Dr. Gabriella McEvoy, chair of languages and professor of Spanish, joined two students in Puerto Rico during spring break to present their research at the XXIX Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Julia Resele ’22, early childhood, special education, and Spanish, presented “Mercedes Gallagher de Parks: A Hidden Gem in the Peruvian Feminist Movement,” and Grace Parks ’21, D’23, exercise science, physical therapy, and Spanish, presented “Effects of World War II through the perspective of the Peruvian intellectual, Mercedes Gallagher de Parks.” Their research projects were developed with Dr. McEvoy as part of her current research and work done in her Latin American Cultures class and will be published as a book next year.

The Jefferson Chronicle published a Q&A with Brianne Eisenecker ’18, early childhood education and elementary special education, to discuss her service trips to Bali and Cambodia during the past few years. Last summer, she spent three weeks teaching English through her church and the Yayasan Widya Sari in Tianyar, Bali. Previously, Eisenecker had taught English in a Cambodia orphanage.