Joan Clifford CV

Community Engagement and World Languages: Impact within multiple communities - 2025 Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference · October 2025 International Meeting or Conference Roanoke, VA

Community-based Learning and Place-based Learning - Instructional Innovation Workshop · May 2025 Keynote/Named Lecture Yale U

Languages of Sustainability in Spanish Service-Learning Courses - Languages of Sustainability Symposium · April 2025 International Meeting or Conference Duke U

Navigating New Frontiers: Opportunities and Challenges in Community Conversation - Duke Center for Community Engagement Launch · February 2025 Invited Talk Duke U

Leveraging VALUEs to Assess Student Learning in SLCE Courses - International Association for Research on Service- Learning and Civic Engagement 2024 Conference · October 2024 International Meeting or Conference International Association for Research on Service- Learning and Civic Engagement, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

Volunteer Education: Beyond Leading - Duke Alumni Forever Learning Institute · April 2024 Invited Talk Duke U

Applied Research and Classroom-Based Innovation - Duke Learning Innovation and Lifetime Education · April 2024 Invited Talk Duke U

Alignment, Intentions, and Reciprocal Relationships in Community-University Partnerships - International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement 2023 Conference · October 2023 International Meeting or Conference Tulane University, New Orleans

Transformative Learning through Community-based Language Learning - International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement 2023 Conference · October 2023 International Meeting or Conference Tulane University, New Orleans

Community-Based Learning Outcomes: Positioning Language Students for Success - Maximizing Learners’ Career Readiness in Language Programs · September 2023 Invited Talk Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy, Webinar

Are Our Intentions Clear? Surveying Engagement for Social Change - 2023 Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference · February 2023 International Meeting or Conference NC Campus Engagement, High Point University

Interdisciplinary Teams and International Immersive Health Outreach: What Happens? - NC/CLAS 2023 · February 2023 International Meeting or Conference Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Duke University

Celebrating Latinx Culture with a Spanish Reading Program - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2022 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo · November 2022 International Meeting or Conference ACTFL, Boston

Identifying Transformative Learning Experiences in Community-Based Language Learning - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2022 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo · November 2022 International Meeting or Conference ACTFL, Boston

Sustaining Faculty and Student Engagement through Communities of Practice - 2022 Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement (PACE) Conference · February 2022 International Meeting or Conference NC Campus Compact, Online

Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning with Refugee/Immigrant Communities - Third Annual Shifting Worlds Symposium · November 2021 International Meeting or Conference UNC-Greensboro Center for New North Carolinians, Online

Communities of Practice as a tool for deepening the quality and impact of SLCE - International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement 2021 Virtual Gathering · November 2021 International Meeting or Conference IARSLCE, Online

Leveraging University-Community Partnerships to Sustain and Expand Durham Latinx Engagement - Third Annual Shifting Worlds Symposium · November 2021 International Meeting or Conference UNC-Greensboro Center for New North Carolinians, Online

Building Critical Consciousness and Transforming Attitudes - The Sixth Annual Global Education and Liberal Arts Conference: Language, Identity, and Global Learning: The Values of Multilingualism · October 2021 Keynote/Named Lecture Wesleyan University, Online

Ways to Integrate Global Health into World Language Curriculum - 103rd Annual American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese Conference · July 2021 International Meeting or Conference AATSP, Atlanta

Fostering Transformative Learning in Community-Engaged Courses. Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting. Online. - Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting · January 2021 International Meeting or Conference American Colleges and Universities, Online

co-presenter Deb Reisinger

Community-Based Learning During a Pandemic - Books for a Better World · November 19, 2020 Other Georgetown UP, audio podcast

co-presenter Deb Reisinger

Community-Based Language Learning - Romance Studies Department Faculty Colloquium · November 2020 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Duke University, Duke University

co-presenter Deb Reisinger

Transportation of Engaged Students: An Urgent issue of Equity - Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference · February 2020 International Meeting or Conference NC Campus Compact, Elon University

co-presenters David Malone and Kimmie Garner

Community-based Language Learning as a Critical Pedagogy - Language Educators Symposium · December 2019 Keynote/Named Lecture University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania

co-presenter Deb Reisinger

Story Circles in a Community-Based Health Project - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2019 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo · November 2019 International Meeting or Conference American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Washington D.C.

