International
August 4-8, 2008 XXX SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DE LITERATURA Y ARTE,
Porto Alegre, Brazil Organized by the Instituto Literario y Cultural Hispanico and Sponsored by the
Department of Foreign Languages of California State University, Dominguez
Hills; Presented: “Missionários, mercenários e os indios brasileiros”
July 10, 2008 Presented: “Online Charisma of Caribbean and Latin American Cultures” at the
San Jose, Costa Rica 90 th
. Conference of the AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese)
May 28, 2007
Bahia, Brazil
July 12-16, 2006 Chaired panel “Living With and in Death” at the 12th Symposium of International
Augsburg, Germany Brecht Society/12. Symposium der Internationalen Brecht-Gesellschaft
Chaired and presented at the panel „Cinema, Photography, and the Politics of
Representation“ the 32 Annual Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association
June 26-30, 2006
Genoa, Italy
Presented: „Chico Buarque: compositor, letrista, dramaturgo ou escritor? (Chico
Buarque: Composer, Lyricist, Dramatist, or Writer?) at the XXXVI Congreso
Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana (IILI). ''Palabras ideas, idas y vueltas.
Las relaciones culturales y linguísticas entre Europa y América Latina''. Génova
(Italia), from June 26 to July 1 2006)
May 30-June 4, 2005 Presenter (with Luisa GarciaConde) “The Big Picture View Online Teaching and
Sto.Domingo, DR Learning Using Multimedia Interdisciplinary Approaches.” Caribbean Cooperation
August 2005 in the Age of Information Society. Caribbean Studies Association 30th Annual
Conference. Dom. Republic
“Web-enhanced German Teaching” at XIII. IDT 2005 (Internationaler
Graz, Austria Deutschlehrerverband Tagung) August 1 to August 6
July 29-Aug. 2. 2002 Presenter: “Publications in the Revista Virtual de Cultura Iberoamericana
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil RVCI” at the 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of
Spanish and Portuguese
July 31 2001 XII IDT (Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen/Deutschlehrer). Presenter
Luzern, Switzerland at the conference (held every 4 years) organized by the IDV (Internationale
Deutschlehrerverband/ Int’l Association of Teachers of German ) in Section 22:
"Deutsch für den Beruf /German for the workplace ); The title of the paper was
"Fremdsprachenunterricht und Sprachenkenntnisbedarf auf dem Arbeitsmarkt".
For details of all presentations visit IDT's web site www.idt-2001.ch.
May 28-31, 1998
San Diego, CA
IBS (International Brecht Society) Symposium 100 (yrs) session #8: “Brecht in Latin-America”
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2000. Moderator of
January 5-9, 1998
Concepción, Chile
ALEG (Latin American Association of Teachers of German) Conference
Delivered a paper on the “Anthropophagic Brazilianization of Brecht”
National
November 16-19,2006 Presented: “Three types of beginners‟ courses in BlackBoard (BB)“ in the

Nashville, TX session “Teacher Training and Technology in German Language Instruction” at ACTFL
(American Council of Foreign Language Study) Annual Conference, Nashville
Chaired panel „Assessing German and Other Languages at a Community
College” at ACTFL Annual Conference
Nov. 2005
Baltimore, MD
Chair/Moderated the panel “Professional Focus on Community College” at
ACTFL Annual Conference
Poster presentation at ACTFL “Faculty Awareness and Proficiency in Foreign
Languages”
November 18, 2000 ACTFL 2000. Presenter: “WISP Program Study and Work-Abroad Opportunities
Boston, MA for the Community College Student”
November 18, 2001 ACTFL 2001. Presenter: “Professional Focus Session on Community Colleges/
Washington DC Work Immersion Study Program” with QCC student stipend winner.
May 29, 2001
Austin, Texas
NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development) Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence. Presented: “How Faculty Expectations
Differ from Students Proficiency Levels” in the panel: “Assessing and Improving
Proficiency in the Foreign Language Class”
May 7-8, 2000
Washington DC
NCOLCTL 2000 (National Conference on Less Commonly Taught Languages)
Presenter in panel: “Foreign Languages in the Workplace: Assessment,
Achievement, and Change”
Regional
November 13, 2008 Co-organizer of the The VI Encuentro of Ibero –American Writers:
QCC, Bayside, NY “The Jewish Theme in Latin American Literature”
October 11, 2008 NYSAFLT's 91st Annual Meeting, Teaching Languages in a Changing
Saratoga Springs, NY World: Rethinking Literacies and Learners; Presented: “Enhanced
Podcasting „Podagogy‟ & Ideas‟”
November 15, 2007 Co-organizer of The V Encuentro of Ibero –American Writers: ”Nuevos rumbos de
QCC, Bayside, NY la poesía latinoamericana: desde el neobarroco hasta la poesía americana de hoy”
October 27, 2007 NYSAFLT-NYCAFLT Annual Professional Regional Conference at the UFT, NYC
Headquarters; Presented: „Enhanced Podcasting for Beginners“
April 20, 2007
Montclair, NJ
Presented „Stadens„ depiction of 16th century Brazilindian in Film“ in the
Conference „Framing the Past, Fiction, Film and memory“ at the XXVIII
Conference on Spanish and Latin American Literature in Context at Montclair
State University
April 19, 2007
Hunter C., NYC
Organized and chaired the AATG Metropolitan New York Chapter: 2007 Award
Presentation to honor the best students of German from high schools in New
York City
December 1, 2006
John Jay C., NYC
Presenter in the session “Podcasting: Developing Audio-Visual Learning Units
A Team Approach” at the 5th Annual CUNY IT Conference with B.Naples,
J.Darcy, and R.Vaswani
November 2, 2006 Presented at QCC CETL event: „How to engage students in online classes“

