Plagwitz, 2–8. Heinle, 2003.
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Clifford, Joan. “Pedro Shimose.” In Dictionary of Literary Biography, edited by Maria A. Salgado. Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2003.
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Clifford, Joan. “Adolfo Bioy Casares.” In Reference Guide to Short Fiction, edited by Noelle Watson. St James Press, 1994.
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Clifford, Joan. “A Letter About Emily.” In Reference Guide to Short Fiction, edited by Noelle Watson. St James Press, 1994.
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Other Articles
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Mueller, Elise. “The Elephant in the Room: Machine Translation in the Language Classroom,” 2013.
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Clifford, Joan, and et al. “Voices from the Latino Community in North Carolina,” 2005.
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Clifford, Joan. “Textos en contexto: Literatura hispanoamericana en multimedia by Julia Van Loan.” The Reading Matrix: An International on Line Journal, June 2002.
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Digital Publications
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Clifford, Joan, and Deb Reisinger. “Community-Based Learning During a Pandemic.” Georgetown University Press, November 19, 2020.Link to Item
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Clifford, Joan, and Jennifer Ahern Dodson. “Shifting Perspectives: When Teachers Are Learners.” Duke Learning Innovation, July 30, 2020.Link to Item
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Reisinger, Deb, and Joan Clifford. “Shaping Multilingual Global Citizens,” October 8, 2018.Link to Item
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“Borders Beyond the Border: Latino/a Voices in Duke, Durham, and Beyond.” The Forum for Scholars and Publics, 2017.
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Clifford, Joan. “Collaboration X-Change.” Duke Civic Engagement, February 29, 2016.
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Artistic Works & Non-Print Media
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Digital Media
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- GLHLTH 326-1: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community: Service Learning 2021
- LSGS 306-1: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community: Service Learning 2021
- SPANISH 306-1: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community: Service Learning 2021
- SPANISH 493: Research Independent Study 2021
- CULANTH 306: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community 2020
- EDUC 307S: Issues of Education and Immigration 2020
- GLHLTH 326: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community 2020
- LSGS 306: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community 2020
- LSGS 307S: Issues of Education and Immigration 2020
- SPANISH 101: Elementary Spanish 1 2020
- SPANISH 306: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community 2020
- SPANISH 307S: Issues of Education and Immigration 2020
- SPANISH 496: Honors Thesis 2020
- CULANTH 306: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community 2019
- GLHLTH 326: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community 2019
- I&E 315A: Language and Culture of Entrepreneurship in Latin America 2019
- LSGS 306: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community 2019
- SPANISH 306: Health, Culture, and the Latino Community 2019
- SPANISH 315A: Language and Culture of Entrepreneurship in Latin America 2019
- SPANISH 493: Research Independent Study 2019
- SPANISH 496: Honors Thesis 2019
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Advising & Mentoring
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Spanish majors and minors
Student Organizations: GANO Faculty Advisor
Students interested in service-learning courses, global education opportunities, and DukeEngage
Faculty interested in service-learning, community-based language learning
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Spanish majors and minors
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Teaching Activities
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Since 2017 I have partnered with the Durham County Public Health Department to assist their implementation and dissemination of results for the Community Health Assessment to the Durham Spanish-speaking community and in the development of the Sugar Smart Durham campaign.
From 2016-2018 I partnered with an editor from the Raleigh-based Spanish-language newspaper Que Pasa and a journalist from the Charlotte-based Spanish-language newspaper Mundo Hispánico to develop and publish articles written by undergraduate students.
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Since 2017 I have partnered with the Durham County Public Health Department to assist their implementation and dissemination of results for the Community Health Assessment to the Durham Spanish-speaking community and in the development of the Sugar Smart Durham campaign.
