Sarah Glasco

Associate Professor of French in the Department of World Languages and Cultures

Department: World Languages and Cultures

Carlton Building, office 324 2125 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Email: sglasco@elon.edu

Phone number: (336) 278-5813

Professional Expertise

French language and culture through a social justice lens

Brief Biography

Sarah Glasco completed her Ph.D. in 2006 at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, focusing on the contemporary French novel with a supporting program in contemporary Hispanic literature. She joined Elon’s faculty that same year. Her scholarly passions include Revolution and Protest in French History, Feminism in France, advocating for an inclusive French language, and teaching through social justice and anti-racist lenses in particular. Her favorite city in France is Montpellier (vive le sud!) where she regularly visits her "sister", Béatrice, who lived with Glasco in 1987. She loves southern France and the Mediterranean and has taught the Winter term course "Eat, Pray, Love: Sacred Space and the Place of Religion in 21st Century France" in Montpellier, Lourdes, and Paris multiple times. She also adores ripe stinky cheeses, rich red wine, the aroma of Gauloises cigarettes (she no longer smokes!), and epic three-hour meals shared with friends.

Education

Ph.D. in Romance Languages- French, 2007. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Dissertation: Textual Games, Intertextual Readings: Ludic Dimensions in Story and Style in the Works of Jean-Philippe Toussaint, successfully defended, December 2006.

Director: Dr. Yves de la Quérière

Area of Specialization: 20th/21st Century French & Francophone Literature

Supporting Program: 20th Century Hispanic Literature

M.A. in French,1999. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Thesis: The Hyper-real World of Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s L’appareil-photo. Director: Dr. Martine Antle.

B.A. in French,1993. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Va. Tech), Blacksburg, VA.

Employment History

Associate Professor of French (2015-present); Assistant Professor (TT 2010-2015); Adjunct Assistant Professor (2006-2010) Department of World Languages and Cultures, ELON UNIVERSITY (2006-present)

Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: fall 2005. Elementary French 2 & Intermediate French 1.

Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 1997-99; Sept. 2000 - May 2005. Survey of French Literature; Advanced Grammar & Composition; Elementary & Intermediate French for Advanced Students; Intermediate French 1 & 2; Intensive Elementary French; Elementary French 1.

Lecturer, Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III), Montpellier, France : 1999-2000.

Department of Anglo-American Studies: Travaux pratiques: Langue, Littérature, et Civilisation Etrangère; Travaux Pratiques : Langues Etrangères Appliquées; Travaux dirigés: Non-Spécialistes.

Department of History: English, Maîtrise Sciences Techniques Patrimoine: full course responsibilities for first year master’s students. Prepared lessons, exams, & field trips on ecology, art, & architectural history, French culture & civilization, & artisanal craft.

Instructor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC: summer 1999.

Courses Taught

ELON UNIVERSITY

Associate Professor, Aug. 2015- present; Assistant Professor (TT), Aug. 2010-2015; Adjunct Asst. Prof., Aug. 2007-2010; Instructor, 2006-07.

French Courses Taught at the 100-200 level

Elementary French 1- 2 and Intermediate French 2

French Courses Taught at the 300-349 level (FRE 222 4th semester language/culture sequence prerequisite)

French Conversation; Advanced Grammar; French Cuisine and Culture; Voices of Identity Through French Phonetics; Current Events in the French and Francophone World; Cultural Shifts in France Through Music

French Courses Taught at the 351-399 level (FRE 350 textual analysis methods course prerequisite)

Methods of Literary and Cultural Analysis; The French Cinema; Perspectives on Modern France; Perspectives on French Civilization

French Courses Taught at the 400-level

Senior Capstone Research Seminar

Courses Taught in the COR Curriculum

Punk Rock and the Politics of Identity in Britain and Beyond (COR 3560); France Today: Multiculturalism and the French-American Experience (GST 365); Culinary Crusades: The Evolution of French Culture Through Cuisine (GST 270)

Courses Taught through the Career Center Cooperative Education Curriculum

Transition Strategies for Liberal Arts Majors (COE 375); “You've got skills!” Uncovering Hidden Talents and?Marketing Yourself Effectively in a Down Economy (COE 375)

Courses Taught through the Global Education Center

GBL 267, Eat, Pray, Love: Sacred Space and the Place of Religion in 21st Century France (Co-taught with LD Russell): Paris and Montpellier, France, January 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014; GBL 167, Pre-departure seminar for GBL 267, fall 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013.

