Planning Committee
The symposium would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of the planning committee!
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2024 Symposium Planning Committee
Co-Chairs of the Cluster on Language Research at UC Davis
Andrea Ramírez Barajas (Department of Psychology)
Sara de Blas Hernández (Department of Spanish & Portuguese)
Melissa Gomes (Department of Linguistics)
Financial Coordinator
Mary Carrillo
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
Planning Committee Members
Anastasia Kalenik (Undergraduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Andrea Hernandez (Graduate Student - Department of Spanish & Portuguese)
Aster Rasnick (Graduate Student - Department of Spanish & Portuguese)
Blanca Peraza (Graduate Student - Department of Spanish & Portuguese)
Brennan Gonering (Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
David Dai (Undergraduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Debbie Odufuwa (Undergraduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Edgar O Soto Zuniga (Graduate Student - Department of Spanish & Portuguese)
Emily Nelsen (Graduate Student - Department of Spanish & Portuguese)
Ethan Chavez (Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Fatemeh Samavati (Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Islo Dogan (Graduate Student - Department of Psychology)
Jacqueline Ortiz (Undergraduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Jenna DiStefano (Graduate Student - Department of Psychology)
Jules Vonessen (Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Karoly Virag (Undergraduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Nicholas Aoki (Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Noemi Diaz (Graduate Student - Department of Psychology)
Riley Stray (Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Ryan McMurry (Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Sam Douglass (Graduate Student - Department of Spanish & Portuguese)
Skyler Reese (Graduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Sophie Yelin Lee (Undergraduate Student - Department of Linguistics)
Sur (Lily) Huang (Graduate Student - Department of Spanish & Portuguese)
2O23 Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Sara de Blas Hernandez
Andrea Ramirez
Annabel Marshall
Diego Alins Breda
Cameron Duval
Sam Douglass
Fatemeh Samavati
Lily Huang Chen
Melissa Gomes
Emily Nelsen
Blanca Peraza
Sabina Simon
Ana Ruiz Alonso Bartol
Directors
Nick Aoki (Co-Chair)
Roxanne Elliott (Co-Chair)
Ana Ortega Pérez (Co-Chair)
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
This symposium was in a hybrid format, with both virtual and in-person talks.
2O22 Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Nick Aoki
Ana Ruiz Alonso Bartol
Joyce Chu
Beverly Cotter
Nicole Dodd
Roxanne Elliott
Stephen Eyman
Melissa Gomes
Brennan Gonering
Lillian Jones
Sophia Minnillo
Ana María Ortega Pérez
Skyler Reese
Directors
Sophia Minnillo
Ana Ruiz Alonso Bartol
Beverly Cotter
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
This symposium was in a hybrid format, with both virtual and in-person talks.
2O21 Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Ana Ruiz
Lillian Jones
Sophia Minnillo
Skyler Reese
Xinye Zhang
Beverly Cotter
Daniela Cerbino
Hannah Brown
Brennan Gonering
Tyler Kline
Peter Torres
Ana Ortega
Directors
Lillian Jones
Skyler Reese
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
This symposium was held over Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2O20 Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Brennan Gonering
Megan Harsh
Skyler Reese
Benjamin Gomes
Claire Henderson
Glen Heinrich-Wallace
Cory Osburn
Tyler Kline
Lillian Jones
Evelyn Gámez
Marta Llorente-Bravo
Mayu Lindblad
Ryan Redmond
Directors
Peter Joseph-Torres
Daniela Cerbino
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
Unfortunately, this symposium was cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic.
2O19 Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Benjamin Gomes
Lisa Gonzalves
Claire Henderson
Paloma Fernández Mira
Megan Harsh
Peter Joseph Torres
Daniela Cerbino
Cari Ito
Visnja Milojicic
Mirna Reyna
Kayla Vodacek
Aaron Yamada
Marta Llorente Bravo
Directors
Glen Heinrich-Wallace
Cory Osburn
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
2O18 Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Aaron Yamada
Annie Barbarika
Benjamin Gomes
Cari Ito
Cory Osburn
Daniela Cerbino
Emily Moline
Glen Heinrich-Wallace
Kathleen Guerra
Lisa Gonzalves
Kayla Vodacek
Mirna Reyna
Peter Joseph Torres
Ryan Redmond
Suzy Hernandez
Zoey Liu
Directors
Claire Henderson
Marta Llorente Bravo
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
2O17 Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Silvia Aguinaga Echeverría
Daniela Cerbino
Lisa Gonzalves
Kathleen Guerra
Glen Heinrich-Wallace
Claire Henderson
Suzy Hernández
Marta Llorente Bravo
Claire Lozano
Emily Moline
María Emilia Moreschi
Kimberly Morris
Cory Osburn
Caitlin Tierney
Melissa Patiño-Vega
Lina Reznicek-Parrado
Pablo Robles-García
Directors
Benjamin Gomes
Aaron Yamada
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Robert Blake
Dr. Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez
2O16 Planning Committee
Directors
Caitlin Tierney
Melissa Vega-Valdez
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Robert Blake
2O15 Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Lina Reznicek-Parrado
Liane Lyn
Tracy Quan
Eric Jensen
Joan Palmiter
David Beard
Annalisa Teixeira
Melissa Vega-Valdez
Abram Jones
Renee Kemp
Directors
Emily Moline
Kim Morris
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Robert Blake
2O14 Planning Committee
Directors
David Beard
Annalisa Corioso
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Robert Blake