CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL:              

Edwina Spodark

Address:   P.O. Box 9507
                 Roanoke, VA  24020

Telephone: (540) 362-6310

E-mail:        espodark@hollins.edu  

EDUCATION:

Ph.D.   Northwestern University
Evanston, IL     1982
Dissertation:  "The Défense et
Illustration of
Louise Labé"

M.A.    Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI  1978

B.A.     Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL         1976
Includes foreign study at the
Centre D'Etudes Françaises
Avignon  France  1975

 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

Medieval/Renaissance French Literature, Foreign Language Teaching Methodology, Teaching with the Internet, Multimedia Classroom Instruction, and Distance Learning  

EXPERIENCE:

Professor of French
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA
7/06 To Present

Associate Professor of French
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA
7/88 To 6/06

Faculty Instructor for the Hollins Certificate in Classroom Technology Integration
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA

2001-2002

Courses taught in Certificate Program:
- Technology for the Classroom
- Designing Lessons for the Multimedia Classroom

Faculty Pedagogical Technology Facilitator
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA

8/00 To 5/01

Acting Dean of Graduate Studies and International
Programs
Hollins College
Roanoke, VA

1/1/96 To 7/1/96

Chair of French and Spanish Department
7/90 To 7/92

Chair of French Department
7/89 To 7/90

Assistant Professor of French
Hollins College
Roanoke, VA

7/82 To 6/88

Acting Chair of French Department
1/86 To 7/86

Courses Offered at Hollins:

- Beginning French
- Intermediate French
- Advanced Intermediate French
-
Daily Life in Contemporary France
- Daily Life in Contemporary France-Multimedia
- Practical French
- France and the French: Contexts in Cultural Understanding
- Literary Analysis and Composition
- Conversation and Composition
- Grammar and Composition
-
Basic Business French
- Advanced Comprehension and Oral Expression
- Advanced French Grammar
- Women Troubadours
- Computer Assisted French
- Computers in French Instruction
- CAI and the Foreign Language Teacher
- Methods of Teaching French/Spanish
- Rabelais
- 16th Century French Literature
- Principles of Teaching Elementary French I & II
- Principles of Teaching Intermediate French I & II
- Senior Seminar: Québec
- Teaching Foreign Languages
- Teaching French and Spanish in the Secondary Schools
- Topics in French: Romans Policiers de Georges Simenon
- Topics in French: Stories and Legends
- Topics in French: La Communication
- Topics in French: Francophone Voices
- Navigating the Multimedia Classroom for Foreign Language Teachers (graduate course for MALS)

Lecturer in French
DePaul University
Chicago, IL
8/81 To 12/81

Courses Offered:
Beginning French
Advanced French Grammar  

PUBLICATIONS:

"Technoconstructivism for the Undergraduate Foreign Language Classroom," Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 38, No. 3, Fall 2005

"Le Congrès mondial des professeurs de français," with Annette Sampon-Nicolas, Les Nouvelles, Vol. 25, No. 1, Fall 2004

“French in Cyberspace: An online French course for undergraduates,” CALICO Journal, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2004

"Weaving the World Wide Web into Teaching the Culture of Québec,"
French Review, Vol. 77, No. 4, March 2004
(Awarded the Edouard Morot-Sir Pedagogical Prize by the Institut Français de Washington, March 25, 2004)

“Five Obstacles to Technology Integration at a Small Liberal  Arts University,”
Technological Horizons in Education Journal, Vol. 30, No. 8, March 2003

“Fostering Technology Use Among Second-Wave Foreign Language Faculty,”
The IALLT Journal of Language Learning Technologies, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2002

“The Tek.Xam as a Framework for Pre-service Foreign Language Teacher Technology Training,” Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 35, No. 4, July/August 2002

Invited software review "Ca Sonne Français," CALICO Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, January 2002

"Integrating Online Techniques into Undergraduate French Language Instruction," French Review Vol. 74, No. 6, May 2001

"The Changing Role of the Teacher: A Technology-Enhanced, Student-Centered Lesson on French Fashion," Foreign Language Annals, Vol. 34, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2001

"A French Lesson for the Multi-media Classroom,"
French Review, Vol. 74, No. 1, October 2000

