- Laura Vilardell, Ph.D.
- Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Current Academic Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Northern Illinois University (2018–present)
Teaching Experience
Northern Illinois University
Associate Professor
- FLSP 302 – Spanish Composition
- FLSP 484 – Advanced Translation
- FLSP 584 – Advanced Spanish Translation
- HON 310 – Honors Seminar: Catalonia as a Stateless Nation: Resilience, Identity, and Globalization
Assistant Professor
- FLSP 101 – Beginning Spanish I
- FLSP 302 – Advanced Composition in Spanish
- FLSP 311 – Advanced Spanish Conversation
- FLSP 215 – Spanish for Heritage Speakers I
- FLSP 361 – Spain Today
- FLSP 400 – Special Topics in Spanish Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture: "Censorship and Localization in Spanish-speaking Countries"
- FLSP 500 – Special Topics in Spanish Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture: "Censorship and Localization in Spanish-speaking Countries"
- FLAL 420 – Intro to Translation Theory
- FLST 482 – Special Topics in Literature: Audiovisual Localization
- FLSP 483 – Techniques of Translation
- FLSP 484 – Advanced Translation
- FLSP 489 – Consecutive Interpretation
- FLSP 583 – Techniques of Translation
- FLSP 584 – Advanced Spanish Translation
- FLSP 589 – Consecutive Interpretation
Georgetown University
Lecturer
- Intermediate Intensive Spanish
- Advanced Intensive Spanish I
- Introduction to Catalan
- Catalan Culture and Society
- Translation as a Way Out
University of Vic
Adjunct Professor
- Legal Translation A-A (Spanish-Catalan)
- Legal Translation B-A (English-Spanish/Catalan)
- Theory and Practice of Translation B-A (English-Spanish)
- Translation of Humanistic Texts (English-Catalan/Spanish)
- Techniques for Oral and Written Expression
- English for Academic Purposes
- Childhood, Education, and Society
- Catalan for French Speakers
Director
Directed senior theses on legal translation, second language acquisition, and third language acquisition.
Placement Advisor
Advised students in early childhood education, primary, and secondary education.
Teaching Associate
- Catalan Language IV
- Terminology
- Catalan for Journalists
- Seminars for University Teacher Training
Conferences and Workshops
- 2017 - "Catalan, the 9th most spoken language in Europe: challenges and achievements." Penn Language Center, UPenn.
- 2016 - "Translation as a Way Out, an Experience to Share." University Rovira i Virigili, XXX Jornades Internacionals de Professors de Català a l'exterior.
- 2016 - "Translation as a Way Out." Georgetown University, TLSI: Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Summer Institute.
- 2014 - Workshop: "Preparing the Public Presentation of your Bachelor's Degree Final Project." University of Vic.
- 2013 - "Update Your Knowledge of Catalan." Online seminar for instructors on how to teach Catalan. University of Vic.
- 2013 - "Workshop on Moodle." Online seminar for instructors. University of Vic.
Online Module Creation
Vilardell, Laura; Camps, Núria. Historia y teoría de la traducción y la interpretación. Universidad Europea del Atlántico, 2014. Created syllabus, activities, and all online materials for a module about history and theory of translation and interpreting.
Service and Related Professional Experience
- 2024 - Interviewed by Tradiling about translation into Catalan during Franco's dictatorship. Livestream on Tradiling's YouTube Channel. March 20, 2024.
- 2023 - Interviewed Anna Casas about Bilingual Legacies Father Figures in Self-Writing from Barcelona.
- 2023 - Interviewed by Anna Casas about Books Against Tyranny: Catalan Publishers under Franco.
- 2023 - Southeast Asia Crossroads Podcast - "Between the Lines: Identity and Belonging in the Thai Translation of Letter for Black Lives" (with Kanjana Thepboriruk).
- 2018 - "El gran poder de la crítica: el Canigó de Verdaguer i el mapa del Pirineu de l'edició de 1886." Querol, Revista Cultural de Cerdanya, no. 23, pp. 34-40.
Event Organizations
- 2015 - 12 Hours of Catalan Culture Sant Jordi event at Georgetown University.
- 2015 - Lecture by Francesc Miralles event, Love in Lowercase, Georgetown University.
- 2013 - Organized exhibition Caritat, un llibre almoina, University of Vic.
- 2013 - Conference: Traducció i Censura en el Franquisme, University of Vic.
- 2014, 2010, 2008 - Assistant organizer of Col·loqui Internacional Verdaguer, Institut d'Estudis Catalans and University of Vic.
