LSLP - Our Presentations - LITERACIES IN SECOND LANGUAGES PROJECT

Note: all presentations with an asterisk were held at international events and venues

2021

Mora, R. A. (2021, May 17-22). Revisiting the need (and nature) of fieldwork as an issue of equity and access in graduate-level educational research - Lessons after one year of massive recalibration efforts [Paper presentation]. Seventeenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry [Virtual]
Mora, R. A., & Golovátina-Mora, P. (2021, May 17-22). Duoethnographic co-teaching: Revisiting classroom instruction as co-creation [Paper presentation]. Seventeenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry [Virtual]
Mora, R. A., Sánchez, C. A., & López-Ladino, M. (2021, May 17-22). Creating virtual research communities as our next collaborative frontier, or how we moved an entire Legion to Discord [Paper presentation]. Seventeenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry [Virtual]
Agudelo-Lopera, Z. Y. & Castrillón-Ángel, E. F. (2021, April 9-12). Digital literacies meet second-language instruction in Colombia: Developing language learning and digital agency. In J. Lammers (Chair), Digital literacies for global meaning making: Learning from four cases from the Global South [Symposium]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association [Virtual].
Mora, R. A., Agudelo, E., Jaramillo, S., Herrera. A. M., Cárdenas, Y., Correa, E., & Salazar, C. (2021, April 9-12). Second language literacies and community spaces: Decentering space and decentralizing language in our city. [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association [Virtual].

