2021 LACUS Conference
The 2021 annual conference of LACUS was held
July 19-22, 2021 On-line
hosted by
the Department of World Languages and Cultures
of The University of Toledo
Invited Speakers:
Dany Doueiri
California State University, San Bernardino
COVID's Transformational Impact on Online Language Teaching
Gary Genosko
Ontario Tech University
Communication and the Mediation of Models during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Here are the attendees present in the closing minutes of the 47th LACUS Conference. Top row: Douglas W. Coleman (current Program Chair and a past president), Robert Orr (a past president), Carla Weigel (a presenter), Sheila Embleton (LACUS Executive Director); second row: Carlos de Cuba ( presenter), Gaby Semaan (Local Co-host), Dimitrios Meletis (presenter), Stephen Straight (a past president); third row: Hande Ozdemir (presenter), Jacqueline Nenchin (current LACUS President), Jung Lin (presenter), Kasumi Yamazaki (Local C-host); Fourth row: Rajesh Nagisetty (Local Co-host), Poppy Slocum (presenter), Rania Habib (presenter), Rennie Gonsalves (LACUS Secretary-Treasurer), Wei-Ling Chen (presenter).
2021 and 2022
With regret, due to COVID-19 uncertainties, LACUS 2020 was postponed. At present, we expect Molloy College, the planned venue for LACUS 2020, to be the site of LACUS 2022. While we had hoped to meet face-to-face at the University of Toledo, Ohio in 2021, the current pandemic situation still makes that not a safe option. However, LACUS 2021 will be held -- using a virtual format.
2021
We will meet in Toledo, Ohio in 2021 in an all on-line format. All presentations will be plenary (no parallel sessions). The conference will be hosted by The University of Toledo's Department of World Languages and Cultures. Sessions will be conducted via the university's Cisco Webex, which the hosts regard as a more secure platform than Zoom.
LACUS 2021 LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Program Chair: Douglas W. Coleman
Local Hosts: Douglas W. Coleman, Rajeesh Nagisetty, Gaby Semaan, Kasumi Yamazaki
CONTACTS
About the program / technical issues: Douglas W. Coleman (LACUS Program Chair) <Douglas.Coleman@utoledo.edu>
About registration / membership: Rennie Gonsalves (LACUS Secretary-Treasurer) <lacus.treasurer@gmail.com>
2022
The conference venue (Molloy) for 2020 will be postponed until 2022 (dates to be announced in the second half of 2021). We are working on having the same guest speakers for 2022 as originally planned for 2020.
With regret, due to COVID-19 uncertainties, LACUS 2020 was postponed. At present, we expect Molloy College, the planned venue for LACUS 2020, to be the site of LACUS 2022. While we had hoped to meet face-to-face at the University of Toledo, Ohio in 2021, the current pandemic situation still makes that not a safe option. However, LACUS 2021 will be held -- using a virtual format.
2021
We will meet in Toledo, Ohio in 2021 in an all on-line format. All presentations will be plenary (no parallel sessions). The conference will be hosted by The University of Toledo's Department of World Languages and Cultures. Sessions will be conducted via the university's Cisco Webex, which the hosts regard as a more secure platform than Zoom.
- Users (LACUS presenters and attendees) can download the Webex software OR may access the conference via the web. For details, see https://www.webex.com/.
- You do not need to sign up (create an account) on the Webex web page unless you want to download the separate Webex software.
- Paid registrants to LACUS 2021 (including presenters) will receive via e-mail links allowing them to join each day's LACUS events. Only those who have paid their registration by the announced deadline will be permitted to join the Webex conference.
- Abstracts accepted for 2020 at Molloy may be carried over to 2021 without re-review. If you submitted a proposal which was accepted for LACUS 2020, please e-mail the LACUS Program Chair (Douglas.Coleman@utoledo.edu) to let him know that you wish to carry it over (in your e-mail, please list the paper title and all its authors and their affiliations). If the Program Chair does not hear from you, he will assume you are withdrawing your paper from the 2021 program.
- LACUS is also accepting new proposals for 2021. See the Call for Proposals.
LACUS 2021 LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Program Chair: Douglas W. Coleman
Local Hosts: Douglas W. Coleman, Rajeesh Nagisetty, Gaby Semaan, Kasumi Yamazaki
CONTACTS
About the program / technical issues: Douglas W. Coleman (LACUS Program Chair) <Douglas.Coleman@utoledo.edu>
About registration / membership: Rennie Gonsalves (LACUS Secretary-Treasurer) <lacus.treasurer@gmail.com>
2022
The conference venue (Molloy) for 2020 will be postponed until 2022 (dates to be announced in the second half of 2021). We are working on having the same guest speakers for 2022 as originally planned for 2020.