Congratulations to the Ithaca College students and alumni who presented their research and performed theatrical works at the MACLAS annual conference, April 17 and 18, which was hosted by the Ithaca College Latin American Studies Program. Faculty sponsors for the students were Patricia Rodriguez, Annette Levine, Michael Smith, and Jonathan Ablard.
Anna Levitt, Ithaca College, “La transformación del hombre revolucionario: la influencia de la homosexualidad en Fresa y chocolate y El beso de la mujer araña”
Sarah Margolis, Ithaca College, "Las trampas de la hombría en El beso de la mujer araña de Manuel Puig y El testigo por Cristina Peri Rossi"
Matthew Byers, Ithaca College, "El poder de la soledad en la obra de Reinaldo Arenas"
Andrea Aguirre, Ithaca College, "La geometría de los triángulos eróticos en las obras In Mortality y Quinceañera"
Monika Juodisius, Ithaca College, “La opresión silenciada de las lesbianas en la obra de Cristina Peri Rossi y Cherrie Moraga"
Sarah Browne, Ithaca College, "El poder contradictorio de las mujeres dentro de una cultura machista: un análisis de las protagonistas femeninas de varias obras latinoamericanas"
Beatriz Montilla, Ithaca College, “It's Like Coming Out Twice: La dualidad de la identidad en In Mortality y Giving Up the Ghost"
Nicholas Tryka, Ithaca College, “The Next American Frontier: Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal”
Celina Foran, Ithaca College, “USAID and Family Planning in Guatemala”
Liz Getman, University of Florida, IC ’09, “Speaking of the Unspeakable: Discussions of Femicide and Intimate Partner Violence in Quiché, Guatemala”
Krystall Escobedo “Why Do Organizations Face Violence If They Already Have a Legitimized System?”
IC Teatro, under the direction of Annette Levine (Modern Languages and Literature) performed Las noticias, La familia moderna, and Los archivos in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Teatro Campesino. The following students performed at Greater Ithaca Activities Center on April 18:
Vanesa Cruz, Eddie Dowd, Linette Goris Jaquez, Ria Hall, Julia Katz, Anna Levitt, Beatriz Montilla, Max Ocean, Vanessa Reyes, Emily Rizzo, Kiah Simms, Jeffrey Stewart, Nathiel Tejada, Thomas “Drew” Williams
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