2024

Fifteenth Heritage Language Research Institute: Heritage speakers as real-world bilinguals, University of California, Irvine, CA

  • Title: Vocabulary and short-term memory skills in adult heritage speakers
    Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido & Beatriz Barragan
  • Title: Language Proficiency and Executive Control in Heritage Language Speakers and Monolingual Adults
    Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido & Beatriz Barragan

Bilingualism in The Hispanic and Lusophone World 2024 Conference, Puebla. México – January 2024

  • Title: The Impact of Category, Language Order, and Proficiency on Verbal Fluency Performance in Bilingual Adults
    Author(s): Dr. Méndez and Drs. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido & Beatriz Barragan
    Day: January, 2024 
  • Title: Exploring the Influence of Language Proficiency on Inhibition and Shifting Abilities in Monolingual and Bilingual Adults from Southern California
    Author(s):   Dr. Méndez and Drs. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido & Beatriz Barragan
    Day: January, 2024

    2023

    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 

    II Congreso Hispanohablante sobre el Trastorno Específico/del Desarrollo del Lenguaje (CHITEL 2023). Bogotá, ColombiaJuly 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. 

    Lucia Mendez with Gabriela Simon-Cereijido at a conference

    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. 

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