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2015 Conference Program

Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, Georgia

Presentation Materials Available

2015
Thursday, March 26th
9:00 AM

Beyond the Beauty Myth: Love through Subjugation in Carta de amor by Benedetti

Adriana Primo-Vincent, Albany State University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Francophone Literature

Olga Amarie, Georgia Southern University
Robert Kilpatrick, The University of West Georgia
Irina Armianu, University of Texas - Pan American
Benjamin Ngong, Dickinson College

Room 211

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Inside Out: Making and Breaking Boundaries in Race, Gender, and Education in France and the United States

Juliette Carrion, Georgia State University
Julie Whiddon, Georgia State University
Michael Vo, Georgia State University
Mary Fisher, Georgia State University

Room 221

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

La maternidad y la migración: Un análisis feminista de literatura ecuatoriana contemporánea

Elizabeth A. Harsma, Minnesota State University - Mankato

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

“La mujer venezolana actual en contraste con los personajes femeninos

Osvaldo Parrilla, Lander University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

La niña y el viejo: relaciones pedófilas en la narrativa de Gabriel García Márquez

Dolores Rangel, Georgia Southern University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

La soberbia juventud (Simonetti, 2014), elementos disruptivos entre la juventud y la familia: la homosexualidad, la clase alta y la religión en Chile

Jorge W. Suazo, Georgia Southern University

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Utilizing Cultural Content and Authentic Materials in Arabic Class

Ihab A. Shabana, Universiity of North Georgia

Room 212

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

تعليم اللغة العربية لغير الناطقين بها ..الواقع والمأمول Teaching Arabic for Non-Native Speakers: Reality and Expectations

Abdulrahman Fatehallall Ali Alhawsali, Georgia Southern University

Room 212

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

10:30 AM

A Quest for Wholeness and Healing: The Eternal Voyage of Mélusine des détritus

L. Nannette Mosley, University of Georgia

Room 221

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

A Study of Politeness, Gender, and Moroccan Women's Speech Strategies

Youssef Salhi, Georgia Southern University

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Afro-Hispanic Experience and the Hispanic World of Grammar

Alain Lawo-Sukam, Texas A&M University

Room 212

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Effectiveness of Using Literature for Teaching English Language Writing Skills

Mohammed A. Zaid, King Khalid University

Room 217

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Foreign Language Learning

Olga Amarie, Georgia Southern University
Irina Armianu, University of Texas - Pan American
Florin Beschea, Davidson College

Room 218

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Nostalgia in Cuban Memoir: Connecting Memory, Repression and Home-Making

Lukasz D. Pawelek, Wayne State University

Room 212

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Otherness and Language in Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar

Melody Carriere, University of Louisville

Room 221

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Poetic Improvisation in Réda’s “Four Letters of Coleman Hawkins”

Lynn S. Anderson, University of West Georgia

Room 221

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Poetic Portals to the Divine: The Role of “Dream of the Rood,” “Caedmon’s Hymn,” and the Songs of al-Shushtari in Medieval Mysticism

Audrey Ward, Samford University

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Theme and Variations -- Translations of Valéry's Les Grenades

David W. Seaman, Georgia Southern University

Room 221

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Truth and Metaphor in Ibn Taymiyah

Mohamed Mohamed, Northern Arizona University

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Using Short Film Clips as a Lens into Korean Language and Culture: Building Content Knowledge and Practical Language Skills

Jiyoung Lee Daniel, University of North Georgia

Room 217

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

1:30 PM

Code Switching in Popular Music: A Look at How Artists Mix English and Spanish

Jennifer M. Robinson, University of Georgia

Room 212

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Crossing Borders: From Indifference to Empathy, Stimulating a Humanist Perspective on the Issue of Illegal Immigration through Film

Pedro J. Lopes, Lander University

Room 218

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Presentation Materials Available

Eco-Critical Perspectives on Gisèle Pineau’s L’Espérance-macadam

Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia

Room 221

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

EFL Pre-Service Teacher Professional Identity Formation for Self-Study Research During the Practicum

Majid Al-Amri

Room 217

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

El discurso feminista de Brianda Domecq

Carlos Coria-Sánchez, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Room 211

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

El nuevo programa de lengua para el primer ciclo en Coastal Carolina University

Yun Sil Jeon, Coastal Carolina University

Room 217

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Presentation Materials Available