"Implications of E-mail Culture for Distance Education,"
Technology: Teaching and Research in the Humanities,
Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 2000
(www.technology-teaching-research-humanities.com)                       

"Pedagogical Applications for the Single Computer Teaching Station: A Case Study in French Language Instruction,"
Computer Assisted Language Learning: An International
Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, July 2000

"Demystifying Distance Learning: A Primer for Teachers," Stop Surfing And Start Teaching: Teaching and Learning Through The Internet Conference Proceedings, 2000 National  Conference, February 20-23, 2000

"The Role of the Multimedia Classroom in French Language Instruction"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Bulletin,
Vol. 55, No. 2, September, 1999

"CALL and Student Motivation: The Tom Selleck Paragraphs,"
Les Nouvelles,
Vol.
XIX, No. 2, Spring 1999

Software Review, "VideoLinguist French," Northeast Conference
on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 43, Winter 1998

"Professors Perfect Portable Pages," Stop Surfing And Start Teaching: Teaching and Learning Through The Internet Conference Proceedings, 1998 National Conference, February 22-25, 1998

“Incorporating French for Business at the Intermediate Language Level,” French For Business And International Trade, Vol. XII, No. 1 & 2, October 1997

"Introducing the Internet," Foreign Language Association of Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 53, No. 2, September, 1997

"Clarifying the Text," Foreign Language Association of Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 52, No. 1, April 1996

Video Review, "France: Canvas of Dreams," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 35, February 1994

"MACLANG at Hollins: A Computer Project for French," Les Nouvelles, Vol. XIV, No. 1, March 1993

"Philippe Comes To Hollins," Foreign Language Association of Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 2, February 1993

Software Review, "ELFE: Elementary French Exercises,"
Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 32, February 1993

Software Review, "HyperFrance," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 31, February 1992

"Teaching, Learning, and Assessment: A Computerized Supplement for the French Literature Survey," MIFLC Review, Vol. 1, October 1991

Software Review, "Le Coq Branché," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 30, September 1991

"CALL for Accuracy: The Computer and the Oral Proficiency Movement" Foreign Language Association of Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 46, No. 2, March 1991

Software Review, "En Route," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 29, February 1991

Video Review, "Châteaux of the Loire," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 29, February 1991

Software Review, "Competer Rabbit," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 28, September 1990

Software Review, "French Verb Tutor," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 28, September 1990

"Composition Through Comic Personalization," Les Nouvelles, Vol. XI, No. 1, March 1990

"CALL for Business French,"  French For Business And International Trade, Vol. V, No. 1, February 1990

"Audience Appeal," Les Nouvelles, Vol. X, No. 2, November 1989

"The Epître à Clémence de Bourges:  Louise Labé - Author or Feminist?"  Foreign Language Association of Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 45, No. 1, October 1989

"DASHER at Hollins,"  Virginia Educational Computing Association Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2, December 1988

"DASHER:  A Student/Teacher Project," Foreign Language Association of Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 44, No. 1, October 1988

Video Review, "In Love With Paris," Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Newsletter, Vol. 24, September 1988

"Integrating Writing into the Renaissance Literature Classroom,"  Cincinnati Romance Review, Vol. 7, May 1988

"The Women of Louise Labé's Elégies," Cincinnati Romance Review, Vol. 4, May 1985

Reprint, "Parlez-vous Computer?" Foreign Language Association of Virginia Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 2, October 1985

"Parlez-vous Computer?"  Hollins Alumnae Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 2, January 1985

"Modern Slang-French Vocab:  CAI at Hollins College," AATF National Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 3, January 1984

With William D. Paden, "The Poems of the Trobaïritz Na Castelloza," Romance Philology, August 1981  

PRESENTATIONS:   

"Technoconstructivist Methodology and the Millennial Generation Foreign Language Student'
Southern Conference on Language Teaching
Atlanta, GA  March 1-3, 2007

"Technoconstructivist Methodology for our Millennial Generation Students"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia
Richmond, VA  October 13, 2006

"Technoconstructivist Lessons for Developing Cross-cultural Understanding"
American Association of Teachers of French Annual Conference
Québec City, Québec, Canada  July 9, 2005