Assessing Student Learning in Community-based Language Courses - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2019 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo · November 2019 International Meeting or Conference American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Washington D.C.

co-presenter Deb Reisinger

Designing and Assessing a Global Health and Language Curriculum - 6th Global Service Learning Summit · October 2019 International Meeting or Conference Global Service Learning, Clemson University

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 · October 2019 International Meeting or Conference International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, Albuquerque, NM

Integrating Medical Spanish and Health Humanities into the Spanish Curriculum - 2019 Modern Language Association Annual Convention · January 2019 International Meeting or Conference Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL

Community-based Language Learning: A Conversation with Joan Clifford and Deb Reisinger · November 2018 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Forum for Scholars and Publics, Duke University

Community-based Language Learning - Webinar for the Critical and Social Justice Approaches Special Interest Group · November 2018 International Meeting or Conference American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Community-based Language Learning: Creating Partnerships - Global Engagement and Spaces of Practice: Global Challenges Across Disciplinary Boundaries Conference · October 2018 International Meeting or Conference Association of American Colleges and Universities, Seattle, WA

Guided Conversation Tool for Reflecting on Justice in Service-Learning Courses - Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference · February 2018 International Meeting or Conference NC Campus Compact, Elon University

Transformative Dissonance in Community-Based Learning - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2017 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo · November 2017 International Meeting or Conference American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Nashville, TN

Webinar: Tips for Research Papers - Learning through Languages High School Research Symposium · October 2017 Other Duke University, Durham, NC

Perceptions Matter: College Students’ Characterizations of Approaches to Community Engagement - International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement 2017 Conference · September 2017 International Meeting or Conference International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement , Galway, Ireland

Partnerships for Literacy. Let’s Talk Relationships, Research, and Results - Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures Symposium · April 2017 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium U. of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Working in Solidarity with Language Communities - Gulf South Summit · March 2017 International Meeting or Conference NC Campus Compact and Gulf South Summit, Greensboro, NC

Student Perceptions of Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship - Social Change Forum “Social Innovation and Community Engagement in Higher Education: Sharing Lessons, Cultivating Collaborations” · February 2017 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Duke University, Durham, NC

Exploring Language, Culture & Health Using Innovative Technologies - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2016 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo · November 2016 International Meeting or Conference American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, MA

Connecting Communities through Videoconferencing - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2016 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo · November 2016 International Meeting or Conference American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, MA

Connecting Students to Native Speakers through Technology - Foreign Language Association of North Carolina Fifth Annual Conference · October 2016 International Meeting or Conference Foreign Language Association of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC

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 · September 2016 International Meeting or Conference International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement , New Orleans, LA

Keeping Up with the Times: Changing Perceptions and Outcomes of Community-Engaged Learning - Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning · April 2016 International Meeting or Conference Gulf South Summit, Savannah, GA

Engaging Faculty through Faculty Writing Groups - Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference · February 2016 International Meeting or Conference NC Campus Compact, High Point University, NC

The Changing Perceptions of Millennials: Emerging Views of Service-Learning and Community Engagement - International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Conference · November 2015 International Meeting or Conference International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement , Boston, MA

Building Community Conversations - Duke U Center for Instructional Technology Showcase 2015 · October 2015 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Duke University, Durham, NC

Intersections of Social Entrepreneurship and Service-Learning - Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference · October 2015 International Meeting or Conference NC Campus Compact, Elon University

Knowledge in the Service of Society: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning through Community - UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Annual Conference · February 2015 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Duke University, Durham, NC

Building Intercultural Competence through Community-based Learning - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2014 Annual Conference and World Languages Expo · November 2014 International Meeting or Conference American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Antonio, TX

CLAC in the Global Health Curriculum - Fourth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence · January 2014 International Meeting or Conference Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language & Literacy, Tucson, AZ

Pre and Post Program Pedagogies for Worldview Literacy · November 16, 2013 Lecture WISE Conference, Wake Forest University

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 · November 5, 2013 International Meeting or Conference International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement , Omaha, Nebraska

Innovation through Collaboration: New Initiatives in CLAC - Seventh Annual Conference on Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum · September 1, 2013 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum, Richmond, VA

Shaping Knowledge, Building Perspectives · March 1, 2013 Lecture Duke University

The Elephant in the Room: Machine Translation in the Duke Foreign Language Classroom · February 1, 2013 Lecture Duke University

Machine Translation: The Elephant in the Room · November 18, 2012 Lecture American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention, Philadelphia

The Impact of Self-Reflection in Oral Production · November 17, 2012 Lecture American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention, Philadelphia

Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement: Learning how to teach intercultural competence - WISE Conference · November 16, 2012 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium Wake Forest University, Wake Forest, NC

Now what? Moving forward with connecting civic engagement to the curriculum · October 24, 2012 Lecture Duke University Service-Learning Program Workshop

Engaging in Critical Thinking: Service and SLA · October 15, 2011 Lecture 45th Annual Conference of Foreign Language Association of North Carolina, Winston-Salem.

