2024 SECCLL Program

2024 April 11-12 | Savannah, GA

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THE PLANNING COMMITTEE Jorge W. Suazo, Executive Director & Founder Spanish Peninsular Studies, Special Topics, Women & Gender Studies

Encarni Cruz-Jimenez, Co-Director

Olga Amarie French and Francophone Studies, Film Studies

Andrea Eder German Studies

Martha Hughes French and Francophone Studies, Study Abroad

Leticia McGrath Spanish Peninsular Studies, Literary Criticism

Michael McGrath Spanish Peninsular Studies, Literary Criticism

Ángela Pinilla-Herrera Hispanic Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition

Dolores Rangel Spanish American Studies, Hispanic Women Writers, Spanish Colonial Studies

Marcela Ruiz-Funes Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Pedagogy

Youssef Salhi Arabic and Islamic Studies

Ana Torres Contemporary Latin American Literature, Women and Poetry

Zuotang Zhang East Asian/Chinese Studies

Eric Kartchner Peninsular and Latin American Studies

Spanish and Latin American Literature, and Spanish and Latin American Cinema

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CONFERENCE EVALUATIONS

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE THURSDAY, APRIL 11 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Registration, Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus - Student Union

9:15 am – 10:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

10:30 am – 10:45 am

Coffee Break

10:45 am – 12:00 am

Concurrent Sessions

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch Break (On Your Own)

2:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Coffee Break

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Break

5:15 pm – 6:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

6:30 pm

Welcome Reception: Starland Yard: Food Truck Park (On Your Own)

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Registration, Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus - Student Union

9:15 am – 10:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

10:30 am – 10:45 am

Coffee Break

10:45 am – 12:00 pm

Plenary Session Presentation Dr. Diana Ruggiero World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP): Transforming Language Education to Meet Professional Demands”

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

LUNCHEON

2:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Coffee Break

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

5:00 pm

Closing

NOTES SECCLL would like to remind all participants that papers cannot be read “in absentia.”

All panels start and end at the same time.

Panels are composed of either three (3) or four (4) presenters: For those panels with three (3) presenters, each person will have up to 20 min. to present.

For those panels with four (4) presenters, each person will have up to 15 min. to present.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 11 MORNING SESSION I 9:15 - 10:30 am (INCLUDING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION) 1. SPECIAL TOPICS I: Identity, Gender Issues, and Technology Ballroom A Organized and Chaired by Eric Kartchner, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 9:15 am

El “deber ser” en la mujer afrocaribeña: Discurso médico, control de natalidad y sífilis en La amante de Gardel de Mayra Santos-Febres Francisco Brignole, University of North Carolina Wilmington

9:35 am

Catálogo de perversas bisexuales. Juan García Ponce y sus Cinco Mujeres Anca Koczkas, University of West Georgia

9.55 am

Puede que sea cómico--pero no lo es necesariamente. La tecnología en tres cuentos Garry Merritt, University of North Georgia

10:15 - 10:30 am: Questions/Discussion 2. SPANISH PENINSULAR STUDIES I: Exploring Identity On the Stage and On the Page / CULTURAL STUDIES I: Chinese TV Dramas and State Ideology Ballroom B Organized by Michael McGrath and Chaired by Miguel García, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 9:15 am

La vuelta a la Tierra en un sueño: España, Occidente, el mundo y la humanidad en Morsamor (1899) de Juan Valera Álvaro A. Ayo, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

9:35 am

Tejiendo memorias: el Holocausto y la historia española en Velódromo de invierno (2001), de Juana Salabert Daniel Arroyo-Rodríguez, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

9:55 am

Warm Realism Illuminated in Chinese TV Drama A Love for Dilemma Yining Zhang, Georgia Southern University

10:15 - 10:30 am: Questions/Discussion Coffee Break 10:30 - 10:45 am

MORNING SESSION II 10:45 am - 12:00 pm (INCLUDING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION) 3. FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES I: Social Issues Ballroom A Organized and Chaired by Olga Amarie, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro Campus 10:45 am

