Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies Baltasar Fra-Molinero teaches SPAN 201 – A – 90272 – Intermediate Spanish I in Roger Williams

Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies Baltasar Fra-Molinero teaches SPAN 201 – A – 90272 – Intermediate Spanish I in Roger Williams

Associate Professor of Politics Clarisa Perez-Armendariz holds thesis meetings from 1-4 p.m. in Pettengill 127. Here she meets with David Quintero ’20 of Oxnard, Calif., and Claire Deplanck ’20 of Singapore.

Scenes from campus on Sept. 21, 2021 Lecturer in Psychology Sue Langdon holding a book she received from colleague Karen Melvin of history department. She is using it to teach her first year seminar.

“Identity and Multilingualism through Picture Books” is a two-week summer institute designed for 29 K-3 elementary teachers sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The institute will focus on pedagogical approaches to language learning through an equity lens, engaging with narrative form and structure (translation, multilingualism, code-switching) as well as visual construction (illustrations of race, ethnicity and culture as well as modes of interacting with book format). We will offer our seminar in a combined format: one week of virtual synchronous and asynchronous content July 4-8, 2022 in preparation for one-week of in-person, hands-on learning experiences to be held July 11-15, 2022 at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. On Tuesday, July 12: We will spend the day immersed in the world of esteemed Maine artist and children’s book author and illustrator Ashley Bryan, including time with original works from the Bates College Museum of Art. Through hands-on exploration, teachers will practice using narrative and material objects in class design. Project Co-director Kirsta Aaronson, Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of the Faculty Anthony Shoskak, Education Curator, Museum of Art Project co-director Margaret Boyle, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies at Bowdoin College. Anne Sibley O’Brien, children’s book creator,

This coming Tuesday, March 4 at 7 PM in Olin, we will be screening the beautiful documentary “Torah Tropical” followed by a Q + A with producer Heidi Paster (parent of a current Bates student) led by students from my Jewish Latin American film seminar. The documentary follows the story of a family in Cali, Colombia, who converts to Judaism and attempts to immigrate to Israel. Please join us if you’re interested and please also consider passing along the information to your students, colleagues, and friends if they might also be interested (entry is free for Bates staff, faculty, and students!)