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Associate Director, Outreach and Latin American Business Environment
Project Manager, Florida/Brazil Institute
Center for Latin American Studies
370A Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Tel: 352-273-4723
Fax: 352-392-7682
E-mail: mrisner@latam.ufl.edu
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Research Interests
Foreign language for specific purposes (business), role of culture and language in international business, educational technology
Administrative Duties
Administration of Latin American Business Environment Program (LABEP), K–12 outreach, coordination of business language initiatives for CIBER, program development, grant writing
Geographic Expertise
Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France
Background
Risner develops and manages initiatives that integrate the study of foreign language and area studies across the curriculum. She has taught language at a variety of K–16 levels, as well as in corporate environments. Her research interests are in the role of culture in international business and the integration of emerging technologies to develop intercultural competence and foreign language skills for the workplace. She holds degrees in Marketing (B.B.A.), Latin American Studies (M.A), Spanish (M.A.), and Educational Technology(Ed.D.)