FOREWORD: A Roadmap for Designing Thriving Language Programs
Angélica Lozano-Alonso
INTRODUCTION
1. Why Do We Need a Toolbox?
Palmar Álvarez-Blanco, Christine Henseler, and Stephanie A. Mueller
PART I: UNEXPECTED PATHWAYS: Navigating Institutional Structures through Creative Interdisciplinary Models
2. Spanish Enrollments and Beyond: Pathways to the Postsecondary Language Classroom
Mai Hunt, Natalia Lusin, and Lydia Tang
3. Don’t Be Afraid, Be Bold: Bolstering Language Programs and Embracing the Present and Future
Mark P. Del Mastro
4. Troy University’s Global Scholars Program: Putting the Study in Study Abroad and Boosting the Spanish Program
Richard Ledet, Johanna Méndez Alberich, Wendy Broyles, and Mary Anne Templeton
PART II: CONNECTING TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS: Public Humanities, Civically Engaged Partnerships, and Social Justice
5. Public Humanities in Action: Political Epistemology in Engaged Teaching and Research. Three Case Studies.
Palmar Álvarez-Blanco, Steven L. Torres and Ellen Mayock
6. How a Thriving Community Engaged Program Went Down Hill and Back Up Again: A Case Study on ‘Language Buddies’ at a Liberal Arts College in Rural Minnesota
K. Angelique Dwyer
7. The Community Translation Initiative: Community-Based Approaches and Language Justice in Teaching Spanish Language and Latinx Culture at Marist University
Patricia Ferrer-Medina
PART III: ASSET-BASED APPROACHES AND AGENCY: Heritage, Latinx, Indigenous, and First Gen Learners
8. Empowering Futures: A Community-Engaged Approach to Career Development for Latino/Latinx and First-Generation Students
Ana Cornide, Sean Goslar, and Claudia Jasso
9. Bridging Language Learning and Social Justice: Community-Based Approaches in the Heritage Language Classroom
Gabriela DeRobles and Sergio Adrada-Rafael
10. Co-Creating South Carolina Centro Latino (El Centro): The First University-Based Center in the State for The Study of Hispanic and Latino Cultures
Araceli Hernández-Laroche
11. Teaching Testimonio to Affirm Student Knowledge and Belonging
Britta Anderson
12. Interdisciplinary Decolonizing Approaches in Indigenous Canadian, Iberian, Latin American, and LatinX Education
Joanie Crandall
PART IV: APPLIED HUMANITIES: Innovations in Language and Area Studies for Specific Purposes
13. Integrating Community Engagement, Human Rights, and Advocacy into the Spanish for Health Professions Curriculum
Edurne Beltrán de Heredia Carmona
14. Addressing Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement in Spanish for the Professions Courses
María del Carmen Caña Jiménez and Vinodh Venkatesh
15. Vital Signs: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Languages for Specific Purposes
Melissa McCarron
16. Upskilling and Upscaling Languages for Specific Purposes Programs for Today’s and Tomorrow’s Global Professions
Luana Lamberti, Megan Jeanette Myers, and Lindsay Preseau
17. Spanish for the Professions: Spanning from Literary and Cultural Teaching to Business, Medical, and Legal Spanish
Elizabeth Scarlett
PART V: BEYOND TEXTBOOKS: Pedagogies to Engage a New Generation
18. Integrating Ecopedagogy in Language Instruction: A Call for Critical Environmental Perspectives
David Delgado López
19. Enhancing Spanish Speaking Proficiency: AI-Driven Solutions for SSL Learners
Nicole Bonino
20. Collaborative Digital Humanities in the Study of the Spanish Civil War and Francoist Dictatorship
Andrea Davis and Vicent Moreno