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Faculty Focus-April 16, 2024
Faculty members put their knowledge into action so students and others are able to benefit from it. Recently, faculty have presented at conferences, been featured as experts in regional, national and international media sources, published articles, films, and much more.
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Professor Brezault presented a paper
Mid-March, Professor Brezault presented a paper at the American Comparative Literature Association in Montreal. She talked about the metaphors/representations of mining in 3 recent African novels. The...
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Professor Brezault just presented at the NEMLA conference in Boston on “Reframing French classes in the era of AI.”
Brezault reflects on what it means to teach a foreign language with AI. Can we really reduce the teaching of a language to its practicality? She advocates for the importance of Humanities in teaching...
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NeMLA 55: Gisele El Khoury Explores AI's Role in Arabic Language Learning
At the recent NeMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) conference in Boston, Gisele El Khoury, Director of the Language Resource Center and Arabic Instructor, presented a paper on using AI...
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Dr. Robin Rhodes published a chapter
Rhodes et al. have a forthcoming chapter in the book titled EFL Writing Teacher Education and Professional Development: Voices from Under-represented Contexts edited by Ene et al. The book is slated...
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Professor Brezault published an article
Prof Brezault recently published an article in French for the academic journal, French Studies in Southern Africa about Fabrice Monteiro's photographic series, The Prophecy (2014). It is entitled: “Écologie et féminité dans La Prophétie de Fabrice Monteiro : les corps comme lieux afrotopiques pour repenser des territoires-monde.”
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Professor Brezault Presents at International Conference in Dakar
Professor Brezault presented at an international conference in Dakar in Nov 2023 on African literature and Ecology. Her paper was entitled: “Afrofuturism, performances and environmental dystopias: In search of a new ecopoetics of place.”
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Simon Kouka and Doukta Visited Our Campus!
Associate Professor and Co-Chair World Languages, Cultures, and Media Department Eloise Brezault hosted two renowned Senegalese artists whose work has been nourished by political and social activism to keep democracy alive in Senegal. The artists spent two days on campus, visiting classes and speaking with students about the importance of art and activism in their work.
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Robin Rhodes Presents at Symposium on Second Language Writing; Forthcoming Chapter Highlighted
Robin Rhodes, director of ESOL and multilingual student academic support in World Languages, Cultures, & Media, gave a presentation at the Symposium on Second Language Writing, Oct. 26, in Tempe, Arizona. Her presentation was titled: Pedagogical Redesign in Higher Education ESOL: Racism, Antiracism, and Multilingual Identity.
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Professor Brezault Gives a Keynote Talk
As a recent recipient of the Francophone Mobility Chairs from uOttawa, Professor Brezault gave a keynote talk on October 12, 2023, at the University of Ottawa entitled: “Masquerade and Corporality among some African Performers: In Search of a New Ecopoetic Consciousness of Place.”
