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Ouachita's Dr. Jason Doroga Gives Presentation At University Of Wisconsin-Madison, Felley Lawson, Ouachita News Bureau

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Dr. Jason Doroga, assistant professor of Spanish at Ouachita Baptist University, presented his paper “Negative Analogy: A New Direction for Analogical Change” as part of the Linguistics Friday Seminar Series at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in April. The paper analyzes the cycles of analogy and changing patterns of language use in the speech community, exploring the role of analogy in explaining changes in the form of Spanish-language past participles.

Ouachita's Dr. Jerusa Carvajal Gives Presentation At The Park School Of Baltimore, Julie Shands, Ouachita News Bureau

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Dr. Jerusa Carvajal, assistant professor of Spanish at Ouachita Baptist University, was a guest speaker during The Park School of Baltimore’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration in October. Hosted by the Spanish section of the school’s modern language department, Carvajal gave a cultural presentation on Ecuador, her homeland, and lectured on Latin American literature written by women.

Located in the Baltimore suburb of Brooklandville, Md., The Park School is a private day school for students in pre-K through grade 12. Carvajal’s background well-prepared her to play an important role in the school’s celebration, which was held to highlight and emphasize the …

Ouachita's Carvajal-Villamar Presents Paper At Society For Amazonian & Andean Studies Meeting, Ashly Stracener, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist University’s Dr. Jerusa Carvajal-Villamar, assistant professor of Spanish, recently presented a paper at the biennial meeting of the Society for Amazonian & Andean Studies (SAAS). The conference was held Oct. 5-6 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and was hosted by the University of Alabama.

The SAAS national conference is dedicated to studying, featuring and promoting research about the Amazonian and Andean regions of South America. Attendees represent a wide diversity of disciplines and fields, such as literature, ethnography, cultural studies, dietetics, contemporary themes, archaeology and more.

Ouachtia To Host Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez In Birkett Williams Lecture Oct. 14, Chelsea Whelpley, Ouachita News Bureau

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Ouachita Baptist Univeristy will host Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez, assistant professor of Spanish at Georgia Insititute of Techonology, as part of Ouachita's endowed Birkett Williams Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m. The lecture, "Urban Projections, Cinematic Bricks: Cities as Construction Sites in Latin American Documentaries," will be held in Mabee Fine Art Center's McBeth Recital Hall on Ouachita's campus.