"Implementing Technoconstructivism"
Joint Conference of the American Association of Teachers of French and the Fédération Internationale de Professeurs de Français
Atlanta, GA  July 21, 2004

“Technoconstructivism in the Foreign Language Classroom"
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  May 22, 2003  

“Memorable French Lessons: Putting Technology to Work in the Classroom”
American Association of Teachers of French Annual Conference
Boston, MA  July 11, 2002

“Training Future Foreign Language Teachers with the Tek.xam”
Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Conference
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL  March 15, 2001

"Distance Learning Techniques for Advanced French Grammar"
Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference
Radford, VA  October 19, 2000

"Lessons in Distance Learning from a Faculty Pedagogical Technology
Facilitator"
Learning 2000: Reassessing the Virtual University Conference
Sponsored by Virginia Tech University
Roanoke, VA September 28, 2000

"Contemporary France: Lessons in Distance Learning"
Presentation sponsored by a Bell Atlantic Faculty Technology Development
Grant
Roanoke, VA   April 21, 2000

"Demystifying Distance Learning: A Primer for Teachers"
Stop Surfing - Start Teaching: Teaching and Learning Through the Internet, 2000 National Conference
Sponsored by the University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC  February 20-23, 2000

"In-House Development: Teachers Training Teachers"
Virginia Educational Technology Leadership Conference:
Technology Leadership for the New Millennium
Sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education
Roanoke, VA  December 14, 1999

"A Fashionable French Lesson for the Multimedia Classroom"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Richmond, VA  October 30, 1999

"Technology in the Humanities: A Case Study in French"
Hollins Today Program
Roanoke, VA  October 7, 1999

"Case Studies in the Humanities"
The Web and Multimedia in Science and Mathematics
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges
Jessie Ball duPont Faculty Technology Initiative
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA   August 2-4, 1999

"Secrets of Teaching in the Multi-media Classroom Revealed" (Culpeper Grant Workshop)                        
Roanoke, VA   May 1999       

"Portable Pages as Pedagogical Pathways"
Capitalizing on Your Computer Investment:
Talent, Tools and Techniques Conference
Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Stout
Washington, DC  February 19, 1999

"Secrets of Teaching in the Multi-media Classroom Revealed" (Culpeper Grant Workshop)                   
Roanoke, VA   January 1999   

"Teaching Foreign Languages in the Multi-media Classroom"
Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference
Blacksburg, VA  October 9, 1998

"Professors Perfect Portable Pages"
Stop Surfing - Start Teaching: Teaching and Learning Through the Internet, 1998 National Conference
Sponsored by the University of South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, SC   February 24, 1998

Sowell Grant Workshop on the Internet, the World Wide Web
and writing web pages for use in the classroom
Roanoke, VA   January 1998  

"Au Travail: A Module for Intermediate French"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Richmond, VA  November 8, 1997

Sowell Grant Workshop on the Internet, the World Wide Web
and writing web pages for use in the classroom
Roanoke, VA   August/September 1997                      

"Teaching the Teachers with Portable Pages"
Seventeenth Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH   May 9, 1997

"Getting to Know You"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Roanoke, VA   November 2, 1996

"Clarifying the Text"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Richmond, VA  November 10, 1995

"Computer Open House:  Innovations in French Computer Aided Instruction at Hollins College"
Hollins Abroad Paris 40th Anniversary Celebration
Hollins College    March 3, 1995

"Of Flying Fruit and Eggs"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Richmond, VA   October 22, 1993

"Video Composition:  Motivating Students in Writing"
Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference
Clemson University
Clemson, SC  October 8, 1993

"Using Computers to Teach French at Hollins"
Hollins Faculty Panel Discussion
Roanoke, VA   April 16, 1993

"Taking the Pain out of Death in Montaigne"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Richmond, VA    October 24, 1992

"Les Discours: A Video Project for Elementary French"
Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference
Virginia Polytechnic University
Blacksburg, VA    October 9, 1992

"Modernizing Montaigne"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA   March 27, 1992

"French Video 101"
Taking the Byte out of the Bit: A Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to New Technology
Funded by a PEW Charitable Trusts Grant
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA   June 19, 1991