Courses Taught through Women's Gender and Sexualities Studies

WGS 110 Sex and Gender

Independent Undergraduate Research, Director/Mentor

“Categorization, Colonialism, & the Gender Binary” Spring 2020 (Jenna N. Dahl), Women’s, Gender & Sexualities Studies.
“The Humanity of Animals and the Animality of Humans: A Literary and SocioPhilosophical Analysis of Human-Animal Relationships in Four Contemporary French Memoirs” Spring 2020 (Claire P. Gerkins) with Dr. Olivia Choplin
“La Nécessité de la Transmission entre les Générations” Spring 2020 (Grace H. McGuirk)
“Flânerie dans le roman La Vagabonde de Colette: La Modernité dans des espaces féminins” Spring 2020 (Devon M. Rosenberger)
“An Analysis of Maternal Relationships in Kim Thúy” with Dr. Olivia Choplin, Fall 2018 (Ally Bolton) Presented at SURF in spring 2019.
“Le paradoxe du rôle de l'école dans l'école perdue de Tahar Ben Jelloun : Est-ce qu’on peut gagner et perdre en même temps?” Fall 2018 (Martina Racioppi) Presented at SURF in spring 2019.
“L'Échec de la Politique d’Assimilation et les effets sociaux sur les immigrés en France,” Fall 2017 (Isabella Saputo) Presented at UCLC, September 23, 2017 and SURF in April 2018.
“Le Féminisme dans le cinéma français: Avant et après la naissance du Mouvement de la Libération de la Femme,” Fall 2017-Spring 2018 (Sophia Gantenbein). Presented at SURF in April 2018.
“Les résultats musicaux de mai 68” Fall 2018 (Aleeza Zinn) Presented at UCLC, September 22, 2018.
“Trois femmes puissantes de Marie Ndiaye,” Fall 2018 (Claire Gerkins) Presented at UCLC, September 22, 2018.
“Une Camerounaise à Paris: cacophonie culturelle et cuisine,” Fall 2017 (Claire Gerkins) Presented at UCLC, September 23, 2017.
“Ruins as Self-preservation: Cities and Their Relation to Cultural Identity,” Spring 2014 (Samantha E. Sampson) Presenting at SURF (Spring Undergraduate Research Forum), spring 2014.
“What Lies Behind the Walls of France’s Palaces and Castles: When Past Methods Meet Present Minds,” Spring 2014 (Sharyn Jacobs) Presenting at SURF, spring 2014.
“Proust and Humor: Not Just Another Consumer of Madeleines,” fall 2013. (Emily Guernsey) Presenting at SURF, spring 2014.
“Can Arabs Be French? A sociolinguistic study of second generation North-African immigrants in France through the literature of Azouz Begag,” fall 2013. (Ashton Coats)
“Agricultural Impact on Modern French Culture,” fall 2011. (Taryn Johnson)
“La politique de l’immigration française et la fuite des cerveaux en Algérie,” fall 2010. (Anna Cornacchio)
“The Franco-Algerian Identity: Assimilation, Political Pressure and Turmoil, the Plight of Algerian Immigrants and their Descendants in Paris, France and the Role of the French Government in the Loss of Algerian Culture and Discrimination,” fall 2010. (Kaila Robertson)
“Love, War, and Women in French Fiction & Cinema since 1950,” fall 2009. (Megan Cunningham)

Study Abroad Teaching & Leadership

GST 267 IS, "Eat, Pray, Love: Sacred Space and the Place of Religion in 21st Century France" (Co-taught with LD Russell), Paris and Montpellier, France and STA 267, Pre-departure course for GST 267 IS

Leadership Positions

Coordinator, Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies Minor Program, 2017- 2020

Research

French language & literature, all levels; Revolution in French History; Feminism in France; Transformative Learning Theory; Teaching through social justice and diversity lenses; Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Samuel Beckett, Azouz Begag; Multi-cultural France & immigration; Post WW II politics in France & the Franco-Algerian war; Culture & Civilization (literature, music, art, film, gastronomy, especially Pop Music in French Civilization); Play in text & context (black humor, parody, linguistic play); Intertextuality as global culture; French Phonetics; Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies.

Current Projects

1) Dr. Glasco is currently working on a book project, leaning toward an edited volume, on the Yé-Yé singers of the 1960s as unlikely catalysts for the feminist movement in France. Working title>>> The Yé-Yé Girls of France: The Unlikely Pioneers of French Feminism.

Although Yé-Yé singers like Françoise Hardy pushed the boundaries of behavior for women in their era through suggestive lyrics, they have often been seen as mere muses of the men who wrote songs for them, and dismissed as subjects of objectification with no artistic vision or political agenda. This project seeks to demystify Yé-Yé girls' music from a scholarly perspective, asserting that these young female artists actually helped usher in the feminist movement in France and contributed to a socio-cultural revolution that has ultimately had a global cultural impact. As the 50th anniversary of May 1968 and the socio-cultural revolution that resulted in France approaches, the scholarship lacks resources and discussions of the influence of French female artists, and the Yé-Yé singers in particular, on this cultural revolution in France that spawned the feminist movement there. Critical scholarship on the Yé-Yé women remains limited, especially relative to the scholarly output in English on the 60's that marks gender perspectives on popular music. Some popular works signal crucial artistic and critical voices, often foregrounding subversion in music as a specific cultural value to be celebrated relative to gender; nevertheless, there is an evident gap therein from the French perspective and the role that 60's French female artists played in the French and global feminist movement leading up to and just after the events of May 1968 in France. This project will also discuss how criticism centered on English-language music highlights female agency and identity to assert feminine values in order to suggest that previous analyses of French Yé-Yé music and its female performers must be reconsidered and similarly studied.

2) Dr. Glasco will also be spending the fall semester 2021 in London as the faculty-in-residence at Elon's center there where she will teach her COR capstone course (COR 3560) "Punk Rock and the Politics of Identity in Britain and Beyond." This COR seminar in London explores how identities are created and communicated through the lens of punk music and culture. While punk's classic UK context is dominated by the heteronormative, white, male perspective in books and popular media, this course focuses on global perspectives. Course content emphasizes the presence and contributions of female, LGBTQ, and POC artists in order to illuminate personal and social practices of subculture and identity. It includes socio-cultural analysis and visual/performance arts analysis and practice.

Since the 1970s, punk has been an aggressive, opulent, and politically charged cultural force. Having developed an anti-authority ethic and an abject aesthetic of music, fashion, and image, punk seeks to occupy an extreme, presenting a challenge to perceived goals of balance and moderation. Punk seeks to challenge racial, gender, age-based, and class discrimination, but there are instances when systemic inequalities are perpetuated by the subculture. Students will communicate how punk subculture has influenced alternative economic practices, political action, and social norms. Primary texts include music, performances, and zines/flyers with multi-disciplinary scholarly sources and relevant local sites as supplements. Ultimately, students will analyze punk as a social echelon and delineate how it challenges economic, political, and social norms and the capitalistic means for which it is often co-opted.

Grants Awarded

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS

Internal Funding: Elon University

Elon University, Full sabbatical spring 2019 for The Yé-Yé Girls of France: The Unlikely Pioneers of French Feminism. This book project hypothesizes that although Yé-Yé singers like Françoise Hardy pushed the boundaries of behavior for women in their era through suggestive lyrics, they have often been seen as mere muses of the men who wrote songs for them, and dismissed as subjects of objectification with no artistic vision or political agenda. My project seeks to demystify Yé-Yé girls' music from a scholarly perspective, asserting that these young female artists actually helped usher in the feminist movement in France and contributed to a socio-cultural revolution that has ultimately had a global cultural impact.

