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Preserving Native Languages: Professor Valenzuela is Featured in the Orange County Register

November 21, 2013 by Laura Silva | News

By SHERRI CRUZ / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER A small plane brought Chapman professor Pilar Valenzuela and student Priya Shah to the village that resides along the meandering, 1,000-mile-long Ucayali River in the Peruvian Amazon jungle. “You land in a little field of grass,” Shah said. “The airport was a piece of metal on

Dr. Valenzuela presents new book

January 15, 2013 by Laura Silva | Faculty Awards/Scholarships

Dr. Pilar Valenzuela , Associate Professor of the Department of Languages , recently presented her new book titled “Voces Shiwilu: 400 Años de Resistencia Lingüística en Jeberos” in the city of Iquitos, Peru. The event was organized by the Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP) and the Region of Loreto. This book