Rethinking the Language Center (Presentations)

Introduction to the Symposium
Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Director, Yale Language Center; Executive Director of the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning

Introduction to the Keynote Presentation
Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Director, Yale Language Center; Executive Director of the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning

The Educational Promise of the Language Center
Claire Kramsch, University of California at Berkeley

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Panel 1: Mission (Facilitated by Catherine Baumann, Senior Lecturer, Director of the Language Program in German, University of Chicago)

Richard Kern, Associate Professor and Director of the Berkeley Language Center, University of California at Berkeley

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Stéphane Charitos, Director of the Language Resource Center, Columbia University

Dianna Murphy, Associate Director, UW-Madison Russian Flagship Center; Associate Director, Languages Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Panel 2: Stucture (Facilitated by Richard Feldman, Director, Language Resource Center, Cornell University)

Dan Soneson, Director of CLA Language Center, University of Minnesota

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Mary Toulouse, Director of FLL Resource Center and Visiting Instructor of French, Lafayette College

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Ray Clifford, Director, Center for Language Studies, Brigham Young University

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Panel 3: Governance (Facilitated by Elsa Amanatidou, Senior Lecturer, Modern Greek Studies. Director, Center for Language Studies, Brown University)

Steven Clancy, Director of the Slavic Language Program, Harvard University

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Hiram Maxim, Director of The Emory College Language Center and Associate Professor, German Studies, Emory University

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