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Lisa M. Merschel

Lisa M. Merschel

Associate Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
merschel@duke.edu
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
2122 Campus Drive, Box 90269, Durham, NC 27708-0269

Selected Presentations & Appearances

Advertising in Spanish · 2022 Invited Talk Duke University,
I don’t know what I think until I write it down: Rethinking L2 Writing - ACTFL’s Annual Convention and World Languages Exposition · 2022 Lecture

with Joan Munné and Melissa Simmermeyer

Teaching Speaking · 2021 Invited Talk Duke University,

Invited talk to ROMST 700 students, with Della Chambless

Engaged Pedagogy: Fostering Students as Curators of their Own Learning - ACTFL’s Annual Convention and World Languages Exposition · 2021 Lecture

with Joan Munné, Liliana Paredes

Mapas, itineraries y rutas multimodales de aprendizaje de español L2 - Difusión Professional Development Series · 2021 Invited Talk

Invited talk with Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes. Webinar hosted by Difusión Professional Development Series
Making Meaning of Cultures: Perspectives and Practices through Projects · 2020 Lecture AATSP and Difusión,

With Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes
Perspectives and Practices through Projects · 2020 Invited Talk Difusión and Northwestern University’s Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, Northwestern University
Engaged Pedagogy Discussions · 2020 International Meeting or Conference Duke University, Department of Romance Studies,

with Mattia Begali and Deb Reisinger via Zoom. Hosted by Martin Eisner, Chair of Romance Studies

Making Meaning of Cultures: Perspectives and Practices through Projects · 2020 Lecture Duke Language Symposium ,

With Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes
El AIE de Proyectos y las nuevas herramientas para el instructor de español · 2019 Lecture Difusión,

With Joan Munné and Liliana Paredes
The Role of Videoconferencing in the Spanish Language Class - FLANC’s 2018 Fall Conference · 2018 Lecture

with Rebecca Ewing, Mar Gutiérrez, Bethzaida Fernández, and María Romero
What I Wish I Had Known Before Teaching (at Duke)” · 2018 Invited Talk Learning Innovation, Duke University

Invited Talk by Learning Innovation to provide advice to new faculty

PebblePad Showcase: The use of PebblePad in an Intermediate Study Abroad Course · 2017 Lecture Duke University,
Breaking Down Classroom Walls through Community Engagement Activities - ACTFL’s Annual Convention and World Languages Exposition · 2017 Lecture

with Joan Munné, Liliana Paredes

Connecting Communities through Videoconferencing - ACTFL’s Annual Convention and World Languages Exposition · 2016 Lecture

with Joan Clifford, Joan Munné, Liliana Paredes

Building Community Conversations - Center for Instructional Technology Showcase · 2015 Lecture Duke University,

Presented a survey on Boomalang, a videochat tool used by my elementary Spanish class in Fall 2015.
Rage against the Machine: New Directions for Machine Translation in the Foreign Language Classroom · 2014 Lecture American Association for Applied Linguistics,

with Deb Reisinger and Joan Munné (2014)
The Elephant in the Room: Machine Translation in Language Learning · November 18, 2012 Lecture ACTFL: Philadelphia
Lowering the Stakes: Writing to Learn and Learning to Write · November 16, 2012 Lecture ACTFL: Philadelphia
A Series of Unfortunate Events · September 22, 2011 Lecture
The Process of Writing in an Era of Machine Translation and Cut and Paste · September 1, 2011 Lecture Duke University,

Invited Lecture. Joan Clifford, Lisa Merschel, Joan Munné ; Gave a talk to the Romance Studies instructors during orientation regarding our research on Machine Translation.
Traveling in Pursuit of Nobility: Tafur's Andanzas e viajes · May 12, 2011 Lecture 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan

46th International Congress on Medieval Studies
The Process of Writing in an Era of Machine Translation and Cut and Paste - ACTFL · 2011 Lecture

“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
WordPress in the Spanish Language Classroom · 2011 Invited Talk Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Invited to talk about my use of WordPress with faculty.
WordPress in the Spanish Language Classroom · 2010 Lecture Duke University, Center for Instructional Technology Showcase,

“WordPress in the Spanish Language Classroom.” Duke University Center for Instructional Technology Showcase (2010)

The Role of Assessment in Spanish Service-Learning Courses · February 1, 2009 Lecture Elon College
Task-Based Assessment in Lower and Intermediate Spanish (lecture given in Spanish) · November 1, 2008 Lecture American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
iTalk and iListen in Spanish · May 1, 2008 Lecture CIT Showcase at Duke University
Still iPodding after all these years... · April 1, 2008 Lecture CIT Showcase

Service to the Profession

ScribeZone. Project to produce audiovisual materials for advanced level Spanish students · 2019 Other

ScribeZone. Project to produce audiovisual materials for advanced level Spanish students. Directed by Professor Edna Andrews.

