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Language Practice Beyond the Classroom

• Language and Culture Lab
  The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures operates the Language and Culture Lab, located in Building 15/Room 1105. The Language and Culture Lab is open daily to students with a wide range of offerings. Relax in our lounge area with a book from our foreign language library. Come practice your French or Spanish weekly at the El Cafecito or Le petit café. Take advantage of free language practice in French and Spanish offered on a weekly basis. For more information please contact us at 904-620-2282 or consult with your French, Spanish, or Chinese professor.
• El Cafecito
  El Cafecito is an informal hour of conversation held multiple times weekly in the Language and Culture Lab and hosted by members of the �ϰ������� Spanish faculty. For more information, see El Cafecito.
• Le petit café

  Le petit café is an hour of conversation in French, hosted by members of the �ϰ������� French faculty. Here is the schedule for the Fall 2024 semester:

  mardi de 11h00 à 12h00 (avec Mme Schaffauser)
  mercredi de 10h00 à 11h00 (avec Mme Geesey)
  et vendredi de 15h00 à 16h00 (avec Mr Bellamy)

• In-Person and Virtual Language Lab Practice

  The Dept. of Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers both in-person and virtual (via Teams) tutoring free of charge to �ϰ������� students. Both the In-Person (15/1105) and Virtual Language Labs allow students to practice the material they are covering in lower-level French and Spanish courses as well as practice general language skills with our French and Spanish Major Ambassadors. Sessions are organized by level, with some open to students in any course. Please use this to schedule an In-Person or Virtual Teams session with a French or Spanish Major Ambassador: 

  MONDAYS
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Paola R. 9 AM - 1 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Alondra S. 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Aisha S. 12 - 2:45 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Jacqueline G. 6 - 7 PM

  
  TUESDAYS
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Johanna A. 9 AM - 12 PM
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Aisha S. 9:25 - 10:40 AM
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Gabriel M. 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Alondra S. 1:30 - 5 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Jacqueline G. 3 - 4 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Jacqueline G. 6 - 7 PM

  
  WEDNESDAYS
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Gabriel M. 9 - 10 AM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Johanna A. 9 - 10 AM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Alondra S. 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Jacqueline G. 12 - 7 PM
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Aisha S. 12 - 1:15 PM

  
  THURSDAYS
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Johanna A. 9 AM - 12 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Paola R. 9:25 AM - 1:30 PM
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Aisha S. 9:25 - 10:40 AM
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Gabriel M. 1 - 3 PM
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Aisha S. 1:30 - 2:45 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Alondra S. 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Jacqueline G. 3 - 4 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Jacqueline G. 6 - 7 PM

  
  FRIDAYS
  FRE Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Gabriel M. 3 - 4 PM
  SPN Virtual (Teams) or In-Person, Alondra S. 4 - 5 PM

Honors

• Honors in the Major in Spanish

  To earn honors in Spanish, students whose applications are approved must fulfill the requirements of the major with a 3.2 GPA in their major courses, and must complete three experiences that fall within the following categories:

  1. complete a research project, or a creative project, in a 3000- or 4000-level course with the prefix SPN or SPW, and present it in a public venue as part of a presentation that is not already a requirement of that course;*
  2. participate in a study-abroad trip led by a member of the �ϰ������� Spanish faculty or a semester-long experience involving upper-level coursework in Spanish, either through a �ϰ������� exchange, a third-party provider or direct enrollment at a foreign university;
  3. complete an internship for academic credit through the course SPN4940 Internship for Service/Employment in Spanish, or complete an independent research project supervised by a faculty member in the context of SPN4905 Directed Independent Study in Spanish;
  4. complement the major in Spanish with a second major in French Studies, or a minor in Chinese or French; and
  5. complete at least 60 hours of participation in leadership or service activities related to the Spanish language, Spanish-speaking cultures and local or international Spanish-speaking communities through involvement with the �ϰ������� Spanish Club, the �ϰ������� chapter of Sigma Delta Pi (the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society) or other on-campus clubs or community organizations and institutions.**

  Additional options may be available, in consultation with the chairperson of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

  As each of the categories (a)-(c) above involves an activity that bears at least three hours of credit, the minimum number of hours associated with Honors in the Major for the Spanish B.A. will generally be nine. As categories (d) and (e) do not involve coursework, however, a student selecting these options could potentially complete Honors in the Major with fewer than nine hours of credit. With proper planning, any credit hours related to the Honors in the Major for the Spanish B.A. will count among the required or elective coursework for the major.

