LLC Calendar of events

Click here to see the LLC Calendar. To add events to the calendar contact Amy Pucino at amy.pucino@umbc.edu.

Helen Atkinson dissertation defense

Here is an announcement and an invitation to attend the presentation portion of Helen Atkinson's dissertation defense on Monday, Nov. 23 at 10a.m. in the conference room-422. Helen would be happy for anyone interested to join us. "Doing School": A New Unit of Analysis for Schools Serving Marginalized Students" is a four-year critical ethnographic study of a small inner city school., It was designed to construct a new theoretical framework for effective educational change around a new concept: “doing school.” The study uses existing critical and sociocultural learning theory normally applied to out-of-school settings. The intention is to translate this theoretical framework into innovative school design features with specific emphasis on the manipulation of the school’s use of time and space as a method for producing conditions for radical change.

Polina Vinogradova receives dissertation fellowship

Congratulations to Polina Vinogradova, LLC Cohort 9th cohort, who has
just been offered a Dissertation Fellowship from UMBC for second semester. If you want to congratulate Polina you can contact her at polinav1@umbc.edu.

LLC family expands

Congratulations to Tom Penniston (LLC Cohort 12) and his wife on the birth their baby girl, Aliona, born at 1:23 pm on November 9. Aliona weighs 7.44 pounds, and is 20.5". If you want to congratualte Tom, you can contact him at pthomas1@umbc.edu.  

Laura Strickling presenting at SAMLA

On November 6, Laura Strickling will be presenting a paper entitled, "A Narrative Concept of Education and Educators' Apprehensions in Adopting Dialect Awareness Curricula: Discourse Analysis of Four Teacher Interviews" in Atlanta at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference. If you want to congratulate Laura or know more about her presentation, you can contact her at lastr1@umbc.edu.

Doaa Rashed to present at E-Learn conference

Congratulations to Doaa Rashed who will be presenting at the E-Learn Conference with the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) next week in Vancouver, Canada. Her presentation, based on her work with the STEP-T project, is entitled "Redesigning Face-to-Face
Professional Development for Online Delivery." If you want to congratulate Doaa or know more about her presentation, you can contact her at doaa1@umbc.edu.

Dr. Hannah Mugambi publishes dissertation

Congratulations to Hannah Mugambi on the publication of her dissertation. The title is "Nakuru Women's Culture-Dependent Responses to HIV prevention." The book is available through Amazon.com (click here). If you want to congratulate Hannah or know more about her book, you can contact Hannah at mweruhan@yahoo.com.

Lori Edmonds to present at 2010 MAEOE Conference

Lori Edmonds (LLC 10th cohort) will present her paper on "Teaching environmentalism and literacy in diverse classrooms" at the 25th Annual Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education on February 6, 2010. If you want to congratulate Lori or know more about her paper, you can contact her at le1@umbc.edu.

Dr. Hannah Mugambi to speak at African Studies Conference

LLC graduate and Assistant Professor at the American University of Nigeria, Hannah Mugambi (Cohort 4) will be presenting a paper at the
African Studies Association 2009 Conference to be held on November 19-23 in New Orleans on "Africac at crossroads: Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the North Eastern Nigerian women's literacy project."

If you want to congratulate her or know more about her work, you can contact Hannah at mweruhan@yahoo.com.

Heather Linville to give workshop for faculty at UMBC

Heather Linville (LLC-12) will be presenting a workshop for LLC faculty on "Working with Non-Native English Speakers in Higher Education." If you want to congratulate her or know more abou ther workshop, you can contact Heather at hlinville@umbc.edu.

Dr. Mallinson gives two invited talks

Dr. Christine Mallinson has given two invited talks this month. The first, on October 2, was an invited plenary address at the CLASP (Culture, Language and Social Practice) Conference in Boulder Colorado, where she also gave a workshop on sociolinguistics and social theory. The second, she was an invited lecture on October 9 to to the NYU Department of Linguistics on linguistic outreach, as part of its linguistics colloquium series. If you want to know more about the talks or congratulate her you can contact Dr. Mallinson at mallinson@umbc.edu.

Geroge Chinnery: family expanded and new work

George Chinnery (LLC cohort 8) has just been hired by the Defense Language Institute in Monterey to work in Faculty Development. He will be joining Yonghun Lee (LLC cohort 6) at DLI. In addition, congratulations to George and his wife Betty on the birth of their baby daughter, Melodie Selam.

Mark Parker as plenary speaker at the Symposium on Second Language Writing

Dr. Mark Parker, a 2009 graduate of the LLC Program, will be the afternoon plenary speaker at the Symposium on Second Language Writing to be held in the Tawes Building of the University of Maryland College Park on Friday, October 9, 2009. His talk, "Online Second Language Communication" will draw from his dissertation research. If you want to know more about his talk or you want to congratulate him, you can contact Mark at mparker@umuc.edu.

Polina Vinogradova to speak in Brown Bag Series at UMBC

Polina Vinogradova, a student in the LLC Doctoral Program, will be speaking at the Dresher Center for the Humanities brown bag lunch on September 23, from 12-1 in Physics 333. The title of her talk is: "Pedagogy of Multiliteracies and Digital Stories in ESL Instruction," the topic of her disseration. She will talk about her work and also discuss the question of how to evaluate/measure multiliteracies. The brownbag is held in the Honors College conference room on the 2nd floor of Kuhn Library. It would be great to have several people from the LLC and TESOL programs in attendance. If you want to know more about the talk or congratulate Polina, you can contact her at polinav1@umbc.edu.

Datta Kaur Khalsa is Director of Assessment in Education at UMUC

Dr. Datta Kaur Khalsa has joined the Graduate School at UMUC as Director of Assessment in its Department of Education. Dr. Khalsa will be responsible for NCATE accreditation and MAT and MEd assessment and evaluation. Dr. Khalsa has also received a faculty appointment as Associate Professor of Education. Prior to joining UMUC, she was a Charter School director in Arizona. She has also worked with several universities to develop online graduate school courses and programs, as well as train teachers, administrators and corporate trainers in assessment, instructional technology, and 'best practices' for online teaching and learning. You can reach Datta Kaur at dkhalsa@umuc.edu.

Dr. Galindo

LLC Assistant Professor, Dr. Claudia Galindo, has just had an article published in the September 2009 issue of the American Educational Research Journal, the premier journal for educational research. The article, co-authored with Sean Reardon, is entitled: "The Hispanic-White Achievement Gap in Math and Reading in the Elementary Grades." If you want to congratulate Dr. Galindo or know more about her article you can reach her at galindo@umbc.edu.

Cara Okopny publishes article

Cara Okopny (LLC 11th cohort) has just learned that her article, "Why Jimmy Isn't Failing: The Myth of the Boy Crisis," which was previously published in the journal Feminist Teacher (18:3, 2008) is being reprinted in: "Understanding Gender in Society" by Danielle Demuth and Julia Mason.

Heather Linville featured in video

Former ESOL/Bilingual graduate, Carol Haddaway, and current LLC student,
Heather Linville, are featured in 2 videos promoting the U.S. State Department English Language Fellow Program, coordinated by Georgetown University. Click on the following links to see the short videos: video 1 and video 2.

Dr. Faida Abu-Ghazaleh invited to publish her dissertation

Congratulations to Faida Abu-Ghazaleh, LLC December 2007 graduate, who has been invited to publish her dissertation in The New Americans: Recent Immigration and American Society series edited by Steven J. Gold and Ruben G. Rumbaut. To learn more about the series, see the publisher's website at:
http://www.lfbscholarly.com.

Emek Ergun's presentations

Emek Ergun will be presenting at several conferences:

*The Pennsylvania State University, "Sexing the Globe: Affairs at Home and Abroad", Feb 21, 2010.

*Indiana University in Bloomington, "Transmission, Translation, Relocation," March 26-28, 2010.

*Duke University & North Carolina University, "Translatable: Creativity and Knowledge Formation," April 24-25, 2010.

If you want to congratulate Emek or know more about her presentations, you can contact her at eergun1@umbc.edu.

LLC Co-sponsors talk

We invite you to hold the date for our third annual Korenman Lecture in Gender and Women's Studies at UMBC to be held on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 4:30PM in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. This lecture is cosponsored by the Social Science Forum. The lecture will be given by Dr. Rhacel Parreñas, Professor of American Civilization and Sociology at Brown University and her title will be "The Gender Revolution in the Philippines: Women's Migration and Social Transformations." Dr. Parreñas is author of "The Force of Domesticity" (NYU Press, 2008), in which it is considered how processes of globalization simultaneously reinforce and challenge traditional gender norms. Professor Parreñas will speak on this dynamic in terms of the children left behind by migrant Filipinas. We hope you will be able to join us for what will surely be a fascinating lecture by Professor Parreñas, which honors our founding director, Joan S. Korenman. The event is free and open to the public. Please feel free to contact Dr. Crandall for further information at crandall@umbc.edu.

Dr. Claudia Galindo receives research grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Congratulations to LLC Professor, Dr. Claudia Galindo, who has been awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine "The Iimpact of Individual, family and School Factors on Young Latino Children's Weight Changes." Dr. Galdindo will work collaboratively with Professors Judy Shinogle and Adele Kirk of Public Policy. If you want to congratulate Dr. Galindo or know more about the grant, you can contact her at galindo@umbc.edu.

Linguists and educators from across the region join together to promote the understanding of language variation in the classroom

Dr. Christine Mallinnson, Assistant professor in the LLC Program, joined with Dr. Anne H. Charity Hudley of The College of William and Mary to offer a week-long summer workshop entitled "Language Variation in the Classroom: An Educator's Toolkit." The workshop, hosted by the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Education and Division of Community Engagement, was a special opportunity for in-service K-16 educators to learn about language variation. Participants earned three graduate credits through the Education School at Virginia Commonwealth University. The Schools of Education School at The College of William and Mary and Christopher Newport University, as well as the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University, all accepted credit for the course, and students from their programs attended as well. If you want to know more about the workshop or congratulate her, you can contact Dr. Mallinson at clmallin@umbc.edu.

News from Jeanine Williams

Jeanine Williams has plenty of news to celebrate as you will see below.

After serving this past academic year as a full-time, temporary Reading faculty member, she has been offered and has accepted a full-time, permanent appointment as Assistant Professor of Reading at CCBC Catonsville.

Jeanine has also been busy with several research and workshop presentations:

“Mandatory Tutoring: Will It Work? Is It Enforceable?,” Panel Member, Mid-Atlantic College Reading Association Annual Conference, October 2008.

"Connecting the Word to Their World: Critical Literacy in the Developmental Reading Classroom." Paper presented at the 19th Annual Conference of the Association of Faculties for the Advancement of Community College Teaching, Anne Arundel Community College, January 2009.

"Transitioning Students through Writing: Using Reader Response Assignments across the Disciplines." Co-presenter for the second Writing in the Disciplines/Across Communities Exchange, Community College of Baltimore County, January 2009.

"New Trends in Literacy: How to Hit the Moving Target." Presented at the 9th Annual Professional Development Conference, Community College of Baltimore, June 2009.

"An Alternative Approach to College Reading Instruction." Presented at the Community College of Baltimore County Reading Retreat, June 2009.

"Practical Starting Points for Critical Literacy in the Developmental Reading Classroom." Workshop to be conducted at the Annual Conference for
the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, November 2009.

If you want to know more or congratulate Jeanine, you can contact her at willij1@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead presents paper

Kaye Whitehead (cohort 9) will present her paper "We Who Believe in Freedom:" Using Diaries to Explore Race, Class & Gender in Free Black Philadelphia," at the upcoming 94th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) that will be held September 30-October 4, 2009 in Cincinnati, OH. If you want to know more about her paper or congratulate her, you can contact Kaye at klj2wise@aol.com.

Chik Tsubaki receives DEAM's 2009 Award

Congratulations to Chik Tsubaki on his recent award: the Developmental Education Association of Maryland’s 2009 Award Recipient for Outstanding Contributor to Developmental Education in Maryland. He received this award at the DEAM Spring Conference, May 19, 2009 at Montgomery College - Germantown. If you want to congratulate him or know more about the award, you can contact Chik at ctsubak1@umbc.edu.