2020

Agudelo, E. (2020, November 26-27). Fandom as catalyst for second language learning in school and out-of-school settings [Poster presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Agudelo-Lopera, Z. Y. (2020, October 8-10). Connecting English classrooms and students' daily activities [Paper presentation]. 55th ASOCOPI Online Annual Congress. https://www.asocopi.org/en/ipaginas/t/G17/237/national-congress/
Agudelo-Lopera, Z. Y. (2020, November 26-27). Creating multimodal compositions through students' daily activities [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Agudelo-Lopera, Z. Y. (2020, November 30 - December 5). Connecting English classrooms and students' daily activities. In C. Cañas, R. A. Mora, M. López-Ladino, E. F. Castrillón-Ángel, & Z. Y Agudelo-Lopera (Chairs), The impact of graduate literacies education from and in the Global South [Symposium]. Literacy Research Association 70th Annual Conference [Virtual]. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/lra/lra20/
Cañas, C., & Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G. (2020, November 26-27). Critical literacies and ELT in Colombia: Creating frameworks for social justice in our classrooms [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Cañas, C., & Mora, R. A. (2020, November 30 - December 5). Designing and teaching a literacies graduate course: Teaching literacy as a site for shared transformation. In C. Cañas, R. A. Mora, M. López-Ladino, E. F. Castrillón-Ángel, & Z. Y Agudelo-Lopera (Chairs), The impact of graduate literacies education from and in the Global South [Symposium]. Literacy Research Association 70th Annual Conference [Virtual]. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/lra/lra20/
Castaño, W., & Mora, R. A. (2020, November 26-27). Profiling translanguaging as language experiences in gaming interactions [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Castrillón-Ángel, E. F. (2020, October 8-10). Reshaping Critical Digital Literacies through podcasting [Paper presentation]. 55th ASOCOPI Online Annual Congress. https://www.asocopi.org/en/ipaginas/t/G17/237/national-congress/
Castrillón-Ángel, E. F. (2020, November 26-27). Collaborative development of a virtual learning environment for learning and teaching of the English language [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Castrillón-Ángel, E. F. (2020, November 30 - December 5). Advantages of CDL: A transformative process with preservice English teachers through podcasting. In C. Cañas, R. A. Mora, M. López-Ladino, E. F. Castrillón-Ángel, & Z. Y Agudelo-Lopera (Chairs), The impact of graduate literacies education from and in the Global South [Symposium]. Literacy Research Association 70th Annual Conference [Virtual]. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/lra/lra20/
d., --e., & Zapata-Pescador, D. A. (2020, November 18). Analyzing LGBTQIA+ life stories through Queer Critical Literacy: a duoethnographic study. [Paper presentation] Online 11th Student Research Conference 2020, Universidad de Córdoba.
Herrera, A. M., & Cárdenas, Y. (2020, November 26-27). English literacies as spaces for language ownership and community building in our cities [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
López-Ladino, M. (2020, October 8-10). Literacy, multimodality, and students' emotional component as learning catalytsts with public school youth [Paper presentation]. 55th ASOCOPI Online Annual Congress. https://www.asocopi.org/en/ipaginas/t/G17/237/national-congress/
López-Ladino, M. (2020, November 26-27). Encouraging language learning by connecting students’ emotional component and multimodality [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
López-Ladino, M. (2020, November 30 - December 5). Designing and teaching a literacies graduate course: Teaching literacy as a site for shared transformation. In C. Cañas, R. A. Mora, M. López-Ladino, E. F. Castrillón-Ángel, & Z. Y Agudelo-Lopera (Chairs), The impact of graduate literacies education from and in the Global South [Symposium]. Literacy Research Association 70th Annual Conference [Virtual]. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/lra/lra20/
Mazo, J. C., & Sánchez, C. A. (2020, November 26-27). Gamification in ELT: Gamers-as-L2-teachers' insights [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Mora, R. A. (2020, November 18). Slam poetry in a language teaching methods class? How does that even work? [Paper presentation]. Online 11th Student Research Conference 2020, Universidad de Córdoba.
Mora, R. A. (2020, September 18). Revisiting the slow culture in (ELT) research, or why we need “slow researchers” more than ever. 20th Teachers’ Moot, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC). https://youtu.be/Ugu5Wwt9bQA?t=973
Mora, R. A. (2020, May 20-23). A RetCon Longitudinal Study? How did we get here? What does this mean? [Paper presentation] Sixteen International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. https://icqi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/QI2020-First-Preliminary-Program.pdf (Conference canceled)
Mora, R. A. & Castaño, W. (2020, May 20-23). Poliangulando ando: Trascendiendo la visión tradicional del análisis, entrando a un multiverso analítico [Paper presentation]. Sixteen International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. https://icqi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/QI2020-First-Preliminary-Program.pdf (Conference canceled)*
Mora, R. A. & Gaviria, C. A. (2020, November 26-27). Critical Digital Literacies in second languages - A cross-case analytical framework [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Mora, R. A. & Golovátina-Mora, P. (2020, May 20-23). Duoethnography as teaching methodology: Our journey in a doctoral seminar [Paper presentation]. Sixteen International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. https://icqi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/QI2020-First-Preliminary-Program.pdf (Conference canceled)*
Mora, R. A., & Ramírez, N. A. (2020, October 8-10). Critical literacies in Colombian ELT - Recognizing the path toward equity and justice in our language classrooms [Paper presentation]. 55th ASOCOPI Online Annual Congress. https://www.asocopi.org/en/ipaginas/t/G17/237/national-congress/
Mora, R. A., Boada, D. A., Ramírez, M., & Buitrago, C. R. (2020, October 8-10). Coming together to build a digital academic network and community for ELT in Colombia. [Colloquium]. 55th ASOCOPI Online Annual Congress. https://www.asocopi.org/en/ipaginas/t/G17/237/national-congress/
Mora, R. A., Cañas, C., & Salazar, N. A. (2020, April 17-21). Refocalizing second-language teacher education: Learning from rural sites to reconfigure teacher education practices [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera20/ (Conference canceled)*
Mora, R. A., Jaramillo, S., Agudelo, E., Herrera, A. M., Cárdenas, Y., Yepes, H., Correa, E., & Salazar, C. (2020, November 30 - December 5). Second language literacies as spaces for language appropriation and community building in the city [Paper presentation]. Literacy Research Association 70th Annual Conference [Virtual]. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/lra/lra20/
Mora, R. A., Méndez Valencia, T., & Gómez Pérez, S. (2020, October 5-9). Experiencias en la formación bilingüe. 1er Congreso de Literacidad para una Cultura Científica, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico. https://youtu.be/tmEKSQk2d8Q
Mora, R. A., Trigos-Carrillo, L., Golovátina-Mora, P., Cañas, C., Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G., Ramírez, N., & Gaviria, C. A. (2020, April 17-21l). Critical literacies from/in/for Colombia: Reading the world and the word in uncertain times [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera20/ (Conference canceled)*
Mora, R. A., Yepes, H., & Herrera, A. M. (2020, April 17-21). Second language literacies and comics: Language learning and appropriation as connoisseurship [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/aera/aera20/ (Conference canceled)*
Piedrahita, D. (2020, November 26-27). Deconstructing and reconstructing social injustices through a critical literacy approach [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Ramírez, N. A. (2020, November 18). Critical Literacy as a possibility to build more equitable frameworks in our language classrooms [Paper presentation]. Online 11th Student Research Conference, Universidad de Córdoba.
Ramírez, N. A. (2020, November 26-27). Critical literacy as a tool for social emancipation in Colombian ELT [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Tobón-Gallego, A. E. (2020, November 26-27). Multimodal Critical Consciousness as a possibility in today's language classrooms [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program
Zapata-Pescador, D., & d., --e. (2020, November 26-27). Queer Critical Literacy: Questioning the heteronormative and cisgender privilege in education [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching [Online], Universidad Surcolombiana. https://sites.google.com/usco.edu.co/3rd-internationalsymposium/program