   *Examples of public venues include a �ϰ�������-affiliated undergraduate research showcase (e.g., SOARS, International Research Symposium), an outside conference or publication, or a special event on campus or in the community.

   **Students should consult with the chairperson of Languages, Literatures and Cultures for approval of activities, for information on tracking hours, and to sign a waiver prior to participating in off-campus activities that will count toward completion of this requirement.

  The language above was approved by the �ϰ������� Faculty Association in December 2019.

  To apply for Honors in the Major in Spanish, complete this form: .

  To document your completion of the requirements, complete this form: .

  These forms are located in the Canvas group site for the Spanish Program. If you are not already a member of that site, you can .

• Sigma Delta Pi
  

  Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, is a non-profit organization that honors those who attain excellence in the study of the Spanish language, as well as Hispanic literature and cultures. The chapter seeks to foster friendly relations with other campus and community organizations in order to promote an interest and deeper understanding of Hispanic culture. 

   Member Benefits 

  • Association with the only honor society devoted exclusively to students of Spanish in four-year colleges and universities, the largest foreign-language honor society in existence (over 180,000 members).
  • Exclusive access to Sigma Delta Pi's undergraduate study abroad awards for study in Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Distinctive student honors and awards such as the Gabriela Mistral Award, the Mario Vargas Llosa Award, a joint Sigma Delta Pi-AATSP, and the Ana María Matute Award, a joint Sigma Delta Pi-Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas recognition.
  • Bolstered credentials for any professional field, including business. For example, see the Qualifications Standards for General Schedule Positions at the website of the United States Office of Personnel Management.

  For more information visit the

  Sigma Delta Pi Requirements 

  • Active membership
  • Each must have completed three years of study of college-level Spanish (eighteen semester credit hours) or the equivalent thereof, including at least three semester hours of a course in Hispanic literature or Hispanic culture and civilization at the junior (third-year) level.
  • The candidate for active membership must have a minimal grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 point scale in all Spanish courses taken.
  • The candidate must rank in the upper 35% of his/her class—sophomore, junior, or senior—and must have completed at least three semesters or five quarters of college work.

  How to Become a Member

  If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact chapter advisers (Chapter Adviser) or . Please be aware that there is a one-time member fee of $25.

Student Research

• Publications

  Peri Manwell, English translation of “Los álbumes de Soledad Acosta de Samper: escritura, cultura material y trabajo manual” by Vanesa Miseres, Biblioteca Digital Soledad Acosta de Samper, . (forthcoming)

  Dr. Clayton McCarl, Lyn Hemmingway, Stacey Lowey-Ball, Sara Menéndez, and Georgina Wilson Aranguren. “La edición digital como espacio de aprendizaje para los estudiantes de español”. Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative, vol. 16, 2023, .

  Lyn Hemmingway. "Improving as an Editor, Growing as a Historian: Analysis of Primary Sources through Digital Edition." PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022, art. 12, .
  

  Melinda Peacock. "Gender Violence in La Casa de la Belleza by Melba Escobar." PANDION: The Osprey Journal of Research and Ideas, vol. 3, no. 1, 2022, art. 14,
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  Georgina Wilson. Review of the Soledad Acosta de Samper Digital Library. SHARP News, April 28, 2021..

