Conferences & Presentations
2025
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ASHA), WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 2025
- Title: Multilingual SLP practice in the Carolinas: A problem-solving approach to challenging contexts
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Lisa Fitton, & Mary Claire Wofford - Title: Navigating word meaning: Codeswitching and sociolinguistic contexts in Spanish heritage speakers
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Beatriz Barragan, and student: Aoi Kikkawa
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (NAEYC), ORLANDO, FLORIDA – November 2025
- Title: Bilingualtek: Dual language and science learning in the classroom
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Karen La Paro, Tammy Lee, & Virginia Stage
XI INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ACQUISITION CONFERENCE, SEVILLA, SPAIN – September 2025
- Title: Bilingualtek: Una intervención bilingüe-cultural que apoya el vocabulario científico en niños bilingües de edad preescolar
Authors: Dr. Méndez
SEVENTEENTH INTERNATIONAL COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS CONFERENCE (ICLC-17), BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – July 2025
- Title: Vocabulary depth and code-switching in Spanish heritage speakers: The role of language experience
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Beatriz Barragan, and student: Aoi Kikkawa
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BILINGUALISM, SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN – june 2025
- Title: The role of codeswitching and language entropy on semantic accuracy in heritage speakers
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Beatriz Barragan, and student: Aoi Kikkawa
national ASSOCIATION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER EDUCATORS (NAECTE), VIRTUAL SUMMER CONFERENCE – june 2025
- Title: Iterative professional learning for culturally responsive science teaching
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Dr. Karen La Paro
National black association for speech-language hearing (nbaslh), long beach, california – april 2025
- Title: The Bimodal Bilingual Advantage
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Beatriz Barragan, and student: Christina Hoerner
international conference on education, bangkok, thailand – April 2025
- Title: Engaging young children in scientific and engineering practices
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Karen La Paro, Tammy Lee, & Virginia Stage
Society for the Research of Child Development Convention (SRCD), MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – April 2025
- Title: Bilingualtek: An Intervention to Support Children Gains in Science Language Learning
Authors: Dr. Méndez and Drs. Karen La Paro, Tammy Lee, & Virginia Stage
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, 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