2019

Agudelo-Lopera, Z. (2019, September). Affinity spaces and multimodal texts for connecting English classrooms and students’ daily tasks. Paper presented at First LEXICOM ELT Conference Ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
Cañas, C. & Salazar, N. A. (2019, September). The importance for ELT to move past urban spaces and look at language learning in rural settings. Paper presented at First LEXICOM ELT Conference Ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
Cañas, C., Chiquito, T., Mejía-Vélez, M. C., Salazar Patiño, T., & Agudelo-Lopera, Z. (2019, December). Toward an organic praxis in literacies research: A collective ethnography of growing researchers. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 69th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.*
Cárdenas, Y., Urrego-Zapata, A. M., & Jaramillo, S. (2019, September). Language exchange communities as second language literacies in Medellín: Revisiting the city through conversation clubs. Paper presented at First LEXICOM ELT Conference Ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
Castrillón-Ángel, E. F. (2019, September). Podcasting as a critical digital literacy practice for promoting students’ narratives. Paper presented at First LEXICOM ELT Conference Ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
Chiquito, T. & Mora, R. A. (2019, October). Why sustaining culturally relevant teaching practices in ELT matters. Paper presented at the 54th ASOCOPI Annual Congress. Bogotá, Colombia.
Gaviria, C. A., Mazo, J. C., & Sánchez, C. A. (2019, September). Gaming literacies: Gamers as second language users in online spaces. Paper presented at First LEXICOM ELT Conference Ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
Londoño-Mazo, J. & Castaño, W. (2019, September). Duoethnography of gamers as teachers: Gamers as second language users’ view of second language teachers. Paper presented at First LEXICOM ELT Conference Ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2019, December). “It takes a legion to build a field” - A grassroots research experience in the South. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 69th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.*
Mora, R. A. (2019, November-a). Critical literacy in ELT: A priority for the incoming decade? Paper presented at Academic Sessions X, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Medellin, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2019, November-b). The City as Literacy: Exploring language coexistence and literacy practices in our cities. Paper presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching, Ibagué, Colombia.*
Mora, R. A. (2019, November-c). Multiliteracidades como diseño de pedagogías interculturales para el aprendizaje y enseñanza de lenguas. Plenary Address at Interculturalidad y Multimodalidad: Intersecciones Discursivas Symposium, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2019, November-d). Rethinking methods courses through a pedagogy of multiliteracies: from experiencing to applying. Paper presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Research in Foreign Language Teaching, Ibagué, Colombia.*
Mora, R. A. (2019, September). The City as Literacy: A new framework to study second language literacies in our region. Paper presented at First LEXICOM ELT Conference Ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2019, August-a). La micro-escritura como práctica escalonada de literacidad académica: Consideraciones conceptuales y prácticas. Doctorate-to-Undergrad Keynote Address, Facultad de Educación Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
Mora, R. A. (2019, August-b). Literacidad, segundas lenguas y activismo: Un marco orgánico para el bi/plurilingüismo en nuestras regiones. Presentation at Red Bilingüismo Sabana Centro, Universidad de la Sabana, Chía, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2019, May-a). The City as Literacy: Towards a new framework for second language literacies in Latin America. Keynote presentation at V JELT - Jornada de Educação, Linguagem E Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP).*
Mora, R. A. (2019, May-b). What will it take for us to have bilingualism in Colombia? A blueprint for the incoming decade. Inaugural Keynote Address, Licenciatura en Bilingüismo, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia. (YouTube)
Mora, R. A. & Nuñez, I. (2019, October). Translanguaging in Colombia and Latin America? Questions and considerations for an equitable implementation. Paper presented at the 54th ASOCOPI Annual Congress. Bogotá, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. & Trigos-Carrillo, L. (2019, October). Rethinking the writer’s workshop in L2. Paper presented at the 54th ASOCOPI Annual Congress. Bogotá, Colombia.
Mora, R. A., Cañas, C., Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G., & López-Ladino, M. (2019, December). Are we really creating a new field? And if so, what does it look like? Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 69th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.*
Mora, R. A., Castaño, W., Gaviria, C. A., Londoño-Mazo, J., Mazo, J. C., Mejía, S., & Ramírez, J. S. (2019, May). Gamifying the research design: #TeamLaV’s methodological proposal. Paper presented at the Fifteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Castaño, W., Londoño-Mazo, J., Ramírez, J. S., Mazo, J. C., & Mejía, S. (2019, April). The translanguaging of gaming literacies: a study of second-language gamers and gaming spaces. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.*
Mora, R. A., Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G., López-Ladino, M., & Rodríguez, A. K. (2019, August). Literacies in Second Languages. Presentation at Key Practices to Empower Students: Teaching, Technology and Engagement – Teacher Exchange Alumni, Bogotá, Colombia.
Mora, R. A., Lee, K., & Gaviria, C. A. (2019, April). The role of second/additional languages to rethink CDL in the 21st century. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.*
Sánchez, C. A. & Mazo, J. C. (2019, November). Gamers as teachers: New roles in language teaching. Paper presented at Academic Sessions X, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Medellin, Colombia.

