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Awards and Recognition

2011

Burton, David.  Jeanette Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award in the Humanities. 2011

Alonso Marks, Emilia. Promotion to full professor. 2011

Rodina, Herta.  Arts & Sciences faculty development award to participate in a Social Networking Technology course.  2011

Sathe, Nik  Dean’s Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Advising Award. 2011

Shrimpton, Margaret and Torres, Daniel, Eds.  DIÁLOGOS EN CONTRAPUNTO: CONVERSACIONES EN TORNO A LA OBRA DE JOAQUÍN BESTARD VÁZQUEZ.  Merida, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, 2011.

Torres, Daniel.  Academy of American Poets Certificate of Recognition for his “steadfast membership commitment in support of American Poets and in fostering a greater appreciation of contemporary poetry.” 1 June 2011

Umpierre Herrera, Luz María.  I’M STILL STANDING: TREINTA AÑOS DE POESÍA/THIRTY YEARS OF POETRY .  Edited by Daniel Torres and Carmen S. Rivera (2011). ISBN 978-1-257-99437-3

Vines, Lois.  The Office of Nationally Competitive Awards honored her with “The Ann Campbell Brown Distinguished Service Award” for “her remarkable commitment and her extraordinary support and guidance to our students.” 2010-2011.

2010

Belousova, Vera. 2009-10 Dean’s Outstanding Group II Faculty Award. 2010

Kelley, Mary Jane.  2009-10 Dean’s Outstanding Faculty Undergraduate Advising Award. 2010

Alonso Marks, Emilia. [Grant 2010-2013] Ministry of Education and Innovation, Government of Spain: Research Project, “Percepción de los sonidos del inglés y del español por estudiantes de segundas lenguas” [Perception of Spanish and English Sounds by Second Language Learners]. PI: Dr. Teresa López Soto (Universidad de Sevilla).

– [Grant 2010-2013] Ministry of Education and Innovation, Government of Spain: Research Project, “La Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras: Tareas con Contenido” [Foreign Language Teaching: Adding Content to Task]. PI: Dr. Anthony Bruton (Universidad de Sevilla).

Partyka, Betsy. Faculty Development Award: ACTFL Workshop on Writing Proficiency Testing. ACTFL. Boston. Nov 2010.

– Higher Education Resource Services. Faculty Leadership. 2010.

Such, Bärbel. 2009-10 Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award in the Humanities. 2010

Torres, Daniel.  National Poetry Prize from the PEN Club of Puerto Rico for De Bellaqueras. 2010

2009

Delgado, José.  Jeanette Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award in the Humanities. 2009

 

Publications and Presentations

2012

Torres, Daniel.  ”Dulce canoro cisne mexicano”: La poesía completa de Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora ["Sweet Harmonious Mexican Swan": The Complete Poetry of Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora Barcelona]: Paso de Barca Press, 2012.

 

2011

Belousova, Vera.  “Lost in Translation.” Novyi mir. 2011

Burton, David.  “Amor in the Conde Lucanor: Relationships of Power and Trust.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. 14-16 April 2011.  Paper Presentation.

—”Juan de la Cueva’s Old Men in Love” in On Wolves and Sheep: Exploring the Expression of Political Thought in Golden Age Spain.  Ed. Aaron M. Kahn.  Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011.13-22.

Coski, Christopher. From Barbarism to Universality: Language and Identity in Early Modern France

—”Rivarol’s De l’Universalité (1783): French, the ‘Genius’ of Language, and a Global Identity.” Forging Linguistic Identities Conference. Towson University, Towson, MD. 17-19 March 2011.  Paper Presentation.

Delgado, José.  “La carpintería de la soledad creadora.” .” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY.  14-16 April 2011.  Paper Presentation.