Fernando de Castro y la educación femenina en España

Christian Rubio, Bentley University

Room 210

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

From Slashing to Blasting, or How to Subvert a Genre: Spaghetti Western

Flavia Brizio-Skov

Room 218

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Gendered Violence and Corporeal Memories in Post-Dictatorship Narrative from Chile and Argentina

Nancy Tille-Victorica, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Room 211

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Logos Cowboys: Postmodern Football and Post-Postmodern War in Don DeLillo's End Zone and Ben Fountain's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Alex Blazer, Georgia College and State University

Room 218

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Lyrique, épique et dramatique dans Cahier d’un retour au pays natal d’aimé Césaire

Mustapha Sami, Community College of Philadelphia

Room 221

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Rafael Montesinos y el Flamenco en su poesía

Lola Hidalgo-Calle, The University of Tampa

Room 210

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Redesigning Foreign Language Education for Strategic Positioning in the Preparation of Twenty-First Century Global Citizens

Philip A. Ojo, Agnes Scott College

Room 217

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Switching by the Numbers: A Quantitative Case Study of Tag and Lexical Item Switching in Gibraltar

Joelle Bonamy, Columbus State University

Room 212

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

The Health Risks of “Marianismo”

Gisela Norat, Agnes Scott College

Room 211

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Un tiempo de silencio para la mujer española de la posguerra

Aurora M. Thorgerson, University of Georgia

Room 210

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

3:00 PM

Challenging the Myth: Maria de Zayas's Novelas amorosas y ejemplares

Valencia L. Tamper, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa

Room 211

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Finding One’s Voice and Identity through Magical Realism in The Woman Warrior

Devona Mallory, Albany State University

Room 218

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Jane Austen's Heroines--And Some Others

Neda H. Jeny, Savannah Classical Academy

Room 218

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

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La maison paternelle perdue dans les oeuvres de Djebar et N'Diaye

Liana Babayan, Georgia Regents University

Room 221

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

La metaphore du devoilement dans Les Enfants du nouveau monde d’Assia Djebar

Amina Saidou, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Room 221

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

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La sexualidad sin desarrollo en "Historias del Kronen" de José Ángel Mañas

Martin Ward, University of Georgia

Room 210

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Lazarillo de Tormes y ``la casa donde nunca comen ni beben``

Jose M. Hidalgo, Georgia Southern University

Room 211

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Oral Proficiency through Film and ACTFL OPI-Guided Tasks in a Conversation Course

Alicia Almada, Auburn University Main Campus
Albitra Medina, Auburn University Main Campus

Room 217

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Rubrics for Easily and Accurately Assessing Speaking and Listening Proficiency from Novice through Distinguished

Catherine T. Johnson, Georgia Southern University

Room 217

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

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Sag Mal! From Voilà! To That's It! Some Ideas on How to Make a Method Even More Communicative

Annette Hanle Daniels, Berry College

Room 217

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Terrorism Unmasked: Yasmina Khadra's Les agneaux du Seigneur

David S. Vanderboegh, Creighton University

Room 221

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

The New Face of Francophonie in North Africa

Ali Alalou, University of Delaware

Room 221

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Trapped by the Gaze: Spatial and Power Dynamics of Courtship in the Grimm Brothers’ “Rapunzel” and Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter”

Amy L. Catania, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Room 218

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Técnicas narrativas. El juego del desdoblamiento: Tiempo de llorar y otros relatos, de María Luisa Elío Bernal

Juan Antonio Godoy, Florida International University

Room 210

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Venus like Death: Poems on Velázquez's Painting

Will Derusha, University of North Texas

Room 211

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

4:30 PM

Chupacabras and the Tooth Mouse: Hispanic Folklore for Spanish I and II.

