Employment & Teaching Experience

June 2006 - present:

Coordinator III, Language Resource Center, The University of Tennessee

Oversee all activities of LRC & its staff, manage & promote LRC support of language curriculum, & provide faculty with training workshops & advice on integrating technology into instruction. With LRC staff, ensure reliable delivery of services & maintain computers, servers, audio & video machinery, & other equipment. Train & supervise professional staff. Hire, train & supervise student staff. Prepare budget requests. Consult with faculty on level & type of resources available to students & instructional staff. Prepare & conduct orientation sessions for
new faculty & students & in-service workshops for faculty in use of instructional technology. Coordinate language placement exams for entering students.

July 2002- June 2006:

Director, International Media Center, Purdue University Calumet

Appointment in Foreign Language Instructional Technology with teaching responsibilities in French as well as ESL.   Direct the activities of the IMC and its programs.   Partner with Computer, Technology, and Information Services. Develop instructional technology within the IMC, the Department of Foreign Languages, and the Center for International Programs. Attend relevant conferences; maintain appropriate memberships; supervise student worker projects; and work with faculty to integrate IT applications into departmental curricula.   Coordinate facilities and hardware usage in a multipurpose center and multimedia studio / theater classroom. Serve as WebCT administrator and webmaster for department and school. Consult with faculty colleagues on technology and pedagogy.

July 2002- June 2006:

Instructor of French, Purdue University Calumet
Concurrent with IMC Director position

FR 101, 102: Beginning French I & II (Web-enhanced WebCT courses)
FR 490: Love Books of the Middle Ages (Team-taught course)
ESL KOREA: ESL instruction for Korean students from the Seoul National University of Technology as part of an international educational cohort program to receive instruction in the new computer science specialty field of component based software engineering.

July 2001 - July 2002:

Visiting Lecturer, Northern Kentucky University

FRE 101: Beginning French I (Web-enhanced Blackboard course)
FRE 201, 202: Intermediate French I & II (Web-intensive Blackboard courses)
FRE 323: French Prose Fiction

2001-2002:

Visiting Lecturer, Brigham Young University

FR 202: Intermediate French II (Multimedia and Web-intensive, taught as an introduction to French Literature)
FR 340: Critical Approaches to French Literature (Multimedia and Web-intensive)

1995-2000:

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma

FR 1013, 1023: French for Reading I & II (a reading proficiency course for graduate students of other disciplines)
FR 1115, 1225: Beginning French I & II (Web-intensive)
FR 2113, 2223: Intermediate French I & II (Classroom web-intensive courses and web-enhanced correspondence courses for Independent Study)

1998-1999:

Lecteur , Université d'Auvergne I, Clermont-Ferrand

IUP / GEA 1&2: Conversational English and American Culture for over 200 students pursuing economics and business degrees at the university level.

1992-1995:

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Utah

FR 1010, 1020: Beginning French I & II
FR 2010,2020: Intermediate French I & II
LANG 5410: L2 Methodology, K-12 (A team-taught course, with my responsibility being primarily teaching methodologies for language acquisition and reading proficiency)