2018

Arredondo, J., Yepes, H., Agudelo, E., Cárdenas, Y., Cardona-Uribe, C., Castrillón-Ortega, S., Urrego-Zapata, A. M., & Herrera, A. M. (2018, May). Second language literacies as community builders in "Medellín city". Poster presentation at Encuentro Regional de Semilleros de Investigación Nodo Antioquia, Instutición Universitaria de Envigado (Antioquia), Colombia.
Cañas, C. & Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G. (2018, October).Class projects as an effective approach to foster critical literacy in high school. Paper presented at the 53rd ASOCOPI Annual Congress, Cartagena, Colombia.
Castaño, W., Ramírez, J. S., Eusse, E., Gaviria, C. A., Londoño-Mazo, J., & Quintero, H. (2018, May). A digital ethnography of gaming literacies: Identity, languaging, and design. Poster presentation at Encuentro Regional de Semilleros de Investigación Nodo Antioquia, Instutición Universitaria de Envigado (Antioquia), Colombia.
Forber-Pratt, A. J. & Mora, R. A. (2018, May). Advising upstream: Reflections, experiences & (re)visions. Paper presented at the Fourteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Golovátina-Mora, P. (2018). Urban soundscape as a disassemblage. Paper presented at the Fourteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
López-Ladino, M., & Rodríguez, A. K. (2018, October). Bringing social and cultural diversity into the affluent preschool EL classroom through moments of critical literacy. Paper presented at the 53rd ASOCOPI Annual Congress, Cartagena, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. & Tian, Z. (2018. October). Towards a pedagogy of critical translanguaging: Responding to the multilingual turn in today’s educational scenarios. Paper presented at the 53rd ASOCOPI Annual Congress, Cartagena, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2018, October). Multimodal Critical Consciousness: Bridging diversity, meaning-making, and consciousness-building in today’s ELT classrooms. Precongress Workshop at the 53rd ASOCOPI Annual Congress, Cartagena, Colombia.
Mora, R. A., Cañas, C., Rodríguez, A. K. & Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G. (2018, May). A multivocal approach to qualitative research methods course design: Bringing experts and novices together as curriculum builders. Paper presented at the Fourteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Castaño, W., Urrego-Zapata, A. M., Cárdenas, Y., Arredondo J., & Londoño-Mazo, J. (2018, May). Polyangulation means both data analysis… and data collection! Paper presented at the Fourteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Golovátina-Mora, P., Orrego, T. S., Agudelo, E., Herrera, A. M. & Quintero. H. (2018, May). Qualitative inquiry as a multiverse: What would this mean for research design? Paper presented at the Fourteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., O’Byrne, I., Kist, W., & Semingson, P. (2018, November). New models of open, scholarly work pursued by obnoxious academics. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 68th Annual Conference, Indian Wells, CA.*
Mora, R. A., Urrego-Zapata, A. M., Agudelo, E., Yepes, H., Cárdenas, Y., Arredondo, J., & Herrera, A. M. (2018, November). Poly/translanguaging as literacy continuum: A critical view of multilingual literacies in the city. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 68th Annual Conference, Indian Wells, CA.*
Mora, R. A., Yepes, H., Cardona-Uribe, C., Gaviria, C. A., Ramírez, J. S., & Eusse. E. (2018, May). Soundscaping as second language literacies: Using sounds and voices to revisit urban and gaming spaces. Paper presented at the Fourteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai gn, USA.*
O’Byrne, I., Mora, R. A., Hagerman, M., & Wu, G. (2018, November). The Digitally Literate Research Project: Assessing how global educators teach literacies with technology. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 68th Annual Conference, Indian Wells, CA.*
Salazar, N. (2018, October). The impact of addressing rural literacies using digital media an technologies in English education with pre-service teachers. Paper presented at the 53rd ASOCOPI Annual Congress, Cartagena, Colombia.