• Grants

  Peri Manwell. "Vistas Internship: Making Accessible Colonial Latin American History Through Art Historical Scholarship." Research Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Bianca Thomas. “Reevaluation of the Spanish Golden Age Literary Canon through Virtual Reality and a Multimedia Adaptation of a 17th-century Play.” Travel Grant, Office of Undergraduate Search, Fall 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Bianca Thomas. “Reimagining Literary Heritage for Inclusive and Accessible Learning: a Digital Adaptation of El conde Partinuplés.” College of Arts & Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Program (COAS SURF), Summer 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Erin Garry and Peri Manwell. "La creación de una edición digital colaborativa de la Revista Tierra (1923) / Creating a Collaborative Digital Edition of Revista Tierra (1923)." Conference Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, for participation in the Latin American Latinx Studies Symposium, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, March 22, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Johanna Asencio-Morcillo, Paola Ramos Maysonet, and Alondra Solares (with Dr. Constanza López and Dr. Clayton McCarl). Conference Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, for participation in annual meeting of VI Encuentro de Humanistas Digitales, Fall 2023. Faculty mentors: Dr. Constanza López and Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Paola Ramos Maysonet. "Literature Lab: Development of OER in the Undergraduate Classroom.” Travel Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2023. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Michelle Artiga and Anna Salvaggio. “Y tiro porque me toca: Cervantes, Geese, and OER in the Classroom.” DHI Summer Development Grant. �ϰ������� Institute of Digital Humanities, �ϰ�������, Summer 2023. Funding for undergraduate student travel to co-present in Salamanca, Spain. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Brianna Armenta. Digital Humanities Institute Student Fellowship for work with Vocey y Caras: Hispanic Communities of North Florida. Spring 2022. Faculty mentor: Dr. Constanza López Baquero.

  Stacey Lowey-Ball.­ “Editorial Work and Contextual Research Related to a Digital Edition of Antonio de León Pinelo’s Epítome de la biblioteca oriental y occidental, náutica y geográfica (1629).” Research Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Spring 2022. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Alexandra Zapata. “Dulcinea no parece: Don Quijote en la cueva.” Travel Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Spring 2022. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Melinda Peacock. HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) Scholars Fellowship, Fall 2021.

  Melinda Peacock and Paulino Estévez-Ancira. “TEI-XML Markup, Modernization, Translation and Bibliographic Research Related to Ophir de España: Memorias historiales y politicas del Perú by Fernando de Montesinos (1644).” Research Grants, Office of Undergraduate Research, Summer 2021. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Lyn Hemmingway, Emilia Thom, and Matthew Welcome. Conference Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, for participation in annual meeting of National Council on Public History, Spring 2021. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Jade Basilius. “Developing and Implementing Immersive Instructional Materials in Language, Culture and Literature Teaching and Learning.” Research Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2020. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Lyn Hemmingway. Conference Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, for participation in National Humanities Conference, Fall 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Alexander Isin. “Developing and Implementing Immersive Instructional Materials in Language, Culture and Literature Teaching and Learning.” Research Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2020. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Diego Salinas. “Developing and Implementing Immersive Instructional Materials in Language, Culture and Literature Teaching and Learning.” Research Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2020. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Emilia Thom. “A Prototype Online Archive of Documents Related to Indigenous Peoples in Colonial Spanish Florida.” Research Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Summer 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Georgina Wilson.“Developing and Implementing Immersive Instructional Materials in Language, Culture and Literature Teaching and Learning.” Distant Learning Assistant Grant, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Summer 2020. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Sara Kunz-Rutigliano. "Of Quills and Algorithms: Designing Open Educational Resources in the Classroom." Travel Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Spring 2020. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Emilia Thom and Amarilys Sánchez. Conference Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, for participation in Congress of Latin American Studies Association, Spring 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Teri Pepitone. "Project-based Learning and Accessibility: Teaching Spanish Classics.” Travel Grant. Office of Undergraduate Research, Spring 2019. Faculty mentor: María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Harth Schallen. “Accessible Classics.” Research Grant, Office of Undergraduate Research, Spring 2019. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

• Conference Participation (on-campus)

