Less Commonly Taught Languages Career Fair

Program Agenda

2022 Less Commonly Taught Languages Career Fair
Program Agenda for Friday, July 29th, 2022
1:30-4:30 p.m. CDT via Zoom

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Registration for today’s LCTL Career Fair is now closed.  If you were not able to join us today, please revisit the website as we will be posting a link to the recordings in August 2022.

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. CDT: Welcome, Keynote Address and Keynote Speaker Q&A

Welcome and Introductions

  • Chat Moderator: Sarah Linkert, Assistant Director, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
  • Felecia Lucht, Director, Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI), UW-Madison
  • Laura Hammond, Director, Language Program Office (LPO), UW-Madison
  • Csanád Siklós, Associate Director, Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS-NRC), UW-Madison
  • Keynote Address: Alfred M. Boll, Director, Office of American Spaces, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  • Keynote Q&A Discussion.  Submit your questions via Zoom chat.

2:30-4:30 p.m. CDT:  Panel Sessions

Attendees will choose which panel they would like to attend, but recordings of all three panels will be available after the event.

Panel Session 1 – Opportunities for Speakers of Less Commonly Taught Languages in the Government

  • Session Moderator: Felecia Lucht, Director, Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI), UW-Madison
  • Chat Moderator: Kylie Holland, Coordinator, Regional Flagship Languages Initiatives (RFLI), UW-Madison
  • Alfred Boll, Director, Office of American Spaces, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  • Alison Patz, Associate Director, Boren Awards, Defense Language and National Security Education Office
  • Michael Saffle, Boren Awards, Program Specialist, DoD, Institute of International Education
  • Mariah Stewart, Program Officer at the National Security Education Program
  • Panel 1 Q&A Discussion. Submit your questions via Zoom chat.

Panel Session 2 – Opportunities for Speakers of Less Commonly Taught Languages in the Private Sector and Academia

  • Session Moderator: Mathew Attipetty, Language Program Office, UW-Madison
  • Chat Moderators: Kerry Uniyal, Coordinator, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Institute (APTLI), UW-Madison; Elisebeth Doty, Administrative Specialist, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
  • Elise Ahn, Director, International Programs Office, UW-Madison
  • Hailey Dickson, Social & Community Content Producer, Khan Academy
  • Csanád Siklós, Associate Director, Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS-NRC), UW-Madison
  • Panel 2 Q&A Discussion. Submit your questions via Zoom chat.

Panel Session 3 – Professional Development Opportunities for Speakers of Less Commonly Taught Languages

  • Session Moderator: Paige Hendricks, Project Manager, American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)
  • Chat Moderator: Marissa Beatty, Coordinator, South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI), UW-Madison
  • Brian Cooke, Program Officer, Project GO & Language Training Centers, Institute of International Education (IIE)
  • Rori Difiore, Communications Officer, Critical Language Scholarship Program
  • Katie Jost, Program Director, Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
  • Mark Lilleleht, Assistant Director for Awards, Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at UW-Madison
  • Panel 3 Q&A Discussion.  Submit your questions via Zoom chat.