Donna Kinerney testifies before House Subcommittee

Donna Kinerney, LLC 2007 graduate, testified before the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. The hearing, held on May 5th, was focused on examining best practices for improving adult education and family literacy as part of the discussions for the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Go to the website of the Committee webcast and You Tube clips. You can also get a text copy of her testimony by clicking on her name on the website.

Brian Souders successfully defends dissertation

Congratulations to Dr. Souders for the successful defense of his dissertation entitled "Now that I'm Home, Who am I? National Identity Negotiation among U.S. Study Abroad Participants." His co-advisors are Dr. Christine Mallinson and Dr. Denis Provencher.

Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero successfully defends dissertation

Congratulations to Dr. Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero for successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Assessing the Development of Learners' Intercultural Sensitivity and Intercultural Communicative Competence: The Intercultural Spanish Course". Her advisor was Dr. Ana Maria Schwartz. If you want to know more about her dissertation or congratulate her, you can contact Elisabeth at eliarev1@umbc.edu. You can also join the LLC community on May 20 at 10 am for the commencement ceremony and watch the LLC students be hooded by their mentors and the Provost followed immediately by the traditional LLC reception.

Alliscia Wharton successfully defends dissertation

Alliscia Wharton (cohort 8) successfully defended her dissertation "Women in the Federal Government: Using Networks and Mentors to Navigate the Management Hierarchy." Her advisor was Dr. Fred Pincus. If you want to know more about her dissertation or congratulate her, you can contact Alliscia at klj2wise@aol.com.

Kaye Whitehead successfully defends dissertation

Kaye Whitehead (cohort 9) successfully defended her dissertation "Reconstructing Memories: A Case Study of Emilie Davis, a 19th Century Freeborn Colored Woman.” Her co-advisors were Dr. Christine Mallinson and Dr. Kriste Lindenmeyer. If you want to know more about her dissertation or congratulate her, you can contact Kaye at klj2wise@aol.com.

LLC sponsored film: Salaam Bombay!

LLC, MLL, AMST and New Media Studio at UMBC present "Salaam Bombay," Mira Nair’s pathbreaking film on Bombay’s slum children following on a discussion on the Oscarwinner Slumdog Millionaire and the stereotyping of India. The event will be held April 23, at 7:15 pm. in the IMC located in room 219 of the AC IV building. Light refreshments will be served. If you want to know more, you can contact Satarupa Joardar at joardar1@umbc.edu.

Cherisse Carlin successfully defends dissertation

Cherisse Carlin successfully defended her dissertation on 2, 2009. Cherisse's dissertation is entitled "Exploring the Interpretation of Race in the United States through the Cosmopolitan Eyes of Trinidadian Immigrants." Her Advisor was Dr. Dr. Fred Pincus. You can sen your kudos to Cherisse at cherc@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead presenting at the National Women's Association

Kaye Whitehead (cohort 9) will present her paper "Reconstructing Her Narrative Story: Using Diaries to Explore the Life of a 19th Century Freeborn Black Woman." Kaye will participate in the Difficult Dialogues section at the conference. If you want to congratulate her or know more about Kaye's presentation, you can contact her at klj2wise@aol.com.

Emek Ergun presenting at the National Women's Studies Association and at the Modern Languages Association Confereces

Emek Ergun (cohort 9) organized a panel for the National Women's Studies Association conference entitled "Feminist Pedagogies of the Other: Gender, Nationality, Race, and Class Intersecting in Feminist Classrooms at U.S. Colleges." The title of her presentation is "En-countering Student Resistance: Nationality/Nationalism Intersecting with Gender/Feminism in a Global Feminisms Classroom." Emek is also going to present at the Modern Languages Association's annual conference (December 2009, Philadelphia) at a a panel titled, "Gender and Translation: Voice, Politics, Praxis." The title of her paper is: "Doing Feminist Translations as a Form of Political Activism: The Turkish Translation of Virgin."

Autumn Reed moderating a panel at the National Women's Studies Association Conference

Autumn Reed (cohort 10) will be moderating a panel entitled "The Global Women's Health Action: Putting Intersectionality Into Practice" at the National Women's Studies Association conference to be held in November. If you want to know more about the panel or congratulate her, you can contact Autumn at autumn2@umbc.edu.

Laura Strickling to publish in Pterodáctilo

Laura Strickling (cohort 11) has had an article accepted for publication: "El significado de "el otro" según un análisis socio-cultural de la poesía de Laviera y Cruz, empleando la teoría de aculturación de Bennett." The article will be published in "Pterodáctilo" Journal/Magazine, Dept.of Spanish and Portuguese at University of Texas, Austin. If you want to congratulate Laura or know more about her article, you can contact her at lastr1@umbc.edu.

Dr. Patricia Young presenting book talks at UMBC

Dr. Patricia Young in the Education Department is giving a series of talks in which she will discuss different portions of her book "Instructional Design Frameworks & Intercultural Models" (2009) published by IGI Global. On April 28th from 12 noon to 2pm, Commons Room 331 and on April 30th from 7pm to 9pm, Lecture Hall 6 in the Physics building at UMBC Dr. Young will present "Human Specialization: The Next Wave of Design and Technology." The presentation examines the culture-specific design factors needed to integrate human aspects into information and communication technologies such as user interfaces, game design, or e-learning. Dr. Young will also present on April 28th, from 5pm to 7pm, Commons Room 331 at UMBC her talk "Targeting Your Target Audience: Moving from Customization to Specialization." In this talk Dr. Young will present the business side of specializing products and services. These events are free and open to the public. You can RSVP by calling 410-455-3902 or email pyoung@umbc.edu. Light refreshments will be served.

LLC Colloquium on April 9: Critical perspectives on intercultural communication

Please join the LLC program in in University Center 201B on April 9, from 4-6 pm for Critical Perspectives on Intercultural Communication Theories, presented by Eunju Chung Chen, Marilena Draganescu, Hye-Sook Lee, and Laura Strickling. The papers in this LLC colloquium, most of them completed by LLC students in last fall´s seminar on a critical overview of intercultural communication theories, will offer a variety of perspectives reflecting the critique and offering solutions about how to engage in critical intercultural communication on the basis of these critiques. Light refreshments will be served. If you want more information about the coloquium, you can email us at llc@umbc.edu.

Polina Vinogradova awarded travel grant

Congratulations to Polina Vinogradova (LLC 9th cohort) who has been awarded awarded a $1000 travel award to attend the Summer Institute in Applied Linguistics at Penn State university. If you want to know more or congratulate Polina, you can contact her at polinav1@umbc.edu.

Lori Edmonds in the Science Teacher

Congratulations to Lori Edmonds (LLC 10th cohort) who has had an article published in the Science Teacher. The title of the article is "Challenges and Solutions for ELLs: Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners' Success in Science." If you want to know more about her article, you can contact Lori at le1@umbc.edu.

Dr. Joan Kang Shin's presentations

LLC graduate and new LLC Affiliate Faculty member Dr. Joan Kang Shin will be busy for the next few months doing presentations near and far:

TESOL Convention, Denver, Colorado, March 26-28, 2009. Colloquium with Liz England, Davaid Nunan, David Hall, John Knox, and Sue Garton titled "New Pathways in TESOL: Online Teacher Education"

Language Teacher Education Conference, Washington, DC, May 28-30, 2009
Symposium with Jodi Crandall, Lori Edmonds (LLC Cohort 10), Chris Browder (Cohort 10), John Quinn, and Roberta Girardi titled "Teaching Content to ELLs: Collaboration between Universities and Schools."

Lilly-East Conference on College and University Teaching, Newark, DE, April 16-17, 2009. Paper presentation titled "Building an Online Community of Inquiry with Student-Moderated Discussions."

National Association of Teachers of English (NATE), Kazan, Russia, June 25-27, 2009. Invited Plenary titled "On Becoming Interculturally Competent in English."

Latin America British Cultural Institutes (LABCI), Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 8-11, 2009. Paper Presentation titled "ELT Innovations with Pupil Response Systems."

If you want to know more about her presentations or congratulate Dr. Shin, you can contact her at jshin2@umbc.edu.

Emek Ergun's presentations

Emek Ergun (LLC 9th cohort) presented and will be presenting at several places this semester:

Pennsylvania State University, Sexing the Globe: Affairs at Home and Abroad. February 21, 2009. Presentation Title: "Actual and Imagined Collaborations in a Feminist Translation Project: The Turkish Translation of Virgin: The Untouched History."

Towson University, Roundtable on Feminist Movement Building. March, 7, 2009. Presentation Title: "Translation as a Form of Feminist Transnational Activism: The Turkish Translation of Virgin: The Untouched History."

UMBC Dresher Center Brown Bag Lunch. March 9, 2009. Presentation Title: "Practicing and Theorizing Translation as a Form of Feminist Activism: The Turkish Translation of Hanne Blank's Virgin: The Untouched History (2007)."

Indiana University in Bloomington, Transmission, Translation, Relocation. March 28. Presentation Title: "Travel of Discourses and Prospect of Change through Feminist Translation: The Case of the Turkish Translation of Virgin: The Untouched History."

Duke University & North Carolina University, Translatable: Creativity and Knowledge Formation. April 24-25. Presentation Title: "Travel of Feminist Discourses through Practice of Feminist Translation: Turkish Translation of Virgin: The Untouched History."

If you want to know more about her presentations or congratulate Emek, you can contact her at eergun1@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead's presentation featured in the news

Kaye Wise Whitehead's (9th cohort) talk at the Penn Historical Society, "Emilie Davis: Her Life, In her Own Words," at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania was featured in The bulletin (click here) and in the Philadelphia Daily News (click here). If you want to know more about this articles or congratulate her, you can reach Kaye at klj2wise@aol.com.

LLC Colloquium 2009

The LLC program is pleased to announce that the first colloquium of 2009 will be held on February 23rd, from 4-6 pm in ECS 23. Dr. Manil Suri, award winning author and professor in UMBC's mathematics department, will be presenting "The Mathematics of Fiction." An overview of his talk is below:

Mathematics has an image problem, which greatly inhibits its integration into
the popular culture. And yet, if we are to be competitive as a technological (and numerically literate) society, it is imperative to raise its visibility. The first part of this presentation describes the pitfalls inherent in several approaches used to popularize mathematics. The problem may be one of communication, since mathematical ideas are all around us, in various familiar but concealed forms. The second part of this presentation shows how a fundamental mathematical strategy – that of decomposing a process into its basic building blocks from which new processes can be built, arises in many completely different contexts. These include musical compositions, Seurat’s pointillism, a computer animation to make Marilyn Monroe smile, and even the creation of fiction! No prior mathematical knowledge is needed. Please join the LLC Colloquium us for this wonderful presentation and some light refreshments.

Dr. Denis Provencher to present at the Univeristy of Nottingham

Dr. Denis Provencher will present in the seminar jointly organised by the School of History, the Department of French and Francophone Studies, with the Queer Midlands group and Gender Histories Network. The seminar will be held on Tuesday March 10 at 5:15pm, at Room A18/19, School of History, University of Nottingham. Dr. Provencher will be speaking on "The (In)Visibility of the Gay Beur: Same-Sex Desire in the French Banlieue." Dr. Denis Provencher is the author of "Queer French: Globalization, Language, and Sexual Citizenship in France" (2007), and co-editor of a special issue of Contemporary French Civilization on the Ambiguous Legacies of the Liberation of France (2007). He is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Currently he is visiting scholar in residence at Nottingham Trent University. If you want to know more about his presentation or congratulate him, you can contact Dr. Provencher at provench@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead received grant to work on her book.

Kaye Wise Whitehead (9th Cohort) just received the 2009 Loyola College Summer Faculty Affiliate Grant to work on her book manuscript based on her dissertation. If you want to congratulate Kaye or know more about her book, you can contact her at klj2wise@aol.com.