Le Contexte social de la France du XIXe siècle dans Le Père Goriot et Le Rouge et le Noir Laurent Monye, Clark Atlanta University

11:05 am

La Censure de guerre dans This Land Is Mine de Jean Renoir Frederic Leveziel, University of South Florida, St Petersburg

11:25 am

Humor in Francophone Short Stories Olga Amarie, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

11:45 am - 12:00 pm: Questions/Discussion 4. FOREIGN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY I / SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION I: Re-Considering Essential Aspects in Foreign Language Pedagogy Ogeechee Theater Organized by Eric Kartchner and Chaired by Marcela Ruiz-Funes, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 10:45 am

Re-Creating Boccaccio: the use of modernized adaptations in the language classroom as a reflexive process of meaning-making Aria Dal Molin, University of South Carolina

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11:05 am

The Pedagogy Of Teaching Mandarin Chinese Language In HBCU Speaking Classes Shu-Ching Hung, Fayetteville State University

11:25 am

Learning Chinese Vocabulary: Understanding Students' Perspectives Austin Gasiecki, Georgia Southern University Alumnus, Statesboro

11:45 am - 12:00 pm: Questions/Discussion 5. FILM AND LANGUAGE STUDIES I: Reflections on History and Society: Exploring Trauma and Resilience through Film Narratives Ballroom B Organized and Chaired by Encarni Cruz Jiménez, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong 10:45 am

Remembering Collective Trauma: Echoes of the Pinochet Regime in Documentary Films by Patricio Guzmán and Fiction by Isabel Allende Laura Hill, University of West Georgia

11:00 am

Navigating Informal Economies in Ya no estoy aquí (2019) Dorian Lee Jackson, Kennesaw State University

11:15 am

Using Feature Films in a Composition Course Fleming Bell, Valdosta State University

11:45 am - 12:00 pm: Questions/Discussion 6. SERVICE LEARNING I: Revolutionizing Language Education: Experiential Learning in Action Ballroom C Organized and Chaired by Grant Gearhart, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong 10:45 am

Service from the Ground Up: a Step by Step Guide to Experiential Learning in the World Language Classroom Grant Gearhart, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong

11:05 am

Using Experiential Learning Activities with Films in Asynchronous Online World Language Courses Karen Acosta, Valdosta State University Kelly Davidson, Valdosta State University

11:45 am - 12:00 pm: Questions/Discussion Lunch Break 12:00 - 2:00 pm (On Your Own)

AFTERNOON SESSIONS I 2:15 - 3:30 pm (INCLUDING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION) 7. SPANISH AMERICAN STUDIES I: Exploring Power Dynamics and Identity in Latin American Literature/ Explorando dinámicas de poder y de identidad en la literatura latinoamericana (Part 1) Ballroom A Organized and Chaired by Dolores Rangel, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 2:15 pm

Mujeres en verde oliva: Sujetos históricos en frentes revolucionarios / Women in Olive Green: Historical Subjects in Nations’ Guerilla Armies Karen Barahona, Baldwin Wallace University Ella Barth, Baldwin Wallace University

2:35 pm

Orión, el Atlante: Text and Context of a Forgotten Mexican Comic Jaime Cruz-Ortiz, Kennesaw State University

3:15 - 3:30 pm: Questions/Discussion 8. FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES II: Comparative Women’s Studies Ballroom C Organized by Olga Amarie, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro and Chaired by Amina Saidou, James Madison University 2:15 pm

Beasts and Brides: Woman and the Animal in Prosper Merimée’s Lokis William Holley, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

2:35 pm

Transnational Female Identity and Resistance in some Francophone Films Amina Saidou, James Madison University

