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American Ethnocentrism Capstone/305

Eportfolio Presentation

I gave this presentation as part of the GEM Capstone Seminar. It was interesting to look back at my experiences attending a Spanish immersion school as a child and moving through the United States education system with an eye to cultural biases in the ways in which we are taught to articulate our family histories …

American Ethnocentrism Capstone/305 Cuban Cultural Study Off-Campus Immersion

Nada es Perfecto

One day, when walking through Old Havana, my friends and I came across the shop for Clandestina, Cuba’s first private fashion brand. The company references the clandestine operations that characterized the revolution’s resistance to the US-backed Batista dictatorship, but its existence marks the transformation of Cuba’s economy with allowances for more privately-owned businesses. There is …

American Ethnocentrism Global Coursework

“The Dark Ages” in Spain

Before taking SPAN 236: Cervantes with Professor Armstrong-Roche (my Global Coursework class for the region of Europe), my view of the Middle Ages was characterized by an understanding of the social repression of organized religion, the restrictions on the rights of women, and the lack of social mobility between the rich and the poor. Before …

American Ethnocentrism Critical Language Scholarship Language Study Off-Campus Immersion

CLS and Language Study with the American State Department

I was very grateful for the opportunity to study in Taiwan, and the amazing experiences and relationships that I built there. However, I did experience some discomfort surrounding my affiliation with the American State Department through the Critical Language Scholarship program. We were often told that our conduct reflected back on our nation and its …

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