"CALT (Computerized Adaptive Language Testing):
The Role of the Computer in Placement and Assessment"
Workshop for Heads of Departments – Universities and Colleges
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Longwood College
Farmville, VA    April 5, 1991

"Attending to the Women of Flamenca"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Longwood College
Farmville, VA    April 5, 1991

"Teaching, Learning and Assessment:  A Computerized Model for the Literature Survey"
Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference
Radford University
Radford, VA     October 12, 1990

"CALL for Accuracy:  The Computer and the Oral Proficiency Movement"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Christopher Newport College
Newport News, VA   April 6, 1990

"Hollins à Paris:  L'Université, les étudiants et la ville"
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, VA   November 29, 1989

"Video:  Expanding the Parameters of Teaching French Renaissance Literature"
Beyond the Fundamentals: A Colloquium
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA   October 13, 1989

"Foreign Language CAI:  The 'Accuracy' of the Functional Trisection"
Ninth Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH    May 17, 1989

"DASHER and CALIS:  Two Authoring Systems for Foreign Language Teachers"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Charlottesville, VA    April 22, 1988

"CAI for the High School Foreign Language Teacher"
Workshop given for the Scott County, VA High School Foreign Language Teachers
Gate City, VA   August 11, 1987

"Integrating Writing into the Renaissance Literature Classroom"
Seventh Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH   May 15, 1987

"Flamenca's Voice"
Section on Medieval and Occitan Literature
Sponsored by the Société Guillaume IX
Fortieth Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY     April 24, 1987

"CAI in Foreign Language Teaching"
Annual Foreign Language Workshop
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA     August 6, 1985

"Woman as Catalyst:  Pauline's Dream as Motive in Corneille's Polyeucte"
Fifth Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH    May 17, 1985

"Micro-computer CAI:  Uses and Possibilities"
For the foreign language faculty of Elon College, North Carolina
Hollins College, VA   May 20, 1985

"CAI for the High School Foreign Language Teacher"
Workshop given for the Nelson and Amherst County, VA  High School Foreign Language Teachers
Nelson County High School, VA    April 25, 1985

"The Epître à Clémence de Bourges: Louise Labé - Author or Feminist?"
Second Annual Wichita State Conference on Foreign Literature: Continental and Latin American Women Writers
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS    April 13, 1985

"Student Reaction to the Incorporation of CAI on a Regular Basis in the Foreign Language Classroom"
Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference
Williamsburg, VA    March 22, 1985

"Foreign Language CAI Using MENTOR: Program Composition and Curricular Incorporation"
For the foreign language faculty of Washington and Lee University
Hollins College, VA   February 19, 1985

"The Foreign Language Teacher and Computer Aided Instruction:  One Person Can Make A Difference"
23rd Annual Foreign Language Conference of the Virginia Department of Education
Roanoke, VA  October 5, 1985

"The Women of Louise Labé's Elégies"
Fourth Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH    May 10, 1984

Seminar on VISICALC
For the International Auditors Association
Hollins College, VA   November 17, 1983

"Microcomputers in French Language Instruction"
Hollins Computer Science Open House
Hollins College, VA   October 13, 1983

"The Writing and Use of MENTOR Computer Programs in French Language Instruction"
For the foreign language faculty of Washington and Lee University
Hollins College, VA   May 10, 1983

"The Hollins College French Film Festival"
On "The Panorama Show," WDBJ-TV
Roanoke, VA    February 4, 1983

 

RECOGNITION, SERVICE, GRANTS AND AWARDS: 

                                   

 

Awarded the Frances Shorter Scholarship by Alpha Delta Kappa - Virginia
For participation in the annual Virginia Society for Technology in Education Conference
April 22, 2006

Nominated for the Alpha Delta Kappa Excellence in Education Award
January 2006

Taught Web Page Design at the first annual TEK CAMP at Hollins University
June 22, 2005

Appointed an Officer of Election in Botetourt County, Virginia
January 2005

Awarded the Edouard Morot-Sir Pedagogical Prize for the French Review article "Weaving the World Wide Web into Teaching the culture of Québec" by the Institut Français de Washington
March 25, 2004