2017

Arredondo, J., Yepes, H., Agudelo, E., Cárdenas, Y., Cardona-Uribe, C., Castrillón-Ortega, S., Urrego-Zapata, A. M., & Herrera, A. M. (2017, October). Second language literacies as community builders in "Medellín city". Presentation at IX Encuentro Interno de Semilleros de Investigación, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Castaño, W., Eusse, E., Gaviria, C. A., & Ramírez, J. S. (2017, October). A digital ethnography of gaming literacies: Identity, languaging, and design. Presentation at XI Encuentro Interno de Semilleros de Investigación REDECCI, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Golovátina-Mora, P. & Mora, R. A. (2017, May). Who chooses whom? A transmedial analysis of attributes and materiality. Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.*
Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G. (2017, October). Transforming teaching practices through art. Paper presented at the 52nd ASOCOPI Annual Congress, Cali, Colombia.
Literacies in Second Languages Project (2017, May). What do we mean by research? A reflexivity and a manifesto. Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
López-Ladino, M. & Rodríguez, A. K. (2017, November). A reflection on the roles of critical English language preschool teachers. Paper presented at Primer Congreso Inglés en Primera Infancia: Experiencias pedagógicas y reflexiones en la ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
López-Ladino, M. & Rodríguez, A. K. (2017, October). Creating a space for critical literacy in the preschool classroom through multimodal storytelling and Critical Literacy Read-Alouds. Paper presented at the 52nd ASOCOPI Annual Congress, Cali, Colombia.
Martínez Marín, J. D. & Mejía-Vélez, M. C. (2017, November). Multimodality: a strategy for teaching and learning English as a second language. Paper presented at III Coloquio Internacional Sobre Interdisciplinariedad en la Formación del Licenciado en Lenguas Extranjeras, Cartagena, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2017, October). When it comes to social justice and ELT, critical literacy isn't the answer... it is the question! Paper presented at the 52nd ASOCOPI Annual Congress, Cali, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2017, September). From EFL to ECL to CE: Seeking more equitable language learning and teaching practices for our ELT communities and teacher education programs. Plenary Address at Forum on the Future of the ELT Profession in Colombia 2017, Bogotá D.C., Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2017, August). Literacies in second languages: Rethinking literacy learning and teaching in the 21st century. Presentation at Seminario Miradas Contemporáneas en Educación, Universidad Distrital “Francisco José de Caldas”, Bogotá. D.C.
Mora, R. A. (2017, May). When data analysis makes you cry: An autoethnographic cautionary tale. Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.*
Mora, R. A. (2017, April). Literacy and postmemory in the city: An autoethnographic analysis of urban literacies in Medellín, Colombia. Paper presented at the International Interdisciplinary Conference "Postmemory and Contemporary World", Medellín, Colombia.*
Mora, R. A. & Golovátina-Mora, P. (2017, December). Graffiti as a social expression of memory and (re)construction of the city: A cross-case analysis. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association, Copenhagen, Denmark.*
Mora, R. A. & Golovátina-Mora, P. (2017, May). Research and marriage: A contemplative duoethnography of growth. Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.*
Mora, R. A. & Kist, W. (2017, May). Compound Qualitative Inquiry: A “Frankenstein’s Monster” with invisible stitches in QI approach integration. Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A. & Semingson, P. (2017, May). A digital autoethnography of co-authoring. Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A. & Trigos-Carrillo, L. (2017, November). Rethinking the writer’s workshop in L2: A cross-case transnational analysis. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 67th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.*
Mora, R. A., Cañas, C., Ocampo, A. P., Rodríguez, A. K., & López-Ladino, M. (2017, November). Early literacies in second languages in Colombia: Multimodal critical consciousness in K-5 English education. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 67th Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.*
Mora, R. A, Chiquito, T., Giraldo, M., Mejía-Vélez, M. C., & Salazar Patiño, T. (2017, May). Geosemiotic Analysis: Analyzing data in and around the city. Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Kist, W., Hart, L., Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G., Walsh-Moorman, B., Toney, J. L., López-Ladino, M., Rodríguez, A. K., & McGhee, A. (2017, April). Exploring museums as learning sites for researchers: A comparative, international analysis of two experiences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.*

