Melissa Simmermeyer

(Spanish) Senior Lecturer in Romance Studies at Duke U. Teacher & learner. Lover of language, culture, art, music, & good food. Family & friends come first.

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

@RebeccaEIngram @WaveProfesora @isanchezprado @Montmass @DukeRomanceSt @lparedes21 ¡Hola Rebecca! Joan Munné was instrumental in founding that program, you can find more information at https://t.co/FEid41H5s4.

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

@DukeRomanceSt @DukeU @DukeStudents @DukeTrinity #translanguaging

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

@DukeRomanceSt @DukeTrinity @DukeU @slvq15

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

@DukeRomanceSt @DukeU @DukeStudents @DukeTrinity @lparedes21 @slvq15

[Duke Romance Studies @DukeRomanceSt]

Learn how two @DukeU faculty create #multilingual community by combining their Spanish & French language classes one day a week –– an innovative teaching practice that encourages @DukeStudents to leverage all their knowledge, across languages. @DukeTrinity https://t.co/PQsc8PU7Eb

[Duke Romance Studies @DukeRomanceSt]

"Any impactful teaching happens only in community. I am tremendously fortunate to teach at Duke with brilliant and curious students who challenge and inspire me, and with colleagues who are passionate about languages and cultures." — Sandra Valnes Quammen @DukeTrinity @DukeU

[Michael McKean @MJMcKean]

Hayride.

[Jennifer Aherndodson @jaherndodson]

Please join me tomorrow at noon in Rubenstein Library 349 for a conversation with the always insightful @chowleen about how she writes. There will be stories! @fhi_duke @DukeAADS @AMESDUKE1 @DukeFacultyAdv https://t.co/kJLDDyhCQS

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

@lessick I did not get that one for sure!

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

https://t.co/0Ruovd1KJL Duke professors Joan Munné and Lisa Merschel take on the question: "How are students using translators in online learning contexts?" #l2writing #machinetranslation #languagepedagogy #languageteacher #teachingspanish #translationstudies

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

On this day in 1954, the United States backed a coup against Jacobo Árbenz, the progressive, democratically elected leader of Guatemala, because he sought to restore land to small farmers and Indigenous communities that had been dispossessed by US fruit companies.

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Map of Europe drawn from memory

[Betsy Shirley @BetsyShirley]

I'm just a girl, standing in front of your Word document, begging you to stop using double spaces after periods.

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

https://t.co/DSx7Ko0Aop

[Sam Backer @volumecontrol10]

Crucial, brilliant work from the folks at @DefineAmerican -- a new report details how far right networks on youtube shape the discussion around immigration, and explores how their tactics might be used against them. https://t.co/aIPGqTN66c

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

Thank you @lparedes21 for organizing such a great event!

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

Really enjoying the talk by Walter Mignolo at Duke's 2022 Language Symposium! And looking forward to Nelson Flores's talk.

[Melissa Simmermeyer @simmerme]

@lessick Congrats!!!