LLC Summer courses

LLC 606/Socy606 Social Inequality and Social Policy

This course will be offered on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:00-9:10pm during the first summer session.

LLC 750A Discourse Analysis

This course will be taught by Jennifer Maher in the first 6 week summer session. Tuesday/Thursday 4:30-8:00pm. For more information contact Dr. Maher at jmaher@umbc.edu.

Dr. Schwartz and Adriana Val to present at the Spanish in the U.S. conference

Congratulations to Dr. Ana Maria Schwartz (MLL Department Chair) and Adriana Val (LLC Cohort 8th) who will present "Resources for Teaching Spanish to Hispanic Bilingual Students in the United States" at the Spanish in the US Conference. The conference will be held from February 18 to 21 in Miami, Florida. They will be presenting with Dr. Joy Peyton (CAL) and Dr. Ana Roca (Florida International University). If you want to congrate them or know more about their presentation you can contact Adriana at aval1@umbc.edu and Dr. Schwartz at aschwart@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead at the Penn Historical Society

On Wednesday, February 18 at 6pm, Kaye Whitehead will be presenting her talk on "Emilie Davis: Her life, in her own words" at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA). Kaye will recreate the narrative of Davids' life and analyze the free black community in which she lived and worked. The admission is free and open to the public. For more information on the presentation you can contact Kaye at klj2wise@aol.com.

Doaa Rashed to present at the TESOL Doctoral Forum

Doaa Rashed will be presenting at the TESOL Doctoral Forum during the annual conference held in Denver in March. This is an excellent forum which matches students with researchers in related fields so that students can get input from outside their own university. If you want to congratulate her or know more about her presentation, contact her at doaa1@umbc.edu.

Lori Edmonds presents for the National Teach-In

On Thursday, February 5, Lori Edmonds will be presenting from 1pm to 2:15pm an interactive lecture on "How to Use Web 2.0 Technology to Combat Global Warming and Other Environmental Crises." Her presentation will be held in the UMBC University Center (room 203) and will be part of the National Tech-In event in which UMBC will join colleges and universities around the U.S. During the Teach-In, the UMBC community will get engaged through a fair of local green businesses and climate action groups, climate change art and film events, campus-wide open classes on global warming across disciplines, and a panel discussion on climate including policy makers from the city, state, and federal government. More can be learned about the national Teach-In project at http://www.nationalteachin.org/about.php.

Kaye Wise Whitehead successfully defends dissertation proposal

Kaye Whitehead (9th cohort) successfully defended her dissertation proposal. The title of her work is " Reconstructing Memories: A Case Study of a 19th Century Colored Woman." Her advisors are Dr. Christine Mallinson from the LLC Department, and Dr. Kriste Lindenmeyer from the History Department. If you want to congratulate Kaye or learn more about her dissertation, contact her at klj2wise@aol.com.

December 18: Reception for LLC Graduates

Please join us in congratulating our two graduates, Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle and Mark Parker, at the reception following Commencement. It will be held in the LLC Conference Room. We'll have food available beginning at 11:30am. Please stop by even if you are not planning to attend Commencement.

Violeta Colombo to present at the second annual WID/AC Conference

Violeta Colombo's paper on "Writing assignments in the foreign language classroom: How to create prompts informed on research about writing processes" was accepted at the second annual Writing in the Disciplines Across Communities Conference, which willbe held on Friday, January 23, 2009 at the Essex campus of Community College of Baltimore County. If you want to learn more about the paper or congratulate Violeta, contact her at violeta.colombo@gmail.com.

Amy Pucino admitted into ECLS-B training seminar

Amy Pucino (LLC 11th cohort) has been accepted into the NCES database training for Early Childhood Longitudinal, Birth Cohort, which is a nationally representative store of data. "The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study is designed to provide decisionmakers, researchers, child care providers, teachers, and parents with detailed information about children's early life experiences. The birth cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-B) looks at children's health, development, care, and education during the formative years from birth through kindergarten entry." (http://nces.ed.gov/ECLS/Birth.asp). She will later be able to use this database for future research on children, families and schools. Her advisor, Claudia Galindo, recommended she apply. If you want to congratulate Amy or find out more about the training seminar, contact Amy at amypuc@gmail.com.

Helen Atkinson receives Dissertation Award

Congratulations to Helen Atkinson (LLC 7th cohort), who just learned that she has been selected for a Dissertation Award for spring 2009. If you want to congratulate her or learn more about her dissertation, contact her at HAtkinson@bcps.k12.md.us.

New publication for Danika Rockett

Danika Rockett (LLC 9th cohort) has just learned that her paper on "Teaching technology to digital immigrants: Strategies for success" will be published as a chapter in Online Education and Adult Learning: New Frontiers for Teaching Practice. The chapter, which was adapted from a paper that Danika wrote for the LLC Review, was peer reviewed. The editor of the book told Danika, in an email, that her chapter was a "personal favorite" and that all the reviewers commented on how well her paper was written. If you would like to know more, please contact Danika at danika1066@yahoo.com or danika1@umbc.edu.

Lori Edmonds published in International Journal of Diversity in Organsations

Lori Edmonds has just learned that a paper she presented in Montreal, "Globalizing environmentalism: Immigrants in Maryland share their environmental knowledge and practices while learning English," has been published in the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Volume 8, Issue 5. The final version of her fully refereed and approved paper has been published online both at the Publisher Site of the journal (click here) and at her own personal creator site http://lorimedmonds.cgpublisher.com/. The full issue containing her article is also available at http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.642. If you want to contact Lori, her email address is le1@umbc.edu.

Dr. Provencher appointed to Editorial Board of Modern and Contemporary France

Dr. Denis Provencher, MLL and LLC, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Modern and Contemporary France published by the Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary France. For more information on the journal, please visit http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0963-9489&linktype=5. Dr. Provencher also serves on the Editorial Board of Contemporary French Civilization published at the University of Illinois. For more on that journal, see http://www.french.uiuc.edu/cfc/. If you want to learn more about Dr. Provencher's work, contact him at provench@umbc.edu.

LLC Reception following Commencement, December 18 at noon

We will be holding a reception in honor of our two graduates -- Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle and Mark Parker -- after the commencement ceremony on December 18. Commencement begins at 10 and usually lasts about 2 hours, so we'll plan for noon, but feel free to stop by earlier or later. Please invite friends and family, but if possible, let Pam Gemmill know how many will be coming. Pam's email is gemmill@umbc.edu. We hope to see you there.

Mark Parker successfully defends dissertation

Mark Parker successfully defended his dissertation this morning and will be receiving his Ph.D. at the Dec. 18 Commencement. His dissertation, "Impact of Asynchronous and Text-Based Communication Modalities on Non-Native Speakers of English in Fully Online U.S. University Courses," focuses on students at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), where he is Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs. If you want to learn more about his dissertation, you can contact him at mparker@umuc.edu. You can also congratulate him in person at the LLC Reception, which will be held after Winter Commencement in the LLC Conference Room (around noon).

Lori Edmonds to publish in The Science Teacher

Lori Edmonds has just learned that her paper "Got It! Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners' Success in Science" has been accepted for publication in The Science Teacher, a publication of the National Science Teachers Association. If you want to congratulate her or learn more about the publication, you can contact her at le1@umbc.edu.

LLC Review: Call for submissions

The LLC Review invites LLC students and alumni to submit for review manuscripts, book reviews, or reports of current work for the issue to be published in April 2009. The submission guidelines are available here. All works should be submitted via email no later than January 7, 2009 to both LLC review editors: Polina Vinogradova (polinav1@umbc.edu) and Eunju Chung Chen (echung1@umbc.edu). The LLC Review is also looking for LLC students, alumni, and faculty interested in reviewing submissions. Please send an email to the editors if you would like to serve as a manuscript reviewer.

Kaye Whitehead to present at Southern Association for Women Historians Conference

Congratulations to Kaye Whitehead, who has just learned that her paper, "Reconstructing Her Narrative Story: Using Diaries to Explore the Lives of 19th Century Free Black Women," has been accepted for the "Reading Diaries, Writing Womanhood" panel at the Southern Association for Women Historians 2009 Conference. If you want to congratulate Kaye or learn more about her presentation, contact her at klj2wise@aol.com.

Dr. Galindo to present at AERA 2009 meeting

Dr. Claudia Galindo, our new LLC faculty member, has learned that her proposal for a paper on "Examining the Effects of School-Home Connections on Children's Kindergarten Achievement" has been accepted for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2009 meeting. AERA received more than 11,00 proposals this year, and each was sent to at least two reviewers for peer review. If you want to learn more about her paper, you can contact her at galindo@umbc.edu.

Special issue of Heritage Language Journal on Korean edited by Dr. Sara Shin

Dr. Sarah Shin has just co-edited a special issue of the Heritage Language Journal focused on Korean. To get more information, click on http://www.heritagelanguages.org/. If you want to congratulate Dr. Shin or know more about this special issue you can contact her at shin@umbc.edu.

Two LLC Graduates in new Gender, Sexuality and Development Book

Congratulations to Chi-Chi Undie and Codou Diaw for their recent publication. Chi-Chi co-authored two chapters in "Gender, sexuality and development: Education and Society in sub-Saharan Africa" edited by Mairead Dunne and published by Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The two chapters are: "Gender, sexuality and development: Key issues in education and society in sub-Saharan Africa" and "Teaching human sexuality in higher education: A case from Western Kenya". Chi-Chi continues with the following:"The editor had been trying without success to reach the Executive Director of the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) to ask if she would write the preface for the book. Since I'm based in Nairobi (which is where the FAWE headquarters is), she asked if I knew of FAWE and if I had any way of reaching the director. I was very happy to be able to tell her that Codou is actually an old classmate of mine, and we were in the same doctoral program together. I contacted Codou and she was delighted to write the preface. She wrote a wonderful piece." So Codou Diaw, who received her PhD from LLC in Fall 2003 wrote the preface for a book in which Chi-Chi Undie, who received her PhD from LLC in Spring 2003, contributed. While Chi-Chi is from Nigeria and Codou is from Senegal, they are both working in Nairobi, Kenya, Chi-Chi as a Research Scientist in the African Population and Health Research Center, and Codou, in the position referred to above. It really is a small world. If you want to congratulate them, you can email them at cundie@aphrc.org and cdiaw@fawe.org.

November 10: Colloquium and introduction of new students at the Albin O. Kuhn Library

Please, join the LLC program at the first Fall 08 colloquium to be held at the first floor gallery of the Albin O. Kuhn Library from 4pm to 6:30 pm. During this evening the new students at the LLC program (cohort 11th) will be introduced and we will have two interesting presentations. Dr. Claudia Galindo (LLC new Assistant professor) will present her research on "Latino children's social competence and cognitive growth in Kindergarten" and Emek Ergun (9th cohort) will present on "The transnational is political: Traveling across the U.S., Turkey, and Germany as a feminist translator."

Joan Kang Shin to speak at Dresher Center Brown Bag

LLC graduate Dr. Joan Kang Shin will be presenting on October 22nd at the Dresher Center for the Humanities Brown Bag her research: "Critically Engaged in Virtual Space?" If you want to congratulate Joan or know more about her presentation, contact her at jshin2@umbc.edu.

Polina Vinogradova receives TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant

Polina Vinogradova (LLC 9th cohort) has been awarded the Russell N. Campbell Doctoral Dissertation Grant from The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF). Her doctoral proposal was ranked the highest by an international panel of some of the most prominent researchers in English Language Education. Students from around the world compete for the grant. The topic of her dissertation is "Creations of a multicultural environment and development of multi-literacies through the use of digital stories in ESL instruction." If you wish to congratulate Polina, you can reach her at: polinav1@umbc.edu. You can also go to www.tirfonline.org to learn more about TIRF and the grant.

Dr. Bickel, Polina Vinogradova and Heather Linville to present at TESOL

Polina Vinogradova (LLC 9th), Heather Linville (LLC 11th deferred) and Dr. Beverly Bickel have just learned that their proposal for the 2009 TESOL Conference has been accepted. The title of their presentation is: "Imagining Each Other’s Worlds through Digital Storytelling." If you want to know more about the presentation, you can contact them at: polinav1@umbc.edu, heather1@umbc.edu, and/or bickel@umbc.edu.