David C. Alley, Georgia Southern University

Room 217

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Creative Analytical Practice Ethnography as Assessment: Community Service Learning (CSL) and Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) Combined

Diana M. Ruggiero, University of Memphis

Room 217

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Estructura bíblica en Cien años de soledad

Pedro Hoyos-Salcedo, Georgia Regents University

Room 211

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

French Poetry Today: A Survey by Undergraduates

Ana Gonzalez, Georgia Southern University

Room 221

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Linguistic and Cultural Gaps in Foreign Language Teaching

Abdeljalil Naoui-Khir, University of North Georgia

Room 217

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Short-Term Study Abroad in the Regular Semester Course

Kevin Bongiorni, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Room 218

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Transfer Models of Third Language Acquisition and the Impacts on Instruction in a University Foreign Language Classroom

Giovanni Zimotti, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Allen Reid Owens, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa

Room 218

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Tres observaciones culturales en ’Mamita Yumái’, ‘¡Que viva la música’ y ‘El último tango de Salvador Allende’

Adelia Esperanza Parrado-Ortiz, Lenoir-Rhyne University
Arturo Ortiz, Lenoir-Rhyne University
Eric Schramm, Lenoir-Rhyne University

Room 210

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Un escritor político se cambia de ropa: Reemplazando la violencia y el comentario social de la novela con la rareza y la interioridad en los 34 cuentos cortos y un gatopájaro de Evelio Rosero

Jonathan S. Tittle, Instructor

Room 211

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Friday, March 27th
9:00 AM

Are Women the True Measure of What a Society Is Like?

Alejandro Munoz-Garces, Coastal Carolina University

Room 211

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

De fronteras, emigración e iniquidades: La crítica social y la violencia en la narrativa de Celso Emilio Ferreiro

Dr. Anton Garcia-Fernandez, University of Tennessee - Martin

Room 211

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Des personnages-jeunes dans l'espace romanes que francophone africain

Eronini Egbujan, Georgia Regents University

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

A timba abierta e Impar y rojo de Oscar Urra: Dos callejones sin Salida para el detective madrileno Julio Cabria

Alain-Richard Sappi, Georgia Wesleyan College

Room 211

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Aves sin nido e Índole, ¿novelas anticlericales?

Elena Gonzalez-Muntaner

Room 217

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Force-Bonte : un oubli volontaire non justifie

Myrlene Bruno, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Into Word and Stone: Retrieving the Black Death’s Creative Legacy in France and Spain

Randal P. Garza, University of Tennessee at Martin

Room 211

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

La parole traditionnelle dans Le pagne noir de Bernard Dadié ou le passage de l’oralité à la scripturalité du conte

Koffi P. Amanoua, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Room 210

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Modern Vernacular Garifuna Language: The Struggle for Survival in the 21st Century

Michelle A. Ocasio, Valdosta State University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Oralité et textualité

Antoine C. Caille, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Marie-Laure Boudreau, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Rachel L. Doherty, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Room 221

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Social Attitudes towards the Spanish Language in Georgia

Dinshaw K. Anklesaria, Georgia Southern University

Room 218

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Toward a Contextual Ethics in Sabina Berman’s El narco negocia con Dios

Brian T. Chandler, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Room 217

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

10:30 AM

Diglossie: la ségrégation du langage à l'intérieur du cœur

Bianca Tenney, Georgia State University

Room 217

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Europeísmo, privilegio y subalternidad: En busca del espectador ideal de La pasión según Antígona Pérez

Marina Coma, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Room 212

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Examining the Role of Cajun French in Cajun Identity: A Comparison of Four Studies

Tamara Lindner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Room 221

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

From Evangeline to Alma: Acadian Women in Literature

Ashley Luoma, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Room 221

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Lo gótico en La muerte y la doncella de Roman Pollanski

Damary Ordones, Florida International University

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

L’appropriation du mythe dans la construction post coloniale a travers L’Heritage du griot de Dani Kouyate

Amina Saidou, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Presentation Materials Available

Methods to Engage Learning and Teaching, Using Technology

Darren K. Broome, Gordon College - Barnesville

Room 217

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

"Montaigne's Anti-Demonology and Satire of Witchcraft"

Christian L. Martin, Stonehill College

Room 221

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Teaching Techniques: The Difference between Here & There

Karen Guffey, Gordon College - Barnesville
Jana Sandarg, Georgia Regents University
Laura Pierson, Heritage Academy

Room 218

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

The Benefits of Voice Familiarity in Listening Activities

James A. Whiten Jr, Georgia State University

Room 217

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

The Element of Time in Spanish Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film

Kathryn J. Garcia, Georgia Highlands College

Room 210

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

The Nappy Prison: Hair Texture and Shame in Francisco Arriví’s Los Vejigantes and Carmen Montañez’s Pelo Malo

Thomas W. Edison, University of Louisville

Room 212

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

12:00 PM

Teaching and Learning at the Intersections. Are Our Language and Content Courses Set Up for Smooth Mergers or Collisions?