  Bianca Thomas. "Reimagining Literary Heritage for Inclusive and Accessible Learning: A Digital Adaptation of El conde Partinuplés," Advancements in Research, Inquiry and Scholarship Exhibition (ARISE), �ϰ�������, July 26, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Erin Garry and Peri Manwell. "Creating a Collaborative Digital Edition of Revista Tierra (1923)." Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship Poster Presentation (SOARS), �ϰ�������, April 19, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Britney Griffith (with Maya Blackin, and Janaya Ferrer) "Transcription and Editing Workshops for Digital Project Outreach." Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, �ϰ�������, Feb. 17, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Erin Garry and Peri Manwell. "Creating a Collaborative Digital Edition of Revista Tierra (1923)." Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, �ϰ�������, Feb. 17, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Paola Ramos Maysonet. "Literature Lab: Development of OER in the Undergraduate Classroom.” U-Glide (Undergraduate-Graduate Learning, Inquiry, and Distinctive Experimentation) Symposium, �ϰ�������, December 8, 2023. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Jessica Cardozo and María Sánchez (with Dr. Constanza López and Michael Boyles). "Voces y Caras: Hispanic Communities of North Florida." Seventh Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 4, 2022. 

  Stacey Lowey-Ball, Sara Menéndez, and Georgina Wilson Aranguren. "coloniaLab: Editing Local Colonial History." Seventh Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 4, 2022. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Melinda Peacock. "Translating Ophir de España by Fernando de Montesinos: A Reflection. Seventh Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 4, 2022. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Marisa Pechillo. "Editing a Manuscript Account of John Narborough's 1669-1671 Voyage to Chile." Seventh Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 4, 2022. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Melinda Peacock. "Making a Bilingual Digital Edition of Ophir de España by Fernando de Montesinos." Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship (SOARS), April 2022, �ϰ�������. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl. .

  Stacey Lowey-Ball. "Multidisciplinary and Community-Based Inquiry: Understanding Healthcare Barriers Faced by the Hispanic Community in Jacksonville." Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship (SOARS), April 2022, �ϰ�������. Faculty mentor: Dr. Nuria Ibáñez. .

  Stacey Lowey-Ball. "Semantic Markup and Contextual Research Related to a Digital Edition of a Seventeenth-Century Spanish Bibliography of the Indies​." Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship (SOARS), April 2022, �ϰ�������. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl. .

  Stacey Harmer, Lynne Hemmingway, Sergio Mora and Alexandra Zapata. “Dulcinea no parece: Don Quixote in the Cave” �ϰ������� Digital Project Showcase, �ϰ�������, November 15-19, 2021. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes. Designated as “Project of Merit Winner.” .

  Lyn Hemmingway. "Creating a Bilingual Digital Recipe Book with 'La cocina española antigua.'" Sixth Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15-19, 2021. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes. .

  Sara Kunz-Rutigliano and Óscar López. “Between Admiration and Laughter: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in the Ducal Palace” �ϰ������� Digital Project Showcase, �ϰ�������, November 15-19, 2021. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes. .

  Alexandra Zapata and Lyn Hemmingway. "Digital Diagram of 'Réquiem por un campesino español.'" Sixth Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15-19, 2021. Faculty mentor: Dr. Nuria Ibáñez. .

  Melinda Peacock and Paulino Estévez-Ancira (with Dr. Nathan Gordon and Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Building a Prototype Edition of Ophir de España by Fernando de Montesinos.” Sixth Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15-19, 2021. .

  Jade Basilius. "OER Immersive Multimedia Materials Project" Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship Poster Presentation (SOARS), �ϰ�������, April 7, 2021. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes. Designated as “Project of Merit Winner.” .

  Alexander Isin. "OER Immersive Multimedia Materials Project:VR as an Agent of Change." Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship Poster Presentation (SOARS), �ϰ�������, April 7, 2021. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes. .

  Sara Kunz-Rutigliano. "OER Immersive Multimedia Materials Project: A Theoretical Framework for Multimedia Materials in the Literature Classroom" Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship Poster Presentation (SOARS), �ϰ�������, April 7, 2021. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes. Designated as “Honorable Mention Winner.” .

