Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) Open House

CLACS welcomes all guests to catch up with colleagues and students and meet the new Associate Director, Monica VanBladel. Light refreshments will be provided.

Dr. Monica VanBladel starts at UWM on September 25th. Monica comes to UWM with a rich professional background in Latin American literature and culture. While a doctoral student at Stanford University, she co-coordinated programming with the Center for Latin American Studies for several years. Monica has experience with teacher training, curricular reforms in Spanish language pedagogy and first-year curricula. While at Reed College, she served as a co-PI on a multi-year community engaged learning grant (Mellon Foundation), which brought new resources and partnerships to the college. As part of the grant experience, Monica developed new community partnerships with diverse stakeholders to further shared goals in the Portland community. She is fluent in Spanish and an advanced speaker of Portuguese, having benefited from a FLAS fellowship.