Fund for Excellence in the Arts Grant ($3500), for WGSS invited speakers Tiq and Kim Milan. Milan talked about his experience as a black trans man navigating masculinity with intentionality. He discussed how gender roles often lead to toxic masculinity and by being a “man of his own design” how he re-constructs masculinity from a feminist perspective. Tiq and Kim Katrin Milan also offered a thought-provoking collaborative talk about blackness, queerness, and love in the face of adversity - how it can heal and be a radical act of resistance. (Oct. 1-2, 2018). (used fall 2018).
CATL Writing Residency, applied and accepted to participate in the annual four-day writing retreat that catalyzes faculty writing about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Met off-campus for four consecutive days at the start of the summer to write and to exchange feedback on drafts. Balancing dedicated time for faculty writing with small group feedback on drafts, this intensive summer retreat helped me make the crucial, and often difficult, step of going public with one of my research projects. May 2017
Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) Scholar Fellowship, awarded compensation for two-course teaching releases per year and a $2500 faculty development fund per year, for infusing introductory French courses with a focus on social justice issues related to the Francophone world. Fall 2016- Spring 2018.

o Writing Excellence Summer Institute, received $750 stipend in support of participation in the institute and for creating two new or revised writing assignments and all supporting materials for peer-response and evaluation and submitting them to a collection of models for the university. May 23-26, 2016.

CATL small grant for FRE 378 ($300), April 2016.
Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) Three-summer Research Seminar on Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience: Higher-Impact Study Abroad and Off-Campus Domestic Study for conducting multi-institutional research on study abroad and off-campus domestic study as integrated global learning practices. Cohort members: Lisa Jasinski (Trinity University), Dana Gross (St. Olaf College), Joan Gillespie (Associated Colleges of the Midwest), and Prudence Layne (Elon University). Project title: Teachers as Global Learners: The Transformative Impact of Study Abroad on Faculty-led Program Leaders. Summer, 2015-2017.

Department of World Languages and Cultures Professional Development Grant to contribute to expenses for AATF Annual Convention in Austin, TX (July 2016), where the French section was honored as an Exemplary Program with Honors.
Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) Travel Grants to cover all expenses for AATF Annual Convention in FOrt-De-France, Martinique (July 2018); AATF Annual Convention in Austin, TX (July 2016); AATF Annual Convention in New Orleans, LA (July 2014); ACTFL Annual Convention in Denver, CO (November 2011); to cover partial expenses for ICERI meeting in Madrid, Spain (November 2009).
Elon College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grants to cover all expenses for the IJAS Conference in Paris, France (April 2016); ISSoTL Conference in Los Angeles, CA (October 2016); ACTFL annual convention in San Antonio, TX (November 2014); NAFSA annual convention in San Diego, CA (May 2014); Int’l French/Francophone Colloquium in Atlanta, GA (March 2013); IJAS meeting in Paris, France (April 2012); IJAS meeting in Orlando, FL and Franco-American Intersections Colloquium at FSU, Tallahassee (March 2011); to cover partial expenses for ACTFL Convention in Orlando (November 2008).
Writing Excellence Initiative Summer Project Grant ($5,000), for creating a scaffolded, genre-based writing regimen for a new course called French Cuisine and Culture. Summer 2014.
Departmental Reassigned Time, Department of World Languages and Cultures, for: 1) the design of a new special topics class that would combine language, music performance, composition, and production. The course will explicitly explore the short-term and long-term effects of WWII on France and France’s historical and subsequent position in global affairs and in so doing, students will write and perform a rock opera or concert. Awarded fall 2013, to be used fall 2014. 2) for continued research on Franco-Algerian relations & the works of Azouz Begag in order to produce a scholarly work. Awarded fall 2010 (used fall 2011).
Fund for Excellence in the Arts Grant ($3900) + ($450) from the Schools of Business and Communications, for invited performer Marcel Van Dam. Marcel gave a public concert, met with French/World Languages students in classroom settings, discussed with Business and Marketing students about how he solely manages every facet of his career, offered a songwriting workshop for aspiring lyricists and musicians, and allowed music production students to record him so they could have a hands-on experience (Oct. 22-26, 2013). This event celebrated the collaboration that is inherent in inter-disciplinary global contexts. Awarded May 2013 (used fall 2013).
Diversity Infusion Project Stipend ($1,000 per member), to engage in a Diversity Infusion Project that focuses much more on lower level “language” courses. With Sophie Adamson, Olivia Choplin, Ketevan Kupatadze, and Nina Namaste. Awarded May 2013 (used fall 2013 and spring 2014).
Elon College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research and Development Award, for one course release from teaching to focus on completion of Parody and Palimpsest: Intertextuality, Language and the Ludic in the Novels of Jean-Philippe Toussaint. Awarded fall 2012 (used fall 2013).
Winter Term Engagement Grant ($300), for providing evening or weekend activities that enhance the winter term academic experience. These monies were used to help fund a multi-course traditional dinner at an authentic French restaurant for GST 270 (Culinary Crusades: The Evolution of French Culture Through Cuisine). It enhanced the academic experience greatly as well because much of what we ate was unfamiliar territory for the students. January 2013.
Elon College of Arts and Sciences Semester-long Pre-Tenure Teaching Sabbatical, for research and scholarship development. Sent out manuscripts and book proposals; offered two contracts, chose a publisher. Fall 2012.
Fund for Excellence in the Arts Grant ($4,650), for invited speakers Alec Hargreaves & Azouz Begag. Public lecture & class meetings with students to discuss identity crises & the place of Islam in France, the politicization of immigration, Marine Le Pen's rising electoral prospects, & the burqa ban in France (Oct. 26-30, 2011). Awarded May 2011 (used in October 2011)
New Faculty Summer Research Stipend ($3,700), Elon University, summer 2011, Franco-Algerian relations in France.
Fund for Excellence in the Arts Grant ($3,300), Elon University, April 2010, with Dr. Mayte Delama for proposal Expanding Intercultural Liaisons: Musique and Ciné in French and Spanish: Tango Duo, Oct. 2010 & French singer/songwriter Eric Vincent in Concert, Nov. 4, 2010.
Cooperative Education Stipends, Elon University, for proposal/teaching of COE 375, fall & spring 2010, winter 2009, & fall 2008.
Learning Community Grants, for La Maison française Cheese Tasting, Nov. 2008 & 2009, French 332 Poetry Slam, March 2009, Soirée des Calligrammes, March 2008, & National French Week Luncheon, Nov. 2007.

