Conference Program
4th Biennial Modern Languages Conference
Shippensburg University
RLH - Rowland Hall
SRH - Shearer Hall
FRIDAY 04/27/12
Movie, Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, at 7:30 p.m. Rowland Hall RLH 200
SATURDAY 04/28/12
1. French Literature: Saturday 04/28 8:45-10:15 RLH 100
Chair: Dr. Mitaut
Dr. Paul Creamer (East Stroudsburg University): “Les Lais de Marie de France: France’s First Reality Show”. pcreamer@po-box.esu.edu
Dr. Lucia Bard (Shippensburg University): “Pantagruel et ses visions de la guerre”. lb0756@ship.edu
Pr. Abdelaziz Jebbar (West Virginia University): “Comparaison des œuvres de Aziyadé de Loti et René de Chateaubriand à la lumière de la citation de Todorov ‘Loti est le petit-fils de René’”. azjebbar@hotmail.com
Dr. George Nahrebecky (Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, N.S.): “Dangerous Liaisons: The Long and Winding Road”. George.Nahrebecky@SMU.CA
2. Literatura Peninsular en Contacto: Saturday 04/28 8:45-10:15 SRH 109
Chair: Dr. Bagués
Dr. Gloria Hernández (West Chester University): “The Libro del Conde Lucanor and the Panchatantra: Translatio, Power and Comparison”. GHernandez@wcupa.edu
Dr. María del Mar Rosa-Rodríguez (Carnegie Mellon University): “Amina y María: representaciones solapadas de la madre del escogido en la Literatura Aljamiada”. mrosarod@andrew.cmu.edu
Dr. Anthony Puglisi (Slippery Rock University): “Moriscas “sexis”: Exotismo en La mano de Fátima de Ildefonso Falcones”. anthony.puglisi@sru.edu
Dr. Esther Daganzo-Cantens (East Stroudsburg University): “La otredad de la inmigrante en la España contemporánea”. edcantens@po-box.esu.edu
3. No es oro todo lo que reluce. Representations and misrepresentations in Colonial Literature: Saturday 04/28 8:45-10:15 RLH 101
Chair: Dr. de Miguel Magro
Dr. Pablo García Loaeza (West Virginia University): “Nezahualcóyotl, el rey embozado de Texcoco”. pablo.garcia@mail.wvu.edu
Pr. Sigrid Solano Moraga (West Virginia University): “Gonzalo Fernández Oviedo y Valdés: precursor de un marketing latinoamericano”. ssolanom@mix.wvu.edu
Pr. Inés Giménez (West Virginia University): “Ser o no ser mujer: la cuestión de Catalina Erauso”. mgimenez@mix.wvu.edu
Dr. Tania de Miguel Magro (West Virginia University): “Propuesta de análisis métrico para una carta en prosa del conquistadoe Ruy Díaz Melgarejo”. tania.demiguelmagro@mail.wvu.edu
4. Historia y análisis de la traducción automática: Saturday 04/28 9:00-10:15 RLH 106
Chair: Dr. Lesman
Katherine Stravinskas (Shippensburg University): “Google Translate: un análisis gramatical”. ks2195@ship.edu
Luis Gómez-Nieves (Shippensburg University): “El factor del contexto en traducciones de Google Translate”. jg9114@ship.edu
Dr. Robert Lesman (Shippensburg University): “Historia de la traducción automática”. RSLesman@ship.edu
5. Landscapes of Time: Evolving Topographies in German Literature and Film: Saturday 04/28 9-10:15 RLH 200
Chair: Dr. Wildermuth
Dr. Nicole Grewling (Washington College): “Representations of a Great City – Berlin in Film and Comic Strip”. ngrewling2@washcoll.edu
Dr. Thomas Herold (Montclair State University): “Time, Representation and Reality in Thomas Mann: The Epoch in Magic Mountain and Doctor Faustus”. heroldt@mail.montclair.edu
Dr. Eleanor E. TerHorst (Clarion University): “Interdependence of Urban and Pastoral Structures in Kelist’s Das Erdberen in Chill”.eterhorst@clarion.edu
6. Teaching Culture in the Language Classroom: Media and Stereotypes: Saturday 04/28 8:45-10:15 RLH 209
Chair: Dr. Ricardo
Dr. Marita Flagler (Shippensburg University): “Portrayal of people with disabilities in the American media”. mnflagler@ship.edu
Pr. John Hepler (Indiana University of Pennsylvania): “Stereotypical portrayals perpetuated in television and film”. j.c.hepler@iup.edu
Dr. Eduardo Valerio (Lock Haven University): “Visual Representation and Cultural Authenticity in the SL Classroom”. evalerio@lhup.edu