Congratulations to Ingrid Watson-Miller on her fellowship

Congratulations to LLC doctoral student, Ingrid Watson-Miller (LLC 4th cohort) who has been awarded a United Negro College Fund/Andrew W. Mellon Doctoral Fellowship for 2008-09. The fellowship provides $42,000. If you want to send her a message or learn more about the fellowship, you can contact Ingrid at ingrid1@umbc.edu.

Dr. Denis Provencher to present at Albin O. Kuhn library

Dr. Provencher, LLC faculty, will be presenting on October 6th at 4pm at the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery at UMBC. The title of his presentation is "Le coming out francais?: Globalization, language and the closet in France". If you want to congratulate Dr. Provencher or know more about his presentation, contact him at provench@umbc.edu.

Congratulations to Joby Taylor on the publication of his book

Congratulations to Joby Taylor, LLC graduate, on the publication of his new book, "Metaphors We Serve By," based on his dissertation. If you want to congratulate Joby or learn more about his book, you can contact him at jtaylo14@umbc.edu.

Brian Souders presented at the Dresher Center for the Humanities Brown Bag

Brian Souders from LLC presented on September 29th at the Dresher Center for the Humanities Brown Bag his current research: "Now that I'm home who am I? Study abroad and U.S. national identity." If you want to congratulate Brian or know more about his presentation, contact him at souders@umbc.edu.

Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle successfully defends dissertation

Congratulations to Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle, LLC 7th cohort, on the completion and defense of her dissertation. Her dissertation, with Dr. Zane  Berge as Chair of the Committee, is on "Assessing undergraduate  students' perceptions of ethics instruction in a computing curriculum." If you wish to know more about her dissertation or want to congratulate her, please contact her at: adudley@towson.edu.

Polina Vinogradova to present at the International Society for Language Studies

Polina Vinogradova (LLC cohort 9) has had a paper accepted for the International Society for Language Studies Conference to be held in Orlando, FL, on June 11-12. She will speak on "Engaging New Narrative Modalities in the ESL Classroom: Digital Stories and the Negotiation of Dynamic ESL Learner Identities." Polina and Heather Linville (who was accepted for LLC this year but has deferred until next year) will also be presenting a paper at the Washington Area TESOL Conference on "Improving Listening and Speaking Skills with Digital Stories." They will also be giving a workshop at Maryland TESOL on "New Media Literacies for English Language Learners." If you want to know more, you can contact Polina at polinav1@umbc.edu.

Autumm Reed to present at the International Society for Language Studies

Autumn Reed, a new LLC student, has just learned that her proposal has been accepted by the International Society for Language Studies, which will hold its 2009 Conference June 11-13, 2009 in Orlando, FL. The theme of the conference will be "Critical Language Studies: Focusing on Power." Autumm's paper," A Pakistani Family Living in the US: Hierarchy in Everyday Domestic Discourse," is based on the Master's thesis she wrote for the INCC program at UMBC. If you wish to congratulate Autumn or learn more, contact her at autumn2@umbc.edu.

Elisabeth Arevalo to speak at Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum 2008 Conference

Elisabeth Arevalo will be presenting at the Cultures and Languages Across the Curriuculm Conference, October 15-17, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The topic of her presentation is "From Intercultural sensitivity to intercultural competence: An intercultural approach to integrate language and culture in the Spanish class." If you are a current LLC student and want join her, there is a special student registration rate of only $20. Contact Elisabeth for more information at: eliarev1@umbc.edu.

Congratulations to Jeanine Williams on the birth of Maya

Jeanine Williams (LLC Cohort 10) gave birth to a daughter on August 14th. Maya Priscilla Williams was born on Thursday, August 14th at 8:47a.m. If you want to congratulate her you can contact Jeanine at jlw0704@comcast.net.

Congratulations to Patrick Toney on the birth of Akemi

Congratulations to Patrick Toney, (LLC 6th cohort) and his wife on the birth of their daughter, Akemi Jordan Lee, on August 20. If you would like to congratulate the parents you can contact Patrick at PToney@bowiestate.edu

Congratulations to Cherisse Carlin

Cherisse Carlin (LLC 7th cohort) has been awarded a Dissertation Fellowship for fall 2008-09. If you want to email her, her email address is cherc@umbc.edu.

Abdoulaye Mbaye hired by Morgan State

Congratulations to Abdoulaye Mbaye (graduated 2007), who has accepted a full-time position at Morgan State University in the Department of English to teach English and Humanities classes. It is a one-year, renewable contract and he will be able to apply for a longer-term position when one becomes available. If you want to congratulate Abdoulaye or learn more about the position, you can contact him at ablayembaye@yahoo.fr.

Congratulations to Troy and Keisha Grant on the birth of "Baby Grant"

Troy Grant (LLC 10th cohort) and his wife Keisha are the proud parents of a baby boy, Barack, born on July 15. If you would like to congratulate Troy, you can email him at: tgrant1@umbc.edu.

Dr. Christine Mallinson awarded grant

Dr. Christine Mallinson, LLC faculty, has been awarded a Course Initiative Grant from the UMBC Alex Brown Center for Entrepreneurship to implement a service learning component in her LLC 612 course, "Language, Race and Ethnicity." Graduate students in that course will partner with a Baltimore charter school to develop and conduct a "Dialects in Schools" workshop for K-12 teachers. If you would like to know more, please contact Dr. Mallinson at mallinson@umbc.edu.

Dianne McElroy to present at CDC conference

Dianne McElroy (LLC 7th cohort) will be co-presenting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2nd Annual Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and the Media. The conference will be held August 12-14, 2008 in Atlanta, GA. The topic of her poster presentation will be HIV/AIDS in Older Adults. The focus of her presentation will be to: increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS among older adult, identify gaps in HIV prevention marketing campaigns for older adults, and learn strategies for developing effective prevention messages for older adults. If you want to learn more, you can contact her at o.d.mcelroy@att.net.

Mark Parker presenting on technology-mediated language instruction

Congratulations to Mark Parker (LLC 6th cohort). He will be giving a presentation on technology-mediated language instruction with two colleagues entitled "Models for Technology-mediated Language Instruction: Toward Virtual Total Immersion and Study Abroad." They will be presenting at the 2008 Annual Conference of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education which will be held in Baltimore this year. If you want to learn more, contact Mark at MParker@umuc.edu.

Karen Gibson selected to participate in the Freedom Writers Foundation's teacher training program

Karen Gibson has just learned that she has  been selected to participate in the Freedom Writers Foundation's teacher training program, a one-week program for 50 teachers selected from the 50 states.  She says that she was so inspired by Erin Gruwell's work that she took two personal days off work last fall to fly to SC and attend her book talk/movie showing at a high school [sponsored by the College of Charleston].   Having experienced issues with her own students lacking tolerance for each other, she was in search of a solution to get my students to be more respectful toward their differences.  You can learn more about Erin Gruwell's work and the Freedom Writer's Foundation at their website: http://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org and select the link for Educators. If you want to congratulate Karen or learn more about what she will be doing, you can contact her at kargib@yahoo.com

Dr. Claudia Galindo to receive a Welcome Fellowship
Congratulations to our new faculty member, Dr. Claudia Galindo, on receiving a Welcome Fellowship, given to outstanding faculty in Maryland universities nominated by their institution's president. The Henry C. Welcome Fellowship Grant Program is a competitive incentive program to help eligible Maryland universities recruit and retain a diverse and accomplished faculty. Awards are made to promising new full-time faculty who, by their appointment, will contribute to the diversity of the institution. The program is named for Dr. Henry C. Welcome, a former member of the State Board of Higher Education, the predecessor of the Maryland Higher Education Commission.  Dr. Welcome was on staff at several Baltimore hospitals and taught at the Provident Hospital nursing school.  He was active in politics with his wife, the late Senator Verda F. Welcome, the first black woman in the United States to be elected as a state senator. During the civil rights era of the 1960s and 1970s, they worked with various political organizations to effect positive change for the people of the State of Maryland. If you wish to congratulate Dr. Galindo or learn more about the award, contact her at galindo@umbc.edu

Jay Trucker Writing for the Baltimore Examiner
Attention all LLC Baseball Fans: Jay Trucker, LLC 10th cohort, is now writing regularly for the Baltimore Examiner.  All summer he will be the paper's online source for the Baltimore Orioles. Check out one of his pieces at the following link: http://www.examiner.com/x-436-Baltimore-Orioles-Examiner

Congraulations to Paula Webber on the birth of her son

Paula Webber (LLC 2nd cohort) gave birth to a son, Patrick Matthew Webber, on Wednesday, July 2 at 1:43 am at Sibley Memorial Hospital in DC. Patrick weighed 7lbs 13.2 ounces. Congratulations, Paula.  First your PhD and a now a baby, all in a few months! If you want to congratulate Paula personally, you can contact her at:pwebber12@yahoo.com.

LLC faculty and students present at New Media Consortium

LLC students and faculty presented recently at the New Media Consortium conference at Princeton University.  Polina Vinogradova (cohort 9), Heather Linville (next year's cohort 12) and Bev Bickel presented "The Multiple Literacies of Digital Stories: Culture, Language and New Media in ESOL Classes."  UMBC faculty members Bill Shewbridge, Jason Loviglio and Bev Bickel presented "Supporting Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum." At the conference UMBC New Media Studio received the prestigious Center of Excellence award for work in digital storytelling.  Here's a link with more information: http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2008/06/new_media_studi_2.html
This has been a digital storytelling summer!  Earlier in June, LLC students, alum and faculty participated in the Center for Digital Storytelling Workshop sponsored by OIT and the New Media Studio.  Along with other UMBC faculty and staff, Bev Bickel participated in the week-long trainer of trainers workshop within which a storytelling workshop was imbedded that was attended by Dr. Pat McDermott, Dr. Joan Shin (cohort 6), Dr. Joby Taylor (cohort 3), Adriana Val (cohort 8) and Heather Linville (next year's cohort 12).  Some wonderful stories were produced and can be viewed on the New Media Studio website:
http://umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/studio/digitalstories/dsw08.php. Expect to hear more about digital storytelling as LLC students, alum and faculty incorporate digital literacies and visual assignments into their research and teaching.

Dr. Supamit Chanseawrassamee to publish in Multilingua

Supamit Chanseawrassamee, who graduated from the LLC program in 2007,
has learned that a paper co-authored with her dissertation advisor, Dr. Sarah Shin, has been accepted for publication in Multilingua: "Participant- and discourse-related code-switching by Thai-English bilingual adolescents." The article is based on Supamit's dissertation research. If you wish to learn more, you can contact Supamit at supamit@gotomy.com.

George Chinnery and Ana Oskoz in May 2008 issue of the CALICO Journal

LLC student George Chinnery and MLL/LLC faculty member Ana Oscoz published in the May 2008 issue of the CALICO Journal. George's article is entitled "Biting the hand that feeds me: The case for e-language learning and teaching." Dr. Oskoz co-authored her article with Julie Sykes and Steven Thorne and is entitled "Web 2.0, synthetic immersive environments, and mobile resources for language education." If you want to learn more or congratulate George and Dr. Oskoz you can contact them at gchinnery@umbc.edu and aoscoz@umbc.edu.

Joby Taylor to participate in Peace Corps conference

Joby Taylor, LLC Graduate and Director of the Shiver Peaceworker Program at UMBC, has been invited to participate in a weekend conference on "Re-Envisioning the Peace Corps for the Next 50 Years."  He will be joining some of the founders of the Peace Corps and a number of its Directors. If you want to learn more, contact him at jtaylo14@umbc.edu.

Danika Rockett to publish in upcoming book

Danika Rockett (9th cohort) has just learned that a paper she wrote has been accepted for publication in an upcoming book on adult education, entitled Online Education and Adult Learning: New Frontiers for Teaching Practices, to be published by IGI Global. If you want to know more about the paper and/or congratulate Danika, you can contact her at danika1@umbc.edu.

