Christine Martinez

Christine Martinez studies Global Studies with minors in journalism and Spanish at San Jose State University in San Jose, California. She is participating in InteRDom's Fall 2011 Academic Semester, taking courses at a local university and carrying out a research project specially structured for her by InteRDom staff on baseball's role in the Dominican Republic.

Related Articles:

	A Trip to the “Play” Brings the Story to Life for Martinez Santo Domingo, October 31, 2011
	Martinez’s Understanding of Dominican Baseball is Deepened Through Interviews Santo Domingo, September 29, 2011
	Baseball is InteRDom Fall 2011 Intern Christine Martinez's Passion Santo Domingo, September 15, 2011

Indhira Sepulveda

Indhira Sepulveda is a May 2011 graduate of the City College of New York with a degree in Political Science and International Studies. She is participating in InteRDom's Fall 2011 Graduate and Gap Year Program, pursuing her interest to work in the field of international relations at the Dominican Council on International Relations before applying to graduate school.

Related Articles:

	Sepulveda Settles in at the CDRI Santo Domingo, October 11, 2011
	Indhira Sepulveda Returns to her Home Country with a New Worldview Santo Domingo, September 15, 2011

PIER Summer Institute for Educators

July 10 – July 17

The Summer Institute is a series of intensive professional development sessions that serve as a continuing educational training tool for in-service and pre-service K-12 and university-level teachers. It is sponsored by Programs in International Education Resources, The Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies at Yale, the MacMillan Center, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU and the U.S. Department of Education through a Title VI National Resource Center grant.

The objective of the Summer Institute is to present the best and latest scholarship on international education to help educators introduce current perspectives on international topics and improve teaching materials for their students. The sessions are led by Yale faculty, graduate students and other expert educators who provide an in-depth understanding of the latest research on teaching international content subjects in schools. Workshops include discussions, activities, skill building, and new tools to use for lesson planning. This Summer Institute for educators will explore the theme of Colonial Latin America and seek to understand the ways in which the colonial period contributed to the modern Latin American identity. Upon completion of a week-long workshop on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, participants will have the opportunity to learn about these issues on the ground through an optional field trip to the Dominican Republic, sponsored by InteRDom. The week-long field study will provide the opportunity to deepen educators' knowledge about Colonial Latin America as they participate in lectures, discussions, architectural tours, and guided visits with experts to archaeological sites, art museums, architectural sites, local communities and plantation zones.

	A Day of Panel Discussions Presented to Summer Institute Educators at FUNGLODE Santo Domingo, July 14, 2011
	Summer Institute Participants Learn Indigenous Culture at Altos de Chavón and Cueva de las Maravillas Santo Domingo, July 14th, 2011
	Summer Institute Projects to Bring Awareness of Caribbean Issues to North American Classrooms Santo Domingo, July 11, 2011
	Migration, Urbanization and Ecological Topics Explored in Day 5 of Summer Institute for Educators Santo Domingo, July 15, 2011
	InteRDom to Host Summer Institute for Educators Field Visit Santo Domingo, July 07, 2011

Livingstone College Caribbean Specialist

July 23 – July 30

As a part of InteRDom's agreement with the Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) of North Carolina, a group of students from Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina will travel to Santo Domingo in July for one week of intensive Spanish classes and field trips through which they will learn about the colonial history and modern culture of the Dominican Republic. The students will travel with a Spanish professor from Livingstone, who will give classes in FUNGLODE related to the things they will see and learn in that day's excursion.