Franz, Thomas R.  Una comparación de los escritos poéticos de Antonio Machado con el estilo e ideas de Galdós, Pardo Bazán, Baroja y Unamuno: Una explicación de cómo las lecturas de Machado produjeron cambios en su estilo literario y enfoque [A Comparision of the Poetic Writings of Antonio Machado with the Style and Ideas of Galdós, Pardo Bazán, Baroja, and Unamuno: An Explanation of How Machado’s Reading Affected Changes in His Literary Style and Focus].  Lewiston, NY:  The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Gallego, Muriel. Raising Awareness of the Pluricentricity and Variations of the Spanish Language in the American Foreign Language Classroom. 2nd Westminster Linguistics Conference Language-Contact-Change-Maintenance-and-Loss. University of Westminster, London, UK, July 2011.

—Embracing Language Varieties and Raising Cultural Awareness in the Spanish Language Classroom. Biennial Conference. International Society for Language Studies. Oranjestad, Aruba, June 2011.

—Dialects in the Spanish Classroom: Raising Awareness, Avoiding Discrimination, Making Connections. 64th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky, KY, USA, April, 2011.

—Acquiring Spanish Subjunctive through a Dictogloss Task: The Advantages of Focus on Form Instruction. 64th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky, KY, USA, April, 2011.

Helm, Yolande.  Roland Brival : une pensée métisse et une écriture transversale.  Monograph, L’Harmattan, 2011

—“Exiles in the Works of Dany Laferrière and Edwidge Danticat.” African Studies at Noon:  Discussion Series. Ohio University, Athens, OH.  5 May 2011.  Paper Presentation.

—“Sacrifice et Métissage dans Coeur d’Ebène de Roland Brival : Victimes et/ou Martyrs, Maîtres   et/ou Esclaves?” Le Sacrifice dans les Littératures Francophones, Carole Edwards (ed.), Rodopi P, projected date: 2011-early 2012. Invited author.

—“Thématique et théorie du métissage dans l’oeuvre du Martiniquais Roland Brival.” African Literature Association Conference. Ohio University. Athens, OH.   15 April 2011. Paper Presentation.

Hughes, Arthur.  “Absence and Presence: The Here and There of Identity in Mia Couto‘s Sleepwalking Land.” International Conference on African Studies. Ohio University. Athens, OH.   14 April 2011.  Session.

Rosa Piqueres, and Alonso Marks, Emilia.  “Measures of cross-cultural sensitivity in successful EFL learning: the case of Ecuatorian students at CEDEI.” 6th Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures.  University of Florida.  Gainesville, FL.  17-19 February 2011.

Rosa Piqueres, and Alonso Marks, Emilia. “Attitudes and Motivation in Successful EFL Learning: The Case of Ecuadorian Students at CEDEI.” Presented by Rosa M. Piqueres Gilabert. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 2011. Paper presentation.

Partyka, Betsy. “Desde lo oculto hacia la concientización: la naturaleza en la narrative paraguaya contemporánea entre 1950-2000.” [From the Hidden toward a Consciousness: Nature in Contemporary Paraguayan Narrative between 1950-2000.] Scriptura 21-22 (2011): 61-78.

Partyka, Betsy. “La Querida y el poder en una novela paraguaya” [La Querida and Power in a Paraguayan Novel]Ohio Latin Americanist Conference.  Bowling Green State University (Feb 2011).

Reichenbach, Barb.  “Integrating Culture into Every Lesson.” Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference. Hyatt on Capitol Square.  Columbus, OH.  7-9 April 2011.  Session.

—“Tips for New Teachers.” Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference. Hyatt on Capitol Square.  Columbus, OH.  7-9 April 2011.  Session.

—“No Pain, Lots of Gain – Increase your Enrollments by Developing a Language Program in your Elementary Schools.” Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference. Hyatt on Capitol Square.  Columbus, OH.  7-9 April 2011.  Session.

Rodina, Herta.  “Using MS Word Tools for Feedback in Writing Assignments.”  Computer Assisted Language Learning Conference. Ohio University.  Athens, OH.  23 April 2011.  Session.