Lori Edmonds to present at the National Council for Social Studies

Lori Edmonds (10th cohort) has just learned that her presentation on Teaching Environmental Studies from a Global Perspective has been accepted at the National Council for Social Studies Conference in Houston, TX, November 14-15, 2008. If you wish to learn more, you can contact her at
le1@umbc.edu.

Ryan Monroe featured in newsletter

Ryan Monroe, a graduate of both our M.A. ESOL and LLC Ph.D. programs, is featured in the newsletter of the Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School in Washington DC where he is currently the Assistant Principal. The article about his TESOL award is available at: http://www.carlosrosario.org/news/.

Cherisse Carlin and Tracy irish defended their proposals

Congratulations to Cherisse Carlin and Tracy Irish (both from the 7th cohort), who successfully defended their dissertation proposals. If you would like to congratulate them or ask about their research, you can contact them at cherc@umbc.edu and tirish1@umbc.edu.

Carole McCann to be Director of the Gender and Women's Studies Program

Congratulations to Carole McCann, who was recently elected to be the Director of the Gender and Women's Studies Program. Dr. McCann is a member of the LLC Core Faculty and the LLC Steering Committee. If you wish to congratulate her or learn more, please contact her at mccann@umbc.edu.

Jeanine Williams' new position

Congratulations to Jeanine Williams (LLC 10) who has just been appointed to a position of Assistant Professor of Reading at CCBC Catonsville for the 2008-2009 academic year. If you wish to congratulate her or find out more about her position, you can email her at willij1@umbc.edu.

Graduate Research conference at UMBC

Congratulations to all LLC students who participated in the Graduate Research Conference.  I  have heard from many who attended that all the presentations were great and that the room was packed! Jeanine Williams (10th cohort) was voted the LLC session winner. Congratulations, Jeanine. Autumn Marie Reed (incoming 11th cohort) was the MLL sessions winner. Congratulations, Autumn. Great job, everyone.

Kaye Whitehead featured in "Teachers of Color"

Kaye Whitehead is featured in the recently released Spring 2008 edition of Teachers of Color.  Her work as the MD History Teacher of the Year, during the Spring of 2007, writing and piloting the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture curriculum, is spotlighted. Pictures of her and her former students can be found on page 44. Kaye was also recently named a guest associate editor for the Spring 2008 edition of Southern Historian: A Journal of Southern History. The annual journal, published each spring at The University of Alabama under the direction of the Department of History and the Media Planning Board, highlights the best new articles in southern history and culture.  It includes reviews of the latest books in all fields of American history. The edition is finished and will be available at http://www.southernhistorian.ua.edu. Oxford University recently released the African American National Biography, edited by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, which has been called "the largest narrative of black lives ever assembled in our nation's history." Kaye was one of the contributing writers, with three entries on 19th century Black women, work that connects directly with her dissertation. If you would like to find out more, you can contact Kaye at Kljwise@aol.com or wise@umbc.edu.

Paula Botelho successfully defends dissertation

Paula Botelho successfully defended her dissertation, "Brazilian Music in The New York Times: Sites for the Production of  Representations of U.S. Dominance and the Consumption of Brazilian Popular Culture." Her dissertation mentor was Dr.Patrice McDermott. If you want to congratulate her, or learn more about her dissertation, contact her at paulabotelho@mac.com.

Joan Kang Shin successfully defends dissertation

Joan Kang Shin (LLC 6th cohort) successfully defended her dissertation on "Building an Effective International Community of Inquiry for EFL Professionals in an Asynchronous Discussion Board." Jodi Crandall and Bev Bickel co-chaired her committee. If you want to add your congratulations or learn more about her dissertation, please contact her at jshin2@umbc.edu.

Dona Neutze successfully defends dissertation

Congratulations to Donna Neutze (LLC 3rd cohort) who successfully defended her dissertation:"Picturing Science: The Who, What, and Where of Images in Children's Award-winning Science Trade Books."  Jodi Crandall is her advisor. If you want to congratulate Donna or learn more about her dissertation, you can contact her at dneutze1@jhu.edu.

Jiraporn Meechai successfully defends dissertation proposal

Congratulations to Jiraporn Meechai, who successfully defended her dissertation proposal. The title of her dissertation is "Thai EFL Online Diaries: Literacy Practice and Self-Expression."  Dr. Thomas Field is her advisor. If you wish to learn more about Jira's dissertation, please contact her at jiram1@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead awarded fellowship

Kaye Whitehead (9th cohort) was just awarded a 2008-09 Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Fellowship at the Library Company of Philadelphia to support her dissertation research and studies in Black Women's Archival History. If you wish to congratulate Kaye or learn more about the fellowship, you can contact her at klj2wise@aol.com.

Lori Edmons got married!

Lori Edmonds (LLC 10th cohort and graduate of the ESOL/Bilingual MA Program) got married last weekend to Dr. Ashraf Fouad, Chair of the Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry at the UMB Dental School. If you wish to congratulate her, you can contact her at le1@umbc.edu.

Joby Taylor to offer several presentations

Joby Taylor, 2005 LLC graduate, and Ed Orser, Professor of American Studies, have been co-teaching LLC 750/AMST 680 on Community and Culture.  On Saturday, April 5, they co-presented with members of their class at the "Baltimore 68: Riots and Rebirth Conference" hosted by University of Baltimore.  Their presentation was on: "Convergences and Divergences: The Civil Rights and Anti-war Movements, Baltimore, 1968. Also co-presenting was David Hoffman, LLC 8th Cohort.

On Saturday, April 11, they will be making a similar presentation at our own LLC Conference entitled: "Bridges and Intersections in 1968: Reflections on the Baltimore Riots/Rebellion and the Catonsville Nine." Rita Turner, 10th cohort of LLC will co-present at that session.

Then, on Monday April 14th, Joby will present at West Chester University's conference: "Sargent Shriver's Point of the Lance: Peace Corps, VISTA, and the Spirit of the 60s." His presentation will be "Continuing a Legacy of Practical Idealism."

On Thursday May 8th he will also moderate an evening event at Baltimore's Creative Alliance commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Catonsville Nine. If you want to learn more, you can contact Joby at joby.taylor@umbc.edu.

Kelly Moore to become a member of ODK

Kelly Moore (LLC 5th cohort) has been invited to become a member of UMBC's Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) National Leadership Honor Society. She has also been nominated by UMBC to be included in "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges." Kelly is the Graduate Coordinator for Cultural and Religious Diversity at UMBC and is busy trying to complete her dissertation. Congratulations, Kelly. If you want to learn more about these awards, please contact her at: KellyMoore@umbc.edu.

Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle to present at ETHICOMP

Alfreda Dudley-Sponaugle's paper entitled, "The Ethical Implications of Diversity of ICT", has been accepted at The Tenth ETHICOMP International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technology.  Alfreda will also be a presenter at the conference, which will be held at the University of Pavia in Mantua, Italy on September 24-26, 2008.  This year's conference theme is: "Living, Working and Learning Beyond Technology". If you want to congratulate her or find out more, please contact her at: adudley@towson.edu.

Chik Tsubaki selected for Kellogg Institute

Chik Tsubaki, (cohort 9) has been selected to participate in the Kellogg Institute for Training and Certification of Developmental Educators, an advanced training program for experienced developmental  educators.  The Institute consists of a one month summer program  (June 28-July 25) held at Appalachian State University followed by an  internship at his campus. Chik was selected because of his extensive experience as a  developmental educator and also because of his dissertation research  focused on online tutoring and writing for community college students  enrolled in developmental writing courses. If you would like to know more about the program, go to:http://www.ncde.appstate.edu/kellogg.htm. You can also contact Chik at ctsubaki1@umbc.edu or ctsubaki@bccc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead to be Assistant Professor At Loyola College

Kaye Whitehead has been offered and has accepted a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Communications in the Department of Communications at Loyola College in Maryland - effective Fall 2009 (pending successful completion of her PhD).  She will be teaching courses in scriptwriting and journaling; documentary filmmaking, including digital stories; historical research; and diversity courses (focusing on race, class and gender issues in the media). If you wish to know more or send personal congratulations, contact Kaye at wise@umbc.edu.

Troy Grant on UMBC Homepage

Be sure to look at the great story of Troy Grant (LLC 10th cohort) on the UMBC home page. You can learn something about him and the book he has written about his experiences. You can also see part of the television coverage of him when he was reciting from memory the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia. If want to congratule Troy or know more, you can contact him at tgrant1@umbc.edu.

Funding for doctoral candidates interested in studying undergraduate study abroad

CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) has recently established the Ping Doctoral Research Fellowships, providing support for doctoral research focused on U.S. undergraduate study abroad. You can find more information in the following webpage:

http://pull.xmr3.com/p/98-C491/9147821/clickto1_iee.org-ping_fellowships.aspx.htm.

News about Hannah Mugambi

Hannah Mugambi, LLC 4th Cohort, is currently an assistant Professor of English at the American University in Nigeria. The link to her webpage is

http://www.abti-american.edu.ng/fac/mugambi.htm. If you want to contact her for more information, you can email her at mweruhan@yahoo.com.

Genevieve Dibua to present at Georgetown University Roundtable and at the 10th Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania National Association for Multicultural Education

Genevieve Dibua, an LLC graduate and an Assistant Professor of Reading at Baltimore City Community College (BCCC), will present at two conferences. Her paper "Patterns of Male/Female Interaction and Language Use in Social Events in an African Society: The Esan People of Nigeria" is scheduled for the poster session at the Georgetown University Roundtable. She will also present her paper "Multiculturalism and Language Issues in Nigeria and the United States" at the PA-NAME conference, where last year she presented a paper titled " A Study of Esan/English Conversational Code-Switching Among Esan (Nigeria) Immigrants in the United States." If you want to congratulate Genevieve or learn more about her presentations, please email her at Adesomon@aol.com.

Joan Shin and Beverly Bickel publish chapter on communities of practice

Joan Shin and Beverly Bickel have a chapter in a new two-volume collection on Communities of Practice: "Creating Learning Environments for Educators". Their chapter focuses on Distributing Teaching Presence: "Engaging Teachers of English to Young Learners in an International Virtual Community of Inquiry". It is Ch. 8 in Vol. 2. You can learn more about the volumes at this website: http://www.chris-kimble.com/CLEE/index.html If you wish to congratulate Joan and Bev, you can contact them at: jshin2@umbc.edubickel@umbc.edu

Yonghun Lee to present at NCOLCTL Conference

Yonghun Lee (LLC 6th cohort) has just learned that he has had an abstract for the 2008 National Council of Less Commonly Taught Language (NCOLCTL) accepted. He will present on April 24-27, 2008 at Madison, Wisconsin If you want to congratulate Yonghu or learn more about his presentation, please email him at lyh0416@hotmail.com.

Dr. Sarah Shin has new article in Teacher Development

Dr. Sarah Shin has a new article published in the February issue of Teacher Development, a very prestigious journal. The article, "Preparing non-native English-speaking ESL teachers," provides an excellent analysis of the strengths that non-native English speaking teachers bring to the classroom, as well as suggestions on ways that teacher education programs can better prepare these teachers. If you want more information, please contact Dr. Shin at shin@umbc.edu.

TIRF Call for Proposals for the 2008 Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants

The International Research Foundation for English Language Education announces the 2008 competition for doctoral dissertation grants. Grants of up to US $5,000 will be awarded for the highest rated proposals. Doctoral students who have been advanced to candidacy may submit proposals for funding to support empirical investigations related to the following research priority topics: 1. Students' age and effective English language education in schools. 2. Teacher English proficiency and effective English language education. 3. Optimal uses of technology in the delivery of English language instruction. 4. Effective grammar instruction for English language learners in primary and secondary education contexts The deadline for submitting proposals is April 30, 2008. Please visit http://www.tirfonline.org/2008ddgcall.html for further information. This is an open competition. It is not limited to citizens of any particular country or members of any given organization.

