President ALD/MLA Executive Committee
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Writing Specialist - University of Arizona Writing Skills Improvement Program (2019 - 2025)
English Language Specialist - U.S. Department of State (2021 - present)
Freelance journalist covering gender-based violence including cults, child marriage, human trafficking, and polygamy
Betsy Carter, a SLAT 3rd-year student, received the 2023 Gutekunst Prize of the Friends of Goethe New York. Betsy received the prize for her translation of an excerpt from Simone Sharbert's novel Rosa in Grau: Eine Heimsuchung. Please go here to read the wonderful comments from the prize jury about Betsy's talented translation.
The Gutekunst Prize of the Friends of Goethe New York was created in 2010 to identify outstanding young translators of German literature into English and assist them in establishing contact with the translation and publishing communities. The prize is open to college students and to all translators under the age of 35 who have not yet published, nor are under contract for, a book-length translation.
Congratulations on you prize, Betsy!
Congratulations to Dr. Wenhao Diao for receiving a STARTALK Grant for 2023-2025! This award totals $340,206, and will allow Dr. Diao to prepare and implement a summer Chinese immersion camp for students in grads 10 - 12, and the first two years of college, and to follow up with the students on their experience with the camp. The camp will take place during Summer 2024.
Dr. Diao is an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies and in the SLAT PhD Program, and she is Co-Director for the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS).