World Languages & Cultures

Spanish faculty Donna Van Bodegraven, Mayte de Lama, and Nina Namaste presented on literature and film at the X Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from March 2-5, 2011.

Yumika Araki, an assistant professor of Japanese, and Dr. Ketevan Kupatadze, a lecturer of Spanish, presented March 7 at the International Conference on Technology, Education and Development held in Valencia, Spain.

Meaghan Britain, a senior strategic communications major and student of German, has been accepted to the Congress-Bundestag Exchange program. The highly competitive, fully funded program is "a full-year work-study scholarship program with a strong focus on cultural exchange between the U.S. and Germany," according to the program's website.

Donna Van Bodegraven, a Spanish professor in the Department of Foreign Languages, presented a paper titled "'Chac Mool' de Carlos Fuentes: ?sincretismo deliberado?" ["'Chac Mool' by Carlos Fuentes: Deliberate Syncretism?"] at the X Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispa'nica [10th International Congress of Hispanic Literature] in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 3, 2011.

Ernie Lunsford, professor of Spanish, has published a new book, ¡Salud!: Introductory Spanish for Health Professionals.

April Post, a lecturer in Spanish, and David Neville, an assistant professor of German, led a round table discussion on the use of webcams and video conferencing in second language acquisition at the recent American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages convention held Nov. 19-21 in Boston.

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning has named Elon University faculty members Michelle Trim, David Neville and Ketevan Kupatadze as CATL Scholars for 2011-2013. The selection process was highly competitive, with 10 faculty applying for the three positions.

David Neville, assistant professor of German and director of language learning technologies, led a discussion session on 3D digital game-based learning for humanities topics at the regional THATCamp RTP held on Oct. 16 at the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.