Dr. Kevin Maxwell to speak on UMBC campus

Kevin Maxwell, Superintendent of Anne Arundel County Public Schools and an LLC Graduate (1st cohort) will be on campus on February 12, to participate in the Social Sciences Forum discussion of No Child Left Behind. The title of the presenation is "No Child Left Behind and Beyond: Educational Policy Issues for the Next President" and it will be held at the Albin O. Kuhn library gallery, 4pm. If you want to congratulate Kevin or learn more about the presentation you can contact him at Kevin_M_Maxwell@mcpsmd.org.

Jeanine Williams presenting at The First International Sociology Forum in Barcelona and at The CCBC Writing in the Disciplines/Across Communities Conference

Jeanine Williams, LLC cohort 10, has just learned that she has had two conference proposals accepted. The First International Sociology Forum in Barcelona, Spain, September 5-8, 2008 has accepted her proposal to present the following paper: "Identity Conversations: An Analysis of Discourse on Race, Class and Education among First-Year College Students." In addtion, Jeanine will be presenting at The CCBC Writing in the Disciplines/Across Communities Conference in Catonsville, MD on January 22 her paper on " Using Reflective Writing to Foster Critical Thinking and Identity Development." If you want to congratulate Jeanine or learn more about either of these presentations, you can contact her at: jlw0704@comcast.net.

Kevin Maxwell honored as outstanding alumnus in the Humanities

Kevin M. Maxwell, who received his Ph.D. in LLC in 2002, will be honored as the outstanding alumnus in the humanities at a ceremony in Annapolis on February 6. All UMBC alumni and faculty are invited to attend this event. You can learn more about Kevin and the event by going to the following websites: retrievernet1 & retrievernet2. If you want to know more about the event or to congratulate Kevin, please contact him at Kevin_M_Maxwell@mcpsmd.org.

Dr. Christine Mallinson presents at the American Dialect Society

Dr. Christine Mallinson, assistant professor in the LLC Program, recently presented a paper at the annual meeting of the American Dialect Society entitled, "'Recycling' spoken language data from other fields" as part of a panel session, entitled "Re-examining Language Data in the Study of American English Dialects." If you want to know more about the presentation, please contact Professor Mallinson at mallinson@umbc.edu.

Dr. Christine Mallinson editor of the journal American Speech

Dr. Christine Mallinson, assistant professor in the LLC Program, has recently become an associate editor of a new pedagogy section of the journal "American Speech". The annual pedagogical installment will include several short articles and notes on course construction, assignments, evaluation, classroom techniques, resources, and other concrete matters that attend teaching about American speech. It will also include one or more reviews of textbooks and other student-centered resources as well. To congratulate Dr. Mallinson or to learn more about this pedagogical section, please contact her at mallinson@umbc.edu.

Brian Souders successfully defends dissertation

Congratulations to Brian Souders, who successfully defended his dissertation proposal. The title of his dissertation is "Now that I'm Home, Who Am I? Negotiating U.S. Identity among Returned Study Abroad Students." Brian's dissertation chair is Dr. Denis Provencher. If you would like to congratulate Brian or learn more about his dissertation, you can contact him at: souders@umbc.edu.

Faida Abu-Ghazaleh presenting at the John Douglas Taylor Conference

Faida Abu-Ghazaleh (who recently graduated) has just learned that her paper, "People and Diaspora: The Role of Material Culture in Maintaining Individual and Collective Identity among Palestinians Living in America," has been accepted for presentation at the John Douglas Taylor Conference on Displacements: Borders, Mobility, Statelessness. The conference will be held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada March 7-9, 2008. The conference promises to be an exciting one, bringing together a range of scholars and research related to these important issues. If you want to know more about Faida's paper, please contact her at: abu1@umbc.edu.

Alfreda Dudley successfully defends dissertation

Alfreda Dudley successfully defended her dissertation proposal, "Assessing Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Ethics Instruction in a Computing Curriculum." The Chair of her dissertation is Dr. Zane Berge. If you want to learn more about her dissertation, you can contact Alfreda at: adudley@towson.edu.

Faida Abu-Ghazaleh successfully defends dissertation

Congratulations to Faida Abu-Ghazaleh on successfully defending her dissertation, "Palestinians in Diaspora: An ethnographic study of ethnic identity among Palestininan- American families in Maryland." Faida will be "hooded" by the co-chairs of her dissertation, Beverly Bickel and John Stolle-McAllister, at the Graduate commencement on December 20, 2007. If you want to congratulate Faida or learn more about her dissertation, you can contact her at: abu1@umbc.edu.

Dr. Mallinson and Dr. Provencher to present at the 2007 American Anthropological Association conference

Dr. Christine Mallinson, assistant professor in the LLC Program, and Dr. Denis Provencher, assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, organized a panel at the 2007 American Anthropological Association conference entitled, "Marking Turf: The Discursive Frontiers of the City." Dr. Mallinson's and Dr. Provencher's papers focused on texts obtained from the two Baltimore communities of Charles Village and Pigtown/Washington Village. Other participants in the panel included Dr. Barbara Johnstone (Carnegie Mellon University), Dr. Gabriella Modan (The Ohio State University), Dr. Natalie Schilling-Estes (Georgetown University), Dr. Qing Zhang (University of Texas at Austin), and Dr. Debby Schiffrin (Georgetown University).

Paula Webber successfully defends dissertation

Paula Webber (cohort 2) successfully defended her dissertation on "Critical Passages to Success: An Exploratory Comparison of the Factors that Support or Inhibit College Persistence Behaviors in Women Emancipated from Foster Care." Paula's dissertation advisor was Dr. Patrice McDermott. If you wish to congratulate Paula or learn more about her dissertation, contact her at: paula512@comcast.net.

Sheila Allen successfully defends dissertation

Sheila Allen (LLC cohort 5) successfully defended her dissertation, "Joining School Communities of Practice: Career Changer Teacher Identity Transitions" today. Her dissertation advisor is Dr. Diane Lee. If you want to congratulate her or learn more about her dissertation, contact her at: SAllen@Harford.edu.

Kelly Moore elected to President's Commission on Women

Congratulations to Kelly Moore (LLC 5ht Cohort) who was just elected as a Graduate Student member of the President's Commission on Women at UMBC. You can learn more about the Commission at: http://www.umbc.edu/women/ If you want to congratulate, Kelly, you can contact her at kellymoore@umbc.edu.

Datta Kaur to present at TESOL in NYC

Datta Kaur Khalsa, 2005 LLC Graduate, will be presenting a paper in a colloquium on Online TESOL Education: “Creative communities of practice”, at the annual TESOL Conference in NYC in April. Datta Kaur writes that " I hope to see many of the 'old' UMBC crowd there"! If you want more information or want to congratulate Datta Kaur personally, her email address is: DattaKaurK@aol.com.

Lori Edmons to present at Diversity conference in June

Congratulations to Lori Edmonds, whose presentation has been accepted for the 8th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations, to be held June 17-20, 2008. Details of the presentation are available at the conference website at: http://D08.cgpublisher.com/proposals/145 Presenters may also choose to submit a written version of their paper to The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. If you want to learn more or congratulate Lori personally, her email address is: le1@umbc.edu.

Lori Edmons and Misty Thompson to present in TESOL 2008

Lori Edmonds, former student in our MA Program in ESOL/Bilingual Education and currently an LLC student, and Misty Thompson, also in the ESOL Program, have just learned that their presentation on "LEAPING into English and Environmentalism " has been accepted for the TESOL 2008 convention, to be held in New York, April 1-5. If you want to know more or congratulate them, please contact Lori at le1@umbc.edu.

Seventh Annual Graduate Candidates Reception

The seventh annual Graduate Candidates Reception will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2007, from 5:30-7:30 pm in the University Center Ballroom. The following doctoral students admitted to candidacy in the last year and their mentors will be acknowledged in a special way:

Teresa Irish – Mentor: Susan BlunckGwen

Creel-Erickson – Mentor: JoAnn Crandall

Kelly Moore – Mentor: Fred Pincus

George Chinnery – Mentor: John Nelson

Jiraporn Meechai – Mentor: Tom Field

Chikao Tsubaki – Mentor: Zane Berge

Congratulations!

Kaye Whitehead featured in Graduate Horizons Program Book 2007

Congratulations to Kaye Whitehead, who is featured in the "Graduate Horizons Program Book 2007" which provides highlights of profiles of outstanding graduate students. If you want to know more or congratulate her, please contact Kaye at wise@umbc.edu.

Kelly Moore elected graduate student member of the President's Commision on Women at UMBC

Congratulations to Kelly Moore (LLC 5ht Cohort) who was just elected as a Graduate Student member of the President's Commission on Women at UMBC. You can learn more about the Commission at: http://www.umbc.edu/women/. If you want to congratulate, Kelly, you can contact her at kellymoore@umbc.edu.

Dr. Mallinson presents at 36th annual New Ways of Analyzing Variation conference

Dr. Christine Mallinson, assistant professor in the LLC Program, recently presented two papers at the 36th annual New Ways of Analyzing Variation conference (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). The first paper was entitled, "New ways of analyzing African American English: Examining the speech of adolescent girls in Washington, DC." It was presented with Tyler Kendall, doctoral student in the Duke University and North Carolina State University linguistics programs, and Kaye Whitehead, doctoral student (9th Cohort) in the LLC Program. At the same conference, Dr. Mallinson also presented a paper called "Undershoot in intraspeaker variation." This paper was presented with Dr. Robin Dodsworth, assistant professor of linguistics at North Carolina State University, and Lykara Charters, doctoral student in linguistics at the University of Sheffield. If you want to know more about any of these presentations, please contact Professor Mallinson at mallinson@umbc.edu.

Emek Ergun to be one of the Turkish translators of "Our Bodies, Ourselves"

Emek Ergun, LLC 9th cohort, has just been informed by the Turkish women’s organization called Mavi Kalem (The Blue Pen) that she will be one of the translators/cultural adaptors of Our Bodies, Ourselves (latest edition, 2005), a book about women's bodies, health and sexuality published by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective first in 1973 as part of the women’s health movement in the U.S. If you would like some more information about the project, following is a link to a short interesting article, “Why on Earth a Turkish Adaptation of Our Bodies, Ourselves?! Let me explain...” published on the OBO website. If you want to know more or congratulate her, you can contact Emek at eergun1@umbc.edu.

Hannah Mugambi to work at the American Univeristy of Nigeria

Hannah Mugambi, who graduated last spring, has just accepted an Assistant Professor position at the American University of Nigeria. She will help them establish their English Language Program and teach Freshman Writing and Linguistics courses. In addition, she hopes to "establish Language and Gender related and outreach programs." If you want to know more about her position or congratulate her, please contact her at mugambi1@umbc.edu

Troy Grant recites the Constitution from memory

Troy Grant, one of this year's new LLC students, recited the entire Constitution from memory on September 17, Constitution Day. He recited it in Philadelphia. You can read all about this at the following 6ABC link: 6ABC.com. In Troy's words, Happy Constitution Day! If you want to know more or congratulate him, please contact Troy at tgrant1@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead to give talk at Maryland Historical Society

LLC student Kaye Whitehead (cohort 9) will give a talk entitled “We are still your sisters: Exploring the lives & experiences of 19th-century enslaved & free black women.” The talk will be held on September 20 at 6 p.m. in the France Hall at the Maryland Historical Society, located at 201 W. Monument Street in Baltimore. If you would like more information, please contact Kaye at KLJ2WISE@aol.com.

Dr. Shin and Dr. Chanseawrassamee to present at the International Conference on Thai Studies

Supamit Chanseawrassamee, who received her Ph.D. in 2007, has just learned that her paper on "Promoting Bilingual Literacy: Journal Writing by Two Tahi Brothers during Their Sojourn in the US," co-authored with Professor Sarah Shin, has been accepted at the Tenth International Conference on Thai Studies which will take place at Thammasat University in Bangkok, January 9-11, 2008. This conference, which is held only every three years, is the most important international conference on Thai studies, drawing scholars from all over the world. A copy of the paper will be included in the conference proceedings which will be distributed at the conference. If you would like to know more about her paper or to congratulate her, you can contact her at: supachan_9@hotmail.com.