3:15 - 3:30 pm: Questions/Discussion

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THURSDAY, APRIL 11 9. CULTURAL STUDIES I: Marginal Spaces: Immigration Crisis, Tropical Diseases and Digital Gold Ballroom B Organized and Chaired by Lukas Pawelek, University of South Carolina, Beaufort 2:15 pm

The Southern Border Crisis in the United States Curtis Yockey, University of South Carolina, Beaufort

2:35 pm

Neglected Tropical Disease Healthcare and Treatment Barriers in Mexico Destiny O'Neill, University of South Carolina, Beaufort

2:55 pm

Digital Gold in El Salvador: a Pathway to Autonomy or Mayhem Lukas Pawelek, University of South Carolina, Beaufort

3:15 - 3:30 pm: Questions/Discussion 10. ASIAN STUDIES I: History and Cultures in East Asian Countries: Cultural Politics and Traditional Performing Arts Ogeechee Theater Organized and Chaired by Zuotang Zhang, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 2:15 pm

Land vs Ocean: Wei Yuan and the Cultural Politics of Representing the World in Modern Chinese Geography Hongbing Zhang, Fayetteville State University

2:30 pm

Unveiling Cultural, Social, and Musical Dimensions of Pansori through the Integration of a Folktale in Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) Education Jiyoung Daniel, University of North Georgia

2:45 pm

Japanese Traditional Language Arts and Their Applications in Japanese Language Teaching Noriko Mori-Kolbe, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

3:00 pm

Xiangsheng (Chinese crosstalk) and its Application in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Zuotang Zhang, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

3:15 - 3:30 pm: Questions/Discussion Coffee Break 3:30 - 3:45 pm

AFTERNOON SESSIONS II 3:45 - 5:00 pm (INCLUDING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION) 11. SPANISH AMERICAN STUDIES I: Exploring Power Dynamics and Identity in Latin American Literature/ Explorando dinámicas de poder y de identidad en la literatura latinoamericana (Part 2) Ballroom A Organized and Chaired by Dolores Rangel, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 3:45 pm

William Walker, un filibustero estadounidense, y Juan Santamaría, un campesino costarricense: enfoques contrastantes como héroes nacionales en el siglo XIX Mark Elmore, University of West Georgia

4:05 pm

Performance y las dinámicas del poder en Páradais de Fernanda Melchor Yasmina Vallejos, University of South Carolina Salkehatchie

4:25 pm

Exilio y lenguaje: El sefardí como marca identitaria en Myriam Moscona Dolores Rangel, Georgia Southern University

4:45 - 5:00 pm: Questions/Discussion 12. FOREIGN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY II / SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION II: Re-Considering Essential Aspects in Foreign Language Pedagogy Ballroom C Organized by Eric Kartchner and Chaired by Noriko Kolbe, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 3:45 pm

Metodologías de enseñanza: Explorando la adquisición del lenguaje en el aula de español Kaleb Hyatt, Bay Springs Middle School

4:05 pm

Empowering Spanish L2 Learners: Navigating Language Anxiety Through Models of Motivation Mayra García-Díaz, Georgia Southern University

4:45 - 5:00 pm: Questions/Discussion

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13. ROUND TABLE I: The Use Of Critical Reflection For Learning, Engagement and Development In An Upper-Level Language Class Ballroom B Organized and Chaired by Ana Torres, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong 3:45 pm

The Use Of Critical Reflection For Learning, Engagement and Development In An Upper-Level Language Class Ana Torres, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong

4:05 pm

The Use Of Critical Reflection For Learning, Engagement and Development In An Upper-Level Language Class Michaela Dore, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong

4:25 pm

The Use Of Critical Reflection For Learning, Engagement and Development In An Upper-Level Language Class Naomi Reyes, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong

4:45 - 5:00 pm: Questions/Discussion Break 5:00 - 5:15 pm

AFTERNOON SESSIONS III 5:15 - 6:30 pm (INCLUDING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION) 14. HISPANIC CARIBBEAN STUDIES I: Cuba I Ogeechee Theater Organized and Chaired by Eric Kartchner, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 5:15 pm

El impacto negativo de la Enmienda Platt en la historia de Cuba Marisol García-Mitchell, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

5:35 pm

La revolución cubana y su exportación al resto del mundo Rafael Nuñez Rodríguez, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

5:55 pm

Che Guevara: ¿héroe o villano?

