Full Name
Barbara Simerka
Job Title
Professor, Hispanic Language & Literatures
Company
Queens College
Speaker Bio
Professor of Spanish/Comparative Literature at Queens College, founding director of the Kessler Presidential Scholars honors program for first generation college students. Her book, Knowing Subjects explored cognitive approaches to literature. As a member of the nation-wide Kessler Network, she has begun to conduct research on first generation student success.
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