The SLINKI Conferences

The Goals of SLINKI/SLISE

The Spanish Linguistics in North Carolina (SLINKI) conference was founded in 2011 by faculty at North Carolina State University and Fayetteville State University, in order to share research and encourage collaboration among faculty and students across North Carolina and throughout the Southeast. 

In 2016 the conference expanded past the borders of NC, and the name was expanded to include Spanish Linguistics in the Southeast (SLISE). It is now known by either SLINKI or SLISE, or most often as both together (SLINKI/SLISE).

The conference has a one day, one session at a time format, and features talks by leading faculty and up and coming graduate students from throughout the region. In these times of budget cuts and increasing conference costs, the original goal of creating a manageable, affordable and friendly conference continues. SLINKI provides a venue for both traditional research presentations as well as poster presentations. 

 Past SLINKI Meetings

1. SLINKI 2011 - hosted by NC State (Jim Michnowicz) and Fayetteville State University (Hilary Barnes). Program.

2. SLINKI 2012 - hosted by UNC-Wilmington (Amanda Boomershine, Ariana Mrak & John Stevens). Program.

3. SLINKI 2013 - hosted by UNC-Greensboro (Mariche Bayonas & Kelly Pereira). Program. 

4. SLINKI 2014 - hosted by Appalachian State University (Benji Souza & Catherine Fountain). Program.

5. SLINKI 2015 - hosted by East Carolina University (Stephen Fafulas & Ricard Viñas de Puig). Program.

6. SLINKI/SLISE 2016 - Expanded meeting to Spanish Linguistics in the Southeast (SLISE), hosted by the College of Charleston, SC. (Hilary Barnes & Ricard Viñas de Puig). Program. Posters. 

7. SLINKI 2017 - hosted by NC State (Jim Michnowicz & Rebecca Ronquest). Program.

8. SLINKI 2018 - hosted by Wake Forest University (Luis González & Tiffany Judy). Program.

9. SLINKI 2019 - hosted by UNC-Chapel Hill (Lamar A. Graham, Martha Ruiz-García & Tamara Cabrera). Program. 

10. SLINKI 2020 - hosted by Appalachian State University (Benji Souza & Catherine Fountain). Program. 

11. SLINKI 2021 - Virtual Edition hosted by NC State (Jim Michnowicz & Rebecca Ronquest). Program. 

12. SLINKI/SLISE 2022 - hosted by Furman University (Jeff Michno & Stephanie Knouse). Program.

13. SLINKI/SLISE 2023 - hosted by Davidson College (Abril Jimenez, Rosalba Esparragoza, Rebecca Fernandez, Isabella DePue, Brandon Cannon). Program.

14. SLISE/SLINKI 2024 - hosted by the College of Charleston (Ezequiel M. Durand-López, Ricard Viñas de Puig, Colleen Moorman). Program.