2016

Cañas, C. & Ocampo, A. P. (2016, August). Children's personal literacies. Presentation at the 6th International Seminar on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.*
Giraldo, M. & Mejía-Vélez, M. C. (2016, August). Getting to know our city through English literacy practice research: A pre-service teachers’ experience. In R. A. Mora (Chair), Learning About Research in the Context of Preservice Teacher Education: Building a Literacy Research Team. Symposium conducted at the 6th International Seminar on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.*
Golovátina-Mora, P., Mora, R. A., Blandón Gómez, H., Moskvin, D., & Celinski, P. (2016, September). Art as utopia: Projecting society through street art. Presentation at the 9th Midterm Conference of the RN-Sociology of the Arts, University of Porto, Portugal.*
Hernandez, M. & Ramírez, D. (2016, August). Changing the way we view ourselves as teachers through research (LaV). In R. A. Mora (Chair), Learning About Research in the Context of Preservice Teacher Education: Building a Literacy Research Team. Symposium conducted at the 6th International Seminar on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.*
Mejía-Vélez, M. C., Salazar Patiño, T., Chiquito, T., Giraldo, M., & Uribe, S. (2016, April). English literacies and urban cultures in 'Medellín city'. Presentation at XV Encuentro Departamental de Semilleros de Investigación REDCOLSI, Medellín, Colombia
Mora, R. A. (2016, August). LSLP: A grassroots approach to literacies research in Colombia. In R. A. Mora (Chair), Learning About Research in the Context of Preservice Teacher Education: Building a Literacy Research Team. Symposium conducted at the 6th International Seminar on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.*
Mora, R. A. (2016, March). Professional development for ELT educators. Presentation at Universidad Distrital “Francisco José de Caldas”, Bogotá. D.C.
Mora, R. A., Castaño, S., Hernandez, M., Orrego, T. S., Ramírez, D., & Castaño, W. (2016, December). Gaming literacies and second languages: When using a second language becomes the key to victory. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 66th Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.*
Mora, R. A., Kist, W., Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G., López-Ladino, M., Rodríguez, A. K., Toney, J. L., Walsh-Moorman, B., & Hart, L. (2016, November). Museums as sites for literacy research consciousness: A trans-national comparison of two experiences. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 66th Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.*
Mora, R. A., Chiquito, T., Mejía-Vélez, M. C., Uribe, S., Salazar Patiño, T., & Giraldo, M. (2016, December). Windows, walls, and tees as second language literacies in Medellín: A multimodal analysis of urban cultural spaces. Paper presented at the Literacy Research Association 66th Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.*
Mora, R. A. & Pulgarín, C. (2016, October). Podcasting design as an alternative for communicative competence development: a discussion of two cases. Presentation at the 51st Annual ASOCOPI Conference, Bogotá, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. & Golovátina-Mora, P. (2016, May). Batman as transmedial discourse to understand anarchy, order, and today’s social dynamics in the city. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Cañas, C., Gutiérrez-Arismendy, G., Isaza, G., Ocampo, A. P., Salazar, N., & Zapata, J. (2016, May). Counter-narratives of school literacies research: A multivocal meta-analysis. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Castaño, S., Ramírez, D., & Uribe, S. (2016, May). Fan Fiction: Expanding the boundaries of gaming culture and identity. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Giraldo, M., López-Ladino, M., Pulgarín, C., Rodríguez, A. K., & Castaño, W. (2016, May). Reading our participants’ voices: Data analysis into the recordings and beyond the transcripts. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Ramírez, N., Mejía-Vélez, M. C., & Hernandez, M. (2016, May). City as Literacy: Our call for a new pedagogy of and in the city. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Salazar Patiño, T., Chiquito, T., & Orrego, T. S. (2016, May). Polyangulation as an attempt to revisit the Interpretive Zone. Paper presented at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Chiquito, T., Giraldo, M. & Uribe, S. (2016, April). Exploring the narratives of tattoos and graffiti as second language literacies in the city. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.* (Academia)
Rico T., C., Granados, C., Torres, J. C., & Mora, R. A. (2016, October). What is the role of culture and interculturality in language studies: towards a state of the art. Invited Colloquium at the 51st Annual ASOCOPI Conference, Bogotá, D.C.
Rico T., C., Mora, R. A., & Alvarez, J. A. (2016, October). Multimodality and the education of language teacher education graduates. Panel at the 7th Student Colloquium, BA in Modern Languages, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, D.C.
Salazar Patiño, T., & Mejía-Vélez, M. C. (2016, October). English literacies and urban cultures in 'Medellín city'. Presentation at Encuentro Nacional e Internacional de Semilleros de Investigación REDCOLSI, Cúcuta, Colombia*