  Students from SPW3409 Fall 2020. “'Decir a voces esto': Female Authorship in Early Modern Spanish Literature." Fifth Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 9-13, 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes. .

  Amarylis Sánchez. “Roots and Routes of Manuel Rivera: Navigating Cuban, Puerto Rican, and African American Cultural and Legal Identities in Early 20th-C. Black Bilingual Jacksonville.” �ϰ������� Digital Projects Showcase, �ϰ�������, November 9-13, 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. Gregory Helmick. .

  Jade Basilius, Alexander Isin, Sara Kunz-Rutigliano, Diego Salinas, and Georgina Wilson "The OER-Immersive Multimedia Materials Project." Fifth Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 9-13, 2020. Faculty mentors: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes and Dr. Johana Barrero. .

  Georgina Wilson. “Editing a Map and Two Letters Related to Fort St. Nicholas.” Fifth Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 9-13, 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl. Designated “Project of Merit.” . 

  Emilia Thom. “A Prototype Online Archive of Documents Related to Indigenous Peoples in Colonial Spanish Florida.” Fifth Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 9-13, 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl. .

  Jade Basilius. "OER-Immersive Multimedia Materials Project: The Florida Keys Coral Reefs in the Spanish Classroom." Explore �ϰ������� Open House, �ϰ�������, Jacksonville, October 10, 2020. Faculty mentors: Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Sara Kunz-Rutigliano, Diego Salinas, and Georgina Wilson. "Mapping the Quixotic Imagination: Madrid in Galdós's Misericordia." Fourth Annual Digital Projects Showcase, Digital Humanities Institute, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15, 2019. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes. Designated "Project of Merit."

  Amarilys Sánchez and Emilia Thom. “Reflections on a Digital-Humanities-On-Site Experience in Colombia.” Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship (SOARS) Virtual Conference, Office of Undergraduate Research, �ϰ�������, April 8, 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl. 

  Georgina Wilson. "Bridging Past, Present and Future Through Art: El Mal Querer and Le Roman de Flamenca." Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship (SOARS) Virtual Conference, Office of Undergraduate Research, �ϰ�������, April 8, 2020. Faculty mentor: Dr. Nuria Ibáñez. Designated "Project of Merit." 

  Alexis Boulter, Kathlina Brady, Angelic Fleites, Aislinn Kelly, Mariana Mendieta, Amarilys Sánchez, Emilia Thom, and Teri Wilson. “coloniaLab: Siete experimentos editoriales con textos coloniales latinoamericanos.” �ϰ������� International Research Symposium, �ϰ�������, Dec. 6, 2019. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Joshua Burton, Isabella Cioffi, Angelic Fleites, Diego Salinas, and Georgina Wilson (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "Mapping the Quixotic Imagination: Madrid in Pérez Galdós's Misericordia." DHI Digital Projects Showcase, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15, 2019.

  Pamela Martínez (with Dr. Clayton McCarl). “The �ϰ������� Colonial Latin American Studies/Digital Humanities Internship.” DHI Digital Projects Showcase, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15, 2019.

  Salomé Jaramillo, Pamela Martínez, and Mariana Mendieta. "Voces y Caras: Hispanic Communities of North Florida." DHI Digital Projects Showcase, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15, 2019. Faculty mentor: Dr. Constanza López.

  Angelic Fleites. "Embroidering for Peace and Memory." DHI Digital Projects Showcase, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15, 2019. Faculty mentor: Dr. Constanza López.

  Alexis Boulter, Kathlina Brady, Aislinn Kelly, Mariana Mendieta, Amarilys Sánchez, Emilia Thom, and Teri Wilson. “coloniaLab: Fall 2019 Update on Current Projects.” DHI Digital Projects Showcase, �ϰ�������, Nov. 15, 2019. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl

• Conference Participation (statewide and Southeast regional)

  Bianca Thomas. “Reevaluation of the Spanish Golden Age Literary Canon through Virtual Reality and a Multimedia Adaptation of a Seventeenth-Century Play.” Florida Digital Humanities Consortium, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, Sept. 20, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Gabriel Volz. “Digitalization and Annotation of 3D Objects in the Language Classroom.” Florida Digital Humanities Consortium, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, Sept. 20, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

  Peri Manwell (with Damiana Leyva-Loría and Dr. Clayton McCarl).“Building the Revista Tierra Digital Archive as an International Faculty-Student Collaboration.” Florida Digital Humanities Consortium, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, Sept. 20, 2024.

  Erin Garry and Peri Manwell. "La creación de una edición digital colaborativa de la Revista Tierra (1923) / Creating a Collaborative Digital Edition of Revista Tierra (1923)." Latin American Latinx Studies Symposium, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, March 22, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Johanna Asencio-Morcillo, Paola Ramos Maysonet, and Alondra Solares. "Making Visible the Hispanic Presence in North Florida through Oral History and the Online Publication of Historical Documents." Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), �ϰ�������, Feb. 17, 2024. Faculty mentors: Dr. Constanza López Baquero and Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Britney Griffith (with Maya Blackin, and Janaya Ferrer) "Transcription and Editing Workshops for Digital Project Outreach." Florida Undergraduate Research Conference(FURC), �ϰ�������, Feb. 17, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Erin Garry and Peri Manwell. "Creating a Collaborative Digital Edition of Revista Tierra (1923)." Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), �ϰ�������, Feb. 17, 2024. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Paola Ramos Maysonet (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "Literature Lab: Development of OER in the Undergraduate Classroom​." The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) Florida Chapter Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, Sept. 7-9, 2023.

  Jade Basilius (with Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "The Coral Reef Project: a VR Learning Experience." Inaugural Latin American and Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. March 2, 2023.

  Amy Granillo (with Dr. Constanza López). "Voces y Caras: Documenting Our History with Our Stories." Inaugural Latin American and Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium, University of Florida/�ϰ�������, March 3, 2023.

  Marisa Pechillo, Amarilys Sánchez, and Georgina Wilson Aranguren (with Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Editing Archival Documents from the Colonial Periphery.” Inaugural Latin American and Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium, University of Florida/�ϰ�������, March 3, 2023.

  Brianna Armenta (with Dr. Constanza López Baquero). "Marking the Tenth Anniversary of Voces y Caras." Florida Digital Humanities Consortium, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, April 2, 2022. 
  

  Lyn Hemmingway (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "'Dulcinea no parece': Don Quixote in the Cave." Florida Digital Humanities Consortium, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, April 2, 2022.

  Melinda Peacock and Stacey Lowey-Ball (with Dr. Nathan Gordon and Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Place as an Organizing Concept in Editing Ophir de España by Fernando de Montesinos.” Florida Digital Humanities Consortium, Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, April 2, 2022.

  Melinda Peacock. "Bilingual Digital Editing as a Learning Tool." Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, Univ. of Central Florida, Feb. 18-19, 2002. Faculty mentor: Dr. Clayton McCarl.

  Carol Lynne Hemmingway, Emilia Thom, Georgina Wilson and Alexandra Zapata (with Dr. Clayton McCarl). “coloniaLab: Digital Editing with Students at �ϰ�������.” Florida Digital Humanities Consortium webinar series, Feb. 5, 2021. .

  Teri Pepitone and Harth Schallen. “Accessible Classics: Digital Adaptations for People with Reading Difficulties.” Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), �ϰ�������, Jacksonville, February 22-23, 2019. Faculty mentor: María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes.

• Conference Participation (national and international)

  Peri Manwell (with Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Using Digital Projects to Teach about Latin American and US Hispanic Cultures.” Association for Computers in the Humanities, November 8, 2024.

  Peri Manwell (with Damiana Leyva-Loría and Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Revista Tierra: una colaboración internacional entre profesores y estudiantes en la creación de un repositorio digital.” SemanaHD, Red de Humanidades Digitales/Asociación Argentina de Humanidades Digitales/Asociación Colombiana de Humanidades Digitales, May 22, 2024.

