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Current Officers

Any Purdue University graduate student in SLC is eligible for active membership in the organization. Purdue University staff and faculty are eligible for adjunct membership, which means they may not vote or hold office. Active membership is defined as any Purdue student enrolled in one of the graduate student programs offered in SLC. There is no registration or membership process required for students who meet the above-mentioned criterion. Active members are welcome to participate in all SLC Graduate Student Committee events.

Each officer will be elected after nominations during the spring semester and the term of this position will be one year, until the following election. These officers will make up the executive committee of the SLC Graduate Student Committee. Other officers may be elected when it is deemed necessary by the executive committee.

 


President - Masaki Minobe


Masaki is a Ph.D. student majoring in Japanese Pedagogy.
His academic interests center on computer-assisted systems for teaching & learning Japanese, L2 identity, and qualitative research. He is currently interested in how to help L2 learners to maintain their L1 identity while following L2 pragmatic norms. Masaki co-authored two elementary level Japanese language online textbooks. He has been teaching diverse learners at different levels of Japanese proficiency at the School of Languages and Cultures and won departmental teaching awards in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

 


Vice President - Ayaka Matsuo 

 
I’m a Ph.D. student in the Department of East Asian Languages, more specifically, I’m in the Japanese pedagogy program. My research interests are second language acquisition, language testing and computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Currently, I’m working on my dissertation project, which is about the development of an online vocabulary learning tool for learners of Japanese. Also, I’m on a TAship and I teach undergraduate courses offered by the Japanese program every semester. 
 
  

Treasurer - Ayaka Matsuo


I’m a Ph.D. student in the Department of East Asian Languages, more specifically, I’m in the Japanese pedagogy program. My research interests are second language acquisition, language testing and computer-assisted language learning (CALL). Currently, I’m working on my dissertation project, which is about the development of an online vocabulary learning tool for learners of Japanese. Also, I’m on a TAship and I teach undergraduate courses offered by the Japanese program every semester. 

 


Symposium Chair - Gwénaël  Jouin Bruno 


Gwénaël earned his Bachelor’s degree (with high honors) and his Master’s degree (with highest honors) in Comparative Literature at Sorbonne University. Now a Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature at Purdue University and a Lynn Fellowship recipient, he works on French, British, and Spanish novels from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. While he is mainly interested in poetics, rhetoric, philosophy, truth, and modes of thought, he is also curious about history and sociology. He gave his first conference (on John Milton) at the Renaissance Society of America in April 2021, and is currently working on several projects for publication. 

 


Lingua Franca Chair/ Secretary - Hitomi Kurita


Hitomi is a second-year MA student in the Japanese pedagogy program. She teaches undergraduate Japanese courses as a Teaching Assistant every semester. Her research focuses on pragmatics and c
urrently, she is working on her dissertation on "Compliment Response between Japanese and American people". In her free time, she loves playing the piano and playing badminton.
 

 


Workshop Chair - Bruno Staszkiewicz Garcia


Bruno is a Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Linguistics and Linguistics at Purdue University. His research interests are at the intersection of phonetics/phonology and pragmatics, with a focus on politeness and cross-cultural differences in speech act realizations. In his dissertation, he investigates the effects of contextual variables (power, distance, and imposition) on the production and
perception of the prosodic correlates of requests and offers in Peninsular Spanish. A second line of research aims to extend the study of politeness expression via acoustic cues to other languages and bilingual populations.
 

PGSG Senator - Roseline Adewuyi 


Roseline Adewuyi is a PhD student in French Literature with a Graduate Concentration in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Purdue University, USA. She holds First class honour Bachelor of Arts degree in French language from Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife where she also finished as the best female graduating student and a Master's of Arts degree in French Language with Distinction from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her area of specialization as a French Literature student has been Feminist Theory. This focus strengthens her academic knowledge in the field of advocacy 
 

Webmaster/Social Chair - Anderson Carmona

Ph.D. student in Latin American Literature in the Spanish department. He specializes in Latinx studies, identity, migration and gender studies, with a focus on masculinity within literature. He holds a master’s degree from Purdue University. With a keen interest in exploring the nuances of identity, he is dedicated to unrevealing the rich narratives thar define the Latinx experience. Beyond his academic pursuits, Anderson is a passionate writer of short stories using his creativity to amplify voices and stories of cultural fusion. His work contributes to the ongoing discourse on the profound interplay between literature, migration, identity, and masculinity in Latin America.


PGSG Alternate Senator - Regina Abu


R
egina Abu is a second year MA student in the Department of French. Her primary focus is on Francophone literature. She also teaches undergraduate level beginner and intermediate French. Her current research interests focus on identity expressions in Francophone literature. She loves taking walks and reading mystery novels.
 

 


2021-2022 Officers

President - Daniel Carrillo Jara
Vice President - Eduardo Huaytan
Secretary/ Treasurer - Masaki Minobe
PGSG Senator - Jaider de la Hoz
Senate Alternate -  Miluska Guzman Ruiz
PLLS Co-Chair - Snezhanna Pankratova
Workshop Chair - Laura Solano
Newsletter Chair - Elisa Camps Troncoso
Social Committee Chair - Andres Obando-Taborda

2020-2021 Officers

President - Débora Borba
Vice President - Sydney Dickerson
Secretary/ Treasurer - Snezhanna Pankratova
PGSG Senator - Laura Solano
Senate Alternate -  Alejandro Rodríguez de Jesús
PLLS Co-Chair - Emily Delnick & Daniel Carrillo Jara
Workshop Chair - Eduardo Huaytan
Newsletter Chair - Rachel Hackett
Social Committee Chair - Thiago Santos

2019-2020 Officers

President - Niall Peach
Vice President - Débora Borba
Secretary/ Treasurer - Jason Wright
Senator - Daniel Carrillo Jara
PLLS Co-Chairs - Zihan Wang (Literature) & Nan Zhang (Linguistics)
Workshop Chair - Hernán J. Matskevich Rodrígues
Newsletter Chair - Emily Delnick
Webmaster Chair - Tyler Gabbard
Social Committee Chair - Jorge Peréz de Jesús

2018-2019 Officers

President - Heather Offerman
Vice President - Bruno Staszkiewicz Garcia 
Secretary/Treasurer - Emily Delnick
Newsletter Chair: Jason Wright 
Workshop Chair: Mai Takeuchi 
PLLS Co-Chair: James Stratton
PLLS Co-Chair: Debora Borba
PGSG Senator: Naill Peach 
PGSG Senator Alternate: Jason Wright 
Webmaster: R. Tyler Gabbard
Social Chair: Jessica Rohr