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"Putting a face on it"?: A Critical Exploration of how Community Service-learning Transforms Spanish Learners' Representations of Otherness

Kimberly Vinall
UC Berkeley


Kimberly Vinall is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Division of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley where she is completing her dissertation titled "Constructing Globalization in Two Intermediate University-Level Spanish Language and Culture Classrooms on the U.S./Mexico Border." Her research interest include second language acquisition theory; the intersections of language, power, and identity; and cultural studies which she applies to explore the relationships between multilingualism/multiculturalism and globalization. At the same time, she examines the ways in which this theory can inform methodological approaches to the teaching of language, culture, and literature, including engagement with communities through critical service-learning and the use of technology. Kimberly has published in the L2 Journal, the Foreign Language Annuals, and the Journal of International Cooperation in Education. After obtaining an M.A. in Hispanic Literature from the University of Arizona, she worked as a Spanish language coordinator at the University of Michigan for 10 years. Kimberly has taught all levels of the Spanish basic language program in addition to advanced grammar and writing courses, as well as literature courses.