Awarded an Alpha Delta Kappa Regional Mini-Scholarship
For participation in the annual Virginia Society for Technology in Education Conference
November, 2003

Appointed Manuscript Reviewer for the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium Journal
June, 2003

Hobbie Trust Grant 
For participation in an international conference on technology use in foreign language instruction
Roanoke, VA  May, 2003  

Initiated into Alpha Delta Kappa, International Honorary Sorority for Women Educators
Roanoke, VA  January 14, 2003

Verizon Technology Integration Grant
To integrate elements of technology into the course “French Literature of the 16th Century”
Roanoke, VA   May 7, 2002

Tek.Xam Course Development Grant Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges
To integrate computer assisted language learning components into the course "Teaching Foreign Languages"
Roanoke, VA    June 16, 2000

Hobbie Trust Grant
For participation in a national conference on Pedagogical Technology
Roanoke, VA   April 17, 2000

Organized the Second Annual  "Sister to Sister Summit,"
A development program for Girls sponsored by the American    Association of University Women
Roanoke, VA    March 18, 2000

Participant in Roundtable Discussion on teacher education and k-12 education in the United States and Russia for the Irkutsk Educators' Visit to Hollins University sponsored by Legacy International
Roanoke, VA   November 16, 1999

Foreign Language Association of Virginia Special Section Chair:  "Teaching with Technology: Practical Applications for the Foreign Language Classroom" for the Annual FLAVA Conference
Richmond, VA   October 29-30,1999

Bell Atlantic Faculty Technology Development Award
For research of Distance Learning Techniques and the Development of a Distance Learning Course in French
Roanoke, VA    September 1999

Faculty Development Grant
For participation in technology workshops sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges
Lexington, VA    August 2-4, 1999

Internet/Web Page Workshop for the You Can Do Anything! Leadership Camp for Girls
The Women's Center at Hollins University
Roanoke, VA     July 14, 1999

Organized the "Sister to Sister Summit," A development program for Girls sponsored by the American Association  of University Women Roanoke, VA   March 13, 1999

Workshop on Navigating Paris and its Museums for the Horizon Group Short Term Trip to Paris
Roanoke, VA    January 4-5, 1999

Co-wrote a successful Culpeper Grant to sponsor a workshop on integrating technology into the classroom for the faculty at Hollins College
Roanoke, VA    September 1998

Hollins University Representative to the Roanoke Branch of the American Association of University Women                                    
July 1998 - May 2000

Faculty Development Grant
For participation in the Educational Technology Leadership Conference: Learning with Technology
Roanoke, VA     December 9-11, 1998

Faculty Development Grant
For participation in the Center for Professional
Development 1998 Women's Leadership Conference
Roanoke, VA    September 18, 1998   

Member, Advisory Board for the Women's Center at Hollins University Roanoke, VA    August 1997 - August 2000

Co-wrote a successful Sowell Grant to sponsor two workshops on the Internet, the World Wide Web and writing web pages for use in the classroom for the faculty at Hollins College
Roanoke, VA    April 1997                   

Foreign Language Contest Judge at the Foreign Language Committee of the Roanoke Valley Educational Consortium's Annual Dionysia Program
Roanoke, VA     April 29, 1997

Foreign Language Association of Virginia Special Section Chair:  "First Lessons:  Getting to Know your Intermediate Students" for the Annual   FLAVA Conference
Roanoke, VA     November 1996                      

Co-wrote a successful Sowell Grant to sponsor a workshop on Internet and World Wide Web materials for Foreign Language Professors at Hollins College and Roanoke College
Roanoke, VA    April  1996

Faculty Development Grant
For participation in the Center for Professional Development 1995 Women's Leadership Conference
Roanoke, VA    November 3, 1995

Contributor, American Association of Teachers of French Task Force on the Promotion of French
June, 1995

Luce Leadership Grant
For participation in the Center for Professional Development 1994 Women's Leadership Conference
Roanoke, VA    December 9, 1994

Foreign Language Association of Virginia
Organized Special Section:  "From the Bizarre to the Outrageous:  Teaching Techniques that Work, The Sequel"
for the Annual FLAVA Conference
Richmond, VA  October 1994             

