FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13

8:30 – 9:00 AM PST

Opening & Introductions

Zoom link A

• Maria Carreira (California State University, Long Beach; NHLRC)

9:00 – 10:30 AM

Session 1

Zoom link A: Students tackling the challenges of a pandemic world

• The COVID-19 Pandemic

  Flavia Belpoti (Texas A&M University)

• Alternatives to Study Abroad

  Fatemeh Towhidi (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center)

• Hispanic Heritage Month and Social Justice Activists

  Teresita Eldredge (Liberty High School)

Zoom link B: Reading and writing with a real-world purpose

• Book Review in Portuguese

  Erika Campanharo de Moraes (Intercultural Language Center)

• Latinx Representation in Media

  Janet Eckerson (University of Nebraska-Kearney)

• Mi comunidad (My community)

  Nayibe Azzad (Arizona State University)

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 – 12:30 PM

Session 2

Zoom link A: Foodways - Explorations of food culture and culinary crossroads

• Playing store: Connecting to Heritage Culture through Food

  Johanna Tigert (University of Massachusetts Lowell)

• Introducing Vegetarian Korean Food

  Woojoo Kim (University of Southern California)

• Teaching Filipino Food, Music & Rituals

  Leticia Cantal Pagkalinawan (The University of Hawaii at Manoa)

Zoom link B: Meeting the call for intercultural competence

• Exploring Korean culture and its perspective

  Haewon Cho (University of Pennsylvania)

  Mijoeng Kim (Washington University in St. Louis)

• Mental Health and Wellbeing: Differences and Similarities between Japan and US

  Asako Hayashi-Takakura (University of California, Los Angeles)

• (CANCELLED) Effect of Pot-Luck Innovative Technique On Persian/Farsi Heritage Learners

  Hamideh Sadat Bagherzadeh (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee)

12:30 – 1:30 PM

Lunch (Get to know each other)

 1:30 – 3:00 PM

Invited Panel #1

Zoom link A

• Challenging Contexts: PBL in Mixed Classes and in Lower Proficiency Levels

  Alegría Ribadeneira (Colorado State University, Pueblo)

• Resources on Project-Based Learning

  Julio C. Rodriguez (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)

  Stephen L. Tschudi (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) 

 3:00 – 3:15 PM

Break 

 3:15 – 4:45 PM

Session 3

Zoom link A: Exploring the target culture and fostering student creativity through cultural artifacts

• Learning Arabic through Visual Art and Project Based Learning

  Fatima Khaled (Peace School)

• Crafting Persian Food Miniatures in Clay Made Dishes

  Farangis Siahpour (Farhang Foundation)              

Zoom link B: Supporting learning and planning for the future in K-12

• Careers

  Wenjing Huang (Wildwood School)

• Free Online Classes for the Community

  Carolina Melgarejo-Torres (Williams College)

• Writing a Message to/from Future Self : Drawing a Road Map to the Future

  Asako Hayashi-Takakura (University of California Los Angeles)SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14

9:00 – 10:30 AM PST

Session 4

Zoom link A: Building stronger college communities

• Community-based Learning: Career/Academic Mentoring Project

  Angela Lee-Smith (Yale University)

• College School Life

  Tin-Yu Tseng (University of Southern California)

• PBL: Toward a more inclusive university and community 

  Paola Guerrero-Rodríguez (University of Florida)

Zoom link B: Outreach projects for healthier HL communities

• Outreach Vietnamese Projects to Vietnamese American Community

  ThuyAnh Nguyen (University of Michigan)

• Domestic Violence in Lusophone Diasporic Communities

  Eugenia Fernandes (University of California Davis)

• Community Health and Wellness

  Jazmin Mier (Dallas Independent School District)

  Giovani Rodriguez Rivera (Dallas Independent School District)

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Break

11:00 – 12:30 PM

Session 5

Zoom link A: Focus on social justice and civic engagement for HL communities

• Inequalities and Discrimination in the Lives of Brazilian Athletes

  Claudia Da Costa (ABRACE Portuguese School)

• How can Youth Contribute to Create a Sense of Home and Belonging for Immigrants New in a Place?

  Vivian H. Franco Díaz (University of Minnesota)

• Antiracism in Our School and Community

  Karla Perez-Mendoza (Geffen Academy at UCLA)

Zoom link B: Telling our stories: Oral history projects for HL communities

• Family Genealogy: Story Telling through Literary Work

  Ching-Hsuan Wu (West Virginia University)

• Community-based Research through Oral History

  Emily Bernate (St. Edward's University)

• Documenting Stories of Immigrants

  Luz Ede-Hernández (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)

12:30 – 1:30 PM

Lunch

 1:30 – 2:30 PM

Invited Panel #2

Zoom link A

• PBL goes to the theater: Supporting learning and engagement through extracurricular activities

  Professor Alicia del Campo (California State University, Long Beach)

  Alfa López (California State University, Long Beach)

  Leydi Ahumada (California State University, Long Beach)

  Francisco Soto (California State University, Long Beach)

  Shady Ruiz (California State University, Long Beach)

  Monica Chacón (California State University, Long Beach)

  Lidia Grajeda (California State University, Long Beach)

  María Juárez (California State University, Long Beach)

 2:30 – 3:00 PM

Break 

 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Session 6

Zoom link A: Advancing College-age learners’ professional development

• Prepare College Students for the Workforce Through PBL

  Michelle Smith (University of California, Los Angeles)

• Professional Development for Heritage Bilingual Learners

  Estrella Rodriguez (Florida State University)

  Anel Brandl (Florida State University)

Zoom link B: Students as academic researchers: Real-world scholarship in the language classroom

• Oral History Project in a Russian History Course                 

  Anna Kudyma (University of California, Los Angeles)

• An Inter-Generational Language Study

  Julianne Bryant (Biola University)

  Melanie Ramos (Biola University)

 4:00 – 4:10 PM

Break

 4:10 – 4:30 PM

Wrap up & Closing

Zoom link A