2015

Álvarez, J. A., Correa, D., Mora, R. A., Usma, J., & Viáfara, J. J. (2015, October). Ministerio de Educaciòn Nacional’s new policy for language teacher education programs. Special Session at the 50th Annual ASOCOPI Conference, Medellín, Colombia.
Castaño, S. & Orrego, T. S. (2015, October). English as a victory tool in digital gaming communities and its potential effect on literacy and language education. Presentation at the 50th ASOCOPI Annual Conference, Medellín, Colombia.
Castaño, S., Orrego, T. S., Hernandez, M., & Ramírez, D. (2015, September). Second language literacies, videogames, and gaming: A digital ethnography. Presentation at IX Encuentro Interno de Semilleros de Investigación, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Chiquito, T. & Gómez, M. A. (2015, October). Cultural spaces at second-language expression: Lessons and implications from an exploration of Medellín. Presentation at the 50th ASOCOPI Annual Conference, Medellín, Colombia.
Golovátina-Mora, P. & Mora, R. A. (2015, May). Epistemology… by Harry Potter? Presentation at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mejía-Vélez, M. C. & Pulgarín. C. (2015, October). Medellín: A space to re-think second language literacies in the city. Presentation at the 50th ASOCOPI Annual Conference, Medellín, Colombia.
Mejía-Vélez, M. C., Chiquito, T., Ramírez, N., Salazar Patiño, T., Giraldo, M., Uribe, S. & Gómez, M. A. (2015, May). English literacies and urban cultures in 'Medellín city'. Presentation at XIV Encuentro Regional de Semilleros de Investigación Nodo Antoquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2015a, October). Literacy at 50: Profiling the new social imperatives for the field of literacies in second languages. Presentation at the 50th Annual ASOCOPI Conference, Medellín, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2015a, September). Cutting-edge teaching techniques. Presentation at the Master’s in Foreign and Second Language Teaching, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.*
Mora, R. A. (2015b, September). Foundational notes for supporting English language learners. Presentation at the B.A. in Elementary Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.*
Mora, R. A. (2015c, May). The new social imperatives for literacies in second languages research. Presentation at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A. (2015d, May). Slam Poetry – A critical discourse analysis of language appropriation. presentation at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A. (2015e, April). Literacies in second languages. Pecha Kucha presentation at the AERA Writing and Literacies SIG Business Meeting, Chicago, IL.*
Mora. R. A. (2015f, April). Rethinking today’s language ecologies: New questions about language use and literacy practices [Webinar]. In Global Conversations in Literacy Research. Available from https://youtu.be/CMLnXwx3lRY*
Mora, R. A. (2015g, March). Using multimodal literacy as a catalyst for teacher education reflexivity. Presentation at XIV Jornadas y II Congreso Internacional del Maestro Investigador, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.*
Mora, R. A. & Giraldo, M. (2015, October). Multimodal design as a tool in second language teacher education: Case studies at the preservice and inservice levels. Presentation at the 50th Annual ASOCOPI Conference, Medellín, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. & Uribe, S. (2015, October). Slam Poetry: an alternative for communicative competence empowerment in second language teacher education. Presentation at the 50th Annual ASOCOPI Conference, Medellín, Colombia.
Mora, R. A., Giraldo, M., Chiquito, T., Uribe, S., & Ramírez, N. (2015a, May). A narrative ethnography of tattoos and graffiti as second language literacies. Presentation at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora. R. A., Castaño, S., Hernandez, M., & Orrego, T. S. (2015b, May). A digital ethnography of language-as-victory and second language literacies in gaming communities. Presentation at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Salazar Patiño, T., Gómez, M. A., & Mejía-Vélez, M. C. (2015c, May). Music and fashion as cultural expressions of second language literacies in the city. Presentation at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora. R. A., Castaño, M., Gómez, N., Ramírez, N., Mejía-Vélez, M. C., & Pulgarín, C. (2015, April). Second language literacies in the city: New practices in urban spaces of Medellín, Colombia. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. (Academia)*
Morrell, E., Mora, R. A., & Tripp, L. (2015, September). Literacy and urban education in the 21st century. Panel Presentation at the 21st Century Literacies Lecture Series, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.*
Uribe, S., Giraldo, M., Chiquito, T., Gómez, M. A., Pulgarín, C., Ramírez, N., & Salazar Patiño, T. (2015, September). English literacies and urban cultures in 'Medellín City'. Presentation at IX Encuentro Interno de Semilleros de Investigación, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.

2014

Castaño, M. & Gómez, N. (2014, May). English literacy practices in the urbs of 'Medellín City'. Presentation at Encuentro Regional de Semilleros de Investigación Nodo Antioquia, Politécnico Jaime Isaza Cadavid, Medellín, Colombia. (This site)
Castaño, S., Peláez, S., Hernandez, M., Rojas, B., Zuluaga, A., & Orrego, T. (2014, October). Second language literacies, videogames, and gaming: A digital ethnography. Presentation at VIII Encuentro Interno de Semilleros de Investigación y II Encuentro de Sistema Nacional UPB, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia. (This site)
Chiquito, T. & Estrada, A. (2014, October 25). El Español como lengua extranjera en Colombia. Presentation at VIII Encuentro de Investigación Formativa, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.
Hernandez, M. (2014, August). Multimodal videos as communicative competence. In R. A. Mora (Chair), Multimodality as reflexivity on literacy and teaching: Examples from undergraduate and graduate teacher education. Symposium conducted at the 5th International Seminar on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. (PREZI)*
Mejía-Vélez, M. C., Chiquito, T., Ramírez, N., Salazar Patiño, T., Giraldo, M., Uribe, S. & Gómez, M. A. (2014, October). English literacies and urban cultures in 'Medellín city'. Presentation at VIII Encuentro Interno de Semilleros de Investigación y II Encuentro de Sistema Nacional UPB, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia. (This site)
Mora, R. A. (2014a, November). WebQuests [Webinar]. Presentation at the Russian Centre, West Bohemia University, Plzeň, Czech Republic.*
Mora, R. A. (2014b, September). New questions for language teaching in Colombia: Languaging, literacy, and advocacy. Keynote Address at the 14th Teachers’ Moot and Sixth MA Graduates’ Reunion, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Tunja, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2014c, September). Slam Poetry as an alternative to empower preservice teachers’ communicative competence. Presentation at the 14th Teachers’ Moot and Sixth MA Graduates’ Reunion, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), Tunja, Colombia. (Academia)
Mora, R. A. (2014d, August). An introduction to the concept of multimodality. In R. A. Mora (Chair), Multimodality as reflexivity on literacy and teaching: Examples from undergraduate and graduate teacher education. Symposium conducted at the 5th International Seminar on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. (PREZI)*
Mora, R. A. (2014e, August). New forms of English language use in Medellín, Colombia: An analysis of two studies. Presentation at ISLE 3, University of Zurich, Switzerland. (PREZI)*
Mora, R. A. (2014f, April). Incorporating alternative literacies in second language education in Colombia: Examples from teacher education and research [Webinar]. Presentation at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil*
Mora, R. A. (2014g, February). Critical literacy and English language textbooks: A meta-analysis. Presentation (via Skype) at Confluence V, India. (Academia)*6789
Mora, R. A. & Ramírez, N. (2014, September). Rethinking literacy and second languages in the city: a study about urban literacies in Medellín, Colombia. Presentation at the VI International Colloquium on Foreign Language Research, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá. (This site)*
Mora, R. A. & Golovátina-Mora, P. (2014, May). A transmedia analysis of the Matrix universe as a Bourdieusian framework. Presentation at the Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. (Academia)*
Mora, R. A., Peláez, S., Jaramillo, M., Rojas-Echeverri, B. E., Castaño, S. & Zuluaga, A. (2014, May). English literacies and video game communities: A digital ethnography. Presentation at the Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Mora, R. A., Ramírez, N., Pulgarín, C., Mejía-Velez, M. C., Castaño, M., & Gómez, N. (2014, May). An ethnography of English literacies in the city: Discoveries and pedagogical implications. Presentation at the Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.*
Salazar Patiño, T. (2014, August). Multimodal texts: Video and web design examples. In R. A. Mora (Chair), Multimodality as reflexivity on literacy and teaching: Examples from undergraduate and graduate teacher education. Symposium conducted at the 5th International Seminar on the Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. (PREZI)*

