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Kevin Barrett:
Kevin returns to Madison this semester after spending the past
year in Morocco conducting dissertation research on a Fulbright
11-E fellowship. His research centered on the topic of "Sufism
and the supernatural image: a comparison of narrative genres including
hagiography, personal experience narrative, oral tale and legend,
and written legend." He was also awarded a Dissertator Fellowship
for Spring 2001.
Cassandra Chambliss:
Last summer, Cassie was a teaching assistant for a short survival
Arabic course for new faculty at the American University in Cairo.
This summer, she worked as a cultural assistant for new CASA students.
During the coming year, Cassie will be a teaching fellow for the
Program in Writing Across the Curriculum and a teaching assistant
for Folklore. She will also be working toward a TALS certificate.
Katrina Daly Thompson:
During the summer, Katrina attended Middlebury College's institute
"Technology and Language Teaching: A Certificate Program for
Graduate Students." She hopes to utilize her new skills in
her own teaching this fall.
Katrina also deserves congratulations on receiving a Fulbright
Fellowship for the coming academic year. Katrina will be in Zimbabwe
for 10 months during 2001 doing her dissertation research on "Reading
Shona Film and Television: Media Literacies, Language Policies and
Motion Pictures."
Karin Gleisner (formerly Hartwig):
Karin began a position, which she still holds, as a Project Assistant
at the National African Language Resource Center in January, 2000.
Karin presented a paper titled "The Communicative Orientation
of First-Year African Language Textbooks," co-written with
Professor Antonia Schleicher, at the 4th Annual ALTA Conference,
in Philadelphia, PA, April 13-15, 2000. She and Professor Schleicher
have submitted the paper to JALLT, the Journal of African Language
and Teaching, for publication.
Last, but certainly not least, Karin got married this past May
to Grant Gleisner.
Kristi Hobson:
This summer, Kristi participated in the NALRC Summer Institute.
She will also begin a project assistantship with the Center this
fall (where Karin has graciously agreed to share her office).
During the spring, Kristi presented a paper titled "Gender
Bias in First-Year African Language Textbooks," co-written
with Professor Antonia Schleicher, at the 4th Annual ALTA Conference,
in Philadelphia, PA, April 13-15, 2000. She and Professor Schleicher
have submitted the paper to JALTA, the Journal of the African Language
Teachers Association, for possible publication.
Finally, on a personal note, Kristi became engaged to Robert Edmonston
in August. They are planning a wedding for October, 2001 in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania.
Guinevere Janes
Guinevere spent the past seven months in Africa. She was a student
at the University of Buea in Cameroon during the first five months
of her trip and she then traveled to East Africa to practice some
of the Kiswahili she learned as a graduate student in the department.
She will be returning to the University this fall.
Christopher Miezio-Teggatz:
Congratulations to Christopher who has a research fellowship for
2001 at Poteschtroom Universeit in South Africa.
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