Dr. José Ricardo (Shippensburg University): “Latino stereotypes in commercials aired on Latino networks in the U.S.” jgrica@ship.edu
7. Southern Cone Literature: Saturday 04/28 9:00-10:15 SRH 107
Chair: Dr. Moraña
Dr. Ángelo Rodriguez (Kutztown University): “’A thousand ways to be a man’: Queering Identity Politics in Contracorriente”. arodrigu@kutztown.edu
Dr. Marco Antolín (Millersville University): “César Vallejo y Clayton Eshleman: Un mundo alternativo para la poesía”. Marco.Antolin@millersville.edu
Dr. Maximiliano Zúñiga (Kutztown University): “Aspectos de la voz narrativa en Una carta a Martín Romaña de Alfredo Bryce Echenique”. zuniga@kutztown.edu
8. International Political and Media Events: Saturday 04/28 10:30-11:45 RLH 209
Chair: Dr. Sipes
Dr. Masudul Biswas (Shippensburg University): “The 2010 U.S. Health Care Reform: A Comparative Analysis of Latino and Mainstream Online Newspaper Coverage”. MKBiswas@ship.edu
Dr. Mark Sachleben (Shippensburg University): “Minority and Indigenous Languages, Human Rights and International Law: The Politics of Language Preservation in the Twenty-First Century”. mdsachleben@ship.edu
Pr. Margaret Evans (Shippensburg University): “Cartier Bresson”. mpevan@ship.edu
Dr. Carrie Sipes (Shippensburg University): “Roles of Social Media in “Arab Spring”: A Content Analysis of Posts During the Uprising in Syria and Libya”. casipes@ship.edu
9. La inmigración actual a España: Saturday 04/28 10:30-11:45 RLH 100
Chair: Dr. Bagués
Greg Ahlswede (Shippensburg University): “Un problema migratorio en España”. ga5119@ship.edu
Ashley Oldham (Big Spring High School): “La inmigración ecuatoriana a España: una discussion de la realidad y el personaje de Olivia en Nunca pasa nada”. al5929@ship.edu
Juan Londoño (Good Hope Middle School): “De cama en cama: inmigrantes Latinas en el Mercado de sexo español”. Jlondono@cvschools.org
10. Latinamérica ayer y hoy: La sociología en la literatura: Saturday 04/28 10:30-11:45 RLH 101
Chair: Dr. Pineda
Kirsten Hartranft (Shippensburg University): "El embarazo y las adolescentes argentinas". kh8659@ship.edu
Alison Hile (Shippensburg University): "Una gente marginlizada: El pueblo mapuche". ah7950@ship.edu
Rebecca Mandell (Shippensburg University): "Una problemática social: Vida sin hogar (en Argentina)". rm7520@ship.edu
Edward Zink (Shippensburg University): "La evolución y la progresión de los derechos homosexuales en Argentina". ez8419@ship.edu
Luis Gomez-Nieves (Shippensburg University): "Los desaparecidos: El impacto social y cultural en Chile". lg8922@ship.edu
11. La importancia de la enseñanza del español y los elementos culturales: Saturday 04/28 10:30-11:45 SRH 109
Chair: Dr. Silva
Alexandra Romanyshyn (DeSales University): “La importancia de la educación formal de la lengua española y la cultura hispanoamericana en los Estados Unidos”. ar7206@desales.edu
Teresa Winter (DeSales University): “Cambios necesarios en la enseñanza del español para facilitar la representación cultural de las personas hispanas en los Estados Unidos”. tw1380@desales.edu
Claire Depew (DeSales University): “Beneficios de la enseñanza del español en la escuela primaria”. cd1120@desales.edu
Rebecca Lachapell (DeSales University): “La educación en la República Dominicana y sus variantes”. rl9405@desales.edu
12. Translating the Cuban Poet Severo Sarduy: Saturday 04/28 10:30-11:45 RLH 106
Chair: Dr. Lesman
Dr. Dawn Smith-Sherwood (Indiana University of Pennsylvania): “Translating in the digital age: New practices, new tools”. smithshe@iup.edu
Dr. Kenneth Sherwood (Indiana University of Pennsylvania): “Performing through: An approach to translation and Severo Sarduy’s Big Bang”. sherwood@iup.edu
Drs. Smith-Sherwood and Sherwood (Indiana University of Pennsylvania): Performing selections for Severo Sarduy’s Flamenco, Mood Indigo, and Big Bang.
