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May 2, 2016
Please help us congratulate Dr. Aileen Feng who was just promoted to Associate Professor of Italian with tenure!
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April 22, 2016
We are very happy to welcome Dr. M. Letizia Bellocchio to the Department of French and Italian! Dr. Bellocchio is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian at Wesleyan University. She received a Ph.D in Italian Studies at Rutgers University…
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April 15, 2016
Dr. Aileen Feng was awarded the College of Humanities Distinguished Teaching Award! Congratulations!
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March 9, 2016
Dr. Phyllis Taoua published an article with Francis Abugbilla, a student in the French Masters program, on Ghana’s Independence, “What does Ghana have to celebrate in its 59th year of independence?” The Op-Ed was published in The Conversation.
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Feb. 29, 2016
We are very happy to announce that Dr. Joseph Price (http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/joseppri/) has accepted our offer and will join us as Assistant Professor of French and Director of the Basic Language Program (French) on August 15, 2016.
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Feb. 29, 2016
We are very happy to announce that Dr. Denis Provencher (http://umbc.academia.edu/DenisProvencher) has accepted our offer to join the Department of French and Italian within the School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the…
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Feb. 29, 2016
Dr. Phyllis Taoua has recently published an Op-Ed as a fellow with the Tucson Public Voices fellowship titled "Why Niger's Presidential Election Matters." It can be viewed here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phyllis-taoua/why-nigers-presidential-…
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Feb. 29, 2016
Dr. Aileen Feng was awarded $1,500 through the Provost Author support program for her forthcoming book: Writing Beloveds: Humanist Petrarchism and the Politics of Gender (U of Toronto Press).
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Feb. 29, 2016
Dr. Beatrice Dupuy has been invited to deliver the keynote address at the Western Consortium Middle East Language Pedagogy Workshop from April 1 - April 3. The theme is: Multiple Literacies for 21st Century Learners.
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Feb. 29, 2016
Heather Allen (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Kate Paesani (Wayne State University) and Dr. Beatrice Dupuy were recently contracted by ACTFL to produce a 7-webinar series and related study guides based on their recent book A Multiliteracies…
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Feb. 29, 2016
Kristen Michelson (University of Oklahoma) and Dr. Beatrice Dupuy have received an ACTFL Research Priority Grant for 2015-2016. Their project’s title is: Online Social Reading as Professional Development for Foreign Language Teaching Assistants in…
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Feb. 25, 2016
We are offering many Italian courses this summer, ranging from language courses to General Education courses. Many are taught in English, several are online, and a few satisfy the Diversity Emphasis Requirement. Please see the flier at the bottom…