NCCLA Draft Program

Thursday, September 25

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
NCCLA Executive Committee Meeting

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Social Hour, Location TBA

Friday, September 26

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Light breakfast and registration

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Session I (2 panels)
1. Race, Gender, and Nation in Early 20th-Century Latin America
●  Latin American Sinophobia during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries,” Benjamin Narvaez (University of Minnesota, Morris)

●  “Defining a Gran Colombian as part of a 1901 Reunification Attempt,” Rafael Angulo Tirado (University of Oxford)

●  “Embodied Myth and Masculinity: Zapata’s Vaquero and Roosevelt’s Cowboy as Emblems of National Identity,” Fátima Ortega Barba (Macalester College)

●  “Turcofobia Salvadoreña: Anti-Palestinian Discrimination in El Salvador’s Mestizo Nationalist Era, 1920-1944,” Nicholas Fowler (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville)

2. Unessay as Inclusive Pedagogy to Represent Many Latin Americas
●  Bethsabe Huaman Andia (St. Catherine’s University)

●  Alondra Ibarra (St. Catherine’s University)

●  Nayeli Anguiano-Ortiz (St. Catherine’s University)

●  Ashley Ullaguari Lema (St. Catherine’s University)

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM: Session II (2 panels)
1. Social, Economic, and Environmental Challenges in Contemporary Latin America
●  Linkages between diminished economic development and environmental degradation in Protected Areas of arid lands of northern Mexico,” Xochizeltzin Castaneda-Camacho (St. Olaf College)

●   “Social Capital, Access to Health Services, and Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Stratification in Tucumán, Argentina,” Eric Carter (Macalester College)

●   “Gestión minera del future: liderazgo, diálogo y sostenibilidad desde una perspectiva tetradimensional,” Ricardo Rodríguez Robles (Universidad Nacional Ingeniería), Kharina Mirian Caceres Choque (Universidad Nacional de Moquegua), Eduardo Ayvar Robles (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)

●   “Solidarity Science in Campesin@ Community-driven water-life systems in Guerrero, México,” Marlene Brito-Millán (Loyola University Chicago)

2. Teaching, Learning, and New Pedagogical Approaches: Music, Language, and Student Co-Teaching
●  “Post-Tonal Music Analysis for Spanish-Speaking Contexts,” David Castro (St. Olaf College), Romina Soto-Solari (St. Olaf College), Amelia Wise (St. Olaf College)

●  “Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) as Co-Teachers: Research, Praxis, Pedagogy for Improving Student Learning Outcomings in LALACS and Sociology/Anthropology Cross-listed Courses,” Lai Sze Tso (Gustavus Adolphus College), Brigette Ruacho Coronel (Gustavus Adolphus College)

●  “Rhythm Nation: El uso del Hip Hop como herramienta educative en salones de clases en escuelas primarias y secundarias en los Estados Unidos,” Blake Wieseler (University of St. Thomas)

●  “Explicit Instruction and Virtual Tandem Learning Facilitate the Development of Spanish Voiceless Stops,” Antonio Martín Gómez (University of Wisconsin–La Crosse)

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Lunch (Valhalla, King’s Room)

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Book Presentation: Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings: Reyna Grande and Sonia Guiñansaca (eds.)

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Session III (3 panels)
1. Many Latin Americas in Minnesota: Language, Childhood, and Creative Resistance in Mamá Papaya

● Tahiel Jiménez Medina (Filmmaker: Mamá Papaya) 

●Kristina Medina-Vilariño (St. Olaf College)

●Mariana Reyes Payán (St. Olaf College)

2. Law and Politics in Latin America: Continuity, Change and Challenges

●  “Models of Mass Incarceration and Models of Resistance from El Salvador to Colombia,” Paul Dosh (Macalester College)

●  “Herederas y arquitectas del poder: el liderazgo femenino hispano del siglo XXI,” Rubi Ugofsky-Mendez (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor)

●  “The Impact of Gender Equality on Political Corruption in Latin America,” Emma Anderson (Washburn University)

●  “The Possibilities and Limitations of Anti-Racist Struggles in the Courts. A Case from Ecuador,” Maria Moreno Parra (University of Wisconsin–La Crosse)

