Nelson J. López.
Associate Director for LACAS
Office: LT 1113
email nlopez@binghamton.edu
Nelson J. López is from El Salvador, Central America, where he obtained his first degrees in ESL and in Translation from Universidad de El Salvador. He earned his M.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Latin America with emphsis on Brazil from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. López is the Associate Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program (LACAS). He is active in online education. He incorporates LxC in his LACAS classes to make the students more active with their linguistic skills, and to bring a global perspective to the classroom. LACAS obtained the first online O (Oral GenEd) for his class "Latin American Realities through Films." He is a doctoral candidate for TRIP.
Recent Courses:
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Library Research
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Latin American Realities through Films
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Combining Theory, Research and Practice
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Latinos in the U.S.
Recent Scholarship:
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"Ressurecting the Massacred Indigenous." A paper for the 90th anniversary of Repertorio Americano, Costa Rica.
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"Latin America: A People without Boundaries?" Talk at Stony Brook.
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"Nicaragua-Binghamton." A series of talks at UNAN-León, Nicaragua.
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"A missa do galo e outros contos." Collaboration for Atlântico Books.
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BCLT Summer School, Norwich, UK
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"Plazas." Reviewer for Cengage. / "Ponto de Encontro." Reviewer for Prentice Hall.
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"Vértice." Textbook to learn Spanish.
Haitian Artists and LACAS members.