QCC, Bayside, NY where faculty shared insights and experiences about effective pedagogy for online classes
October 16, 2006 Regional Meeting: NYSAFLT-NYCAFLT UFT Annual Professional Conference
UFT, NYC Oct. 28, 2006, Presented: “National German High School Test Preparation“
April 27, 2006
Hunter C., NYC
Organized and chaired the AATG Metropolitan New York Chapter: 2006 Award
Presentation to honor the best students of German from high schools in New
York City
April 1-3, 2006
NYC
Presented at North Eastern Conference on Foreign Language Teaching, NYC:
“Community Colleges: Innovations and Articulations”
May 5, 2006 Presented (with M. Santoro, and I. Indra Avens) at the QCC Gen-Ed conference:
QCC, Bayside, NY “The Role of Foreign Language (FL) Study in General Education”
May 5, 2005 Coorganizer of the Tercer Encuentro: “The Universal Quixote at QCC”
QQC (Queens LOTE)
October 28, 2004
UBENY, NYC
Presenter: “Anchieta e os Antropófagos” at the meeting of the União Brasileira de
Escritores, Seção de Nova York (UBENY), Brazilian Consulate
October 16, 2004 Regional Meeting: NYCAFLT/NYSAFLT (New York City Association of Foreign
John Jay C., NYC
May 6-7, 2004
York C. & QCC
Languages Teachers / NY State Association of Foreign Languages Teachers)
Presenter: “How to organize a high school trip to Germany & Swap Shop“
Co-organizer of the Segund o Encuentro: “An Encounter Among Cultures:
A Celebration of International Visual and Performing Arts“
November 19, 2003 QCC Faculty Development: “Web Enhanced Student Assignments.” Presenters:
QCC, Bayside, NY Bruce Naples, Dave Morettti (Technology) Jean Darcy (English), Lorena B. Ellis
(Foreign Languages and Lit.)
November 1, 2003
John Jay C., NYC
October 20, 2002
GIIN, NYC
Regional Meeting: NYCAFLT/NYSAFLT (New York City Association of Foreign
Languages Teachers / NY State Association of Foreign Languages), with Luisa
Garcia-Conde Presented: “Internet projects, Web Enhanced and Online Courses for German & Spanish”
October 17, 2003
QCC, Bayside, NY
Fall Faculty Meeting & Conference at QCC, „Teaching and Learning at a
Community College in an Integrated Un iversity.“ Online Course Pedagogy panel,
Bruce Naples, Moderator. Presenter: Lorena B. Ellis, Foreign Languages &
Literatures “Virtual Trip to the DACHL Countries”
February 28, 2003
QCC/ACC at QCC”
CUNY Faculty Development workshop “Beyond Technology: Best New Practices in the Teaching of Foreign Languages.” Presenter: “Online Language Teaching
October 26, 2002 Regional Meeting: NYCAFLT/NYSAFLT (New York City Association of Foreign
John Jay C., NYC Languages Teachers / NY State Association of Foreign Languages). Presenter:
“Scholarships, Grants and Activities for Teachers and Students of German“
Coorganizer of the Workshop “Wise Guys‟s Music in the Classroom” given by
Dr. Mohamed Esa, McDaniel College, sponsored by the Goethe Institut
InterNationes and AATG Metroplitan New York Chapter

May 10, 2002 Presented with A. Ansani at the LOTE Faculty Development program Spring
Queens C., Queens 2002: “Writing Intensive on(the)line” Project
April 26, 2002
Baruch C., NYC
Member of panel “The Proficiency Scales as a Curricular Guideline” in the CUNY
Colloquium: Teaching Foreign Languages in the 21st.Century
April 26, 2002
Baruch College
Member of panel “The Proficiency Scales as a Curricular Guideline” in the CUNY
Colloquium: Teaching Foreign Languages in the 21 st
.Century
.
December 1, 2001 AATG (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) Metropolitan NY
Regis HS, NYC Chapter. Coorganizer: “Using the Internet in the German Classroom” by Donna
Van Handle (7 hours high-tech but user-friendly).
See details at http/www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/dvanhand/newyorktech/
May 19, 2001
Greenlawn, LI
AATG Long Island Chapter, Professional Development Workshop with Jo
Sanders. Presentation of “ Bastian Böttcher‟s RaPoetry” by Drs. Lorena Ellis &
Marianne Washburn, from AATG New York Metropolitan Chapter
April 21, 2001 CCFL (CUNY Council on FL Teaching) & CUNY/FIPSE Project “FL in the
Hunter College, NY Workplace”, co-organizer and presenter in the Third Annual Conference on
“Proficiency and Teaching”
November 4, 2001 NYCAFLT/NYSAFLT (NY City Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages/NY
New York City State ATFL) Regional Meeting. Presenter: “Die RapPoesie von Bastian
Böttcher”
October 6-9, 2000
Port Jefferson, LI
AATG NY Metropolitan and L.I. Chapters. Coorganizer: “Österreich-Tage”
Immersion week-end on Austrian Politics, Culture and Literature
May 13, 2000
College, NY
CCFL (CUNY Council on FL Teaching) & CUNY/FIPSE Project: FL in the Hunter
Workplace Coorganizer “Applying OPI Principles: Implications for Teaching and the Curriculum”
May 14, 1999 CUNY/FIPSE Project “Foreign Language in the Workplace”, co-organizer OPI
Baruch College, NYC follow-up workshop
April 1996 Lecture on “Brecht‟s Influence on Brazilian Theater”: comparison of Brecht‟s
Pace University, NY Threepenny Opera and Buarque‟s Ópera do Malandro at the Brazilian Institute