Daniela Johannes, Assistant Professor of Languages at West Chester University, is originally from Chile and obtained her Ph.D from The University of Arizona on Spanish and Border Studies. Her research focuses on the dynamic relationship between individually motivated actions, modes of security and material culture as it takes place in U.S-Mexico Border. She recently published a piece entitled “Border Architectures: Nature, Technology and Humanness in the Sonoran Desert.” Bring your lunch to this engaging and timely discussion.