Education
M.Ed., Curriculum, Instruction, and Administration, Argosy U, San Francisco
M.A., Spanish Language and Literature, UC Berkeley
B.A., Spanish Language, UC Berkeley
B.A., Practice of Art, UC Berkeley
Certificates in Spanish and Art, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Credentials in Spanish, Art and ELD Projects
MLA HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues Forum, 2021-26; secretary, 2023-24; chair, 2024-25
MLA Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession, 2017-21; chair, 2019-20
MLA Committee on Community Colleges, 1988-2002 Upcoming Talks and Conferences
MLA New Orleans 2025
Discussion Group on the (In)Visibility of Contingency
Sponsor: HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues
Speaker: Pamela A. Lim-McAlister
MLA Philadelphia 2024
Madness and Magic in Global Literature
Sponsor: HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues
Presider: Pamela A. Lim-McAlister
Speakers:
Alexandra Brown (U of Pennsylvania)
Jean Carlos Carniel (Sao Paolo State U)
Laura West-Brownell (U of Nevada, Reno)
Umar Shehzad (U of Edinburgh)
MLA Philadelphia 2024
Praxis, Joy, and Sorrow
Sponsor: HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues
Presider: Pamela A. Lim-McAlister
Speakers:
Kelisha Graves (Fayetteville State U)
Mary-Elizaabeth Murphy (Eastern Michigan U)
Danielle Philips-Cunningham (Rutgers U, New Brunswick)
Veronica Popp (U of Saint Francis)
MLA San Francisco 2023
Courage Beyond COVID: Stories and Spaces for Healing
Sponsor:
MLA HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues Forum
Presiders:
Pamela A. Lim-McAlister
Maria Shine Stewart
Speakers:
Kathryn Dolan (Missouri U of Science & Tech)
Rachel Ernst (U of Utah)
Elizabeth Weixel (Anoka-Ramsey Comm C)
Pamela Lim-McAlister (UC Berkeley)
“Injections and Immortality: Teaching Adolph’s ‘Nosotros, no‘ to AP Spanish and University Students”
MLA Washington, D.C. 2022
Session 516V. Building Bridges and Breaking Down Walls: The Teaching of World Literature in English
Saturday, 8 January 1:45 PM-3:00 PM EST
Sponsor:
MLA HEP Part-time and Contingent Faculty Issues Forum
Presider:
Pamela A. Lim-McAlister
Speakers:
Sara Faradji (U of Maryland)
Emron Esplin (BYU)
Maria Shine Stewart (Notre Dame C)
Pamela Lim-McAlister (UC Berkeley)
“From Greenhorns to Grown-ups: Teaching Cortázar to AP Spanish, University, and Adult Education Students”
MLA Toronto 2021
Session 631. Publishing While Precarious: Problems and Practices
Sunday, 10 January 1:45 PM-3:00 PM EST
Sponsors:
Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession
Council of Editors of Learned Journals
Presiders:
Pamela A. Lim-McAlister
Joseph P. Fisher
Speakers:
Jennie Lightweiss-Goff (U of Mississippi)
Anicca Cox (Michigan State U)
Amy Lynch-Biniek (Kutztown U)
Dennis Wise (U of Arizona)
Sujata Iyengar (U of Georgia)
MLA Seattle 2020
Session 370. Advocating for Foreign Language Departments
“Get ’em While They’re Young: Attracting and Keeping Students Interested in Learning World Languages”
MLA Chicago 2019
Vulnerable Positions? Feminism and Contingent Labor
Sponsors:
Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession
Committee on Status of Women in the Profession
Presider:
Pamela A. Lim-McAlister
Speakers:
Stacey Amo (U of Wisconsin, Superior)
Katelyn Cunningham (Pasadena City C)
Katie Hogan (UNC Charlotte)
Veronica Rose Popp (Elmhurst C)
Memberships
Modern Language Association
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
California Language Teachers Association
Foreign Language Teachers of Northern California
National Education Association
California Teachers Association
