THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME
LORENA B. ELLIS, Ph.D.
Title: Professor
COLLEGE
Queensborough Community College
Department: For. Lang. and Literatures
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES AT NATIONAL/REGIONAL
PROFESSIONAL CONVENTIONS (Include full citation)
February 7 and March 7, 2014, QCC: Co-coordinator and presenter at the Study Abroad Orientation two
sessions for 16 Students attending the Global Seminar in Salzburg during Spring Break 2014.
November 15, 2013, Holocaust Center at QCC: Coordinated and presented at “A conversation with Mr.
Kleeman, a survivor of the Dachau Concentration Camp and an introduction to the Salzburg Global Seminar”
February 8 and March 1, 2013 QCC LB14: Presented on her experience as 2012 Advisor of QCC students at
the Salzburg Global Seminar (SGS) in Austria at the orientation sessions to students selected to attend the
2013 SGS at two orientation sessions.
February 21, 2013, QCC: Coordinator and moderator of a Study Abroad event, presented an overview of a study
abroad at QCC and introduced the guest speaker Dr. Farid Hafez who lectured on "From Harlem to Hoamat-lond/the Alps:
Hip Hop, Malcolm X and Islamic Activism in Austria.” Dr. Hafez is lecturer as the Muslim Teachers Training College, in
Vienna, and a presenter at the Salzburg Global Seminar 2012.
November 16, 2012, Philadelphia, PA: Presented in the panel “Community Colleges challenges and
preparedness for successful online teaching.” Title: “Trainers and mentors assist faculty in developing hybrid
online courses in a LMS,” ACTFL Annual Conference 2012 in Philadelphia, PA.
November 15, 2012, QCC Holocaust Center: Presented and overview of the Salzburg Global Seminar and
introduced the guest speaker Mr. Werner Kleeman, a survivor of the Dachau Concentration Camp who
presented his experience as published in his book From Dachau To D-Day. Marble House Editions, Rego
Park, (2007).
November 18, 2011, Denver, CO: Chaired and presented in the panel “Community College Network, multilanguage departments, and multi-tasking instructions” ACTFL Annual Conference 2011 in Denver, CO.
October 21, 2011, NY: Presented “Web-Enhance Your Lesson Plans” at the STC 2011 - Successful
Teaching Conference in the GIFTS (Gathering Ideas for Teaching Success) session, organized by the SUNY
Leadership Institute & MCC Monroe Community College, Syracuse, New York.
June 24 - 26, 2011, Chicago: AATG Community College Committee Meeting with representatives of the
Goethe Institut Chicago, and other representatives of German, Austrian, Swiss culture institutions.
Presentation and discussion of the AATG Fall 2010 Survey “Demographics: German at Community Colleges”
September 2-3, 2011, Santa Catarina, Brazil: Presented the work of RVCI (Revista Virtual de Cultura Iberoamericana),
met and collected information on Santa Catarina, Brazil Brazilian writers at the III Encounter of Writers from Alfredo
Wagner, surrounding regions, Santa Catarina and other Brazilian states, (Encontro Catarinense de Escritores de Alfredo
Wagner e Região) at the Sociedade Recreativa União Club and at the school Escola de Educação Básica Silva Jardim,”
December 14 &16, 2010, Pace University + QCC: Organized and coordinated a presentation and book
discussion of Dr. Antonio Pedro Tota author of The Seduction of Brazil, at Pace University and QCC
November 19-21, 2010, Boston: Presented in the panel “Embracing the Challenges and Opportunities in
Community College FLPrograms” (CC SIG), ACTFL Annual Conference 2010 in Boston, MA
June 9-12, 2010, Washington DC: Presented “Anchieta, Staden e Cunhambebe” at the XXXVIII Congreso
del IILI – Independencia memoria y futuro, (June 10), Georgetown University, DC
October 11, 2008, Saratoga Springs, NY: NYSAFLT's 91st Annual Meeting, Teaching Languages in a
Changing World: Rethinking Literacies and Learners; Presented: “Enhanced Podcasting ‘Podagogy & Ideas;”
October 10-12, 2008.
