CV

Education

Ed.S. (Educational Specialist) in Curriculum & Instruction – Educational Technology (in-progress)

University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

M.Ed. (Master of Education) in Curriculum & Instruction – Educational Technology                         

University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

D.E.A. (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies) – Sémiotique et Sciences de la littérature

Fifth year university degree in French Language and Literature equivalent to a M.A. (Master of Arts) in French
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Maîtrise – Lettres Modernes

Fourth year university degree in French Language and Literature equivalent to a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in French
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Licence – Lettres Modernes

Third year university degree in French Language and Literature
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

DEUG (Diplôme d’Etudes Universitaires Générales) – Lettres Modernes

Second year university degree in French Language and Literature
Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

Academic Appointments

Assistant Instructional Professor of French & Francophone Studies, 2020-present
Adjunct Lecturer of French, 2017-2020

University of Florida

  • Courses Taught: Beginning French 1 (100% Online & In-person), Beginning French 2 (100% Online), Accelerated French Review, Intermediate French 1 & 2, Grammar & Composition, Composition & Stylistics, French Conversation & Interaction, Commercial French, Contemporary French Commerce, Floridians in Paris (Abroad)
  • Mentoring undergraduate students (FRE 4911) in Distance Language Learning

Visiting Instructor of French, 2019-2020
Adjunct Instructor of French, 2017-2019

University of North Florida

  • Courses taught: Beginning French 1 & 2, Intermediate French 1 & 2, French Grammar & Composition, French Listening & Speaking Skills

Lecturer in Foreign Languages, 2008-2016

University of Pennsylvania

  • Courses taught: Elementary French 1 & 2, Intermediate French 1 & 2, Advanced French, French for the Professions 1 & 2
  • Oral Proficiency Interview (ACTFL): Tutored MBA/MA students at Advanced & Superior levels, and participated in French mini-immersion & Oral Proficiency Interview practice sessions organized and coordinated by Claire Babanoury, The Lauder Institute.

Lecturer in French, 2003-2008,

University of Florida

  • Courses taught: Intermediate French 1 & 2, Advanced French Conversation, Business and Culture in the Francophone World, Commercial French, Contemporary French Commerce, Introduction to Realism and Naturalism
  • French second-year coordinator, 2005-2007
  • Award: “Outstanding Faculty”, Fall Academic Convocation, 2004

Teaching Fellow, 1995-2001 (2 summers and 1 semester)

McGill University, Montreal, Canada

  • Courses taught: 20th-Century French Literature I, Advanced French Grammar, Realism and Naturalism

Teaching Assistant, 1994-1995

University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

  • Courses taught: Elementary French, Intermediate French, Advanced French

Course Design, Curriculum Development & International Initiatives

Distance Language Learning

University of Florida, 2020-Present

Instructional Designer, Subject Matter Expert & Online Teaching Faculty

  • Designed, implemented, and teaching two new 100% online asynchronous French courses: Beginning French 1 (5 credits) and Beginning French 2 (5 credits). Courses offered since Fall 2021 to UF residential students and UF Online students.
  • Remote Learning: Re-designed Intermediate French (1 and 2) and Commercial French courses for remote learning on Zoom during Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow for UF Center for Teaching Excellence: Review UF online courses
  • Member of CLAS Distance Learning Working Group

University of North Florida, 2018

Certified Online Instructor

  • Completed 5-weeks online training with CIRT (Center for Instruction & Research Technology)
  • Certificate of completion delivered by CIRT

Virtual Exchange 

University of Florida, Jan 2022-Present

Study Abroad

University of Florida, August 2021-Present

  • Faculty Program Director, UF in Paris: Culture & Language in Context, May-Jun 2023, May-Jun 2024
  • Program Assistant, UF in Paris: Culture & Language in Context, May-Jun 2022
  • Faculty Program Director, UF in Paris: Culture & Language in Context, July 2021 – Canceled because of Covid-19 pandemic

The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania, July 2014

  • Co-Director, French Summer Immersion Program in Paris: Designed and co-directed one-month summer cultural immersion program in Paris (July 2014) for incoming graduate students preparing a joint degree MBA (Wharton School of Business), and M.A. in International Studies (College of Arts & Sciences) at The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies.

French for the Professions

University of Florida, University of Pennsylvania & University of Kentucky, 2004-Present

  • Manage and administer the Business French examinations of the Paris Ile-de-France Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  • Director & Session Chair for the track “Languages for the Professions” at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (2019 – present)
  • Helped organize and attended one-week workshop in Medical French with François Renaud from the Paris Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Certification (May 2019).
  • Reviewed proposals/abstracts for the ISLSP/CIBER Business Language Conference organized by UF Center for Latin American Studies (Aug 2017)
  • Member of the Penn Language Group for Global Professional Communication (PLGGPC) coordinated by Claire Babanoury & Haewon Cho from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania (2008-2016):
  • Foreign language team member of CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research) at UF (2004 – 2008)
  • Certification in Business French from the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Paris, July 2004 & July 2006)