External funding

The Winthrop-King Institute for French and Francophone Studies ($2,000), Florida State University, for invited speaker Azouz Begag, fall 2011.
The Center for French and Francophone Studies ($500), Duke University, for invited speaker Azouz Begag, fall 2011.
Tournées Festival Grant ($1,800 x 3) through the French Cultural Ministry, for holding French film festivals at Elon, sponsored by French-American Cultural Exchanges, the French Cultural Ministry, spring 2012, fall 2010, & spring 2010.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) First Time Attendee Grant ($300), Orlando, FL, Nov. 20-22, 2008.

Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Book

o Parody and Palimpsest: Intertextuality, Language and the Ludic in the Novels of Jean-Philippe Toussaint. New York, Peter Lang, 2015.

SELECTED REVIEW EXCERPTS:

« This is a welcome addition to the growing body of critical work surrounding the Belgian writer, filmmaker, and photographer Jean-Philippe Toussaint. [...] Glasco’s analysis is a rich and valuable resource through which to approach one of the most engaging contemporary writers in the French language.» (Russell Williams, French Studies vol. 70.3, 2016) https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/knw142
«[...] Glasco’s elucidating book marks the first English-language monograph dedicated to this Belgian author.» (Alexander Hertich, The French Review vol. 90.2, 2016)

Peer Reviewed Articles, Reviews, Interviews, Book Chapters, etc.

o “#FacultyMatter: Faculty Support and Interventions Integrated into Global Learning.” In Mind the Gap: Framing Global Learning in the University Experience (Stylus, 2020)

o Translation: “Illegal Mural Expressions: Graffiti as an Act of Resistance?” by Alain Milon in Hip Hop en Français: An Exploration of Hip Hop Culture in the Francophone World By Alain-Philippe Durand (Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2020)

o Review of À table. The Food Culture of France. The French Review, 92.1 (2018): 239-40.

o Review of La pensée ininterrompue du Mexique dans l’œuvre de Le Clézio. The French Review, 90.3 (2017): 264-5.

o Review of Liaisons. The French Review, 89.4 (2016): 133-4.

o “Preparing Undergraduates for Research Projects in Faculty-led Short-term Study Abroad Courses.” CUR Quarterly Cur-Q on the Web 34.5 (Winter 2014).

o Review of Points de départ, 2e édition. The French Review, 86.6 (May 2013): 15-16.

o “So, then where does that leave the humanities?” Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring (PURM). 2.2 (Spring 2013): n. pag.

o “Azouz Begag et Alec Hargreaves : Entretien sur un quart de siècle de collaboration.” Expressions maghrébines. 11.1 (Summer 2012): 1-26.

o Review of Controverses. The French Review, 85.6 (May 2012): 113-14.

o Review of Contrastes. The French Review, 84.4 (March 2011): 829-30.

o Review of Points de départ. The French Review, 84.2 (December 2010): 437-8.

o Review of Génération française 6. The French Review, 83.3 (February 2010): 695-6.

o Review of French in your face! The French Review, 83.1 (October 2009): 214-15.

Non-peer reviewed publications

o “Integrating Cross-Cultural Studies in the University Curriculum: Intercultural Education Begins at Home.” ICERI 2009 Proceedings, November 2009.

o “How can music be used to connect students to another language and culture?” The Language Educator, 2.3 (April 2007): 55.

Presentations

CONFERENCES: 2016-2018

“The Yé-yé Girls of Frane: The Unlikely Pioneers of French Feminism II” at AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) annual convention: Martinique, July 17-21, 2018.

“Modest Numbers, Major Impact: Strategies for Sustaining Student Engagement in French on a Small Campus” with Sophie Adamson, Patti Burns, and Olivia Choplin at AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) annual convention: Martinique, July 17-21, 2018.

“The Yé-yé Girls of France: The Forgotten Pioneers of French Feminism I” at 1968 in Global Perspectives conference: Columbia, SC. Feb 15-18, 2018.
Poster: “Millennials in the Mix: Ancient Teachings and Contemporary Technologies” and 60-minute session: “Millennials and Technology: How Keeping Up with the Kids Fosters Engaged Learning and Community Abroad” with LD Russell at CIEE (Council on International Education Exchanage), Austin, TX. November 8-11, 2017.
“Using Faculty Voices to Support Practice: Improving Global Learning at Liberal Arts Colleges” with Joan Gillespie, Dana Gross, Lisa Jasinski, and Prudence Layne. AAC&U (American Association of Colleges and Universities) GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: Higher Education’s Role in Addressing Global Crises, New Orleans, LA. October 12-14, 2017.
Symposium Hosted by the Center for Engaged Learning, June 11-12, 2017, at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina. Poster and session on "Faculty as Global Learners: The Transformative Impact of Leading Off-campus Programs" – Dana Gross, St. Olaf College; Joan Gillespie, Associated Colleges of the Midwest; Sarah Glasco, Elon University; Lisa Jasinski, Trinity University; and Prudence Layne, Elon University
“Worth the Investment? Liberal Arts Faculty Self-Assess the Transformative Impact of Leading Study-Abroad” with Prudence Layne at WISE (Workshop on Intercultural Skills Enhancement), Winston Salem, NC. Feb. 8-10, 2017.
“School of Rock: Narrating Cultural Shifts in France through Musical Performance” at ISSoTL (International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning): Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 12-16, 2016.

“Transforming Language/Culture Learning via Social Justice Perspectives Immersion in Beginning French (A1/2)” at FLANC (Foreign Language Association of North Carolina) annual meeting, Durham, NC, Oct.7-8, 2016.

“Teaching Elementary French Through the Lens of Social Justice: Initial Reactions to Piloted Activities” at AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) annual convention: Austin, TX, July 2-6, 2016.
“Trêve de confidences: Impressions d’Autoportrait (à l’étranger)” at IJAS (The International Journal of Arts and Sciences) Conference Paris, France. April 11-14, 2016.

