Category: Events and Announcements

Meet the USLS Ambassadors for 2023-2024!

Ames Public Library Event: MEMOIR EXHIBIT

Lunch and Learn/Pizza and Rumba

Friday, September 29, 12:00pm | Pearson 1115 with Dr. Berta Jottar

Rumba: Tales of Sound & Sentiment in the Afro-Latinx Diaspora

Berta Jottar is an independent scholar and media maker with a PhD from the Department of Performance Studies at New York University, TISCH School of the Arts. For the past 20 years, she has specialized in the research, recording, and editing of the music and dance practices of the Afro-Latinx Diaspora in the East Coast, … Continue reading Rumba: Tales of Sound & Sentiment in the Afro-Latinx Diaspora

Welcome New Faculty Affiliate!

USLS is just thrilled to welcome its newest affiliate, Dr. Luana Lamberti. I am a sociolinguist and a creolist. My research focuses on the sociolinguistic aspect of contact-induced features from Portuguese and Spanish. I have carried out long-term research in the Helvécia community from Bahia, Brazil, to document Helvécia Afro-Brazilian Portuguese. I have also worked … Continue reading Welcome New Faculty Affiliate!

Welcome New Graduate Instructor!

USLS is delighted to welcome Johanna Burr. Johanna Burr is a third-year student in the Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Environment Program. Her academic journey began with a dual major in Spanish and English during her undergraduate years, where she engaged in research projects focused on Spanish Golden Age theater. Following her … Continue reading Welcome New Graduate Instructor!