Program

12th Annual PanLingua Undergraduate Research Conference on Languages and Culture

March 31, 2025

Program

REGISTRATION: 7:50-8:15 AM – Muenster University Center, Atrium, 2nd floor

CONFERENCE WELCOME – 8:15 AM

Welcome Dr. Angela Helmer – Department of Modern Languages & Linguistics

Welcome Dr. John Dudley– Dean of Arts and Sciences

SESSION 1 – 8:30-9:20 AM

SESSION 1A           MUC 225A

Interpreting and Translation in Healthcare (Spanish)   Moderator: Angela Helmer, USD

1. Importancia de los intérpretes médicos en un hospital (Sadie Wood, USD)

2. La importancia de la lengua en la asistencia médica (Katelyn Langford, USD)

SESSION 1B            MUC 225B

History of the Iberian Peninsula (Spanish) Moderator: Robert Turner, USD

1. La convivencia entre cristianos, judios, y musulmanes en la península ibérica medieval (Caleb St. Cyr, Briar Cliff)

2. La segunda guerra púnica: la más impactante de las tres guerras púnicas (Carolina García Contreras, Briar Cliff)

SESSION 1C            MUC 225C

Moral Dilemma and Trauma in Popular Culture (German & Spanish) Moderator: Eckhard Rölz, SDSU

1. Imágenes premonitorias: El último día sobre la tierra (Stephanie Meza, Morningside)

2. Lügen und deren Dilemmata in den Filmen Good Bye Lenin! und Wo ist Fred?  (Reem Khalaf, SDSU)

SESSION 2 – 9:30 AM-10:30 AM

SESSION 2A            MUC 225A

Contemporary Social Issues (Spanish)    Moderator: Angela Helmer, USD

1. Investigación acerca de la gentrificación en Latinoamérica y el Caribe y análisis literario del cuento corto Crioulo por Gretchen López Ayala (Jorge Alfredo Hernandez Umanzor, Morningside)

2. La adicción a los teléfonos móviles (Nadia Castillo, USD)

3. Ítaca (Ithaca) (Carlos López-Hurtado/Brock D. Wolverine, USD)

SESSION 2B        MUC 225B

Ludic Expresions   Moderator: Armando Galicia Silva, USD

1. Pintar la historia de mis miniaturas (Morgan Montgomery, USD)

2. Una breve historia de los videojuegos (Aiden Vande Zande, USD)

3. La llegada del fútbol a España (Gabriel Hernández Les, Briar Cliff)

SESSION 3 – 10:35 AM-12:05 PM

SESSION 3A      MUC 225A

Inclusion and Culture at the 2024 Paris Olympics (French)     Moderator: Marie-Pierre Baggett, SDSU

1. Snoop Dogg aux JO 2024 de Paris: Inclusion ou Stéréotypes? (Cecelia Nightingale, SDSU)

2. La robe d’Axelle Saint-Cirel: Mode et Culture à la cérémonie d’ouverture des JO 2024 de Paris (Taylor Overby, SDSU)

3. La France Mondiale : Céline Dion aux JO 2024 de Paris (Abigail Myers, SDSU)

4. Égalité ou Inclusion ? Aya Nakamura aux JO 2024 de Paris (Emilie Eureka Kimangou Ngoma, SDSU)

5. Le Porteur Masqué de la Flamme : la France Démasquée aux JO 2024 de Paris (Alex Wohlwend, SDSU)

Lunch – 12:05 PM-12:55 PM East Lounge

Professor´s Lunch Meeting: MUC 211

Planning for next Panlingua Conference – All faculty are welcome!

Keynote – 1:00 PM-2:00 PM MUC 225C

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Dr. Angela Helmer, USD

“Sons, Parents, and God: A Struggle of Wills in Colonial Lima, Peru” Dr. Cory Conover, Augustana University

University Abbreviations:

Briar Cliff – Briar Cliff University, Sioux City

Morningside – Morningside University, Sioux City

SDSU – South Dakota State University. Brookings

USD – University of South Dakota, Vermillion

Thank you!

We would like to thank the following sponsors who made this conference possible:

Dean John Dudley, USD’s College of Arts & Sciences

Marcus Destin, Office of Multicultural Affairs Coordinator

Special thanks to the following professors who encouraged their students to participate in this conference:

Wilfredo Suárez (Briar Cliff University), Stacey Alex (Morningside University), Marie-Pierre Baggett (SDSU), Eckhard Rölz (SDSU), Marie-Pierre Baggett (SDSU), Ángela Helmer (USD), Robert Turner (USD)