Deborah Reisinger

Deb Reisinger, Ph.D., is Professor of the Practice in Romance Studies and affiliate faculty in the Duke Global Health Institute. She is Director of Duke's Language Outreach Initiatives, overseeing the Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) program and the Shared Course Initiative for Less Commonly Taught Languages with UVA and Vanderbilt. She currently serves as Dean of Undergraduate Education for Trinity College.

Deb is lead author of Affaires globales: S'engager dans le monde …

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies · 2023 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Director of Language Outreach Initiatives · 2023 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Dean of Undergraduate Education · 2024 - Present Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute · 2013 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers

In the News

Published August 20, 2024

Trinity’s New Undergraduate Curriculum to Focus on Values

Published January 26, 2023

The Making of the First Malagasy Course at Duke

Published December 5, 2022

Deborah Reisinger Receives Official Knighthood from French Government

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Recent Publications

Transformative Learning and Critical Consciousness: A Model for Preclerkship Medical School Substance Use Disorder Education.

Journal Article Acad Psychiatry · April 2023 OBJECTIVE: Preparing medical students to provide compassionate person-centered care for people with substance use disorders (SUD) requires a re-envisioning of preclerkship SUD education to allow for discussions on stigma, social determinants of health, sys ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Language as a Bridge to Other Disciplines

Chapter · January 1, 2023 The Cultures and Language Across the Curriculum (CLAC) program at Duke University positions language use throughout the university by offering courses taught in languages other than English (LOTE) in schools such as global health, public policy, and enviro ... Full text Cite

Ten Years of Collaboration: The Duke-UVA-Vanderbilt Consortium

Chapter · January 1, 2023 This chapter explores the creation and expansion of an online consortium for less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) among three universities: Duke University, the University of Virginia (UVA), and Vanderbilt University. Founded in 2013, the consortium aims ... Full text Cite

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Recent Grants

2023 Cohort of United-States University French-speaking career forums and fairs project

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Association of Teachers of French · 2023 - 2024

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Education, Training & Certifications

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2001 Ph.D.

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