Karen E. Breiner-Sanders, Georgetown University

Hampton Inn

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

1:30 PM

Comparison of the Translations of Relative Clauses which Begin with the Biblical Hebrew Relative Pronoun “asher” into Arabic, Spanish and English

Dale Crandall, University of North Georgia

Room 211

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Dynamics of Religiosity in Contemporary Spanish Soccer as Portrayed in José Luis Sampedro’s That Saintly Day in Madrid

Timothy J. Ashton, University of South Carolina - Aiken

Room 210

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Fuente Ovejuna, ¿Una Realidad del Siglo XXI?

María del Mar Gámez García, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Room 210

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Exploring Alternative Models for Computer Mediated Communication: A Case Study

Jose L. Boigues-Lopez, Emory University

Room 218

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Facilitating Lexical Acquisition in Beginner Learners of Italian through Task-Induced Involvement Load

Vanessa J. Natale Rukholm, University of Tampa

Room 217

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Fantasmas de la “transición”: Nostalgia e ideología en la España contemporánea

Vicent Moreno, Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Room 210

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Fassbinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun: Maria Braun’s Containment

Edith H. Krause, Duquesne University

Room 211

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Filmic Representations of the Art of War and Survival

Maggie Boyd
Rebecca McConnell
Dolores Martín-Armas

Room 221

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Grammar in the 21st Century: Theory and Practice

Diana Calhoun Bell, University of Alabama - Huntsville

Room 218

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Looking at Life through Mirrors and Windows: Ana Maria Matute's Demonios familiares

Debra C. Ames, Valparaiso University

Room 210

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Spanish Prepositions 'Por' and 'Para' and Their Frequency of Use: A Comparative Study

Laura Rubio, The University of Alabama

Room 217

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

The Northern Irish Knot of Politics, Religion, & Language: An American Perspective

Karen Guffey, Gordon College - Barnesville

Room 211

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Why and How to Teach Culture in a World Language Class

Ana M. Zurita, Savannah Country Day School

Room 217

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

3:00 PM

Ecocrítica: La interiorización de la experiencia exterior en Barranca grande de Jorge Icaza

Claudia Young, Northwestern Oklahoma State University

Room 217

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

El Informe al virrey, 1693 de Damian Mazanet: El papel de la alteridad y el biopoder en el desprecio de un fraile hacia los indigenas tejanos

Pedro Cebollero, Auburn University

Room 217

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

History through Fiction: The Case of Saint Malo

Lucia Florido, University of Tennessee - Martin

Room 211

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

La littérature française du XVIIe siècle/French Literature of the 17th century

Tatiana Kozhanova, Georgia State University
Polly Mangerson, University of Georgia
Melinda A. Cro, Kansas State University

Room 221

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Samuel Beckett’s All that Fall and Dante’s Purgatorio

Julien Carriere, Indiana University - Southeast

Room 211

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

The Metaphor of Death in Film: Graphic Images, Surreal Transgressions. Panel 2: Filmic Representations of the Art of War and Survival

Graciela Tissera, Clemson University
Lisa Duenas, Clemson University
Meg O'Sell, Clemson University

Room 218

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

The Yellow Fear of the 19th Century United States

León Chang Shik, Claflin University

Room 211

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Variation and Change in Spanish

Lewis Howe, University of Georgia
Leah Lemberg, University of Georgia
Allonah Ezro-Christy, University of Georgia
Hamideh Mohammadi, University of Georgia

Room 210

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

4:30 PM

Las poderosas palabras de Lispector manifestadas por la oscuridad, la luz y palabras en la obra de Susana Amaral, La hora de la estrella

Garry K. Merritt, Univeristiy of North Georgia

Room 218

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Spanish-Discourse Pragmatics Panel

Kathryn P. Bove, University of Georgia
Leah Lemberg, University of Georgia
Julia Hernández, University of Georgia
Philip Limerick, University of Georgia

Room 210

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Stereotyping 1970s Karate Film in Chuck Palahniuk’s Pygmy

David McCracken, Coker College

Room 218

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Theory and Practice of Teaching Spanish

Lucia I. Llorente, Berry College
Deborah L. Arteaga, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Linda McManness, Baylor University

Room 217

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM