Program
All events except the Executive Committee meeting take place in Daniel Family Commons, the 3rd floor of the Usdan University Center.
All panels can be remotely accessed at https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/99256903626?pwd=U1h4a2tPU2FpMlVmOWlsLzRLSzRXdz09.
Friday, Oct 15
1:30-3:00 — Executive Committee meeting (Fisk 204)
3:30-4:30 — Registration and Reception
4:30-6:30 — Welcome and Panel 1: Study abroad and current best-practices related to language, culture, and identity
- Plenary Speaker: Celeste Kinginger (Penn State): “The careers of language study abroad alumni: A mixed-methods investigation”
- Commentators:
- Emily Gorlewski (Wesleyan) & Kerry Stamp (Vassar)
- Xiaoxing Liu (Soka University of America): Preparing students for a productive study abroad experience
6:30-8:00 — Dinner for all registered participants
Saturday, Oct 16
10:00-11:30 — Panel 2: Multilingualism in the on-campus curriculum
- Plenary Speaker: JY Zhou (Stockton University): “Foregrounding Global Engagement Through Cultures and Language Across the Curriculum”
- Commentators:
- Stephen Angle (Wesleyan)
11:30-1:30 — Lunch
- Break-out discussion of Equity & Inclusion and International Education, 11:45-12:30
- Break-out discussion of Co-Curricular “Badge” programs, 12:30-1:15
1:30-3:00 — Panel 3: Community-based language learning
- Plenary Speaker: Joan Clifford (Duke University): “Building Critical Consciousness and Transforming Attitudes”
- Commentators:
- Andrea Lanoux (Connecticut College): “Summer Language Challenge”
- Ana Perez-Girones (Wesleyan)
3:00-3:30 — Break
3:30-5:00 — Panel 4: Working with on-campus diversity of linguistic and cultural backgrounds
- Plenary Speaker: Jin Sook Lee (UC Santa Barbara): “Leveraging students’ linguistic and cultural diversity to foster university-school based partnerships”
- Commentators:
- Nadia Mann (Franklin & Marshall)
- H. M. Fazalehaq (Wesleyan)
- Demetrius Colvin (Wesleyan)
- Elizabeth Hepford (Wesleyan)
5:00-6:00 — Wrap-up Discussion
Conference ends / dinner on your own