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Fostering Transformative Learning in Community-Engaged Courses. Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting. Online.. Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting. American Colleges and Universities. January 2021 2021
- Community-Based Learning During a Pandemic. Books for a Better World. Georgetown UP. November 19, 2020 2020
- Community-Based Language Learning. Romance Studies Department Faculty Colloquium. Duke University. November 2020 2020
- Transportation of Engaged Students: An Urgent issue of Equity. Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference. NC Campus Compact. February 2020 2020
- Community-based Language Learning as a Critical Pedagogy. Language Educators Symposium. University of Pennsylvania. December 2019 2019
- Assessing Student Learning in Community-based Language Courses. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2019 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. November 2019 2019
- Story Circles in a Community-Based Health Project. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2019 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo . American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. November 2019 2019
- Border Crossings: Designing an Assessment Tool to Bridge Multilingual Students, Faculty, and Staff. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement 2019 Conference. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement. October 2019 2019
- Designing and Assessing a Global Health and Language Curriculum. 6th Global Service Learning Summit. Global Service Learning. October 2019 2019
- Integrating Medical Spanish and Health Humanities into the Spanish Curriculum. 2019 Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Modern Language Association. January 2019 2019
- Community-based Language Learning. Webinar for the Critical and Social Justice Approaches Special Interest Group. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. November 2018 2018
- Community-based Language Learning: A Conversation with Joan Clifford and Deb Reisinger. Forum for Scholars and Publics. November 2018 2018
- Community-based Language Learning: Creating Partnerships. Global Engagement and Spaces of Practice: Global Challenges Across Disciplinary Boundaries Conference. Association of American Colleges and Universities. October 2018 2018
- Guided Conversation Tool for Reflecting on Justice in Service-Learning Courses. Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference. NC Campus Compact. February 2018 2018
- Transformative Dissonance in Community-Based Learning. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2017 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. November 2017 2017
- Webinar: Tips for Research Papers. Learning through Languages High School Research Symposium . Duke University. October 2017 2017
- Perceptions Matter: College Students’ Characterizations of Approaches to Community Engagement. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement 2017 Conference. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement . September 2017 2017
- Partnerships for Literacy. Let’s Talk Relationships, Research, and Results. Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures Symposium. U. of Notre Dame. April 2017 2017
- Working in Solidarity with Language Communities. Gulf South Summit. NC Campus Compact and Gulf South Summit. March 2017 2017
- Student Perceptions of Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship. Social Change Forum “Social Innovation and Community Engagement in Higher Education: Sharing Lessons, Cultivating Collaborations”. Duke University. February 2017 2017
- Connecting Communities through Videoconferencing. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2016 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. November 2016 2016
- Exploring Language, Culture & Health Using Innovative Technologies. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2016 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. November 2016 2016
- Connecting Students to Native Speakers through Technology. Foreign Language Association of North Carolina Fifth Annual Conference. Foreign Language Association of North Carolina. October 2016 2016
- No Longer the New Kid on the Block: Student Perceptions of Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement 2016 Conference. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement . September 2016 2016
- Keeping Up with the Times: Changing Perceptions and Outcomes of Community-Engaged Learning. Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning. Gulf South Summit. April 2016 2016
- Engaging Faculty through Faculty Writing Groups. Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference. NC Campus Compact. February 2016 2016
- The Changing Perceptions of Millennials: Emerging Views of Service-Learning and Community Engagement. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Conference. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement . November 2015 2015
- Building Community Conversations. Duke U Center for Instructional Technology Showcase 2015. Duke University. October 2015 2015