Jeff Montero, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

6:15 - 6:30 pm: Questions/Discussion

WELCOME RECEPTION *All participants are welcome to meet at the Starland Yard for food, drinks, and camaraderie (on your own).

Starland Yard: Food Truck Park 2411 De Soto Ave, Savannah, GA STARTING AT 6:30 PM

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FRIDAY, APRIL 12 MORNING SESSION I 9:15 - 10:30 am (INCLUDING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION) 15. FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES II: Rethinking Postcolonialism Ballroom A Organized by Olga Amarie, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro and Chaired by Philip Ojo, Agnes Scott College 9:15 am

Le Rejet de l’Occident dans le roman de détective ouest-africain: analyse herméneutique de l’œuvre de l’écrivain malien Moussa Konate Alain-Richard Sappi, Georgia’s Wesleyan College

9:35 am

Le Sentiment anti-français : Raisons et Illusions dans Transit d’Abdourahamane Wabéri Yacine Soumare Issa Mamoudou, The University of Alabama

9:55 am

Decolonizing the French Curriculum at Agnes Scott College Philip Ojo, Agnes Scott College

10:15 - 10:30 am: Questions/Discussion 16. STUDY ABROAD I: Best Practices and Language Acquisition in Study Abroad Programs Ballroom B Organized and Chaired by Martha Hughes, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 9:15 am

Teaching Language in Context through On-Site Visual Perception Elena Picech Reisinger, Murray State University

9:35 am

Student Teaching Experiences in TESOL Practicum Abroad Joelle Bonamy, Columbus State University Seon Jeon, Columbus State University

10:00 - 10:15 am: Questions/Discussion 17. HISPANIC CARIBBEAN STUDIES II: Cuba II Ogeechee Theater Organized and Chaired by Eric Kartchner, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 9:15 am

Teaching Cuba in Georgia Today Eric Kartchner, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

9:35 am

La santería en Cuba: el empoderamiento a través de la creencia Carrie Byam, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

9:55 am

El impacto negativo del embargo estadounidense sobre la economía de Cuba Paola Fachisthers, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

10:00 - 10:15 am: Questions/Discussion Coffee Break 10:30 - 10:45 am

MORNING SESSION II Ogeechee Theater Plenary Session 10:45 am - 12:00 pm 11:00 am

Introductions: Jorge W. Suazo, SECCLL Director

11:05 am

Welcome: Dr. Marcela Ruiz-Funes, Department Chair

11:10 am

Keynote Speaker Introduction: Encarni Cruz-Jimenez, SECCLL Co-Director

11:15 am

Presentation (via Zoom): Diana Ruggiero “World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP): Transforming Language Education to Meet Professional Demands”

11:45 am

Followed by Questions/Comments Georgia Southern University, Student Union – Armstrong Campus

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SECCLL KEYNOTE SESSION World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP): Transforming Language Education to Meet Professional Demands The need for specialized communication skills in various professions is emerging in our increasingly interconnected world. Traditional language and cultural education systems struggle and need help to keep pace with these evolving demands. This keynote speech introduces the innovative concept of World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP), a dynamic educational approach meticulously designed to cater to the distinct needs of diverse professional fields.

In this session we will explore how WLSP is set to revolutionize language education, making it more applicable, engaging, and attuned to the real-world demands of various professions.

Dr. Diana Ruggiero

Associate Professor of Spanish University of Memphis

Dr. Diana Ruggiero is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Memphis where she currently specializes in world languages for specific purposes (WLSP; Spanish focus) and community service learning. An engaged scholar recognized by her professional peers worldwide for her contributions to scholarship and teaching in WLSP and Spanish language and culture, her current teaching and research focus is on WLSP pedagogy, Spanish for healthcare and the Latinx Community in Memphis.