2013

Castaño, M. & Pulgarín, C. (2013, October). English literacy practices in the urbs of 'Medellín City'. Presentation at VII Encuentro Interno de Semilleros de Investigación, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia. (This site)
Mora, R. A. (2013a, November). Nuevas literacidades y multimodalidad: Revisando cómo leemos el mundo, la palabra (y los signos) en las ecologías del lenguaje contemporáneas. Presentation (via Skype) at the VII UNESCO International Lectureship Congress, Córdoba, Argentina. (Academia)*
Mora, R. A. (2013b, September). Have we told our children why they should learn another language? A critical discussion on the new roles and questions for language learning in Colombia. Presentation at Seminario Miradas Contemporáneas en Educación, Universidad Distrital “Francisco José de Caldas”, Bogotá. D.C. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yje0AnkuTXo
Mora, R. A. (2013c, August). El concepto de literacidad en ELE: Nuevas dimensiones para la lectura del mundo y la palabra. Presentation at the 3rd international and 4th national Spanish as a foreign language event, Medellín, Colombia. (PREZI)*
Mora, R. A. (2013c, February). The notion of second languages: Responding to today’s linguistic ecologies. Paper presented (via Skype) at Confluence IV, India*.
Mora, R. A. (2013c, January). Linguistics, Languages, and Social Dynamics: An Introduction to (Critical) Discourse Analysis. Presentation at the Department of English, French, and German Philology, Universidad de Málaga, Spain.*
Mora, R. A., Gómez, N., Castaño, M., Pulgarín, C., Ramírez, N., & Mejía-Velez, M. C. (2013, November). Urban Englishes in the (still?) Expanding Circle: An analysis of English literacy practices in urban spaces in Medellín. Presentation at the 19th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes, Arizona State University, USA. (This site)*
Mora, R. A., Castaño, M., Gómez, N., Pulgarín C., Mejía-Vélez, M. C., & Ramírez, N. (2013, August). Repensando las lenguas y lenguajes en la ciudad: Un análisis de prácticas en segundas lenguas en espacios urbanos en Medellín Presentation at the XXX Social Sciences Symposium – International Seminar, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia. (This site)*

2012

Mora, R. A. (2012, December). Literacidad en la enseñanza de lenguas: Repensando los mundos, las palabras y las lecturas. Presentation at the MA in Applied Linguistics in Spanish as a Foreign Language, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, Spain.*
Mora, R. A. (2012a, September). Technological mediation and digital literacies: Toward a new model to define second language in the ELT world. Paper presented at the First Teleconference on ICT in ELT in Vietnam. (Academia)*
Mora, R. A. (2012a, October). Not “foreign” but “second” language: Implications for English teaching today. Keynote Presentation at Academic Sessions IV, Fundación Universitaria Luis Amigó, Medellín, Colombia.
Mora, R. A. (2012b, October). Rethinking the Second/Foreign Language Dichotomy: Can we Still Talk about Foreign Languages in Today’s Language Ecologies? Keynote Presentation at the 47th ASOCOPI Annual Conference, Tuluá (Valle), Colombia.