BU Romance Studies in New Orleans & New York

In a show of strength by our Romance Studies language programs, a number of members of the Department gave presentations at the convention of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in New Orleans.

Laura Mayron, a doctoral student in our Hispanic Language & Literatures program, spoke on “Queer Accessibility: Gender Neutral Pronouns in Spanish Language Classrooms” and Portuguese Sr. Lecturer Célia Bianconi, gave a presentation on “Spoken and Written Proficiency in Varieties of Lusophone Portuguese.”

Lecturers in Spanish María Datel and Elena Carrión Guerrero offered a talk on “Women’s Movements: Integrating Gender Equity into the Spanish Classroom,” and Liliane Duséwoir (Spanish and French), addressed “Questions of Gender Expression and Identity.”  Viktoria Hackbarth (Spanish) and Davina Mattox (French) spoke on “Rethinking Assessment: No more Gaps: Show me what you can do!” There were additional talks from faculty in BU’s Department of World Languages and Literatures.

In February, several faculty members will be presenting in New York at NECTFL (Northeast Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages): Alison Carberry, Molly Monet Viera, Kate Lakin-Schultz, Davina Mattox, Marta Villar, Viktoria Hackbarth, Davina Mattox, Liliane Duséwoir, María Datel and Elena Carrion Guerrero.