Other Initiatives & Contributions

Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia, Jun-Nov 2013

Instructional Designer & Consultant (2 months on-site)

  • Designed and developed course content, pedagogical activities and assessment for the course Oral & Written Practices offered during the University’s Summer School (Nov 2013)
  • Created an original Global Simulation adapted to prospective students (coming from Universities in New Zealand and Australia – Level: Advanced French) integrating the cultural and historical specificities of New Caledonia
  • Led workshops in teaching French as a Foreign Language for prospective instructors

Professional Development & Training

  • Participated in the cohort-based semester long program Global Learning Institute organized by the Office of Global Learning within UF International Center, and led by Paloma Rodriguez, Spring 2023.
  • Participated in a 5-week Virtual Exchange Training Program organized by the Office of Global Learning within UF International Center. Earned a Digital Badge: Designing a Virtual Exchange, Fall 2022.
  • “How to Design Online Teaching for Engaged Learning: Merging Instructional Design and Teaching and Learning Research” (Webinar) led by Linda Nilson, Contact North, March 2021
  • VoiceThread and Universal Design for Learning (Webinar), January 2021
  • 2-Day Modified OPI Assessment Workshop (MOPI), Center for European Studies, University of Florida, February 2020
  • “Preparing Students for the Global Workspace”: 2-day workshop led by Dr. Mary Risner from UF Center for Latin American Studies, New Smyrna, June 2019
  • Medical French, University of Florida, May 2019
  • Certified Online Instructor (5-week training with CIRT at UNF), July 2018
  • Canvas Grading and Rubrics, University of North Florida, April 2017
  • « Utiliser l’application Passeport pour vos sessions TEF et DFP » (Webinar), CCI Paris Ile-de-France, March 2017
  • « DFP : Préparer et évaluer l’épreuve Interagir à l’oral » (Webinar), CCI Paris Ile-de-France, March 2017
  • « Organiser une session DFP électronique » (Webinar), CCI Paris Ile-de-France, March 2017
  • Camp Camtasia, University of North Florida, March 2017
  • Creating Videos Assignments for Canvas, University of North Florida, March 2017
  • Tools for Student Engagement in Canvas, University of North Florida, March 2017
  • E-Learning@UF Series, University of Florida, February & March 2017
  • Dynamic Content in Canvas with Office Mix and Google Apps, University of North Florida, February 2017
  • YouTube Channel Workshop, University of North Florida, February 2017
  • Creating Course Introduction Videos, University of North Florida, February 2017
  • CITT Instructional Design Workshop (Online), University of Florida, February 2017
  • Fundamentals of Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Online Institute (Webinars), National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, January & February 2017
  • Prezi, University of Pennsylvania, February 2015
  • Excel Basics, University of Pennsylvania, March 2015
  • BlueJeans, University of Pennsylvania, March 2015
  • VoiceThread, University of Pennsylvania, March 2015
  • “Oral Proficiency Interview Familiarization: Teaching and Testing for Proficiency at Advanced and Superior” with Robert Vicars from ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, December 2008
  • “Writing Proficiency Familiarization” with Robert Vicars from ACTFL, The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, December 2008
  •  « Comprendre le monde des affaires » with Jean-Luc Penfornis, Université d’été, Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, July 2006
  • « Comment préparer aux examens de la CCIP: CFP, DFA1, DFA2, DAFA » with Maité Bagarry, Université d’été, Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry, July 2004

Invited Talks

  • “Virtual Exchange: Design & Takeaways” invited contributor to the Spring 2023 Virtual Exchange Training Program, and to the Spring 2023 Global Learning Institute, organized by the Office of Global Learning within UF International Center, February and March 2023.
  • “Ed Tech Tools for Collaborative Learning” invited contributor to the Zoom webinar Teaching in Hyflex Rooms organized by UF Language Studio, Dec. 2020

Conference Activity

  • “Social Media and Resume Building in the LSP Classroom” presented at the virtual 74th Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference (KFLC), University of Kentucky, April 2021.
  • “Social Networks in the LSP Classroom: Using YouTube and LinkedIn to Promote an International and Professional Online Presence” presented at the 5th International Symposium on Language for Specific Purposes/CIBER Business Language Conference: “Taking Stock & Moving Forward”, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, March 2020.
  • “Designing & Teaching a Second-Semester Course in Business French: What to Do Next?”, presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Language for Specific Purposes/CIBER Business Language Conference: “Developing Skills to Serve Domestic & International Communities”, Arizona State University, Phoenix, March 2016.
  • “L’aventure intellectuelle: L’amélanchier de Jacques Ferron”, presented at the 20th and 21st-Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, “Nouveaux mondes, nouveaux espaces / New Worlds, New Spaces”, University of Guelph, Toronto (Canada), March 2010.
  • “Enfance et fictions dans Lignes de faille de Nancy Huston” presented at the 20th and 21st-Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, “Séismes / Seismic Shifts”, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, March 2009.
  • “Why you should learn French / US-French Commercial ties” presentations given every semester to incoming undergraduate students at UF Warrington College of Business, Warrington Welcome module: “Preparing to Meet Challenges of the Global Marketplace”, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2004-2007.
  • “Enseigner le français des affaires: You Are Not Alone!”, presented at the CIBER Business Language Conference, “Matters of Perspective: Culture, Communication and Commerce”, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, April 2006.
  • “La fin d’une collection ou la fin des haricots: malice, fumisterie et démystification allaisiennes” presented at the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, “Discourses of Desire”, Ohio State University, Columbus, October 2002.
  • “Alphonse Allais et les couleurs: humour polychrome » presented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Association Annual Convention, “French Literature after 1800”, Scottsdale, October 2002.
  • “Alphonse Allais et les noms propres” presented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Association Annual Convention, “French Literature after 1800”, Vancouver (Canada), October 2001.
  • “Le sexe et le rire: figures et formes de la gauloiserie chez Alphonse Allais” presented at the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, “The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful”, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, October 2000.
  • “Du naturalisme à la décadence: La Faustin d’Edmond de Goncourt” presented at the Rocky Mountain Modern Association Annual Convention, “French Literature after 1800: Genres troubles”, Boise, October 2000.