French Language Contest Judge
Glenvar Foreign Language Festival 1994
Glenvar High School
Roanoke, VA   May 19, 1994 

Biography included in the 4th Edition of Who's Who in American Education
November  1993

Foreign Language Association of Virginia
Special Section Chair:  "From the Bizarre to the Outrageous:  Unusual Teaching Techniques that Work"                         
for the Annual FLAVA Conference      
Richmond, VA   October 1993 

Biography included in the 23rd Edition of Who's Who in the South and
Southwest
March  1993

My work in Computer Aided Instruction was highlighted in the Hollins Alumnae Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 2, February 1993

My work in Computer Aided Instruction was highlighted in We Teach With Technology: New Visions for Education by Kearsley, Hunter and  Furlong (Franklin, Beedle & Associates: Wilsonville, Oregon, 1992)

Presider for "French Immersion in Canada" at the Southern Conference on Language Teaching
Research Triangle Park, NC    October 25, 1991

Jessie Ball duPont Foundation Grant
For the establishment of a Computer/Videodisc Multimedia Workstation at Hollins College and the development of French language programs for the system
September 18, 1991

Biography included in the 22nd Edition of Who's Who in the South and Southwest
March  1991

American Association of the Teachers of French (Virginia Chapter) Grant
For the  development of computer programs for French on the Macintosh computer
November 27, 1990

Foreign Language Association of Virginia Special Section Chair:  "Oral Proficiency and Technology"
April 1990

Selected as a Reader for the Advanced Placement Exam in French by the Educational Testing Service
Princeton, NJ   June 8-14, 1989          

Awarded the 1989 Foreign Language Association of Virginia's Distinguished Service Award
Alexandria, VA    April 22, 1989             

Selected as the Hollins faculty representative to the Association of American Colleges' Workshop:  "Integrated Planning for Campus Information Systems"
Alexandria, VA   June 19-20, 1987        

Selected as a Reader for the Advanced Placement Exam in French by the Educational Testing Service
Princeton, NJ    June 5-11, 1987          

Foreign Language Association of Virginia Special Section Chair:  "Computer Aided Instruction and Foreign Languages" 
March 1985-1987

Wye Faculty Seminar
To participate in an eight-day, round-table dialogue on "Citizenship in the American Polity."
Wye Plantation, MD    August 1986                

Seminar Grant for the Six College Consortium
To study the application of research in cognition and intellectual development.
Richmond, VA    June 1986       

Digital Equipment Corporation Microvax Grant
To develop MENTOR computer programs for the intermediate levels of French instruction at Hollins.
Hollins College, VA    April 1986                   

Research Grant
To pursue work on a translation of Louise Labé's
Débat de Folie et d'Amour.
Chicago, IL      October 1985                                     

Seminar Grant for the Six College Consortium
To study contemporary student methods of reasoning and critical thinking.
Richmond, VA    June 1985                   

Faculty Development Grant
University of Richmond
To take part in a training workshop on the Rassias-Dartmouth foreign language teaching method.
Richmond, VA     May 1985                   

Microcomputer Grant
To develop computer programs using DASHER for the advanced levels of French instruction at Hollins.
Hollins College, VA    May 1985                   

Faculty Development Grant
To participate in a faculty writing workshop to design class writing components.
Hollins College, VA     October 1984             

Faculty Development Grant
To design improvements for the course Basic Business French. Milwaukee, WI    October 1984             

NEH Travel Grant
To attend the Renaissance Conference at the Newberry Library. Chicago, IL    April 1984                   

Research Grant
To pursue research at the Newberry Library on manuscripts pertaining to the works of Louise Labé.
Chicago, IL      November 1983                                  

Faculty Development Grant
To pursue graduate work in computer science and acquire such computer languages as BASIC and ADVANCED BASIC.
Hollins College, VA     October 1983                         

Seminar Grant for the Six College Consortium
To study computer science and its applications to the humanities.
Richmond, VA    June 1983                               

Research Grant
To pursue research at Northwestern University on the microfilm manuscripts of the poems of Na Castelloza.
Evanston, IL    November 1982       

 

PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP:
         

