Joan Clifford, Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of Duke Service Learning

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2122 Campus Dr., Room 206, Box 90269, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Pages:	https://sites.duke.edu/languageindurham/ https://duke.box.com/s/p1napkn4iqwbpsmcgihychaqzzkk88if

Teaching (Fall 2025):

• SPANISH 306CN.01, HEALTH, CULTURE, LATINO COMMUN Synopsis

  East Duke 204B, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as CULANTH 306CN.01, GLHLTH 326CN.01, HLTHPOL 306CN.01, LSGS 306CN.01)

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Virginia	1998
MA in Spanish American Literatuare	University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill	1992
M.A.	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	1992
B.A.	Washington University in St. Louis	1989

Specialties:

Spanish

Keywords:

Service-learning • Machine Translation • SLA pedagogy • Twentieth Century Latin American Literature

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Reisinger, DS; Clifford, J, Service Learning and Community Engagement in the L2 Curriculum, in The Routledge Handbook of Language Program Development and Administration (June, 2025), pp. 389-401, Routledge [doi]
2. Clifford, J; Reisinger, D, Community-based Language Learning, in The Routledge Handbook of Language Program Development and Administration (May, 2025), Routledge, ISBN 9781032420240  [abs]
3. Reisinger, DS; Clifford, J, Community-based language learning as a transformative practice: An exploration of the modes of communication, Foreign Language Annals, vol. 55 no. 3 (September, 2022), pp. 668-683 [doi]  [abs]
4. Clifford, J, Building critical consciousness through community-based language learning and global health, in Transforming World Language Teaching and Teacher Education for Equity and Justice: Pushing Boundaries in US Contexts, edited by Wassell, B; Glynn, C (2022), Multilingual Matters
5. Ahern Dodson, J; Clifford, J, Shifting Perspectives: When Teachers Are Learners (July, 2020), Duke Learning Innovation  [abs]

Selected Invited Talks

1. Pre and Post Program Pedagogies for Worldview Literacy, February 2013, WISE Conference, Wake Forest University    
2. Now what? Moving forward with connecting civic engagement to the curriculum, October 24, 2012, Duke University Service-Learning Program Workshop    
3. Assessing Students for a Global Community, November 02, 2010, Duke University    
4. “Technology Application for Self-assessment”, April 30, 2010, Center for Instructional Technology Showcase, Duke University    
5. “iTalk and iListen in Spanish: Translating New Technologies into Language Learning”, April 27, 2007, Duke Instructional Technology Showcase 2006    
6. “Spanish Service-Learning: ¿Qué? ¿Y qué? ¿Y ahora qué? (poster session), April 26, 2007, Duke Instructional Technology Showcase 2007    

Selected Conference Talks

1. Machine Translation: The Elephant in the Room, November 18, 2012, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention, Philadelphia    
2. The Impact of Self-Reflection in Oral Production, November 17, 2012, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention, Philadelphia    
3. Engaging in Critical Thinking: Service and SLA, October 15, 2011, 45th Annual Conference of Foreign Language Association of North Carolina, Winston-Salem.    
4. The Process of Writing in an Era of Machine Translation and ‘Cut and Paste’, July 06, 2011, 93rd Annual Conference of American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Washington, DC    
5. Working with the Latino Community: A Case Study at Duke University, March 04, 2011, Ninth Annual Gulf-South Summit on Service-learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education, Roanoke, VA