Research Interests
World Languages for Specific Purposes (WLSP)
Community-engaged Scholarship
Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum
Second Language Acquisition
Community-engaged Scholarship
Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum
Second Language Acquisition
Selected 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 - 2024Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Community-Engaged Scholars Fellows Program ·
September 2022
- May 2023
Awarded by: Office of Durham and Community Affairs, Duke University
Yearlong fellowship and funded research project with CWS Durham
Bacca Fellow ·
2022
- 2023
Awarded by: Language Arts and Media Program (LAMP), Duke University
Year-long fellowship to develop new suite of courses focused on international relations.
Climate Change Faculty Fellow ·
2022
- 2023
Awarded by: Duke University
First cohort of faculty involved in execution of UNIV 102 course, “Let’s Talk about Climate Change.”
Course Enhancement Grant ·
2022
- 2022
Awarded by: Office of Global Affairs
Summer award for development of Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum in Public Policy courses in Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Transformative Learning at Duke ·
2021
- 2022
With Clifford, Paredes, Ariely, Malone, Muzyk, Simmermeyer, ·
Awarded by: Duke Learning Innovation: Carry the Innovation Forward
· $9,750.00
Transformative Learning: A Shared Intellectual Interest Across the University ·
January 2020
Co-lead with Cori Crane and Joan Clifford ·
Awarded by: Intellectual Community Planning Grant
· $5,000.00
Aligning Pedagogy with Practice in the Creative industries ·
2020
- 2021
Awarded by: Arts and Science Faculty Research Award, Trinity College, Duke University
· $4,721.00
Resident Fellow ·
January 2019
- July 2019
Awarded by: Institute for American Universities (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Language Matters II: African Resettlement in Durham, NC ·
2018
Awarded by: Duke Africa Initiative
· $3,000.00
Language Matters: African Resettlement in Durham, NC ·
2017
Awarded by: Duke Africa Initiative
· $4,500.00
Fellow ·
2016
Awarded by: Duke Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Refugee resettlement in Québec ·
2016
Awarded by: Quebec-United States University Grant, Ministère des Relations Internationales du Québec
· $4,000.00
Major Academic Initiative Grant ·
2013
- 2015
Awarded by: Ministère des Relations Internationales du Quebec
· $7,500.00
Two-year grant to establish partnership between Duke, UQAM, and Laval University for Duke in Montréal summer program.
External Relationships
- The College Board
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