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Lisa M. Merschel

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
2122 Campus Drive, Box 90269, Durham, NC 27708-0269

Overview


Director of the Spanish Language Program since 2021, and at Duke since 2001, I teach all levels in the SLP, with second-language acquisition, language technologies, and machine learning's impact on writing in the L2+ being the areas that interest me professionally. In the last few years I've been reading, thinking, writing and presenting on artificial intelligence's effect on how we teach languages.

I directed summer study abroad programs in Mexico and Spain in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017.

Member of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL); American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP); American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL); and American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Language Programs (AAUSC)

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies · 2021 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2003 Ph.D.
Smith College · 1993 B.A.