13. German Culture: Saturday 04/28 10:30-11:45 SRH 107
Chair: Dr. Wildermuth
Robert F. Held (Shippensburg University) rh6913@ship.edu
Luther S. Karper (Shippensburg University) lk0214@ship.edu
Carl A. Seltzer (Shippensburg University) cs7493@ship.edu
Blair K. Young (Shippensburg University) by2994@ship.edu
14. French and Francophone Culture: Saturday 04/28 10:30-11:45 RLH 200
Chair: Drs. Mitaut and Ragone
Elisabeth Davis (Shippensburg University): “La Nouvelle Femme: Une Analyse du Livre Les Chambres de Bois par Anne Hébert ”. ed6494@ship.edu
Anthony Bucher (Shippensburg University): “Moi, Tituba, Sorcière”. ab6113@ship.edu
Felicia Franklin (Shippensburg University): “Cet été qui chantait”. ff7374@ship.edu
Lunch break 12-1 RLH 117
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 1-2 RLH 200: Dr. James Mitchell, Salve Regina University, Newport Rhode Island.
I WILL NOT SUGAR-JACKET HOW MUCH OF A CHEAPSTEAK YOU ARE! L2 USE AT THE CROSSROADS OF HUMOR AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY ON AMERICAN TV.
15. Images Populaires: Saturday 04/28 2:15-3:30 RLH 100
Chair: Dr. Ragone
Dr. Rachel Ritterbusch (Shepherd University): “Adapting Madame Bovary: From Hollywood to Bollywood”. rritterb@sheperd.edu
Dr. Pascale Dewey (Kutztown University): “La BD en cours de ‘French Pop Culture’ et/ou dans un cours de conversation française”. dewey@kutztown.edu
Dr. Agnes Ragone (Shippensburg University): “The Republican Education as Medium for Indoctrination: Educational Publications at the Turn of the 19th Century in France”. acrago@ship.edu
16. El otro en el contexto Latino Americano: Saturday 04/28 2:15-3:45 RLH 101
Chair: Dr. Mamani
Dr. Angélica Silva (DeSales University): “La representación del otro en la pantalla grande en tiempos de inmigración”. Angelica.Silva@desales.edu
Pr. Lindsey Reuben (Shippensburg University): “Expresando lo inexpresable: La huella de la bi-langue en las lenguas discursivas de Gloria Anzaldúa”. SLReuben@ship.edu
Dr. Amanda Frantz-Mamani (Edinboro University of Pennsylvania): “The Other in El Periquillo Sarniento and Mexican Popular Culture”. frantzmamani@edinboro.edu
Dr. Carlos Mamani (Gannon University): “YouTube, Networking and Andean/Aymara Cultures in the 21st Century”.MAMANI001@gannon.edu
17. Asia: History and Development: Saturday 04/28 2:15-3:30 RLH 209
Chair: Dr. Ackerman
Dr. Jonathan Skaff (Shippensburg University): “Monarchs, Martial Clients and Power in the Medieval Tang and Turkic Empires”. jkskaf@ship.edu
Dr. Monika Ackerman (East Stroudsburg University): “Collective Memory of Modern Chinese Society: The Japanese Occupation of Manchuria and Collective Memory Today”. Mackerman4@po-box.esu.edu
18. Nationalist Chapter, Romantic Verse: Dragons, Poems and German Pride after the Götterdämmerung: Saturday 04/28 2:15-3:30 RLH 106
Chair: Dr. Wildermuth
Dr. Bernard Blumenthal (La Salle University): “German Poems”. blumenth@lasalle.edu
Dr. Aneka Meier and Tomasz Michalski (East Stroudsburg): “How to Train your Dragon: Representations of Dragons and Nationalism in Germanic Literature and Culture”. ameier@po-box.esu.edu
Dr. Ryan J. Stevens (East Stroudsburg): “The Restoration of German Pride: The Rebound from War”. rjs9706@live.esu.edu