Polina Vinogradova to present at WATESOL and to publish

Polina Vinogradova will be presenting a paper on "ESL Learners’ Multilayered and Dynamic Identities in Digital Stories" at the Washington Area TESOL (WATESOL) convention on October 13 at George Mason University. She has also learned that her paper "Positive Social Self: Symbolic Construction of Social Identity in Digital Storytelling," has been accepted for a publication in The International Journal of the Humanities (www.Humanities-Journal.com). If you wish to congratulate Polina or learn more about her presentation or paper, please contact her at polinav1@umbc.edu.

Hello from the Scholar Ship at sea

We have received the following news from Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero:

"Dear LLCers,Greetings from Greece!!! I would like to share with you what I am about to do for the next 4 months. I have the privilege to participate in “The Scholar Ship” (TSS) adventure, a unique transnational learning community onboard a cruise that will sail around the world.The goal of the TSS is to develop intercultural competence through experiential learning. I will be teaching 3 sections of the undergraduate core course in Intercultural Communication. You may visit the TSS website: www.thescholarship.com to learn about the learning circles, courses, onboard life, shore excursions, participants, as well as specific information on the application process for those who may be interested in fulfilling any available position (Academic Teaching Staff, or Intercultural Resident Counselor, Learning Resource Center, Director…) in future voyages. This is an excellent opportunity to experience a topic much related to my dissertation topic: assessing the development of the intercultural competence of learners using an intercultural experiential approach. I highly encourage you all students, faculty, and staff to visit the TSS website. If you are interested in spending 4 months reflecting on intercultural issues, cooperating with people from all around the world, challenging yourself, and traveling to a variety of countries do not hesitate to contact me. Have a wonderful semester, Elisabeth (LLC 7th cohort)." If you want more information or just want to get in touch with Elisabeth, please contact her at eliarev1@umbc.edu.

Chik Tsubaki successfully defends proposal

Chik Tsubaki successfully defended his dissertation proposal. He will be researching developmental writing students' perspectives toward online tutoring. If you want to know more about his dissertation, please contact Chik at ctsubak1@umbc.edu.

Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero awarded fellowship

Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero (LLC 7th cohort) has been awarded a Dissertation Fellowship for spring semester. These awards are few in number and very competitive. If you would like to congratulate Elisabeth or find out more about her dissertation research, please contact her at eliarev1@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead to give talks

Kaye Whitehead, who began the LLC program last fall, has a full schedule for talks this fall.  They include: 

September 6 & 7: Marquette University - Invited Talks.

Topic: 1) Building Community Bridges: Using Oral History Projects to Connect Universities to Communities and 2) Reconstructing Narratives: Using Diaries to Tell Stories (based on dissertation research)

September 20: Maryland Historical Society - Lord Baltimore Fellows Talk

Topic: Reconstructing Narratives: Exploring the Tensions between 19th Century Free and Enslaved Women (based on dissertation research)

October 14: Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MD African American History - Panel (Presenter and Moderator) with Dr. Debra Newman-Ham and Dr. Diane Swann-Wright.

Topic: Reconstructing Historical Narratives (based on dissertation research)

October 18: Baltimore City Professional Development for Social Studies – Teachers Workshop

Topic: Reconstructing Narratives: How an Enslaved Woman Negotiated for her Freedom (based on dissertation research)

October 19: Maryland Council of Social Studies - MD History Teacher of the Year Workshop

Topic: Defining Ourselves: The History of the N-Word

If you would like more information about any of these (or would like to attend any), please contact Kaye at wise@umbc.edu.

Abdoulaye Mbaye successfully defends dissertation

Congratulations to Dr. Abdoulaye Mbaye on successfully completing and defending his dissertation: "Outcomes and Impact of Adult Literacy Programs in Senegal: Two Case Studies." He will receive his degree in December. Dr. Mbaye's mentor is Dr. Omar Ka. If you want to know more about his dissertation or want to congratulate him personally, please send him an email at mbaye1@umbc.edu.

LLC family gets bigger!

Congratulations to Gwen Creel-Erickson (LLC 5th cohort) and her husband, Mark Erickson, on the birth of their baby boy:  Henry Earnest Erickson.  Henry was born Saturday, August 11 at 8:07 AM and weighed 9lbs. 12 oz.  Gwen and Henry are home now and doing fine. According to Gwen, Henry's brother Lucas and sister Ava are having a good time getting used to their new brother and cannot wait to show him off. If you would like to send personal wishes to Gwen and family, you can contact them at gwen2@umbc.edu or gwenandmark@comcast.net.

Rebekah de Wit to work at MICA

Rebekah de Wit (LLC 4th cohort and 2004 graduate) has just taken a job as Director of International Affairs at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) in Baltimore. In her new position, she will be overseeing study abroad (the subject of her dissertation), as well as international student administration. She also plans to expand institutional partnerships with overseas universities. Prior to this position at MICA, Rebekah was Director of International Student Affairs at the Boston Conservatory. If you would like to know more information or congratulate Rebekah you can reach her at: kdewit1@umbc.edu

Emek Ergun to translate a book into Turkish

Emek Ergun, LLC Cohort 9, has signed a contract with one of the biggest publishers in Turkey to translate into Turkish Hanne Blank's book (Bloomsbury 2007), Virgin: The Untouched History. She is also going to be a presenter at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP) to be held October 5-7, 2007 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She will present a paper on "Alternative Discursive Constructions of Virginity among Lesbian and Bisexual Women" within the general session for the panel tentatively titled "Language, Gender and Sexuality. If you would like to know more information or congratulate Emek you can reach her at eergun1@umbc.edu

Codou Diaw to work at FAWE

Codou Diaw, LLC Cohort 1 and 2003 Ph.D. graduate, has just accepted a
position in Nairobi as Executive Director of FAWE (Forum for African
Women Educationalists, an NGO with chapters in 32 African countries).
She will be working in the area of her dissertation research, helping to
meet the challenge of promoting girls' education and women's literary in
Africa. FAWE is the only continent-wide African NGO dealing with this
issue. Codou will be joining another LLC graduate, Chi-Chi Unchendu, who is
living in Nairobi as a researcher with the African Population and Health
Research Center. If you would like to know more information or congratulate Codou you can reach her at codoudiaw@hotmail.com

Joan Shin awarded grant

Joan Shin has been awarded a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to work with colleagues in math, science, and social studies to help mainstream high school teachers better understand and accommodate students who are still learning English.  The project, called STEP T for ELLs (English Language Learners), will produce training CDs and other materials, and also expand the holdings Resource Center on Language and Culture to include texts and materials for teaching content areas through English to English Language Learners.
If you would like to know more information or congratulate her you can reach Joan at jshin2@umbc.edu.

Dr. Poggio and Dr. Gindling Receive Grant

Dr. Sara Poggio and Dr. Tim Gindling have received a grant from the Spencer Foundation to continue their research on "Family separation and re-unification as a factor in the educational success of immigrant children" for 2007-2008.

If you would like to know more or congratulate them you can reach Dr. Poggio at poggio@umbc.edu and Dr. Gindling at gindling@umbc.edu.

Kaye Wise Whitehead Awarded Scholarship

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead has just learned that she has been awarded the prestigious Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholarship for the state of Maryland. Only one award is made for each of the 13 states in the SREB consortium. Doctoral Scholars receive a stipend, tuition and fees, and health insurance for up to five years.

If you would like to know more or congratulate Kaye, you can reach her at wise@umbc.edu.

Joan Shin and Silvio Avendano Conduct Webchats

Joan Shin and Silvio Avendano did Webchats for the U.S. State Department. Silvio spoke on "Internet Tools and Curriculum Design for Young Learners." Joan spoke on "Using Storytelling to Teach Young Learners." Joan had more than 138 logins from 38 countries! You can access their webchats by going to the following websites. Click on View Webchat Transcript to see the entire chat.

Click here for Joan's; click here for Silvio’s.

If you want more information, contact Joan at jshin2@umbc.edu and Silvio at savend1@umbc.edu.

Mark Parker to Lead E-Learning Conference

Mark L. Parker (LLC 6th Cohort and UMUC's assistant provost for academic affairs and adjunct associate professor of communication studies) has been selected as the lead faculty member for a national conference on "Retaining Students in Online Education."  The conference, which is sponsored by Academic Impressions, will take place September 26-28 in St. Louis, MO. As lead faculty Mark will deliver the plenary address "Rethinking Retention" and will be the discussant for two other sessions: "What Does Technology Enable Us To Do?" and "Your Retention Climate."  To learn more about the conference, or to register for it online, please visit here.

At UMUC Mark advises the university's president and provost on policy issues including accreditation, state and national oversight of higher education, and accountability. He also coordinates UMUC activities in new academic program development, student success and retention, the assessment of student learning outcomes, and quality enhancement of online courses and services. He facilitates faculty development workshops on academic policies and their effect on online teachers. His principal area of research interest is the experiences of non-native speakers of English in fully online US college and university courses.

If you want to learn more, please contact Mark at MParker@umuc.edu.

Joan Shin Successfully Defends Proposal

Congratulations to Joan Shin (6th cohort), who successfully defended her dissertation proposal. The title of Joan's thesis is "Building an Effective International Community of Inquiry for EFL Professionals in an Asynchronous Online Discussion Board."

If you would like to know more about her dissertation, you can contact Joan at jshin2@umbc.edu.

Emek Ergun Awarded

Emek Ergun, LLC 9th cohort, learned that her 2006 Master's thesis at Towson University, on "Social, Medical and Legal Control of Female Sexuality through Construction of Virginity in Turkey," received the Graduate Thesis Project Award of 2007. Her thesis was submitted by the Women's Studies Department.

If you want to congratulate Emek or learn more, you can reach her at eergun1@umbc.edu.

Supamit Chanseawrassamee Successfully Defends!

Supamit Chanseawrassamee (LLC 6th cohort) successfully defended her dissertation on Wednesday. The title of her disssertation is "Bilingual development of two Thai brothers during their sojourn in the U.S." Her advisor is Dr. Sarah Shin.

If you want to congratulate Supamit or learn more about her dissertation, you can contact her at chan6@umbc.edu.

Joan Shin, Editor of English Teaching Forum

Joan Shin (LLC 6th cohort) edited the latest issue (Volume 45, Number 2, 2007) of the English Teaching Forum. Joan wrote the lead article on "Developing Dynamic Units in EFL." She also invited several students from her distance course on Teaching English to Young Learners to contribute articles. That course was part of the U.S. State Department E-Learning courses, and thus, the student authors are from many countries.

A particularly nice feature of the issue is the many teaching materials that have been included I have a copy of the issue and Joan has several as well that you can see. If you would like to know more, please contact her at jshin2@umbc.edu.

Danika Rockett to Present in UK

Danika Rockett (9th cohort) has just learned that her paper has been accepted for the PhD Student Conference 'Communication Technologies of Empowerment' at the University of Leeds in the UK in May. Papers from the conference will be published following the conference on the conference website.

If you want to learn more, contact Danika at danika1@umbc.edu.

Susan Finn Miller to Edit Adult Ed Journal

Susan Finn Miller (LLC 2nd cohort, graduated in 2003) has just been named a Consulting Editor (a member of the editorial advisory board) of the new journal of Adult Basic Education and Literacy. The first issue, Spring 2007, is out.

If you want to know more, please contact Susan at finnmiller@aol.com.

LLC Graduates to Present at MDABE Conference

LLC graduates Ryan Monroe and Steve Shin will both be presenting at the Maryland Association for Bilingual Education Conference, which will take place on Saturday April 21, 2007 at McDaniel College.

For more information, Ryan can be contacted at ryan_monroe@hotmail.com, Steve at steveshin60@hotmail.com.

