Published on April 6, 2022 by Sean Flynt  
WLAC Conference
Â鶹¹û¶³ faculty and students on the campus of conference host Lee University

Â鶹¹û¶³ world languages and cultures professors Sara Ortega-Higgs and Joanna Bradley and five of their Spanish language students participated in the IX Annual Conference on Latin-American and Iberian Studies at Lee University March 26. The trip was co-sponsored by Â鶹¹û¶³’s Department of World Languages and Customs and the University Fellows program.
The students presented original research they completed for the Spanish Literature course Ortega-Higgs taught last fall. Their presentation topics included:

“The Function of the ‘Town’s Fool’ in La casa de Bernarda Alba”–Erica Bradley

"Adela’s Suicide from a Psychological Perspective and its Symbolic Dimension”–Michayla Hebert

“Desesperación y desesperanza en La casa de Bernarda Alba”– Ashlee Priest

“Lorca and Liberation: Re-imagining Religion to Respond to Repression in La casa de Bernarda Alba”–Lacey Spear

“Las matemáticas y la poesía”– Sarah Westmoreland

Bradley participated in a discussion panel at the conference. Ortega-Higgs was the event’s keynote speaker, with a presentation on "Lily's Binder: Connecting Students with Purpose in the Foreign Language Classroom".

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.