Jaclyn Salkauski, Ph.D. | Faculty
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Arts Education Humanities and Social Sciences
College Hall
College Hall 315
Jaclyn Salkauski is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She earned a Ph.D. in Spanish with a focus on comparative literature from Florida State University. Her content area of focus was Pan-Caribbean literature, analyzing gender and race-driven marginalization in the Hispanophone, Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean. Jaclyn is the coordinator for the LEC Spanish Community Based Learning Initiative.
Research interests:
Caribbean literature
Post-colonialism
Music-driven input in the second language classroom
Race, gender, ethnicity and diversity studies
U.S. Latino studies
Trauma studies
Identity studies
Intercultural competency in business and medicine
Community based learning
Second language teacher preparation and mentorship Education
Ph.D., Florida State University
M.A., Cleveland State University
B.A., Baldwin-Wallace University
Professional Affiliations:
The Modern Language Association (MLA)
Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (AILCFH)
Label Me Latino/a, Editorial Board
Recent Conference Presentations:
“The Plight of the In-Betweener: Going Back to the Future,” 7th Crossing Over Symposium, Cleveland State University, 2017
“Pitbull as Game-Changer for US Latino Identity and Nationality,” 6th Crossing Over Symposium, Cleveland State University, 2015
“Neither Here nor There: Exiled Identity in Gisèle Pineau’s Exile According to Julia,” Caribbean Studies Association 40th Annual Conference, New Orleans, La., 2015
“Trauma and Exiled Identity,” 5th Crossing Over International Symposium, Cleveland State University, 2013
“Dreaming of Lenguaje and Revolving Identidad: Language Selection, Memory, and Identity in Gendered Caribbean Literature,” XII Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2013
“Spirals of Change in Jane and Louisa’s Kumbla,” 4th Crossing Over International Symposium, Cleveland State University, 2011
“Transgrediendo la puerta giratoria: La memoria de identidad en Cuando era puertorriqueña de Esmeralda Santiago,” The Pacific Coast Council of Latin American Studies Annual Conference, Pepperdine University, 2010
"La iglesia católica y los cambios sociales en El Salvador durante la revolución,” 26th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, 2006