19. Heroes and Villains: Literary, Artistic, and Cinematic Representations of Charlemagne, Marie Antoinette, and Robespierre: Saturday 04/28 2:15-3:30 SRH 109
Chair: Dr. Schechner
Mamadou Keita (Widener University): “Charlemagne”. mkeita@mail.widener.edu
Joseph MacManamon-Simon (Widener University): “Marie-Antoinette”. jamcmanamon-simon@mail.widener.edu
Kristen Zweifel (Widener University): “Robespierre”. klzweifel@widener.edu
20. La vie des Français pendant les guerres: Saturday 04/28 4:00-5:00 RLH 101
Chair : Dr. Ragone
Greg Ahlswede (Shippensburg University): “La chanson de Roland”. ga5119@ship.edu
Rose Nakhla (Shippensburg University ): “L'Alouette”. rn6843@ship.edu
Houda Bouhman (Shippensburg University): "Les Lettres de Madame de Sévigné". hb4612@ship.edu
21. Los latinos, oportunidades, crisis e identidad en la educación formal: Saturday 04/28 3:45-5:00 RLH 100
Chair: Dr. Silva
Luis Ayala (DeSales University): “La escuela para los latinos y la deserción escolar”. la3770@desales.edu
Natasha Cedeño (DeSales University): “El crecimiento de los latinos en la educación universitaria”. nc4642@desales.edu
Jennifer Santiago (DeSales University): “La inmigración en los Estados Unidos y su representación”. js5081@desales.edu
Talysha Arteaga (DeSales University): “La pérdida de la identidad cultural de los inmigrantes”. ta8608@desales.edu
Lydia Younger (DeSales University): “Beneficios de los estudios en el extranjero, una gran oportunidad en la vida académica”. ly6742@desales.edu
22. Asuntos Latino Americanos: Saturday 04/28 3:45-5:00 RLH 106
Chair: Dr. Olinger
Bridget Kelsea (Gettysburg College): “La nueva constitución política del estado boliviano”. footbr01@gettysburg.edu
Amanda Reynolds (Gettysburg College): “El tren en la literatura y cine hispano”. reynam01@gettysburg.edu
23. El otro en el contexto español: Saturday 04/28 3:45-5:00 RLH 209
Chair: Dr. Bagués
Dr. Jesús Rodríguez (Kutztown University): “La figura del etarra arrepentido en la novela española de la última década”. rodrigue@kutztown.edu
Dr. Andrea Meador Smith (Shenandoah University): “Visions of the Andes: Depicting and Discerning the Indigenous Other in También la lluvia”. asmith11@su.edu
Pr. Sarah Cox Campbell (Montgomery College): “Making the Crossing: Alienation and Belonging in Retorno a Hansala”. Sarah.Campbell@montgomerycollege.edu
24. Challenging Identity: Post-Holocaust Perceptions and Realities: Saturday 04/28 3:35-5:00 SRH 107
Chair: Dr. Wildermuth
Dr. Margaret Lamb-Faffelberger (Lafayette College): “’Heimat’ Elfriede Jelinek”. lambfafm@lafayette.eduDr. Marie-Christine Wehming (Université du Luxembourg): “Gedächtnis 2.0-Das Zeugnis als Repräsentation einer unfassbaren Realität ? ”. marie-christine.wehming@uni.lu
Dr. David Wildermuth (Shippensburg University): “The Past [Re-]mastered? New European Visions and Evil Old Songs in Fatih Akin’s Berlin Republic”. dwwildermuth@ship.edu
25. Best practices in the Use of Media to Teach Culture in the FL Classroom: Saturday 04/28 3:30-5:00 SRH 109
Chair: Dr. Ricardo
This panel will share with the audience a series of activities that they have designed and that they are currently using in their practica. The activities center on the ACTFL National Standards, especially the Culture Standard and the use of authentic materials to contextualize language teaching.
