Selected Presentations & Appearances
with Joan Munné and Melissa Simmermeyer
with Joan Munné, Liliana Paredes
Invited talk with Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes. Webinar hosted by Difusión Professional Development Series
Invited talk to ROMST 700 students, with Della Chambless
with Joan Munné and Melissa Simmermeyer
with Joan Munné, Liliana Paredes
Invited talk with Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes. Webinar hosted by Difusión Professional Development Series
Invited talk to ROMST 700 students, with Della Chambless
With Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes
with Mattia Begali and Deb Reisinger via Zoom. Hosted by Martin Eisner, Chair of Romance Studies
With Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes
With Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes
with Rebecca Ewing, Mar Gutiérrez, Bethzaida Fernández, and María Romero
Invited Talk by Learning Innovation to provide advice to new faculty
with Joan Munné, Liliana Paredes
with Joan Clifford, Joan Munné, Liliana Paredes
Presented a survey on Boomalang, a videochat tool used by my elementary Spanish class in Fall 2015.
with Deb Reisinger and Joan Munné (2014)
Invited Lecture. Joan Clifford, Lisa Merschel, Joan Munné ; Gave a talk to the Romance Studies instructors during orientation regarding our research on Machine Translation.
46th International Congress on Medieval Studies
“The Process of Writing in an Era of Machine Translation and Cut and Paste” with Joan Clifford and Joan Munné at the 93rdAmerican Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP). Washington D.C. (July 2011) Reprised at Duke (August 2011) An article featuring our work on Machine Translation appeared in Duke Today: http://today.duke.edu/2011/10/translation
Invited to talk about my use of WordPress with faculty.
“WordPress in the Spanish Language Classroom.” Duke University Center for Instructional Technology Showcase (2010)
Service to the Profession
ScribeZone. Project to produce audiovisual materials for advanced level Spanish students. Directed by Professor Edna Andrews.
ThingLink Pilot Project through Duke Learning Innovation
The Expedition School (charter school in Hillsborough NC): Translated
materials for outreach to attract Latinx families to apply for the school lottery
Translator: The Spanish Hub and Grammar Tutorials (with Melissa Simmermeyer), associated with Proyectos and Mapas. Difusión
ScribeZone. Project to produce audiovisual materials for advanced level Spanish students. Directed by Professor Edna Andrews.
ThingLink Pilot Project through Duke Learning Innovation
The Expedition School (charter school in Hillsborough NC): Translated
materials for outreach to attract Latinx families to apply for the school lottery
Translator: The Spanish Hub and Grammar Tutorials (with Melissa Simmermeyer), associated with Proyectos and Mapas. Difusión
Judge. 5th Annual Learning through Languages High School Research
Symposium. Chapel Hill, NC.
Elementary Spanish class was chosen as one of three classes campus-wide
to use iPods for academic purposes. Conducted interviews with national
media including the The New York Times, Chronicle of Higher Education,
Campus, Technology Magazine, Charlotte Observer, and Raleigh News
and Observer.
Assisted in the development of a digital video archive of interviews with Latinos living in central North Carolina.
Tutored English language to Spanish speakers in Durham
Service to Duke
"El acceso a la atención dental.” Graduation with Distinction in Spanish.
"El acceso a la atención dental.” Graduation with Distinction in Spanish.
“Patient Physician Interactions with Minority Communities.” Graduation with Highest Distinction in Spanish.
Director, “The Symbolism of Trinities in Sor Juana’s Divine Narcissus.”
With Della Chambless, Luciana Fellin, and Sandra Valnes Quammen
Organized Microsoft Bookings for tutoring appointments and updated the website
Faculty Representative
Faculty Representative
Participant, Analyzed future technological needs of faculty and students