Toner, Fred.  “The Face of Insecurity: Fear and Loathing in Sarkozy’s France.”  American Association of Teachers of French, Montreal, CA.  6-9 July 2011.  Paper Presentation.

Torres, Daniel. Diálogos en contrapunto: Conversaciones en torno a la obra de Joaquín Bestard Vázquez.  In collaboration with Margaret Shrimpton.  Mérida: Editorial de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, 2011.

— “Sobre la construcción de una identidad criolla en Glorias de Querétaro (1680) de Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora”.  Letras salvajes 3 (marzo-abril 2011): 50-62.

— “Los secretos de la noche: La literatura urbana de Ana María Fuster Lavín”.  Cuadrivium (Revista del Departamento de Español de la UPR en Humacao) 7.11-12 (Otoño 2009 – Primavera 2011): 104-106.

— Critical Review of Concierto para Leah de Maira Landa in Otro lunes (http://otrolunes.com/?sumario/librario/a-cargo-de-recaredo-veredas/concierto-para-leah-maira-landa) (Marzo 2011)

— Critical Review of Inmunología poética [Poetic Immunology] by Moisés Agosto Rosario in Revista corpóreo 1 (Febrero 2011): 12- 13.- Critical Review of Mundo cruel [Cruel World] by Luis Negrón in Revista Corpóreo II (Mayo 2011): 11-12.

— Critical Review of A quemarropa [On Cold Blood] by Edgardo Nieves Mieles in the blog Sol negro (Lima, Perú)  (http://sol-negro.blogspot.com/2011/06/quemarropa-de-edgardo-nieves-mieles-por.html) (Junio 2011)

— Critical review of La mujer, el pan y el pordiosero by Lourdes Vázquez in 80 grados (http://www.80grados.net/2011/07/resena-la-mujer-el-pan-y-el-pordiosero-de-lourdes-vasquez/) (July 2011)

— Critical review of Ojos como de hombre de Max Charriez in Dialogo digital (http://www.dialogodigital.com/index.php/Ojos-como-de-hombre-rescate-de-la-novela-detectivesca.html) (July 2011)

2010

Duvert, Dominique. “Parlez-vous business?” Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference. Hyatt on Capitol Square.  Columbus, OH.  n.d. 2010. Session.

Gallego, Muriel. The Acquisition of Spanish Subjunctive by High Level Learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language. 8th Symposium on Teaching & Learning Languages to Native-Like Levels of Proficiency. Coalition of Distinguished Language Centers CDLC, Linthicum, MD, USA, December, 2010.

—Students Reflections on the Effectiveness of CMC and SCMC as a Learning Resource Outside of the Foreign Language Classroom.30th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, OH, USA, May, 2010.

—CMC and SCMC in the Promotion of Output Production and Inter-cultural communication. Language Symposium, University of Chicago Center for the Study of Languages, Chicago, IL, USA, April, 2010.

—Reflections on Spanish instruction: Facing the Challenge of Teaching Dialectal Variations. XXVII Biennial Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages & Literatures, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, February, 2010.

Helm, Yolande.  “Le dernier des Aloukous de Roland Brival: un point de non retour.” Études Caribéennes 17 (2010).

—“Métissage in the French Caribbean.” Modern Languages Department Colloquium.  Ohio University, Athens, OH.  4 June 2010.  Paper Presentation.

—“Roland Brival et le métissage: un nouvel humanisme.” Présence Francophone 74 (2010): 75 89.

—“The Enigma of the Return: Dany Laferrière.” Ninth Annual Ohio Latin Americanist Conference. Ohio University, Athens, OH. 26-27 Feb 2010.  Paper Presentation.

Alonso Marks, Emilia and Jaime Espinoza Moore.   “Heritage Spanish Speakers in School Settings: Are We Meeting the Needs of These Students?” 11th Biennial International ELIA Conference: Bilingualism and Multilingualism in School Settings. Sevilla, Spain. 18-19 March, 2010.  Paper Presentation.