CONFERENCES: 2012-15

“Structuring Opportunities for Change: The Transformative Potential of Study Abroad.” With Nina Namaste at Transformative Learning Conference: Oklahoma City, OK, March 26-27, 2015.
“Thinking Critically About Culture: Beginning Language Students Research Diverse Voices of the French-Speaking World” at ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) annual convention: San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21-23, 2014.
“Diverse Voices of the French-Speaking World” at AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) annual convention: New Orleans, LA, July 19-22, 2014.
“Enhancing Intercultural Competence in Short-Term Study Abroad Courses” at NAFSA (Association of Intercultural Educators) annual convention: San Diego, CA, May 24-30, 2014.
“Scrapping Facebook: How Scrapbooking Millennials Breathe Life into French History” at CCRL (Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures): Chapel Hill, NC, April 4-7, 2014.
“Socio-linguistic and Cultural Competence through Project-based Pedagogies” at ISSoTL (International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning): Raleigh, NC, Oct. 2-4, 2013.
“Foreign Languages and Advanced Critical Thinking: The Link to Global Citizenship.” With Olivia Choplin, Ketevan Kupatadze, Kristina Meinking, Samuele Pardini & Scott Windham. Celebrate SURF day poster session: Elon University, April 23, 2013.
“De-centering/Re-centering Culture Through Contrast in Autoportrait (à l’étranger): Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s Cultural Cohabitation.” Traces, Fragments, Remains / Traces, Fragments, Restes: 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium: Atlanta, GA, March 28-30, 2013.
“Ménage à Trois: Teaching, Service, and Scholarship in the French Curriculum at Elon.” With Sophie Adamson & Olivia Choplin. Celebrate SURF day poster session: Elon University, April 24, 2012.
“Sacred Space and Displacement in Azouz Begag’s Le gone du Chaâba” at IJAS (The International Journal of Arts and Sciences) Conference Paris, France. April 16-19, 2012.

CONFERENCES: 1998-2011

“Curriculum (Re)design: The Latest Research and Two New Curricula.” With Scott Windham at ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages): Denver, CO, Nov. 17-20, 2011.
“The Zidanization of France: Myth or Reality? Teaching and Debating Contemporary France Through Literature, Film and Popular Music” at IJAS (The International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference): Orlando, FL. March 21-24, 2011.
“Seeing Eye to Eye: Using Webcams in the Classroom.” With April Post, David Neville & Ketevan Kupatadze. 7th Annual Summer Conference on Innovation in Teaching and Learning: Elon University, Aug.19, 2010.
“Integrating Cross-Cultural Studies in the University Curriculum: Intercultural Education Begins at Home” at ICERI (International Conference on Education, Research, and Innovation): Madrid, Spain, Nov. 16-18, 2009.
“The Importance of Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Education.” With Ketevan Kupatadze, Maureen Ihrie & Scott Windham. 6th Annual Summer Conference on Innovation in Instruction: Elon University, Aug. 20, 2009.
“Promoting Cultural Awareness, Battling Bias: Revealing Diverse Perspectives and Fostering Cultural Understanding Through Point and Counterpoint Presentations Using PowerPoint and iMovie” at ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) annual convention: Orlando, FL, Nov. 20-23, 2008.
“The Techno-human Paradox: How 'Keeping Up with the Kids' Fosters Community.” 5th Annual Summer Conference on Innovation in Instruction: Elon University, Aug. 21, 2008. Presented hour-long solo session on teaching with technology.
“Narrative Structure and the Intertextual Dialogue Between Apollinaire, Kawabata, and Beckett in Jean-Philippe Toussaint’s Faire l’amour” at International Colloquium on 20th/21st Century French & Francophone Studies: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, March 21-24, 2007.
“Langage contradictoire, langage illusoire: la narration démolie de Samuel Beckett” at International Colloquium in 20th/21st Century French Studies: University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, April 4-7, 2002.
“Bonheur masochiste, bonheur illusoire : les obstacles dans La nouvelle Héloïse” at CCRL (Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures): University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 21-23, 2002.
“Cultural Access through Multi-media and its Links to Literature” at the M/MLA (Midwest Modern Language Association) Convention: Cleveland, OH, Nov. 1-3, 2001.
“Minimalism to the Maximum: Excessive Minutia in two novels by Jean-Philippe Toussaint.” Transgressions in Text, Language, and Culture: Duke University Department of Romance Studies Graduate Student Colloquium: Oct. 19-20, 2001.
“Charles Baudelaire and François Villon: Two Urban Poets” at CCRL (Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures): University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 22-24, 2001.
“Saying Everything by Saying Nothing: The ‘Nondit’ in Guy de Maupassant’s Bel-Ami” at MIFLC (Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference): Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Oct. 10-12, 1998.
“Fun and Games in the Foreign Language Classroom.” Celebration of Teaching Conference on Graduate Teaching: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 18, 1998.

Selected Sessions Organized & Chaired

“Bridging the Gap: Creating Seamless Transitions from Language to Literature in the Foreign Language Classroom.” With Ketevan Kupatadze. Co-organized & chaired panel of four presenters. Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference: Wilmington, NC, Oct. 9-11, 2008.
“Samuel Beckett’s Trilogy.” Respondent Martha Fehsenfeld, Co-author of Beckett in the Theatre: The Author as Practical Playwright and Director: From Waiting for Godot to Krapp's Last Tape and Co-editor of The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett. Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures: March 21-23, 2002.