LLC Represents at TESOL 2007

Numerous students, candidates, graduates and faculty of the LLC presented at this year's TESOL Convention in Seattle.  Amongst those actively in attendance were Joan Kang Shin, Silvio Avendano, Bev Bickel, Donna Kinerney, George M. Chinnery, and of course Jodi Crandall.

Chik Tsubaki Presented on Developmental Education

Chik Tsubaki (9th cohort) gave a paper on "Self-identity theories as applied to developmental education" at the 2007 Maryland Distance Learning Association and the College of The Air Distance Education Consortium Conference held on March 6 and 7, 2007 at Maritime Institute Conference Center in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. This was a modified version of a paper he wrote for LLC 600. .

If you want to know more about Chik's paper, contact him at CTsubaki@bccc.edu.

Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero Successfully Defends Proposal

Congratulations to Elisabeth Arevalo-Guerrero (7th LLC cohort), who successfully defended her dissertation proposal on Wednesday, February 28. The title of her dissertation is "Assessing the development of intercultural communicative competence in an undergraduate Spanish composition and conversation class". Members of the committee are Ed Larkey, Christine Mallinson, Adriana Medina, Ana Oskoz, and Ana Maria Schwartz (Mentor).

If you want to contact her to congratulate her or learn more about her dissertation, her email address is eliarev1@umbc.edu.

Paula Botelho to Present in Lisbon & Montreal

Paula Botelho has just learned that she has had two papers accepted for the Third World Congress of the International American Studies Association, “Trans/American, Trans/Oceanic, Trans/lation”, to be held at the University of Lisbon, from 20 to 23 September 2007. The individual papers are entitled “Constructing American-ness through Brazilian-ness” and “Brazilians in Dialogue with Americans and Latinos”.

She will also be speaking on Excess, Exoticism, and Essential Views of the Other: Looking at Representations of Brazil and Brazilian-ness," to be presented at the Latin American Studies Association Conference (LASA), Montreal, Canada, September 5-8, 2007. If you would like to learn more about her paper or the conference, or wish to congratulate Paula, please contact her at: paulabotelho@mac.com.

Hannah Mugambi to Present in Towson

Hannah Mugambi (LLC 4th cohort) has just learned that he paper on "Intersectional Models of Women's Health: Uniting Theory and Practice" has been accepted for Towson University's Institute for Teaching and Research on Women.

If you wish to know more about her paper or the conference, please contact Hannah at mugambi1@umbc.edu.

Chi-Chi Undie in Electronic Print

The latest issue of Anthropology Matters, an online journal, is a special edition on “Fielding Emotions”, with a contribution by LLC graduate Chi-Chi Undie. As she explains, the paper was informed by the methodology chapter of my dissertation. Also, she thinks the journal is a good avenue for LLCers that are trying to get things published. It's for postgraduates and early career anthropologists, so it's a really useful (and less intimidating) experience.  She submitted the article at the end of 2004, then they decided they liked the theme and called for additional papers addressing similar issues...so it has finally appeared in print 2 years later!

Ïf you want to contact Chi-Chi, you can reach her at cundie@aphrc.org.

Danika Rockett Presenting in Amsterdam

Congratulations to Danika Rockett (LLC 9th cohort) who has had a paper accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Diversity in Amsterdam this July.  The title of her presentation is The Digital Divide: Bridging the Gender Gap.

If you want to know more, please contact Danika at danika1@umbc.edu.

Cherisse Carlin Published

Congratulations to Cherisse Carlin (LLC-7), who recently learned that her paper has been published in the International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Volume 6, Issue 4.  The refereed paper is available on line here and here.  

If you wish to know more about the paper (or the conference at which she delivered it) or want to congratulate her, please email Cherisse at cherc@umbc.edu.

Dody Welsh-Paris Awarded Sabbatical

Dody Welsh-Parris (graduated 2005) has been awarded a sabbatical for Spring, allowing her time to work on material from her dissertation for presentations and publication.  When she returns to Chesapeake College, she will be the Chair of the Department of English and Communication.

You can contact Dody at dwelshparris@earthlink.net.

Juanita Ashby Bey Successfully Defends Dissertation

Juanita Ashby Bey has successfully defended her dissertation, An Exploration of Identity Development and Culturally Relevant Teaching Practices Among African American Elementary Preservice Teachers in Urban Communities. Her mentor is Dr. Susan Blunck. If you wish to congratulate her or find out more about her dissertation, please contact her at juanita2@umbc.edu.

Kaye Whitehead Interviewed

Kaye Whitehead, one of this year's LLC students (cohort 9) was featured on the front cover of the Baltimore Examiner on January 18 and on WBAL channel 11 on January 17, talking about the ways in which she teaches about slavery in a Baltimore school using primary sources.

Carolina De Los rios Successfully Defends Dissertation

Congratulations to Carolina De Los Rios, who has successfully defended her dissertation, entitled Gender and Identity in a Community of Working Class Latina Immigrant Mothers. Her advisor is Ana Maria Schwartz. Several LLC students, including several of her fellow 5th Cohort were present to give her support. They also brought some wonderful food!

If you would like to congratulate Carolina or learn more about her dissertation, you can contact her at cdelosr1@umbc.edu.

Ryan Monroe Cited on Language and Education Policy

Ryan Monroe, LLC graduate from Cohort 5, recently had an article published on the website of the Institute for Language and Education Policy. The article, entitled Standardized testing in the lives of ELL students: A teacher's firsthand account, documents Ryan's experiences teaching in Prince George's County, Maryland. It can be found here.

Christine Mallinson Presents...

Our new LLC Assistant Professor, Christine Mallinson, has been a very active presenter this semester. Among her recent presentations:

American Anthropological Association (San Jose, Calif.)

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"From Sociology to Anthropology in Sociolinguistic Theories of Social Class," given as part of a 13-member panel entitled, "Critical Intersections in Linguistic Research: Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology in Dialogue."

New Ways of Analyzing Variation (Columbus, Ohio)

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"Social Class, Social Status, and Stratification: Revisiting Familiar Concepts in Sociolinguistics," given as part of a four-member panel entitled, "Undoing the Divide in Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology."

"Trajectories of African American English in Appalachia, given as part of a six-member panel entitled, "Variation and Change in Appalachia" with with Becky Childs, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Co-organizer and presenter of a workshop, "Sociological Theory from the Perspective of Sociolinguistic Variation," with Robin Dodsworth of the University of Maryland's Center for the Advanced Study of Language.

If you want to know more about any of these presentations, please contact Professor Mallinson at mallinson@umbc.edu.

Adriana Val and Violeta Colombo Present at ACTFL

Violeta Colombo (LLC-9) and Adriana Val (LLC-8) gave a presentation on developing meaningful writing activities at the American Council  on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference last Saturday in  Nashville. The session discussed both theory and practice in second language writing.

Adriana also presented with Ana Maria Schwartz as part of a panel entitled Heritage Language Programs: Strengths and Challenges, which described the collection of heritage language programs housed at the Center for Applied Linguistics.

If you want to know more about their talks, please contact Violeta at laurac1@umbc.edu and Adriana at aval1@umbc.edu.

Christine Mallinson in the Baltimore Sun, too!

Dr. Christine Mallinson, LLC's new assistant profession of research methodology, opened LLC's Fall Colloquium series in October with "'Katrina That Bitch!' -- Interpreting T-Shirt Slogans in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina." Her provocative talk, a review of a collaborative research study, stimulated much interesting discussion. It also bore a writeup in the Baltimore Sun, which can be found here. More more information about her research, Dr. Mallinson can be contacted at mallinson@umbc.edu.

Carolina de los Rios Presents on Gender and Identity

Carolina de los Rios (Cohort 5) participated in a conference at the University of Maryland University College concerning Rethinking and Relearning Diversity: From Conflict to Inclusion. Her presentation, "Gender and Identity in a Community of Working Class Latina Immigrant Mothers" was part of a panel which also included Dr. Fred Pincus. She will also be participating in the MD TESOL Conference, to be held on November 4 at Loyola College Center in Columbia.

If you would like to know about Carolina's presentations, please contact her at cdelosrios@umbc.edu.

K. Wise Whitehead Presents and Publishes Galore

K. Wise Whitehead (Cohort 9) has been very active in both presenting and writing this fall. She will be presenting at the MD Council of Social Studies Conference on Friday, speaking on The Impact of the Civil Rights Movement. Her paper was recently published by the National Visionary Leadership Project. She was hired as their historian to write three historiographies and also to design lesson plans for publication. For more information, see it here.

She is also one of the writers Henry Louis Gates' upcoming African American National Biography, which will be published in the fall of 2007 or the spring of 2008. She is writing about three free black women from the 19th Century. In addition, her lesson plan and historiography comparing free and enslaved 19th century black women ( a focus of her dissertation research) was published by UMBC's Center for History Education. She is one of the editors of the collection, which can be seen here.

If you would like to know more, please contact Kaye at: klj2wise@aol.com.

LLC Alums and Students Present at ASA Conference

LLC alumns Dr. Joby Taylor and Dr. Beverly Bickel, along with LLC (Cohort 4) candidate Paula Botelho, presented at the 2006 American Studies Association Conference in Oakland. Their session, entitled, "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore," was a roundtable discussion of critical constructive dialogues on (trans)national identities.

For more information, you can contact Dr. Taylor at joby.taylor@umbc.edu, Dr. Bickel at bickel@umbc.edu, and Paula at botelho1@umbc.edu.

Mark Parker Named UMUC Assistant Provost

Mark Parker (Cohort 6) was named Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). In his new role, he will play a "key role in the analysis, articulation, and implementation of educational policies in support of the university's mission and stakeholders, as well as in advising the university president and provost regarding the external higher education policy environment. He will also act as principal university liaison with external policy and oversight bodies and as a representative of UMUC on standing and ad hoc external policy and planning groups."

Mark was previously the Executive Assistant to the Provost at UMUC. He also holds a faculty appointment in UMUC's Department of Communication Studies. He is currently writing his LLC dissertation related to writing and communication of non-native speakers of English in distance education courses.

If you want to congratulate Mark or learn more about his new position, contact him at Mparker@umuc.edu.

Bev Bickel in the Baltimore Sun

Dr. Beverly Bickel, graduate of the LLC program and director of UMBC's English Language Center, has had an opinion piece published in the Baltimore Sun. The piece, entitled "Is dialogue dying?", can be read here. To learn more, Dr. Bickel can be reached at bickel@umbc.edu.

David Truscello in Print and On-the-Air

LLC graduate, David Truscello, was quoted in a front page New York Times article on community college students (an article with which he doesn't fully agree) on Saturday, September 2. He also appeared on the Marc Steiner Show on WYPR (Baltimore NPR station) on Wednesday, September 6, where he talked about his students, his learning community, the challenges of funding in education, and more.

Carolina de los Rios in New Americans Newsletter

Carolina de los Rios is featured in the August issue of the  New Americans Newsletter, a publication of the Maryland Office for New Americans (MONA), where she did her internship. The attached article reviews Carolina's many accomplishments and also provides some nice publicity for LLC and UMBC. You can contact Carolina at cdelosr1@umbc.edu.

Karen Carpenter Retires from UMBC

LLC Community in Essential Teacher

George M. Chinnery, Cohort 8, who coined the term "MALL" for mobile assisted language learning, recently found that term on the cover of the June issue of TESOL's Essential Teacher magazine. His 2006 article, "Going to the MALL: Mobile-assisted language learning," in Language Learning and Technology 10(1) was also cited in the major article.

Susan FinnMiller, 2003 LLC graduate, has a review of Parenting for Academic Success: A Curriculum for Families Learning English, in that same issue.

Congratulations to George and Susan! If you wish to know more about their work, please contact them at George at geo2@umbc.edu or Susan at susanfinn_miller@iu13.org.

Brian Souders Cited in The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun included Brian Souders, coordinator of UMBC's Study Abroad programs and an LLC student, as a source for its July 21 article, "Broaden Your Horizons." The article focused on the study abroad programs offered at local universities. You can read more here, or contact Brian at souders@umbc.edu.