Spanish Faculty Present at NeMLA
We are thrilled to highlight the participation of several colleagues from the Spanish section at the recent NeMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) conference held from March 7-10. Through engaging roundtables, panels, and workshops, our faculty members shared their expertise and contributed valuable insights to discussions on diverse topics in the field. Their involvement not only demonstrates our department’s commitment to scholarly exchange but also reinforces our position as leaders in our academic community.
Angélica Avcikurt chaired a roundtable titled, “The Music of Bad Bunny: A Peek into Puerto Rican Language and Culture” and presented “Bad Bunny and the Puerto Rican Dialect.” She was joined by Carmen Torre Pérez, who presented “Bad Bunny and Beyond: New Subversive Identities in Contemporary Latin Music.”
María Datel co-chaired a roundtable called, “Decolonizing Language Education: The Essential Role of Indigenous Voices and Epistemologies” and also presented a talk titled, “Indigenous Women’s Literature: Voices From Other Epistemologies.”
Philip Noonan chaired a roundtable on AI use in the classroom titled, “Enhancing Language Learning through AI: Practical Strategies for Teachers in the Age of ChatGPT” as well as a professional development workshop on AI, ““Teaching Languages in the Age of AI.”
Molly Monet-Viera chaired a roundtable, “Decolonizing the Curriculum: Recognizing the Diversity of Latine Cultural Production,” which included her own presentation, “The Inclusion of Latine Cultural Production in the Academic Curriculum: How, Where and Why”. That session also incorporated a presentation by Azlín Perdomo and Viktoria Hackbarth, “Tapping into the Transformative Power of the Arts to Foster Cultural
Awareness in L2,” and a talk from our former colleague Amina Shabani “Highlighting Afro-Latine Voices and Contributions in the Spanish Language Classroom.”
Azlin Perdomo and Viktoria Hackbarth also gave a workshop titled, “No Surplus in Sustainability: Environmental Justice in Latin America.”
Edgardo Tormos Bigles chaired a panel titled “Economías corporales: excedentes, excepciones, y residuos en la literatura y cine de México” which included his own presnetation “La vida “atélica” y el paradigma inmunitario de los Ateneístas en el contexto de la Revolución,” as well as a presentation by our alumnus Gerardo Cruz-Grunerth, “Extractivismo y explotación de la naturaleza y los cuerpos en el momento posthumano.”