GUEST LECTURES

“Freedom of Speech: The Freedom to Express Frustration. Ethnically Diverse Populations React in France.” Dr. Safia Swimelar’s Senior Seminar in International Studies, April 16, 2016.
“Freedom of Speech: The Freedom to Express Frustration. Ethnically Diverse Populations React in France.” Dr. Safia Swimelar’s Senior Seminar in International Studies, April 30, 2015.
“The Role of Film, Literature, and Art in the Collective French Identity.” Dr. Safia Swimelar’s Senior Seminar in International Studies, March 7, 2014.
“French Cultural Identity in Context.” Dr. Laura Roselle’s Senior Seminar in International Studies, March 5, 2013.
“Choosing Research Topics and Methods.” With Stephen Bloch-Schulman & Jesse Moore. Elon College Fellows Seminar, Nov. 16, 2011.
“The Zidane Phenom: The Effects of Immigration on Culture/Popular Culture in France.” Elon College Fellows Seminar: Nov. 10, 2008.
“Manon Lescaut et la vie débauchée.” French 61, 17th & 18th Century French Literature: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 1 & 3, 2004.
“Andromache et la passion fatale.” French 61, UNC-CH, Jan. 26 & 28, 2004.
“Bridging the Gap: Transferable Skills from Language to Literature.” Romance Languages 200, Teaching Foreign Languages (a methodology course for new teaching fellows): UNC-CH, Dec. 5, 2003.
“Professionalism as a Graduate Instructor.” ROML 200, UNC-CH: Sept.12, 2003.

INVITED TALKS

Professionalization Alumni Panel. Carolina Conference for Romance Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, April 6, 2018.
“The Transformative Potential of Short-term Study Abroad.” With Prudence Layne. Designed, organized, and facilitated an interactive workshop for Elon University’s annual Teaching and Learning Conference. The theme, Designing Engaged Learning Experiences, was reflected in our session that explored various strategies for creating engaged learning experiences—experiences and pedagogies that produce significant learning and make a lasting impact. Aug. 11, 2015.
“What to Expect from the Job Search and Life on the Tenure Track.” Invited speaker to graduate student skype forum at Louisiana State University, Department of French, April 7, 2014.
“The Zidanization of France: Myth or Reality? Colonization, Decolonization, Immigration, and the Changing Face of France.” American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) invited speaker to Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) annual meeting, Raleigh, NC, Oct.1-2, 2010.

Professional Activities

Textbook Reviewer. Paid reviewer of En Avant, 2nd edition snapshot and accompanying digital tool LearnSmart (April and December 2014): McGraw Hill; Imaginez with new online learning platform (Nov. 2014): Cengage; A Vous, 2e éd. (Nov. 2011): Heinle, Cengage Learning; Controverses, 2e éd. (Aug. 2010): Heinle, Cengage Learning.

Journal Referee, Editorial Board for LEF-E, Sept. 2011- present. Review, critique, & recommend articles for publication in L’Érudit franco-espagnol, a double blind, peer reviewed, open-access electronic journal of French and Hispanic Literatures dedicated to publishing scholarly essays that engage issues and ideas in connection with the literatures and cultures of France, the Francophone countries, Spain, Latin America, and the Hispanic population in the United States.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Modern Language Association of America (MLA); American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL); American Association of the Teachers of French (AATF); Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC); Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR); International Society of Language Studies (ISLS).

Service Activities

University wide service

o Coordinator, Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies Interdisciplinary Minor Program, Aug. 2017-Aug. 2020. Coordinate all aspects of minor, including meeting agendas, new five-year plan, university-wide lectures and other activities, WGSS designated courses, budget management and funding sourcing, student worker supervision and timesheets, social media outlets, course scheduling, and soliciting faculty to teach WGSS courses, among many other responsibilities.

o Advisory Committee Member, Religious and Spiritual Life Committee, August 2020-present. To exercise an overall concern for the religious and spiritual life of the University and to advise the University Chaplain on needs in this area of campus life. To develop ideas, recommendations and programs that support spiritual development and education broadly across campus. To assist chaplain and Truitt Center staff in communicating and implementing efforts to encourage dialog and engagement with religious and spiritual life matters to support multi-faith and inclusive community initiatives.

o Advisory Committee Member, Residential Campus Advisory Committee, September 2019-present. To create a premier residential campus program, with first-class facilities that will transform the campus culture to more deeply engage students around intellectual and personal development, and further Elon’s strong sense of community.

o Advisory Committee Member, Elon Core Curriculum Council, July 2017- December 2018. Advised the Director of the Elon Core Curriculum in implementation of the core curriculum program and worked in consultation with departments to insure that department courses satisfactorily meet Core Curriculum requirements.

o Academic Advisor, Aug. 2010-present. Serve as principal point of contact for academic issues that impact educational progress of advisees; continue expanding knowledge of the University, the College of Arts and Sciences, the department of World Languages and Cultures, and the French program; answer student questions or direct advisees to appropriate campus resources; assist with course planning, registration, and academic counseling; advocate for students and be interested in their development.

Global Education Professor, 2013-present. Foster development of an interculturally competent and globally aware campus community; Taught WT study abroad course GBL 267 in France and its requisite pre-departure seminar GBL 167 multiple times and will be the faculty-in-residence in London in fall 2021 to help students accomplish global engagement goals, including critically evaluating one’s own culture and biases, developing self-awareness and self-confidence through exposure to and reflection on difference, interacting and communicating effectively with those from another culture or background using appropriate cultural and linguistic strategies, and reflecting on how understanding language is essential to understanding other cultures.

o CORE Curriculum Professor, Jan. 2010-. Taught COR courses (Interdisciplinary Capstone GST 365 and GST 270) each year. Challenged students in my courses to consider larger themes of the program – ethical reasoning, personal and social responsibility, and global citizenship.

o New Student Orientation Session Leader on “The Responsibilities of Engaged Learning.” Every August and February, 2012-present. Discuss what it means to enter an academic community and fully engage in the learning process and help students understand the learning environment at Elon and what behaviors will help make them succeed academically.

o Undergraduate Research Program Advisory Committee Member, August 2012- August 2016. Reviewed proposals for multiple grants, SURE and SURF and advised on acceptance; represented the Elon College of Arts and Sciences, advocated for more opportunities for humanities scholars, represented Elon University’s Undergraduate Research Program at conferences, led workshops for faculty.

o College of Arts and Sciences Major Fair, Oct. 25, 2016. Organized table with pamphlets, posters, and a slide show representing WLC major and minor programs, fielded questions from students interested in learning more about what the College of Arts and Sciences offers and how all EC majors prepare students for a wide variety of career trajectories.

o Admissions Rising Phoenix Exploring Majors Session Leader, April 22, 2016. Co-led classroom session about the French and Spanish majors at Elon to help accepted high school seniors discover and learn about different courses and programs, including study abroad, the residential language learning community in the Global Neighborhood, and El Centro de Español among other things.

