Networking

Sara T. Strey is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Office of Undergraduate Research’s First Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) program at the University of Maryland. She is passionate about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through course-based research experiences. Her specialty is atmospheric science, and she, along with her students, studies air-sea interactions, polar-mid-latitude climate interactions, and atmospheric rivers under climate change using advanced weather and climate models with support from the National Centers for Atmospheric Research’s Derecho computing system.

Aubrey Zinn is an English lecturer in both the Academic Writing Program and the Professional Writing Program, teaching English 101, Technical Writing, and Business Writing. Her research interests involve the intersection of popular culture and academia and seeking authentic audiences for student work.

Barbara Zocal Da Silva is a multiracial translator and interpreter of Brazilian Portuguese, English, and Spanish. She holds a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of São Paulo (LELEHA/FFLCH, 2022), focusing on Decolonial Translation Studies. Since 2022, she has served as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UMD Department of Spanish and Portuguese (SPAP), where she teaches language and translation courses, coordinates curricula, develops anti-racist class plan modules and events for the Portuguese Minor Program, and co-coordinates the SPAP Center for Translation and Interpreting. In 2024, she was appointed the PTK representative on the ARHU Academic Planning Advisory Committee (APAC), held the position of Deputy Portuguese Director, and participated in the 2023-2024 ADVANCE Program for PTK Women in Leadership (WPTK).