August 2008, P.Alegre, Brazil: XXX SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DE LITERATURA Y ARTE, 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;”
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, August 4 to 9, 2008.
July 8-11, 2008, San José, Costa Rica: 90th Annual AATSP Meeting. Presented: “Online charisma of
Caribbean and Latin American Cultures,”
October 27, 2007, NYC: NYSAFLT-NYCAFLT Annual Professional Regional Conference at the UFT, NYC
Headquarters; Presented: „Enhanced Podcasting for Beginners“
May 28, 2007, Bahia, Brazil: Presenter at the 32nd. annual Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) conference
Salvador da Bahia, Brazil “Cinema, Photography, and the Politics of Representations C2” Paper Hans
Staden and Anchieta.
April 20, 2007, Montaclair State University-NJ: Presenter: “Staten’s depiction of 16th century
Brazilindian in film” at the XXVIII Conference of Spanish and Latin American Literature in Context
"Framing de Past, Fiction, Film and memory,"
April 13, 2007, Borough of Manhattan Community College: Presenter “Creating Tutorials and Podcasts
Using Camtasia, at LACUNY Web Management Roundtable at BMCC
December 1, 2006, John Jay College: Presenter in the session “Podcasting: Developing Audio-Visual
Learning Units – A Team Approach” at the 5th Annual CUNY IT Conference at John Jay College in NYC
November 16-19, 2006, Nashville, Texas: Presented: “Three types of beginners’ courses in BlackBoard
(BB)“ in the session “Teacher Training and Technology in German Language Instruction” at ACTFL
(American Council of Foreign Language Study) Annual Conference, Nashville, Texas.
November 16-19, 2006, Nashville, Texas: Chair of panel „Assessing German and Other Languages at a
Community College” at ACTFL annual conference, Nashville, Texas.
October 28, 2006, UFT Headquarters, Manhattan: Regional Meeting: NYSAFLT-NYCAFLT UFT Annual
Professional Conference Oct. 28, 2006 Presenter: “National German Highschool Test Preparation“
July 12-16, 2006, Augsburg, Germany: Chaired panel “Living With and in Death” at the 12th Symposium of
International Brecht Society/12. Symposium der Internationalen Brecht-Gesellschaft, in Augsburg, Germany.
June 26-30, 2006, Génova, Italy: Presenter at the XXXVI Congreso Internacional de Literatura IberoAmericana (IILI). ''Palabras e ideas, idas y vueltas. Las relaciones culturales y linguísticas entre Europa y
América Latina''. del 26 de junio al 1 de julio de 2006.)
April 1-3, 2006, NECFL: Presenter at North Eastern Conference on Foreign Language Teaching, NYC:
“Community Colleges: Innovations and articulations.”
May 2005.\, Dominican Republic: “The Big Picture View of Online Teaching” at the Caribbean Studies Assoc,
Dom. Republic,
August 2005, Austria: “Web-enhanced German Teaching” at XIII. IDT 20005 (Internationaler
Deutschlehrerverband Tagung) in Graz,
Nov. 2005, Chicago: Poster presentation at ACTFL “Faculty Awareness and Proficiency in Foreign
Languages.” Chair/Moderator the panel “Professional Focus on Community College” at ACTFL.
October 28, 2004, NYC: Presenter: “Anchieta e os Antropófagos” at the meeting of the União Brasileira de
Escritores, Seção de Nova York (UBENY). Brazilian Consulate, NYC
October 16, 2004, John Jay College: Organizer & Presenter: “How to organize a HSchool trip to Germany &
Swap Shop.“ Regional Meeting: NYCAFLT/NYSAFLT (New York City Association of Foreign Languages
Teachers / NY State Association of Foreign Languages Teachers).