- Intersections of Social Entrepreneurship and Service-Learning. Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference. NC Campus Compact. October 2015 2015
- Knowledge in the Service of Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning through Community. UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Annual Conference. Duke University. February 2015 2015
- Building Intercultural Competence through Community-based Learning. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2014 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. November 2014 2014
- CLAC in the Global Health Curriculum. Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence. Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy. January 2014 2014
- Pre and Post Program Pedagogies for Worldview Literacy. November 16, 2013 2013
- Transcripts to Lifescripts: What to Say to your College President When Asked: What’s the Value-added of Service-Learning and Community Engagement?. 13th Annual International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Conference. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement . November 5, 2013 2013
- Innovation through Collaboration: New Initiatives in CLAC. Seventh Annual Conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum. Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum. September 1, 2013 2013
- Shaping Knowledge, Building Perspectives. March 1, 2013 2013
- The Elephant in the Room: Machine Translation in the Duke Foreign Language Classroom. February 1, 2013 2013
- Machine Translation: The Elephant in the Room. November 18, 2012 2012
- The Impact of Self-Reflection in Oral Production. November 17, 2012 2012
- Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement: Learning how to teach intercultural competence. WISE Conference. Wake Forest University. November 16, 2012 2012
- Now what? Moving forward with connecting civic engagement to the curriculum. October 24, 2012 2012
- Engaging in Critical Thinking: Service and SLA. October 15, 2011 2011
- The Process of Writing in an Era of Machine Translation and ‘Cut and Paste’. July 6, 2011 2011
- Working with the Latino Community: A Case Study at Duke University. March 4, 2011 2011
- Integrating Undergraduate Research and Service-Learning: Promising Models. November 11, 2010 2010
- Assessing Students for a Global Community. November 2, 2010 2010
- “Technology Application for Self-assessment”. April 30, 2010 2010
- Development of L2 Discourse in Podcasts. November 1, 2009 2009
- Spanish Service-Learning and the Mariposa Stories Project at Duke University. Language of Service and Community Symposium. April 1, 2009 2009
- “Perceptions and Expectations of Feedback by Students and Instructors: A Case Study in Advanced Spanish Writing”. April 1, 2009 2009
- “Spanish Service-Learning and the Mariposa Stories Project at Duke University”. April 1, 2009 2009
- Best Practices in Assessment in Spanish Service-Learning Courses at Duke University. February 1, 2009 2009
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- DukeEngage in Ecuador Faculty Fellow. Promoting public health and human services. DukeEngage. June 2017 - August 2017 2017
- DukeEngage in Tucson Faculty Fellow. DukeEngage. Borderlinks. 2017 - 2018 2017 - 2018
- DukeEngage in Argentina Faculty Fellow. DukeEngage. International Service-Learning Programs. May 2016 - July 2016 2016
- DukeEngage in Miami Program Director. Strengthening immigrant communities and promoting social justice. DukeEngage. 2013 - 2018 2013 - 2018
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Service to the Profession
- Vice Chair. Critical and Social Justice Approaches Special Interest Group. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 2021 - 2023 2021 - 2023
- Chair. NC Campus Compact Advisory Council. NC Campus Compact. 2018 - 2021 2018 - 2021
- Secretary. Critical and Social Justice Approaches Special Interest Group. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 2017 - 2020 2017 - 2020
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Service to Duke
- Romance Studies. Assessment Committee. 2019 - 2021 2019 - 2021
- Arts & Sciences Council Romance Studies Representative. 2018 - 2021 2018 - 2021
- Arts & Sciences Council. Arts & Sciences Council Romance Studies Alternate. 2017 - 2018 2017 - 2018
- Duke Office of Civic Engagement. University Council on Civic Engagement . 2017 - 2018 2017 - 2018
- Arts & Sciences Council. Arts & Sciences Council Assessment Committee. 2016 - 2019 2016 - 2019
- Desarrolla. Desarrolla Advisory Board. 2016 - 2018 2016 - 2018
- The Student-Athlete Support Services Program. Tutoring & Academic Support Oversight Committee. 2016 - 2021 2016 - 2021
- Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum. Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Advisory Board . 2015 - 2021 2015 - 2021
- Romance Studies. Romance Studies Teaching Evaluation Criteria Committee. 2015 - 2017 2015 - 2017
- Romance Studies. Romance Studies Global Education Committee. 2014 - 2021 2014 - 2021
- Faculty Advisor. GANO Student Organization. GANO. 2006 - 2021 2006 - 2021
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Duke U Council of Latin American and Caribbean Studies . 2006 - 2021 2006 - 2021
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