Other Teaching Initiatives
Community:
Coordinator. Campus visits and Presentations by Canyon HS New Braunfels, TX. Spanish Students. “Spanish in Local Texas Businesses” (2016 – 2019). Cancelled in 2020 due to Covid-19.
Invited Speaker Series
- Dr. Ixtaco Rodriguez. Assistant Professor. Cal-State Long Beach
Basque Language in Contact with Spanish - Dr. Vicente Guillem. Professor. Hofstra University & Marià Villangómez Visiting Chair of Catalan Studies at Leipzig University in Germany.
The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity - Dr. Angela Helmer. Professor. University of South Dakota
Colonización y Lengua: El caso del Perú - Dr. Catherine Fountain. Professor. Appalachian State University
Más allá del chocolate: el legado del náhuatl en el español - Dr. Dr. Covadonga Lamar Prieto. Associate Professor, Director SoCal Lab
UC- Riverside
La lengua española en California - Dr. Susan Plann. Professor Emerita. UCLA
Applying Spanish Sign Language - Dr. Angela Nonaka. Assistant Professor. UT-Austin
Models of Sign Language Communities
In my community engagement courses, I ask students to partner with a local organization for their course project.
Partners have included:
Off campus
Austin Water Center for Environmental Research
Hornsby Bend Bird Migration
Pronatura Norueste Association
Austin Youth River Watch
Treefolks
S.A.F.E
Any Baby Can
Casa Marielena
San Marcos Public Library
On Campus
Dean of Student’s office
TxState- Welcome Center and Parent Outreach