Ayelet Ishai

Ishai.jpgAssistant Professor

Office: UC 2309
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Email: aishai@uwo.ca

Biography

BA, Honours Specialization in Spanish Language and Literature, with a Minor in Comparative Literature - Western University
PhD Hispanic Studies - Western University

Areas of Interest and Research

  • Spanish Language Instruction
  • Teaching and Learning Strategies
  • Latin American Women Writers
  • Literature and Writing
  • Narrative Psychology

Publications, Presentations, and Awards

PUBLICATIONS

“Psychology of a Biographical Novel: Narrative Empathy in Poniatowska’s Leonora.” Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal, vol. 53, no. 3, September 2020.

“Architecture in the Jesuit Missions of Paraguay.” L’ArgoT: La revue des étudiants d’histoire de l’art de l’Université de Montréal, no. 4, Winter 2014.

PRESENTATIONS

Post-Mortem Portraits: Intermedial Portrayals of Eva Perón in Santa Evita.” Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists (ACH), Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Congress 2018 at the University of Regina, Regina, SK, May 31, 2018.

“Exploring the Protegé Effect: Motivation, Interculturality, and Long-Term Learning in the Spanish Language Classroom.” CASTAD at the University of Toronto, February 9, 2018.

“Teaching to Learn: The Effects of Lesson Facilitation by Advanced Spanish Students.” American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) at the University of Ottawa, November 4, 2017.

“Teaching Innovation Ideas: Pictocabulary.” Teaching Assistant Panel at TA Training Week at Western University, London, ON, August 29, 2017.

“La anti-biografía de Poniatowska: una aproximación al género literario de Leonora.” Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists (ACH), Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Congress 2017 at Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, June 2, 2017.

“Gamifying the Language Classroom.” Poster presented at the Arts and Humanities Research Day, Western University, London, ON, March 2017.

“Gamification and Second Language Learning: A System Towards Spanish Fluency.” CASTAD at Western University, London, ON, February 10, 2017.

“Active Learning Strategies in the Language Classroom.” Empowering Second Language Learners: Innovative Approaches to Second Language Teaching (IASLT) at Western University, London, ON, October 14, 2016.

“Literary Consciousness: Mind Reading and Manipulation in Celestina.” Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists (ACH), Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Congress 2015 at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, June 4, 2015.

“Playing with Reality: Don Quijote and 21st Century Gaming.” Don Quixote in the American West: A Fourth-Centenary Celebration (1615-2015) at the University of Colorado and University of Wyoming, Denver, CO and Laramie, WY, April 25, 2015.

“The Writer’s Inspiration: Feminine Creativity in El cuarto de atrás.” 50th Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists (ACH), Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Congress 2014 at Brock University, St. Catharine’s, ON, May 28, 2014.

“Art as Cure: Ailments and Antidotes in the short works of Remedios Varo,” Brevity: 16th Annual Graduate Conference at Western University, March 7, 2014.

AWARDS

Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Excellence Award, 2016 Awarded by the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at Western University

Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2015 Nominated by students; awarded by the Society of Graduate Students and TA union