May 6-7, 2004, York College & QCC: Co-organizer of the Segundo Encuentro: “An Encounter Among
Cultures: A celebration of International Visual and Performing Arts.“
November 1, 2003, John Jay College: Regional Meeting: NYCAFLT/NYSAFLT (New York City Association
of Foreign Languages Teachers / NY State Association of Foreign Languages). Presenter: “Internet projects,
web enhanced and online courses for German & Spanish.”
October 26, 2002, John Jay College: Regional Meeting: NYCAFLT/NYSAFLT (New York City Association of
Foreign Languages Teachers / NY State Association of Foreign Languages). Presenter: “Scholarships,Grants
and Activities for Teachers and Students of German.“
October 20, 2002, GIIN, NYC: Co-organizer of the Workshop “Wise Guys’s Music in the Classroom” given
by Dr. Mohamen Esa, McDaniel College, sponsored by the Goethe Institut InterNationes and AATG
Metroplitan New York Chapter.
July 29-August 2/, 2002: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of
Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Presenter: “Publications in the Revista Virtual de Cultura
Iberoamericana RVCI”
May 10, 2002, Queens College: Presenter with A.Ansani at the LOTE Faculty Development program Spring
2002: “Writing Intensive on(the)line” Project
April 26, 2002, Baruch College: Member of panel “The Proficiency Scales as a Curricular Guideline” in the
CUNY Colloquium: Teaching Foreign Languages in the 21st.Century.
December 1, 2001. Regis HS, NYC: AATG (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) Metropolitan
NY Chapter. Co-organizer: “Using the Internet in the German Classroom” by Donna Van Handle (7 hours hightech but user-friendly).
November 18, 2001. Washington DC: ACTFL 2001. Presenter: “Professional Focus Session on Community
Colleges/Work Immersion Study Program” with QCC student stipend winner.
July 31 2001. Luzern, Switzerland: XII IDT (Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen/Deutschlehrer).
Present 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".
May 29, 2001, Austin, Texas:: NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development)
Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence. Presented: “How Faculty Expectations Differt from
Students Proficiency Levels” in the panel: “Assessing and Improving Proficiency in the Foreign Language
Class”
May 19, 2001, Greenlawn, LI: AATG Long Island Chapter, Professional Development Workshop with Jo
Sanders.Presentation of “Bastian Böttcher’s RaPoetry” with Dr. Marianne Washburn from Brooklyn College
both representing AATG New York Metropolitan Chapter
April 21, 2001, Hunter College, NY: CCFLS (CUNY Council on FL Study) & CUNY/FIPSE Project “For.
Lang. in the Workplace”, co-organizer and presenter in the Third Annual Conference on “Proficiency and
Teaching”
November 18, 2000, Boston, MA: ACTFL 2000. Presenter: “WISP Program Study and Work-Abroad
Opportunities for the Community College Student”
November 4, 2001, NYC: NYCAFLT/NYSAFLT (NY City Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages/NY
State ATFL) Regional Meeting. Presenter: “Die RapPoesie von Bastian Böttcher”
October 6-9, 2000, Port Jefferson, LI: AATG NY Metropolitan and L.I. Chapters. Co-organizer: “ÖsterreichTage” Immersion week-end on Austrian Politics, Culture and Literature
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”
May 13, 2000, Hunter College, NY: CCFL (CUNY Council on FL Teaching) & CUNY/FIPSE Project: FL in the
Workplace Co-organizer “Applying OPI Principles: Implications for Teaching and the Curriculum”
May 14, 1999, Baruch College, NYC: CUNY/FIPSE Project “Foreign Language in the Workplace”, coorganizer OPI follow-up workshop
May 28-31, 1998 San Diego, CA: IBS (International Brecht Society) Symposium
ofsession #8: “Brecht in Latin-America”
January 5-9, 1998 Concepción, Chile: ALEG (Latin American Association of Teachers of German)
Conference Delivered a paper on the “Anthropophagic Brazilianization of Brecht”
April 1996, Pace University, NYC: Lecture on “Brecht’s Influence on Brazilian Theater”: comparison of
Brecht’s Threepenny Opera and Buarque’s Ópera do Malandro at the Brazilian Institute