Selected Presentations & Appearances
Transformations of diasporic heritage identities in Canada during the Pandemic: From land-based communities to language-based cybercommunities
· June 23, 2023
International Meeting or Conference
Diasporic Heritage and Identity AHM Annual Conference,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Assessing English Proficiency via Placement Exams
· February 3, 2023
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Consortium on Graduate Communication (CGC) Chat,
Online
Supporting Less-Commonly Taught Language Teaching in North Carolina
- Expanding Language Learning in North Carolina
· 2021
Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium
Duke-UNC Area Studies Centers and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI),
Online
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Investing in Language Education in the 21st Century – Welcome to the Guide
- Annual Conference
· 2021
Invited Talk
German Language Schools Conference,
German Consulate General, New York City
How to Establish a Heritage Language School
- Third International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages
· 2018
International Meeting or Conference
National Heritage Language Resource Center (NHLRC),
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Suitable textbooks for heritage language learners: The Czech experience
· 2016
International Meeting or Conference
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL),
Boston, MA
The role of transnational social spaces in heritage language maintenance
· 2014
International Meeting or Conference
American Education Studies Association (AESA),
Toronto, Canada
What does it take to raise bilingual children? A case of a Central European immigrant mother in the U.S.
· 2012
International Meeting or Conference
American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL),
Boston, MC
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Founder and President
· 2015
Community Development
Czech and Slovak School of NC