The Process of Writing in an Era of Machine Translation and ‘Cut and Paste’ · July 6, 2011 Lecture 93rd Annual Conference of American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Washington, DC

Working with the Latino Community: A Case Study at Duke University · March 4, 2011 Lecture Ninth Annual Gulf-South Summit on Service-learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education, Roanoke, VA

Integrating Undergraduate Research and Service-Learning: Promising Models · November 11, 2010 Lecture Association of American Colleges and Universities Conference "Creativity, Inquiry, and Discovery: Undergraduate Research In and Across the Disciplines."

Assessing Students for a Global Community · November 2, 2010 Lecture Duke University

“Technology Application for Self-assessment” · April 30, 2010 Lecture Center for Instructional Technology Showcase, Duke University

Development of L2 Discourse in Podcasts · November 1, 2009 Lecture American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2009 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. San Diego, CA.

“Spanish Service-Learning and the Mariposa Stories Project at Duke University” · April 1, 2009 Lecture Language of Service and Community Symposium, Rollins College, FL.

Spanish Service-Learning and the Mariposa Stories Project at Duke University - Language of Service and Community Symposium · April 1, 2009 Invited Talk Rollins College, FL

Invited Talk; Bonnie McManus

“Perceptions and Expectations of Feedback by Students and Instructors: A Case Study in Advanced Spanish Writing” · April 1, 2009 Lecture Northwestern University 2009 Language Symposium

Best Practices in Assessment in Spanish Service-Learning Courses at Duke University · February 1, 2009 Lecture NC Campus Compact Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference, Elon University

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Bass Connections Team Leader - Celebra mi herencia: A Spanish Reading Program · 2023 - 2024 Projects & Field Work flag

North Carolina

Bass Connections Team Leader - Celebrating Latinx Culture with a Spanish Reading Program · 2021 - 2023 Projects & Field Work flag

North Carolina Education & Human Development located in Durham, North Carolina

DukeEngage in Ecuador Faculty Fellow - Promoting public health and human services · June 2017 - August 2017 Service Learning DukeEngage, Guayaquil, Ecuador flag

Ecuador

DukeEngage in Tucson Faculty Fellow - DukeEngage · 2017 - 2018 Service Learning Borderlinks, Tucson, AZ flag

Arizona

DukeEngage in Argentina Faculty Fellow - DukeEngage · May 2016 - July 2016 Service Learning International Service-Learning Programs, Salta, Argentina flag

Argentina

DukeEngage in Miami Program Director - Strengthening immigrant communities and promoting social justice · 2013 - 2018 Service Learning DukeEngage, Miami, FL flag

United States of America

Service to the Profession

Vice Chair - Critical and Social Justice Approaches Special Interest Group · 2021 - 2023 Event/Organization Administration American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Chair - NC Campus Compact Advisory Council · 2018 - 2021 Committee Service NC Campus Compact

Secretary - Critical and Social Justice Approaches Special Interest Group · 2017 - 2020 Committee Service American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Service to Duke

Assessment Committee (Department) · 2019 - 2021 Committee Service Romance Studies

Arts & Sciences Council Romance Studies Representative (School) · 2018 - 2021 Committee Service

Arts & Sciences Council Romance Studies Alternate (School) · 2017 - 2018 Committee Service Arts & Sciences Council, Duke U

University Council on Civic Engagement (University) · 2017 - 2018 Committee Service Duke Office of Civic Engagement, Duke U

Tutoring & Academic Support Oversight Committee (University) · 2016 - 2021 Committee Service The Student-Athlete Support Services Program, Duke U

Arts & Sciences Council Assessment Committee (School) · 2016 - 2019 Committee Service Arts & Sciences Council, Duke U

Desarrolla Advisory Board (Student Organization) · 2016 - 2018 Committee Service Desarrolla, Duke U

Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum Advisory Board (School) · 2015 - 2021 Committee Service Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum, Duke U

Romance Studies Teaching Evaluation Criteria Committee (Department) · 2015 - 2017 Committee Service Romance Studies, Duke U

Romance Studies Global Education Committee (Department) · 2014 - 2021 Committee Service Romance Studies, Duke U

Duke U Council of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Consortium) · 2006 - 2021 Committee Service Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Duke U

Faculty Advisor . GANO Student Organization · 2006 - 2021 Event/Organization Administration GANO, Duke U