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Upcoming
North American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) November 2023
Title: Quality Over Quantity: Language Proficiency and Executive Control in Bilingual and Monolingual Adults
Author(s): Lucía I. Méndez, Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Beatriz Barragan and students: Sarah Duarte, Ashley Mixon, Betsy Perez-Luna,
Day: Friday, November 17, 2023 Time: 9:00 AM
Title: Maximizing Bilingual Verbal Fluency Performance: The Impact of Language Order and Proficiency Level
Author(s): Lucía I. Méndez, Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Beatriz Barragan, and students: Alba Loya, Monique Enciso-Vasquez, Jazmin Tapia,
Day: Thursday, November 16, 2023 Time: 12:30 PM
Title: Similarities and Differences in Narrative Retells in Kindergarteners from Two Cultures
Author(s): Lucía I. Méndez, Dana Bitetti
Day: Friday, November 17, 2023 Time: 1:00 PM -1:30 PM
Title: The Internal Consistency of the Narrative Scoring Scheme: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Author(s): Dana Bitetti, Lucía I. Méndez
Day: Thursday, November 16, 2023 Time: 2:30 PM
2023
II Congreso Hispanohablante sobre el Trastorno Específico/del Desarrollo del Lenguaje (CHITEL 2023). Bogotá, Colombia
July 2023
Dr. Méndez along with Drs. Simón-cerejido, and Barragán, participated in a podium presentation titled: Un Marco de Referencia Lingüístico y Cultural para Guiar el Tratamiento de Niño/as Bilingües con TDL.
DRK-12 National Science Foundation PI Conference, Arlington, VA. June 2023
- Dr. Méndez, along with Drs. Kayumova, Quintos, Civil and González-Howard participated on a panel presentation on: Applying Translanguaging, Culture & Community-Sustaining Pedagogies and STEAM as Asset-Based Approaches to Broadening Participation in STEM
- Dr. Méndez, along with Drs. La Paro, Lee, Stage, & Su, participated on a Poster Presentation on: Bilingualtek: An Integrated Language-Science Instructional Approach for Latino/a Dual Language Learners.
North Carolina Speech Language Hearing Association Foundation, Annual Conference, Durham, NC, April 2023
Dr. Méndez along with Drs. Simón-Cereijido, and Barragán and UNCG students presented on the following topics:
- Examining Narratives Across Cultural Contexts
- Similarities and Differences in Measures of Vocabulary Depth and Breadth in Monolingual and Bilingual Adults
North American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, March 2023
Dr. Méndez along with Drs. Simón-Cereijido, and Barragán and UNCG, CAL State LA graduate students presented on the following topics:
- The Effects of Order Presentation and Relative Proficiency on Verbal Fluency in Bilingual Adults
- Inhibition and Switching Advantage in Proficient Bilingual
2022
North American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, November, 2022
Dr. Méndez along with Drs. Simón-Cereijido, and Barragán and UNCG, CAL State, LA graduate students presented on the following topics:
- Emotional Verbal Fluency Across Two Languages in Healthy Bilingual Adults
- Sixty-Seconds Go! Exploring Semantic Verbal Fluency among Bilinguals
- Short-term Memory, Verbal Fluency, and Receptive Vocabulary in Bilingual Healthy Adults
National Research Conference in Early Childhood (NRCEC), Annual Conference, June 2022
Dr. Méndez along with Drs. Karen La Paro, Tammy Lee and Virginia Stage participated in a poster presentation titled Science and language instruction practices that support Latino/a dual language learners in Head Start, at the NRCEC annual conference on June 28, 2022
California Speech Language Hearing Association Foundation, Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, March 2022
Dr. Méndez along with Drs. Gabriela Simón- Cereijido, and Kai Greene presented: The cultural and linguistic diversity of Communication Sciences and Disorders Latinx students at the annual California Speech Language Hearing Association Foundation Conference on March, 2022
2021
American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference in Washington, DC, November, 2021
Dr. Méndez along with Drs. Gabriela Simón-Cereijido, Beatriz Barragan, and graduate student lab members Rudmary Hernandez-Baez, Laura Luna, & Joanna Moreno-Rile, presented virtually about Exploring the Strengths and Educational Needs of Bilingual Latinx Students in Communication Disorders Programs at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Conference on November 18th-20th in Washington, DC.
2019 and Earlier
American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference in Orlando, FL, November, 2019
Dr. Méndez and Dr. Dana Bitetti presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) on November 2019 held in Orlando, FL.
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18th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics
Conference in Malta, October 23-25
Dr. Lucía Méndez and Dr. Gabriela Cereijido’s presentation was titled: An Examination of Lexical Grammatical Links in Young Dual Language Learners With and Without Primary Language impairment.
North Carolina Speech Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention March 9
Dr. Méndez and lab members Ms. Heather Capps, and Ms. Powers Gaitlin participated in a poster presentation entitled: Narratives as Assessment Tools for Young Bilingual Children.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference in Los Angeles, CA, November 9-11, 2017
- November 9: Dr. Lucía Méndez together with Drs. Gabriela Simón-Cereijido, Barbara Conboy, Liz Peña & Lisa Bedore presented a seminar entitled: Developmental Trends in Content-Form Associations in the Language of Dual Language Learners.
- November 10: Dr. Méndez and lab members Ms. Heather Capps and Ms. Powers Gaitlin participated in a poster presentation entitled: Same or Different: Narratives in Bilingual Children.
11th International Symposium on Bilingualism in Limerick, Ireland, June 11-15, 2017
Dr. Lucía Méndez and Dr. Gabriela Cereijido presented a poster titled: Exploring the Lexical-Grammatical Relation in Spanish-English Young Dual Language Learners.
Annual North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association (NCSHLA), Convention in Raleigh, NC, April 24, 2015
A poster abstract submitted by our research team that included graduate and undergraduate students was accepted for presentation. Josephson, D., Berner, G., Brown, S., & Méndez, L.I. Myth or Reality: What Does Research Tell Us About Early Bilingual Language and Literacy Development.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Conference in Orlando, FL, 2014
Meritorious Poster Submission
Méndez, L, I., Scarpino, S., Bitetti, D. & Hammer Scheffner, C. (Nov 2014). The Impact of Vocabulary on Phonological Awareness Across Languages in Kindergarten Latino Children.