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Professional activities and offices:
American Association of Teachers of French
Chair, Commission on Universities 2004-06
Annual Meeting Program Committee 1996 and 1998
Steering Committee of the Commission on French for Business 1992-99 and
Chair 1994-96
National Vice-President 1986-91
Chair of the Commission on Pedagogy 1986-91
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
ACTFL / NCSSFL Linguafolio America Project 2004
Committee on Articulation 1988-89
Editor-in-chief, Foreign Language Annals 1983-1985
Reviewer, Foreign Language Annals 1977-82
Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
Executive Board, 1995-97
Chair of the Committee on Comprehensive Institutions, 1994-96
Chair of the Committee on Metropolitan and Urban Institutions, 1996-98
Member of Long-Range Planning Committee 1995-96
Member of the By-Laws Committee, 1996-97
Member of the Nominating Committee, 1996-97.
International Courtly Literature Society
Chief North American Bibliographer (1978-79 for the 1977 bibliography)
Bibliography staff 1974-83
Southeastern Medieval Association
President 1983-85
Elections Committee chairman, 1982
Vice-President 1981-83
Conference host 1981
Executive Council 1978-81
Journal of Language for International Business – Editorial Board, 1996-2004.
Global Business Languages -- Editorial Board, 1996-2004
Society for Text and Music --editorial board of Ars Lyrica 1980-87.
Modern Language Association --Delegate Assembly 1979-81.
Academic Alliance of Northern Arizona , co-founder 1984, member 1984-89.
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Committee , Arizona administrator 1985-87.
Prizes and recognitions:
2003 Knighthood in the French Order of Palmes Académiques
1989 Arizona Foreign Language Association Service Award
1987 Soroptimist Award for International Goodwill and Understanding
1981 Gilbert Chinard Prize for an article on pedagogy
1979 & 1981 Foreign Language Department Outstanding Teacher
1978 Paris Chamber of Commerce Diplôme Supérieur de Français des Affaires
1977 Winner in Mediaeval Academy's "Competition for Young Scholars"
1974 Holmes Prize in Mediaeval Studies at the University of North Carolina
Institutional grants and contracts for which I served as principal investigator:
2004 Ford Foundation / Council of Graduate Schools Grant $5,500
(Provides seed money to develop a Master of Language and International Affairs)
2003-04 Contract with the French Ministry of Education for a VCU workshop on
American language, culture and civilization in July 2004 50 004 €
2003-04 Contract with the French Ministry of Education for a VCU workshop on
American language, culture and civilization in July 2004 64 835 €
2001 Legends of China Foundation Subsidies for Students Travel in China
1988-90 U.S. Dept. of Education Critical Languages Grant $45,784
1987-89 U.S. Dept. of Education Critical Languages Grant $28,616
1987 Fulbright Grant (funded scholar from Germany as visiting professor) $60,000
1985-86 U.S. Department of Education Critical Languages Grant $57,600
Co-investigator on institutional grants:
2003-04 Title VI Grant / development of cross-cultural communication course
2001-02 Title VI Grant / Faculty workshop leader on cross-cultural communication
and faculty development travel to France and Spain
1999-2000 Title VI Grant / Language Across the Curriculum leader
Faculty individual grants:
2002 Summer Fulbright Grant to Egypt
1999 Quebec Government Grant
1997-98 Japanese Ministry of Education International Education Grant
1988 French Government Fellowship Grant (Francophone Workshop)
1987 Franco-American Foundation Award
1983 French Government Internship Grant
1980-81 West Virginia University Instructional Fellowship
1980-81 West Virginia University Faculty Research Grant
1979 Quebec Government Grant
1978-79 Advisory Council on Instruction Grants
1976-77 National Endowment for the Humanities Year-Long Fellowship
1975-77 West Virginia University Faculty Research Grants
1973-74 Lafayette College Faculty Research Grant
Listings:
Outstanding Young Women in America
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Directory of American Scholars
Who's Who in Women in Education
Who's Who of American Women
The Directory of Distinguished Americans
The World Who's Who of Women
International Who's Who in Education
International Writers and Authors Who's Who
Personalities of America
Personalities in the South
International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women
Foremost Women of the Twentieth Century
Professional organization memberships:
American Association of Teachers of French
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
European Union Studies Association
Foreign Language Association of Virginia
International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures |
