Gustavo Mejía's Presentations
Conference Participant
2007 Connecticut Council of Language Teachers (CT-COLT): “Mesoamerican Codices and Calendars” (with Donna Lyons, State Department of Education).
The Language of Images International Conference, New Britain, CT: “From Images to Words: Domination and Resistance of the Aztecs”.
2006 ACTFL, Nashville: “Spiraling Intermediate Level Students through the Writing Process” (with Dr. Paloma Lapuerta).
Connecticut Council of Language Teachers (CT-COLT): “Cómo fraccionar tareas de escritura: La narración” (with Dr. Paloma Lapuerta).
10th Connecticut State Faculty Research Conference: “Building Foreign Language Proficiency through Writing¨ (with Dr. Paloma Lapuerta).
2005 Connecticut Council of Language Teachers (CT-COLT): La escritura en el aula de español intermedio” (with Dr. Paloma Lapuerta).
2004 Instituto Cervantes, New York: “Integración de la lengua y la cultura mediante el uso de nuevas tecnologías en la enseñanza de la lengua” (with Dr. Paloma Lapuerta).
Central Connecticut State University, Graduate Forum: “The Modern Languages Department: Helping Students Meet their Goals”.
2003 “Bridging Language and Culture through Technology.” With Drs Paloma Lapuerta and Lilián Uribe.
7th Success in Languages through Technology Conference, sponsored by CT Council Of Language Teachers (CT-COLT): Panel discussion: “World Languages and Technology: New Perspectives and Trends”.
7th Success in Languages through Technology Conference, sponsored by CT Council Of Language Teachers (CT-COLT): “New Uses for Old Keyboarding Tools”.
Latin American Studies Association (LASA): “Historia, desplazamientos y violencia en la novela de Laura Restrepo”. (Session Chair).
Amazonia Perspectives / Amazonia Prospects, Darthmouth College: “La celva y sus huellas”.
Excellence in Teaching Symposium, CCSU: “Instructional Applications and Implications of the Oral Proficiency Interview” (Poster presentation).
XII Congreso de la Asociación de Colombianistas, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia: “Life and Death in the Amazons”.
Bridgeport Board of Education: “Integrating Culture and Language in the Spanish Classroom”, a one-day seminar team taught with Dr Lilian Uribe.
New Haven School District: The Challenge of Integrating Language and Culture through Technology”, a six-day seminar funded with a grant form the Connecticut Collaborations Program, and which took place between November 2003 and May 2004.
2002 CT COLT: Bridging Language and Culture through Technology
CCSU Seminar on "The Challenge of Integrating Culture in the Spanish Classroom"
2001 XII
Congress of the American Association of Colombianists,
Urbana-Champaign. “Fraccionamiento del discurso histórico en La
multitud errante de Laura Restrepo.”