FRIDAY LUNCHEON *Only participants who RSVP'd are able to attend*

12:00 - 1:30 PM Student Union Ballroom – Armstrong Campus

SECCLL 2024 Luncheon is sponsored by VISTA Higher Learning.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 12 AFTERNOON SESSION I 2:15 - 3:30 pm (INCLUDING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION) 18. SPECIAL TOPICS II: Exploring Psychological Fear, Disorders, and Maternal Conflicts Ballroom A Organized and Chaired by Martha Hughes, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 2:15 pm

Teaching Culture and Diversity in the Field of Communication Disorders Gabriela Smeckova, Valdosta State University

2:35 pm

La presencia del autismo en los cuentos La gallina degollada de Horacio Quiroga y The Idiots de Joseph Conrad Osvaldo Parrilla, Lander University

2:55 pm

The Beginning of an End: Exploring the Psychological Fear of Social Change in 18th-Century Spanish Literature Nkosilathi Moyo, Louisiana State University

3:15 - 3:30 pm: Questions/Discussion 19. FOREIGN LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY III / SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION III: Language Aptitude, Curriculum, and Social Attitude Ballroom B Organized by Eric Kartchner and Chaired by Martha Hughes, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 2:15 pm

Language Aptitude as a Predictor of Academic Performance John Pendergast, US Military Academy-West Point Thomas Dean, US Military Academy-West Point

2:35 pm

Spain’s Other Golden Age and STEM in the Spanish Language Curriculum Ransom Gladwin, Valdosta State University

2:55 pm

Hispanic Daily Life...Who's Daily Life?

Christopher Miles, The University of Southern Mississippi

3:15 - 3:30 pm: Questions/Discussion 20. HISPANIC CARIBBEAN STUDIES III: Cuba III Ogeechee Theater Organized and Chaired by Eric Kartchner, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 2:15 pm

Traces of the Taino and African languages in Cuban Spanish Abby Herndon, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

2:35 pm

Fidel Castro como político: ¿amado u odiado?

Merica Edwards, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

2:55 pm

La influencia e interferencia injusta de Estados Unidos en la Revolución Cubana Alex Whittaker, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

3:15 - 3:30 pm: Questions/Discussion Coffee Break 3:30 - 3:45 pm

AFTERNOON SESSION II 3:45 - 5:00 pm (INCLUDING QUESTIONS/DISCUSSION) 21.SPECIAL TOPICS IV/ HISPANIC LINGUISTICS I/: Linguistics Shifts in the Moroccan Public Place and Exploration of Bilingualism in English and Romance Languages Ballroom B Organized by Eric Kartchner and Chaired by Angela Pinilla-Herrera, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 3:45 pm

Tamazight in the Moroccan Public Space: The Resurrection of the Region’s Indigenous Amazigh Roots?

Anouar El Younssi, Oxford College of Emory University

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4:05 pm

Glottal Stop Epenthesis in Spanish-Arabic Bilingual Speech in Alicante, Spain Eden Stafstrom, Florida State University Sergio Salazar, Florida State University

4:45 - 5:00 pm: Questions/Discussion 22. SPECIAL TOPICS III: Motherhood Mishaps in Spanish Cinema and Exploring Connections Between Tarot and Literature Ogeechee Theater Organized and Chaired byJorge W. Suazo, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 3:45 pm

Representaciones de maternidades conflictivas en el cine español contemporáneo Victoria Calmes, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

4:05 pm

Is there a conceivable connection between literature and Tarot cards? Let’s delve into this intriguing connection. /¿Es posible vincular las cartas del Tarot con la literatura? Exploremos esta interesante posibilidad.

Jorge W. Suazo, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro

4:45 - 5:00 pm: Questions/Discussion

CLOSING SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! APRIL 10 - 11, 2025

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