Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning World Languages
The 4th Annual NYU Conference on Second Language Pedagogy
Saturday, October 14, 2023
King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (KJCC)
53 Washington Square South, New York, NY, 10012
9:15 to 9:45
Check-in and breakfast
9:45 TO 10:00
Welcome message
10:00 to 12:00 Panel I
Beatriz Lado, Lehman College & The Graduate Center (CUNY) – “Addressing the needs of language minoritized and racialized learners in a first semester Spanish classroom”
Izolda Savenkova, Columbia University – “Expanding Classroom Discussions: Incorporating Disability Topics in Advanced Russian Courses”
Lorena García-Barroso, Columbia University – “Diversity and Inclusion in Teaching Spanish to Immigrant Students in NYC”
Diana Romero, Columbia University – "Undoing Monoglossia: Raciolinguistics in the Spanish as a Heritage Language (HL) Classroom"
12:00 to 1:00
Lunch
1:00 to 3:00 Panel II
Kathrina LaPorta, New York University – “Revisiting our Heroes: Choosing Diversity in a Diverse Classroom”
Guillermo Severiche, Fordham University / Wesleyan University – “‘This is My Moment / Este es mi momento:’ An Antiracist Creative Writing Project.
Maripaz Garcia, Yale University – “Three effective practices to make your course more inclusive and equitable”
Mansi Bajaj, Yale University – “Multimodality for Diverse Learners in a Language Class”
3:00 to 3:15
Coffee break
Alexander Pines, Assistant Director, Global Diversity Education and Training, Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation (New York University)
4:15 to 5:00
Wine & Cheese Reception
For questions, please contact the organizing committee at languagepedagogy@nyu.edu.
Lorena Hernandez Ramirez, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, NYU
Evelina Mendelevich, Department of Russian & Slavic Studies, NYU
John Moran, Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture, NYU
Maria Jose Zubieta, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, NYU