Faculty and students from the University of Southern Indiana participated in a research trip in the Dominican Republic from June 14 to 29, 2011. The group was composed by Dr. Manuel Apodaca-Valdez (Program director), Dr. Norma Rosas Mayen, and six students Spanish majors in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages: Chelsey Mullins, Monika Watten, Erin Schmitt, Ashley Elpers, Grisel Barajas, and Peter Willimas. Each participant accomplished an individual research project dealing with various aspects on the African influence in current culture and language of the Dominican Republic. The research trip included excursions to various towns and Bateys (plantations) including, Batey Libertad, Batey Cerro Gordo (near Santiago), the town of Dajabon in the border with Haiti, Santiago City, the 27 Charcos of Damajagua, and the beaches of Samana, and Puerto Plata.
See more pictures at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/manjes12/DominicanRepublicSummer2011#