3. Uplifting Language and Area Studies through Cross-Institutional Collaboration: A Model for Virtual and Hybrid Programming

●  Aimee Orndorf (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)

●  Roxanna Lee (University of Utah)

●  Jeydelyn Martínez (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee)

5:30 PM – 6:45 PM
Dinner (Valhalla, King’s Room)

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Keynote: Dr. John Tutino (Georgetown University)
“Mexico in the World: Making Capital, Seeking Sustainable Lives, Facing Exclusions and Migrations”

Saturday, September 27

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
Light breakfast

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Session I (2 panels)
1. The Long History of Agricultural Production, Latin American Migration, and the Art of Documentary Filmmaking
● Lai Sze Tso (Gustavus Adolphus College)

● Angelique Dwyer (Gustavus Adolphus College)

● Manuel Fernández (University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire)

2. Migration, Displacement, and Representation in the Americas
●“Feminist Accounts of Anti-Immigrant Injustice: Hate in time of immigration Enforcement and Deportations,” Mohammad Rahman (University of Texas–El Paso)

● “Protection Inequalities in Northern Central America: Legal Gaps and the Invisibility of the Internally Displaced,” Paulina Santizo Murua (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

● “Rehomed on the Range: Animals as Latinx in Disney’s Live Action Adventures,” Stacy Hoult (Valparaiso University)

● “Hispanic Immigration and Urban Revitalization in the New Jersey Rustbelt,” Peter Marina (University of Wisconsin–La Crosse

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM: Session II (3 panels)
1. Histories of Power and Resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean
●“Sugar Towns and a Soviet: The Clash of Local Worker Insurgency and Transnational Industry in Camagüey, Cuba (1919-59),” Ben Woloch (Macalester College)

● “Voodoo and Slave Agency: Reading the Haitian Revolution from Below,” Chérif Saloum Diatta (Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar)

● “Understanding Social Hierarchy: A Comparative Analysis of Colonial Mexico and Peru,” Anthony Campion (University of Minnesota, Morris)

● “Reimagining Nationalist Women: Emelí Vélez de Vando,” Victor Cruz (Binghamton University)

2. Art and Activism: A Collaborative Project to Mobilize for Latinx Immigrant Rights with COPAL
● Olga González (Macalester College)

● Marco López (Macalester College)

● Lia Sánchez Valles (Macalester College)

● John Ying (Macalester College)

● Loree Keushgerian (Macalester College)

● Winnie Ren (Macalester College)

3. Language and Belonging in Latin America
● “Archival Reappropriations: Documentary Filmmaking on the Amazon Rubber Boom,” Daniel Coral Reyes (Macalester College)

● “Beyond the Classroom and Toward the Kitchen Table: Mardonio Carballo’s Pedagogical Incursions in Mass Media,” Adam Coon (University of Minnesota, Morris)

● “Culture, Power, and Transnationalism in Abiayala: Imagining a Pluralist Nation with a Unified Voice,” Elena Da Costa (Carroll University)

● “Reimagining Bilingual Education in New York City Public Schools: Enseñando y recitando el alfabeto,” Marlen Mendieta-Camaron (Macalester College)

11:45 AM – 12:50 PM
Lunch (Stav Hall-St. Olaf Cafeteria)

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Session III (2 panels)
1. Immigration, Latinx Experiences, and Community in the Midwest
● “Assessing the Improvement of Intercultural Competence and the Development of Civic-Minded Graduates at the University of Minnesota, Morris,” Catherine Van Wey (University of Minnesota, Morris)

● “Chegamos Chegando: A Pilot Study of Brazilian Immigration to Minnesota,” Pedro dos Santos (St John’s University/College of St. Bennedict’s)

● “My Life Due to Migration,” Kasandra Padilla (St. Olaf College)

● “Midwest N(ICE): Regionalism, Belonging, and Crimmigration in the Rural Midwest,” Cristina Ortiz (University of Minnesota, Morris)

2. Collaborative Learning Methods on Latinx Migrations: Digital Student-Research and Community Engagement

● Kari Zimmerman (University of St. Thomas)

● Paola Ehrmantraut (University of St. Thomas)

●Matthew Vernon (University of St. Thomas)

●Erin Gable (Boston University)