  Johanna Asencio-Morcillo, Paola Ramos Maysonet, and Alondra Solares (with Dr. Constanza López and Dr. Clayton McCarl). "Aproximaciones digitales para visibilizar la presencia hispana en el norte de Florida." VI Encuentro de Humanistas Digitales, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Nov. 8-10, 2023.

  Michelle Artiga and Anna Salvaggio (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "Y tiro porque me toca: Cervantes, Geese, and OER in the Classroom." 105th American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), University of Salamanca, Salamanca (Spain), June 26-29, 2023.

  Stacey Lowey-Ball, Lyn Hemmingway, Melinda Peacock, Emilia Thom, and Georgina Wilson Aranguren (with Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Building Communities of Student Editors.” Association for Documentary Editing, June 24, 2022.

  Melinda Peacock (with Dr. Nathan Gordon and Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Digital Editing as a Space for Shared Pedagogy in Colonial Latin American Studies.” XXXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, May 5-8, 2022.

  Alexandra Zapata (with Dr. Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes) "Dulcinea no parece: Don Quixote in the Cave." 29th CILH (Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica), San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 9-10, 2022.

  Suerta Benga and Alexandra Zapata (with Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Pedagogía con United Fronteras” (invited round table participants). United Fronteras Symposium, June 3, 2021.

  Emilia Thom and Georgina Wilson (with Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Editing the Spanish Colonial Heritage of Northeast Florida.” XXXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, May 26-29, 2021.

  Lyn Hemmingway, Emilia Thom and Matthew Welcome (with Dr. Clayton McCarl and other �ϰ������� students). “Digital Editing as Public History Pedagogy.” National Council on Public History (virtual). March-April, 2021. 

  Sara Kunz-Rutigliano (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "'Decir a voces esto': Female Authorship in Early Modern Spanish Literature." 52nd NeMLA Conference, Virtual. March 11-14, 2021.

  Georgina Wilson (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "Reinventing the Classroom: Towards a Model for the Design of Open Educational Resources Across the Curriculum." 12th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Virtual. July 6-7, 2020.

  Amarilys Sánchez and Emilia Thom (with Dr. Clayton McCarl). “Reevaluating the History of Africans and their Descendants in Antioquia, Colombia, through a Digital-Editing-on-Site Study Abroad Experience.” Virtual Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, June 16, 2020. .

  Sara Kunz-Rutigliano (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "Of Quills and Algorithms: Designing Open Educational Resources in the Classroom." 51st NeMLA Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. March 6-9, 2020. Presented in absentia.

  Harth Schallen (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "Your Voice in the Text: Inclusion through Accessible Literature." 2019 Summer Institute of the CHCI Health Medical Humanities Network, Paris, France. June 15-16, 2019. 

  Teri Pepitone (with Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes). "Project-Based Learning and Accessibility: Teaching Spanish Classics." 50th NeMLA Conference, Washington, DC. March 20-24, 2019.

Collaborative Digital Projects

• Revista Tierra

   is dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Tierra, a socialist magazine that played a critical role in shaping the political and cultural landscape of Yucatan, Mexico, during the early 1920s. We present the 33 issues from volume 3, which were published between May and December of 1923. These issues cover the historic governorship (1922-1924) of Felipe Carrillo Puerto and his administration’s efforts to achieve land reform, advance the rights of women, and celebrate the local Indigenous past, prior to his assassination in early 1924.

  This project is led by Dr. Clayton McCarl and Damiana Leyva-Loría of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, and has involved over 20 student contributors at �ϰ�������.

• Accessible Classics: Digital Adaptations for People with Reading Difficulties

  Accessible Classics: Digital Adaptations for People with Reading Difficulties is a collaborative project that aims at making classic literary and educational texts accessible to people with reading difficulties. The project relies on the premise that access to reading is a universal right and that inclusive education can erode the borders that segregate communities and individuals. Led by Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes, associate professor of Spanish, this project has involved students from the �ϰ������� Spanish program as primary collaborators.

