This year we will be also hosting an INCC alumni event at 12pm, virtually, in preparation of our INCC 40th anniversary celebration. If you ever wondered what type of jobs a MA degree in Intercultural Communication can lead to, this is a great opportunity to learn from alumni.  

RSVP to let us know you are coming. 

See panels below and the full program in the attached document.

Opening - 9:50 am - Welcome and Introductions

Panel 1:

10:00–10:10 — Landry Digeon (INCC alumnus). "Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Engagement and Action in the Cyprus Context"

10:10–10:20 — Ramsha Chaudhary (MLLI alumna). "Assessing the Effect of Language Barriers on the Perception of Care Received by Spanish-speaking Patients in Baltimore, MD."

10:20–10:30 — Viridiana Colosio-Martínez (INCC alumna). "Familismo, Aguantarismo, and Celebrarismo: The Latinx Workers' Values and Collective Survival in Baltimore."

10:30–10:40 — Nathan Wooddell (UMBC faculty), Carter Lemen (MLLI alumnus) and Vira Zhdanovych (MLLI faculty). "Undergraduate Research Embedded in an Interdisciplinary Language Course: Student Final Projects in Russian 470: Russian for Technology and Cybersecurity."

10:40–10:55 — Q&A(15 min)

Panel 2

10:55–11:05 — Gemma Garcia Parellada (INCC alumna) 'La gang shit catalana': The Use of Translanguaging in the New era of Contemporary Catalan Urban Music."

11:05–11:15 — Kyung-Eun Yoon (MLLI faculty). "K-Pop, Memetic Practices, and Collective Identity in South Korea's Impeachment Protests"

11:15–11:25 — Meloddye Carpio-Ríos (MLLI faculty). "Teaching Through Excess: Queer Brown Bodies and the Pedagogies of Undocu-Desire."

11:25–11:35 — Tania Lizarazo (MLLI faculty). "Beyond Accommodations: A Latina Feminist Testimonio about Surviving Higher Education"

11:35–11:50 — Q&A (15 min)

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12:00-1:00pm - INCC's 40th Anniversary. Alumni conversation. Where are they now?

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Join by phone United States Toll (Washington D.C.)

+1-202-860-2110

Access code: 28665198866. 

Global call-in numbers

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