Fellows Weekend Honors/ECF Program Interviewer, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013. Interviewed high school seniors for fellowships and provided recommendations to the Honors and Elon College Fellows programs.
Fellows Weekend Seminar Leader, March 2013. Led a 2-hour class on French identity and immigration in France, discussed with students, graded their essays, and ranked them for the Fellows Committee.

Departmental service

WLC Five-Year Plan: Faculty Development. 2017-present. with Federico Pous. Spearheaded the creation and implementation of peer-mentoring groups where WLC faculty meet a few times per semester based on specific interests to help each other brainstorm and problem-solve targeted issues.
WLC Peer-reviewed Scholarship Statement Revision Committee Chair, Spring 2015- Spring 2016. Spearheaded the revision process to the departmental statement on peer-reviewed scholarship. Solicited feedback on the WLC document on peer-reviewed scholarship in order to revise it for approval by a university-wide committee. Incorporated over 20 perspectives from different languages/disciplines; articulated what constitutes high-quality peer-reviewed scholarship in our field. Document approved May 2016.
Faculty Search Committee Chair (Lecturer of French line), 2014-15. Created/organized candidate assessment rubrics; completed skype interviews in December 2014 and invited four finalists to campus in February 2015; organized on-campus interviews; attended and recorded all teaching sessions and posted videos online for those unable to attend; assessed data with the committee; made a final recommendation to the Dean and sent notifications to other candidates; completed final report for the Dean’s office. The search led to a successful hire.
Faculty Search Committee Chair (Lecturer of Arabic line), 2012-13. Created/organized candidate assessment rubrics; completed telephone interviews in December 2013 and invited three finalists to campus in February 2013; organized on-campus interviews; attended and recorded all teaching sessions and posted videos online for those unable to attend; assessed data with the committee; made a final recommendation to the Dean and sent notifications to other candidates; completed final report for the Dean’s office. The search led to a successful hire and is now closed.
CELEBRATE Departmental Poster Organizer, April 2013. Spearheaded the organization of a departmental collaborative poster "Foreign Languages and Advanced Critical Thinking: The Link to Global Citizenship” to increase our visibility and position ourselves in such a way that we can have conversations about what we do.
World Languages and Cultures Departmental 5-year Plan, goal #2 (values) Sole Committee Member. 2011-present. Establish core values and expectations for faculty, staff and students with outcomes: a) Outline strategies to increase professional interactions, sharing, and collaboration in teaching, research, & service; b) Cultivate and disseminate innovative, distinctive pedagogies.
Faculty Advisor to the Elon French Club, Aug. 2010-May 2015. Guide/mentor officers & members in all club admin & activities.
Elon Study Abroad Program Site Visits, summer 2011. Met with instructors and administrators and observed classes at Accent Français & Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France & ESDES Program at Université Catholique de Lyon in Lyon, France.
Video Producer/Editor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Oct.-Nov. 2012. Interviewed a diverse segment of French-speaking members of the Elon Community, produced, edited and directed a short film on the importance of speaking another language. This major PR piece is now featured on the French section website and was on YouTube and featured on E-net in November 2012. http://www.elon.edu/eweb/academics/elon_college/foreign_languages/french/default.xhtml
Internationalization of the Campus Committee Member, Department of World Languages and Cultures, 2010-11. With Sophie Adamson & Ketevan Kupatadze on roles of the Department of Foreign Languages in this endeavor.
External Funding and Professional Meetings Researcher, Department of World Languages and Cultures, spring 2008-spring 2010. Researched internal & external funding sources and grant opportunities & professional meetings for the faculty of the DFL, oversaw the organization & dissemination of announcements on the web, & provided monthly updates on the WLC web page.
Fund for Excellence Grant Committee Member, 2007-08. Collaborated with several faculty members to write grant application to fund annual speaker series; involved in all aspects of initiative, e.g. speaker invitations, allocation of funds, & other planning. Result: Dr. Antonio Vitti spoke about Italian Cinema.
Course coordinator duties in the WLC Writer, 2006-7. With Rebeca Olmedo. Co-created document that clarifies/outlines duties & expectations of course coordinators.

UNC-CHAPEL HILL

· Academic Chair/Drake Committee Member, Graduate Romance Association, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2004-05.

Worked with the Graduate Placement Committee to organize career-oriented seminars for graduate students in areas such as CVs, cover letters, MLA interviews, campus interviews, etc.
Organized all aspects of three mock interview mini-conferences where job candidates presented their work before a body of colleagues, professors, & graduate students.

· LAC Grader, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for European Studies, fall 2004 and fall 2003.

European Economic Integration (ECON 160), an upper level undergraduate and graduate seminar with Dr. Stanley Black offered a final paper option in French through the Languages Across the Curriculum program. Received stipend for responsibilities including advising students & aiding professor in evaluating students’ written French.

· Secretary, Graduate Romance Association, 2002-03.

· Graduate Teaching Award Committee, Dept. of Romance Languages, 2003.

· Coordinator, Seventh and Eighth Annual Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures, 2000-02.

Organized all aspects of this international conference of 150-200 presenters. Keynote speakers: Jean-Michel

Maulpoix, Rolena Adorno, Evelyn Accad, Renato Faria (2001); Cristina Ferreira-Pinto, John Dagenais, David

Hult (2002)

· Resident Assistant, Year at Montpellier Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999-2000.

Coordinated trip: Escorted 30 students from the US to France.
Assisted resident director with program administration, e.g. student registration, tutoring, & general guidance.
Administered, corrected, & discussed the préstage exam to determine student language placement levels.
Lectured on French grammar & graded students’ required journals on organized visits to historical locations.
Collaborated with resident director in evaluating student performance & determining students’ final grades for the préstage, for which they received six credits.

Personal Information

I'M a MUSICIAN. I'M a MOM. I'M a VEGETARIAN.