• coloniaLab
   is an experimental workshop for the electronic edition of manuscript and rare print texts related to early Latin America. Since 2016, coloniaLab has involved over 40 �ϰ������� students in the transcription and TEI-XML markup of archival materials from the colonial period and nineteenth century.
• Embroidering for Peace and Memory Digital Archive
  The  gathers a selection of the over 600 embroidery pieces that have been created by students, faculty, staff, and community members since 2012. 
• OER-Immersive Multimedia Materials Project

  The OER-Immersive Multimedia Materials Project aims at the design and development of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the classroom as a model to integrate community-based learning and undergraduate research in lower and upper-level courses of the Spanish Program at �ϰ�������. It specifically involves the design of immersive educational materials with a focus on Virtual Reality and reading accessibility.

  Led by Dr. Johana Barrero and Dr. María Ángeles Fernández Cifuentes, the OER-Immersive Multimedia Materials Project is associated with Accessible Classics: Digital Adaptations for People with Reading Difficulties. Several students of Spanish at �ϰ������� have collaborated with Dr. Fernández Cifuentes and Dr. Barrero on this project.

• Voces y Caras

   is an ongoing digital oral history project at �ϰ������� that engages heritage speakers of Spanish in documenting the experiences of the growing Hispanic/Latinx community in our region. The interviews are designed and carried out by students in SPN3351 Communication and Communities for Heritage Speakers.

  Led by Dr. Constanza López, associate professor of Spanish, the project has involved nearly 200 �ϰ������� students as collaborators since beginning in 2012.

Annual Events

• Altar de Muertos

  Día de Muertos, or the Day of the Dead celebration, is a Mexican tradition celebrated during the first days of November to receive the souls of the persons that have passed away. The tradition includes an altar with personal objects, favorite foods, and colorful papel picado, candles and bright marigolds. 

  The celebration coincides with the Monarch butterfly's migration to the south, particularly the state of Michoacán in Mexico. Monarch butterflies represent the spirits of the ancestors but has also become a symbol of the struggle of immigrants in the search of a better life. In 2008, UNESCO inscribed the Day of the Dead celebration as a Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

  In observation of the Day of the Dead, the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cutlures presents an annual altar de muertos in the Language and Culture Lab, Building 15, Room 1105.Participants are invited to bring a picture of their ancestors that passed away and a personal object (not valuable).

• Embroidering for Peace and Memory

  Embroidering for Peace and Memory is an annual event at the �ϰ������� (�ϰ�������) that celebrates diversity and human rights through the activism of collective embroidery. We invite students, faculty, and staff from all over the campus to embroider together, on white fabrics, messages of peace and the stories of people from all over the world who have suffered the violation of their rights. The project began in 2012 and, to date, approximately 600 pieces of embroidery have been produced in more than 13 languages, highlighting the culture and diversity of �ϰ������� and the North Florida community. In recent years, this project has also involved students from Stanton College Preparatory High School. To highlight the importance of this initiative at our university, and to share it with the world, we have created the .

  Dr. Constanza López, associate professor of Spanish, leads this project with support from the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Digital Humanities Institute.

• International Poetry Festival
  The  is an annual celebration of creativity and community, organized by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, in partnership with numerous other areas on campus.
• Majors and Minors Week
  Every fall, the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures holds a week of events and open office hours designed to help current and prospective students meet our faculty and learn more about our programs.
• Voces y Caras Presentation and Exhibit

  Every year in the spring, the students who contribute to the oral history project Voces y Caras: Hispanic Communities of North Florida present their work to the campus and community at an event in the �ϰ������� Art Gallery, Founders Hall, Building 2/Room 1001.

  Each fall, the interviews are presented from mid-September to mid-October as part of an exhibit organized for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at �ϰ�������. The interviews are presented at the �ϰ������� Art Gallery, Founders Hall, Building 2/Room 1001.