—Bruton, Anthony, Alonso Marks, Emilia, & Broca Fernández, Ángeles. “Perceived Writing Likes and Needs in Spanish and English as Foreign Languages.” Hispania, 93, 3, 471-489, September 2010.

—Alonso Marks, Emilia. “Integrating Communication Skills: Meaningful Projects for Beginning Writing and Conversation Students.” Ways and Modes of Human Communication. Colección estudios 129, XX. Ed. by R. Caballero and M.J. Pinar. Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada, 2010. ISBN: 978-84-8427-759-0.

—Alonso Marks, Emilia. “Designing meaningful projects that integrate writing and conversation skills.” American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference, Boston, MA, November 2010.

—Bruton, Anthony, Alonso Marks, Emilia, & Broca Fernández, Ángeles. “Writing in English and Spanish as Foreign Languages.” Presented by Emilia Alonso Marks. Department of Modern Languages Colloquium, Ohio University, October 2010.

—Moates, Danny, & Alonso Marks, Emilia. “Vowel Mutability in Print in English and Spanish,” Danny Moates and Emilia Alonso Marks. Co-presented. Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology (LARP) Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, September 2010.

—Bayona, Mariche G., & Alonso Marks, Emilia. “Linguistic Signs of Identity among Itinerant Societies in Rural Andalucía.” Presented by Mariche G. Bayonas. Spanish in Society Conference: Mediating Spaces, 5th International Conference of Hispanic Linguistics, University of Limerick, Ireland, July 2010.

—Alonso Marks, Emilia. “Implementing Cooperative Communicative Activities for Foreign Language Learners.” Foreign Language Unit, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia, June 2010.

—Moore, Jaime E. Espinoza,* & Alonso Marks, Emilia. “Heritage Spanish Speakers in School Settings: Are We Meeting the Needs of These Students?” Co-presented. 11th Biennial ELIA International Conference: Bilingualism and Multilingualism in School Settings, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, March 18-19, 2010.

—Bruton, Anthony, Alonso Marks, Emilia, & Broca Fernández, Ángeles. “Writing in a Foreign Language: Addressing Students’ Likes and Needs.” Presented by Emilia Alonso Marks. 9th Ohio Latin Americanist Conference (OLAC), Ohio University, Athens, OH, February 27, 2010.

Martínez, Francia. “Learning Vocabulary Can Be So Much Fun: Interactive Vocabulary Games for Elementary and Intermediate Levels of Spanish.” Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference. Hyatt on Capitol Square.  Columbus, OH.  n.d. 2010. Session.

Partyka, Betsy. “La querida por Renée Ferrer: la voz de la mujer en una novela de la dictadura paraguaya.” [La querida by Renée Ferrer: the Woman’s Voice in a Paraguayan Dictator Novel]. XXXI  Latin American Studies Association International Conference (LASA). Toronto, Canada (Oct 2010).

Nocturno para errantes eternos: Sara Karlik y el nuevo Bildungsroman. [Nocturne for Eternal Wanderers: Sara Karlik and the New Bildungsroman]. Chasqui, May 39.1 (2010): 81-91.

Reichenbach, Barb. “Integrating Culture Into Every Lesson”.  Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference. Hyatt on Capitol Square.  Columbus, OH.  n.d. 2010. Session.

Sathe, Nick. president of the state AATG, presided at a “Meet & Greet” for German teachers and helped organize a workshop sponsored by the Ohio AATG.  2010

Vines, Lois.  “Astérix and the Visual Arts.”  Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference. Hyatt on Capitol Square.  Columbus, OH.  n.d. 2010. Session.

2009

Giannandrea, Beatrice.  Literatura y pintura en elcostumbrismo argentino ,siglo XIX.  Saarbrücken, Germany:  VDM Verlag, 2009

Helm, Yolande.  Métissages et Marronnages dans l’oeuvre de Suzanne Dracius (Collectif). L’Harmattan, 2009, pp. 253.