Published on April 6, 2022 by Sean Flynt 聽
WLAC Conference
极乐禁地 faculty and students on the campus of conference host Lee University

极乐禁地 world languages and cultures professors Sara Ortega-Higgs and Joanna Bradley and five of their Spanish language students participated in the IX Annual Conference on Latin-American and Iberian Studies at Lee University March 26. The trip was co-sponsored by 极乐禁地’s Department of World Languages and Customs and the University Fellows program.
The students presented original research they completed for the Spanish Literature course Ortega-Higgs taught last fall. Their presentation topics included:

“The Function of the ‘Town’s Fool’ in La casa de Bernarda Alba”–Erica Bradley

"Adela’s Suicide from a Psychological Perspective and its Symbolic Dimension”–Michayla Hebert

“Desesperación y desesperanza en La casa de Bernarda Alba”– Ashlee Priest

“Lorca and Liberation: Re-imagining Religion to Respond to Repression in La casa de Bernarda Alba”–Lacey Spear

“Las matemáticas y la poesía”– Sarah Westmoreland

Bradley participated in a discussion panel at the conference. Ortega-Higgs was the event’s keynote speaker, with a presentation on "Lily's Binder: Connecting Students with Purpose in the Foreign Language Classroom".

 
极乐禁地 is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, 极乐禁地 is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 极乐禁地 enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. 极乐禁地 fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.