Other Work Experience

Solo cellist, Liberty Awakes! The Battle of Huck’s Defeat. Produced by BB Studios for Culture and Heritage Museums and Historic Brattonsville, SC, May 2014. Created stock music and performed traditional music in parts as sole musician on the soundtrack for the short documentary film Liberty Awakes! Web version available at http://bbstudios.biz/videos/LibertyAwakes.html

Editor and Translator. Summer 2013. Art Yoga website (http://yoga-nice.com/). Edited copy in French and translated English texts on website into French.

Cellist: Selected Albums>>> Low in Paradise, Shannon O’Connor (Varga Records 2005), The Outsider, Randy Dean Whitt (11/22 Records 2012), Fortune is On, Twilighter (remastered and re-released on Tiny Canvas Records 2014), Radio Island, Ashe (French Broad Records 2013) Not Tonight, John Howie, Jr. (Suah Sounds 2018). Intermittent from 2003-present. Studio and live musician for above albums and artists among others. Create and record cello parts for artists’ original music in the studio; perform live at local clubs and festivals.

Barista, Caffè Driade: Chapel Hill, NC, March 1998-August 1999. Opened and closed the coffee shop, worked alone performing all duties including running cash drawer, restocking supplies and products, preparing espresso drinks and other items for customers, selling whole bean coffee and cigars, reconciling till, and cleaning.

Administrative Assistant, France International: Carrboro, NC, Summer 1997. Identified philatelic material and prepared merchandise descriptions & letters in French.

Wine & Cheese Specialist, French-speaking Business Liaison, Whole Foods Market: Chapel Hill, NC, 1995-97. Co-managed daily operations of specialty products department; met with French cheese producers at French Embassy & trade shows.

Cello Teacher, Duke String School, Duke University: Durham, NC, 1996-99. Gave private lessons to students aged 7-17.

Cellist, The Durham Symphony: Durham, NC, 1995-97.

Other Service

Enrichment Program Volunteer, Weaver Dairy Community Preschool: Chapel Hill, NC, spring 2005. Taught preschoolers French phrases & aspects of Francophone culture through geography, food, poetry, & music.

Skills

Other Work Experience

Editor and Translator. Summer 2013. Art Yoga website (http://yoga-nice.com/). Edited copy in French and translated English texts on website into French.

Administrative Assistant, France International: Carrboro, NC, Summer 1997. Identified philatelic material and prepared merchandise descriptions & letters in French.

Cello Teacher, Duke String School, Duke University: Durham, NC, 1996-99. Gave private lessons to students aged 7-17.

Cellist, The Durham Symphony: Durham, NC, 1995-97.

Other Service

Professional Development

Highlights of my attendance and participation at a multiplicity of enriching events, many dealing with race, racism, equity, and inclusion, in 2020:

Elon Faculty/Staff Leadership Workshop on Student Mental Well-being, Feb. 5th
Academics for Black Survival and Wellness, intensive all-day lectures and workshops, June 19-26
Elon “Authentic Dialog Toward Real Change” conversations on racism, June 11, 18, 25
TLT/WLC Moodle workshop, June 22-24.
Agile Faculty Academic Burnout Workshops, June 26-Aug. 2nd
“How White Women Can Talk to Women of Color about Race” workshop with Dr. Amanda Kemp, July 14th
AAUP Meetings, July 14 and Aug. 11th
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill and Ibram X. Kendi, Indiana Black Expo Lectures on racism in the US, July 15th
CREDE Race Relations White Caucus, July 16th
Ibram X. Kendi lecture on anti-racism, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, July 20
SURE presentations, July 22nd ·
CREDE workshop “Racism in the time of Covid”, July 23rd
CORE Conversations on race and equity with Prudence Layne, July 27, August 3, August 10th
Angela Davis lecture on activism and systemic racism, Pitt Diversity Forum, July 28th
Ibram X. Kendi lecture on how to be an anti-racist, Pitt Diversity Forum, July 29th
CATL course redesign workshops July 29-Aug. 4th
CREDE workshop “Sustained Activism”, July 30
Dr. Jennifer L. Eberhardt, author of our 2020-2021 Common Reading, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, Sept. 9th
Ibram X. Kendi conversation with Prudence Layne on anti-racism, Sept. 21st (yes, I saw him 3 times in 2 months)
Pandemic, Crisis, and Social Justice Symposium, Sept. 30, Oct. 6, Oct. 14, Nov. 16
Liberal Arts Forum, Nikki Giovanni talk, Oct. 21st · Campus Conversation on Diversity and Inclusion, Oct. 30th
Belk Library and WGSS lecture with Spelman Archivist Holly Smith on the Audre Lorde collection and other Black feminist and activist collections, as well as the importance of HBCUs in preserving Black History, October 30th
Conference on Diversity, Decolonization, and the French Curriculum, November 13-14th
ITLC 5-day online Lilly Conference (CATL grant funded!), November 30-December 4th. Topics ranged from assessment, classroom community/culture, course/curriculum (Re)Design, educational theory/pedagogy, faculty development and programming to universal design & design equity, instructional strategies, increasing success of marginalized students, teaching online, blended learning designs, open resources and curating content.

Awards

HONORS

Exemplary French Program with Honors, AATF (American Association of Teachers of French). Featured on the AATF website for two years, with the option of renewal, and noted at the National Conference; awarded materials for local publicity; Received a certificate and a plaque for departmental display; received a voucher for materials from AATF store. And of course, there's the glory. Ah, the glory. https://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/131324 Conferred on April 23, 2016.

o National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Fellowship Nominee. One of two nominees from Elon selected to apply for national award, June 2011.

o Alpha Chi Omega Teacher Appreciation Tea Invite. Members select and invite their most influential professor to honor teaching and mentoring, April 2011.

o Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity, Eta Zeta Chapter Distinguished Faculty & Staff Recognition Ceremony Honoree. Social held to acknowledge those who have made an impact on the academic success of ZTA sisters, April 2011.

o GST Advanced Interdisciplinary Seminar “France Today: Multiculturalism and the French-American Experience” model proposal, featured on Elon’s General Studies website as a guide & tool for others interested in submitting proposals, Feb. 2009.

o Honorary Member, Pi Delta Phi National French Honor Society, Lambda Omicron Chapter, April 2007.