Sessions Chaired at Conferences

  • Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, “Languages for the Professions”, University of Kentucky, April 2021 & April 2022.
  • IV International Symposium on Language for Specific Purposes/CIBER Business Language Conference: “MOOC’s for LSP: A Case Study of a Spanish Language Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for Traveling” (Beatriz Sedano Cuevas) & “Changing Models for Study Abroad: LSP and French” (Heather McCoy), University of Florida, Gainesville, February 2018.
  • The 20th and 21st-Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, “Verbal, Visual, Virtual: New Canons for the Twenty-first Century”, Session: “Gay Subjectivities”, University of Florida, Gainesville, March 2005.
  • Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, “French Legacies”, Session: “Zola I”, Washington University, St. Louis, October 2004

Service

Department (LLC & RLL) – University of Florida

  • Course Coordinator, Intermediate French, Spring 2024
  • Search Committee for German Lecturer, Member, Fall 2023-Spring 2024
  • Search Committee for Japanese Lecturer, Member, Spring 2023
  • Search Committee for Japanese Visiting Lecturer, Member, Fall 2022-Spring 2023
  • Peer Review/Evaluation Committee, 2020-present
  • Welsh Scholarship Committee, 2020-present
  • Vendredi Bla Bla, French Conversation Table, Founder & Organizer, 2020-present
  • Halloween Picnic, Organizer, October 2021-Present
  • Le Café Français, French Conversation Table, Founder & Organizer, 2004-2008 & 2017-2018
  • Department Advisory Committee, Representative of the Adjunct Faculty, 2005-2008
  • Course Coordinator, Intermediate French, 2007
  • UF French Club, Faculty Advisor, 2004-2007

College & University – University of Florida

  • Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow, UF Center for Teaching Excellence, July 2022-Present
  • CLAS French & Francophone Newsletter, Contributor, Fall 2022: https://news.clas.ufl.edu/uf-in-paris-2022-newsletter/
  • UF Online Get-Together, September 2022
  • UF Family Weekend, September 2022
  • CLAS Distance Learning Working Group, 2021-present
  • UF International Center Scholarships Reviewer, March 2021-Present
  • UF International Center Study Abroad Fair, September 2020-Present
  • CLAS Commencement Marshall, UF Graduation Ceremony, 2005-2007 & December 2022
  • UF Dancin’ Gators Dance Company, Faculty Advisor, 2006-2008
  • UF Preview, 2005-2007
  • UF Student Conduct Committee, Board Member, 2004-2008

Profession

  • Congrès de la Culture Française en Floride (CCFF), March 2004, March 2005 & March 2022
  • Kentucky Foreign Language Conference – Track Director: Languages for the Professions, April 2021-present
  • French Textbook Reviewer: Cengage Learning (2017), Houghton Mifflin Company (2007)
  • Alliance Française of Gainesville, Administrative Secretary, 2004-2006

Languages

  • French (native speaker)
  • English (near-native proficiency)
  • Italian (elementary proficiency)
  • Spanish (elementary proficiency)

Computer Skills & Technology

  • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Office 365, Excel, Google Suite, experience with numerous Ed Tech tools
  • Learning Management Systems (LMS): Vista, Campus Virtuel, Blackboard, Canvas
  • E-Textbooks & Digital Learning Platforms: MyFrenchLab (Pearson), Motifs (Cengage), Interaction (Cengage), MindTap (Cengage), Connect (McGraw-Hill)
  • Image Editing & Video Production: Gimp, Inskcape, Adobe Premiere, Animate CC, Captivate, Movie Maker, Camtasia, Canvas Studio, Audacity, OBS Studio, OpenShot Video Editor
  • Web Design: HTML & JavaScript (beginner); WordPress, Google Sites, Wix
  • LXD & Project Management: Canvas Cidi Labs Design Tools, Learning Experience Canvas, Miro, Articulate Storyline, Teamwork
  • Interest & some experience with Augmented & Virtual Reality
  • Extensive coursework (projects & proposals) in blended and online learning.