American Association of the Teachers of French

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium

Foreign Language Association of Virginia (lifetime member)

-FLAVA Special Section Chair: "Teaching with Technology: Practical Applications for the Foreign Language Classroom"
October 1999

-FLAVA Special Section Chair:  "First Lessons: Getting to Know your Intermediate Students"                             
November 1996

-FLAVA Special Section Chair:  "From the Bizarre to the Outrageous:  Teaching Techniques that Work, The Sequel"
October 1994

-FLAVA Special Section Chair:  "From the Bizarre to the Outrageous:  Unusual Teaching Techniques that Work"                
October 1993

-FLAVA Special Section Chair:  "Oral Proficiency and Technology" 
April 1990

-Received the FLAVA Distinguished Service Award                       
April 1989

-FLAVA Special Section Chair:  "Computer Aided Instruction and Foreign Languages" 
1985-1987

Foreign Language Committee of the Roanoke Valley Educational Consortium 1985-1988

-Chair of the Annual Dionysia Program:  1986

International Association of Language Learning Technology

Modern Language Association

Société Guillaume IX

Southern Council on Language Teaching

Virginia Society for Technology in Education

 

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
S
ERVICE:

 

Committees & Councils:
-Academic Affairs Council (2004, Chair)               
-Academic Policy Committee (1983-1984/1985-1988)
--Subcommittee on International Relations (1987-1988)
-Ad Hoc Committee on Adult Studies (1985-1986)
-Ad Hoc Committee on Learning Disabilities (2001-2002)
-Ad Hoc Committee on Learning Outcomes Assessment (1988-1989, Chair)
-Ad Hoc Sowell Advisory Committee (1986)
-Budget Committee  (1984-1986, Chair/1989-1992)
-Co-Curricular Portfolio Committee (1987)
-Committee on Information Technology  (1986-1988, Chair, 1994-1998, 1999-2000, 2002, 2004-2007, Chair 2005-2006)
-Committee on Enrollment and Strategic Planning (1986-1988)
-Committee on Tenure and Promotion (1990-1992, Chair)
-Committee on the Status and Education of Women (1983-1984, Chair)
-Computer Science Study Group (2006)
-Council on Computation (1983-1984)
--Subcommittee on Microcomputer Grants  (1984, Chair)
-Educational Program Committee for the Re-accreditation Process (1996)
-Faculty Executive Committee (1986-1988/1998-2000)
-Academic Planning Committee (1986)
-Finance and Administration Council (1997-2000)
-GEM Working Group for Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (1999)
-GEM Working Group for Second Language Requirement (1999)
-Graduate Studies Committee (1996)
-International Relations Advisory Group (1988-1992)
-Library Committee (1992-1995)
-Merit Scholarship Committee (1986-1988)
-Quantitative Reasoning Advisory Committee (1998-1999)
-Review Board (2000-2002, 2005-2008)
-Search Committee for Vice President of Development and Alumnae/i Affairs (1992)
-Study Abroad Advisory Committee (1998 -2001)
-Teaching Learning Innovative Center Ad Hoc Committee (1996-1998)
-Website Advisory Group (2001)

Other:                          

Chair of Division I (1998-2000)

Chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Division (1992-1998, 2006 to present)

Coordinator of the Hollins French Film Festival (1982-2005)

Coordinator of the Hollins Spanish Film Festival (1996-2000)

Creator and Editor of the French Department Publications:  French Connections and Careers for French Majors  (1990-2000)  

Creator and Editor of the French Department Newsletter:  Le Réseau Français (1990-1995/1997-2000)

Hollins Campus Sponsor of the American Association of Teachers of French (Virginia Chapter) "Concours d'Expression Ecrite" (1994, 1995)

Orientation Presentation:  "The French Connection" (1987)

Reader for the Mary Williamson Award (1984)

Sponsor of the Hollins French National Honor Society (Pi Delta Phi: Mu Lambda Chapter) (1982 to present)

Sponsor of the Hollins French Club (1982-1985)

Sponsor of the French Teaching Assistantships for Hollins Students through the French Embassy (1982-1995/1997-2002)

Teacher Certification Advisor for the Hollins University Education Department (1995 to 2004)

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