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Lisa M. Merschel
Title:
 
Lecturer; Spanish
Office Location:
 
103 Bell Tower #1 (East campus) Bell Tower Trailers
Office Phone:
 
+1 919 684-0774
Office Hours:
 
Mondays, 2-4pm and by appt.
Email Address:
 
merschel@duke.edu
Web Page:
 
http://spanish.aas.duke.edu/
Lisa M. Merschel

Research and Teaching Interests: Task-based teaching, learning and assessment; Foreign language technologies; Service learning; Spanish for the health professions; Study abroad (Mexico/Spain); Medieval and Renaissance travel writings; the works of Chilean writer María Flora Yáñez

Education:

  • Ph.D. University of North Carolina, 2003
  • BA Smith College, 1993

Research Interests:

Task-based teaching, learning and assessment; Foreign language technologies; Service learning; Spanish for the health professions; Study abroad (Mexico/Spain); Medieval and Renaissance travel writings; the works of Chilean writer María Flora Yáñez
Duties:

Coordinator, Spanish 63

Recent Publications

  1. L.M. Merschel. Jofré de Loaysa. Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, 2009.
  2. L.M. Merschel. "Yáñez, Flora." Latin American Writers: An Encyclopedia, Ed. María Claudia André and Eva Paulino Bueno. New York: Routledge, 2009.
  3. L.M. Merschel. "The Death of the Conde de Niebla as told by Pero Tafur." Pecia Memento mori. Ecrire et représenter la mort au Moyen Age19 (Accepted, 2008). [htm]
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