Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute

Tulane University

Laura E. Wise

Program Manager, Academic Programs

Laura joined the Stone Center in 2012. As Program Manager, she manages and coordinates the summer abroad programs, educational travel, special academic activities, and special event programming sponsored by the Stone Center and the Cuban & Caribbean Studies Institute.

Laura is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her B.A. in Linguistics and Romance Languages (Spanish and Portuguese) from the University of Georgia, followed by an M.A. in Spanish Linguistics. Her thesis, “Speech acts and politeness in Spanish and English magazine advertising,” focused on linguistic and cultural politeness in Hispanic advertising.

Before coming to the Stone Center, Laura was a graduate assistant at the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute at the University of Georgia where she coordinated special events and daily operations. She was a research assistant in the Department of Romance Languages where she did translation and transcription work in Spanish. She worked at UGA’s Institute on Human Development and Disability, and also spent a summer studying abroad in Salvador, Bahía, Brazil.

Degrees

  • B.A., The University of Georgia, Linguistics, Romance Languages, 2009
  • M.A., The University of Georgia, Spanish Linguistics, 2011

Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

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Two-week Public Service summer program in Ecuador

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Center for Public Service: International Programs
Ecuador: Tropical Field Biology and Conservation
Chocó Rainforest, Ecuador | Tentative dates: August 9 – August 23, 2013

Application deadline: January 28, 2013
Deadline extended!

All majors are welcome to apply to spend two weeks in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Ecuador: Tropical Field Biology and Conservation gives students the opportunity to apply the theory and knowledge they have acquired in the classroom to the real world. Students will travel with Dr. Karubian and Dr. Duraes to Ecuador for a two-week intensive field course. While on the course, students will experience first-hand the challenges and rewards of conducting field research and implementing conservation activities in tropical environments. These activities will take place within a context of community engagement based on active collaboration and interaction with Ecuadorian local residents in a variety of contexts.

For more information, click here to visit the Center for Public Service’s page on this program.