World Languages & Cultures

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.

Victoria G. Tillson, Assistant Professor of Italian, was awarded the "Certificate of Distinction in Teaching from the Derek Bok Center" at Harvard University for her work in Spring 2010.