Discussion leaders
Jen Johnson (Shippensburg University), jj1629@ship.edu and Caitlin Phillip-Chapman (Shippensburg University), cp8502@ship.edu
GALA DINNER 6:00 p.m. UNIVERSITY GRILL
Movie, Of Gods and Men at 7:30 p.m. RLH 200
SUNDAY 04/29/12
26. Asuntos contemporáneos: Sunday 04/29 9:15-10:15 RLH 100
Chair: Dr. Lesman
Reggie Heefner (Shippensburg University): “En defensa de lo indefensible: el mantenimiento de la educación bilingüe”. rh5810@ship.edu
Rhiannah Tucker (Shippensburg University): “El oleoducto Keystone”. rt8721@ship.edu
Kiersten Hartranft (Shippensburg University): “La guerra contra los trastornos alimentarios”. kh8659@ship.edu
27. La obra de Cortázar: Sunday 04/29 9:15-10:15 RLH 101
Chair: Dr. Moraña
Dr. Tricia Reagan (Randolph-Macon College): “Misrepresenting the Other: Bruno’s Betrayal of J.C. (Johnny Carter) in Julio Cortázar’s El perseguidor”. PatriciaReagan@rmc.edu
Dr. Mark Harris (Kutztown University): “Cortázar’s ‘Figures’: Conceptualizing History’s Ramification for the Present”. Mdharris11@hotmail.com
28. Assessing and Fostering Language Learning: Sunday 04/29 9:00-10:15 RLH 106
Chair: Dr. Muñoz
Dr. Isabel Moreno-López (Goucher College): “Traditional vs. NBLT Instructional Approaches”. Isabel.Moreno-Lopez@goucher.edu
Dr. Ana López-Sánchez (Haverford College): “A Multiliteracies Framework at Work in the Early Levels of the Foreign Language Curriculum”. alopez@haverford.edu
Dr. Carlos Muñoz (Mercyhurst University): “The Effects of Two Methods of Error Correction on L2 Writing: The case of Acquisition of the Spanish Preterite and Imperfect”. cmunoz@mercyhurst.edu
29. El Caribe: Sunday 04/29 10:30-11:45 RLH 100
Chair: Dr. Bañuelos Montes
Dr. Denis Berenschot (Sheperd University): “¿Qué pasó con el lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo en la Cuba de hoy?”. dberensc@shepherd.edu
Dr. Annie Mendoza (East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania): “In the Shadow of Macondo: Afro-Colombian Literary Responses to the 1928 Masacre de las Bananeras”. amendoza@po-box.esu.edu
Dr. José Bañuelos Montes (Roanoke College): “Destierro: el trauma psicológico en exilio”. banuelosmontes@roanoke.edu
30. Criminals, Offenders and Detectives: Sunday 04/29 10:30-12:00 RLH 101
Chair: Dr. Mitaut
Dr. Robert Owen Goebel (James Madison University): “A Femi(a)nist Reading of Tomizza’s Materada”. goebelro@jmu.edu
Dr. Anne-Marie Obajtek-Kirkwood (Drexel University): “Tours jumelles, tours réelles, tours fantasmées”. a032@drexel.edu
Dr. Blandine Mitaut (Shippensburg University): “Imposture, censure et réalités dans les récits criminels: L’affaire Rivière et le cas Althusser”. bmmitaut@ship.edu
31. Linguistic Matters: Sunday 04/29 10:30-12:00 RLH 106
Chair: Dr. Valentín-Márquez
Dr. Darren W. Haney (George Mason University): “Scheideformen as a result of the interaction of koineization and standardization in New World Spanish: the case of fierro ‘brand; tool; weapon; coins’ ~ hierro ‘iron’”. dhaney@gmu.edu
Dr. Kurt Barnada (Elizabethtown College): “Language and Cultural Association: The Case of Esperanto”. barnadkm@etown.edu
Dr. Wilfredo Valentín-Márquez (Millersville University): “Presencia mediática de la lengua del reggaetón y percepciones sociodialectales del español de Puerto Rico”. wilfredo.valentin.marques@millersville.edu