ThingLink Pilot Project through Duke Learning Innovation · 2019 Other

ThingLink Pilot Project through Duke Learning Innovation
Translator - The Expedition School · 2019 - 2021 Other

The Expedition School (charter school in Hillsborough NC): Translated
materials for outreach to attract Latinx families to apply for the school lottery
Guest Reviewer - REALIA: Research in Education and Learning Innovation Archive · 2019 Other
Translator - The Spanish Hub and Grammar Tutorials · 2019 Other

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. · 2019 Other

Judge. 5th Annual Learning through Languages High School Research
Symposium. Chapel Hill, NC.

Teaching Triangles. Participated in the observation of peers’ classes for reflection on one’s own teaching. · 2018 Other
Reader. Advanced Placement Spanish Language exam. · 2017 Other
Boomalang Videoconferencing Pilot Project. Invited Boomalang to pilot virtual conversations, in Spanish 102 course · 2015 Other
Acting Assistant Director : Spanish Language Program · November 18, 2011 Committee Service
Coordination, Spanish 204 · 2011 - December 2012 Committee Service
Reviewer. Elementary Spanish textbook, ¡Anda! Curso elemental (2011) · 2011 Other
Participant - Duke University Digital Initiative. · 2005 Other

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.
Tutor - GANO: Gente aprendiendo por nuevas oportunidades · 2004 - 2005 Other

Tutored English language to Spanish speakers in Durham
Participant - Voices from the Latino Community in North Carolina · 2004 Other

Assisted in the development of a digital video archive of interviews with Latinos living in central North Carolina.

Service to Duke

Fulbright Review Committee (Other) · 2022 Committee Service
Romance Studies Executive Committee (Department) · 2020 Committee Service
Romance Studies Online Pedagogy Task Force (Department) · 2020 Committee Service
Undergraduate Thesis, Ivana Premasinghe (Other) · 2019 - 2019 Committee Service

“Patient Physician Interactions with Minority Communities.” Graduation with Highest Distinction in Spanish.

Romance Studies Assessment Committee (Department) · 2019 Committee Service
Romance studies Study Abroad Task Force (Department) · 2019 - 2019 Committee Service
Undergraduate Thesis, Elayne Wang (Other) · 2019 - 2019 Committee Service

"El acceso a la atención dental.” Graduation with Distinction in Spanish.
Research Independent Study, Emmeline Yoo (Other) · 2018 Committee Service

Director, “The Symbolism of Trinities in Sor Juana’s Divine Narcissus.”

Global Education Executive Committee (Other) · 2017 - 2021 Committee Service
Organizer . Oral Proficiency Interview Workshop at Duke University · 2016 Event/Organization Administration

With Della Chambless, Luciana Fellin, and Sandra Valnes Quammen
Trinity Language Council (School) · 2015 - 2016 Committee Service
Advisor, Spanish Major · 2014 Other
Website Contributor. Spanish Language Program: Tutoring & Conversation Hours · 2013 - 2021 Other

Organized Microsoft Bookings for tutoring appointments and updated the website

Assistant Director, Spanish Language Program · 2013 - 2017 Event/Organization Administration
Institutional Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) (University) · November 18, 2011 - August 1, 2013 Committee Service
Director Duke in Mexico · 2011 - 2011 Other
Athletic Tutoring Committee (University) · 2011 - 2015 Committee Service
Tutoring/Academic Support Oversight Committee (School) · 2011 - 2016 Committee Service

Faculty Representative
Information Technology Advisory Council (Other) · 2011 - 2013 Committee Service

Faculty Representative
Instructional Technology Working Group (Other) · 2005 - 2006 Committee Service

Participant, Analyzed future technological needs of faculty and students
Research Associate . Duke University Center for Instructional Technology · 2002 - 2003 Other