Curriculum Vitae
Name:
Flore Zéphir
Date and Place of Birth:
January 11, 1958; Haiti
Citizenship:
U.S. Citizen
Home Address:
212 Park De Ville Dr
Columbia, MO 65203
Telephone: (573) 445-6267
Office Address:
Department of Romance Languages
143 Arts and Science
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Telephone: (573) 882-4874 (main office); (573) 882-5048 (direct
email address: ZephirF@missouri.edu
Education:
Ph.D.
Indiana University-Bloomington. Major: French Linguistics. Dissertation Title:
Language Choice, Language Use, Language Attitudes of the Haitian Bilingual
Community. (dissertation committee chairperson: Albert Valdman). April 1990.
M.A.
Indiana University-Bloomington. Major: French Linguistics. October 1983.
M.A.
Indiana University-Bloomington. Major: Applied Linguistics. May 1983.
B.A.
Hunter College of the City University of New York. Major: French; Minor:
Secondary Education. June 1980.
Administrative and Academic Appointments
(University of Missouri-Columbia: 1988 present)
A. Administrative
2008-2014: Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.
Acting Director of the Afro-Romance Institute for Languages and Literatures of
the African Diaspora.
2007-2008:
Associate Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.
2004-2007:
Chair of the Linguistics Area Program.
2000-2008:
Director of Undergraduate Studies. Department of Romance Languages and
Literatures.
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1993-Present: Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Language Teaching (MALT).
1991-2000:
Coordinator of Foreign Language Education Program. College of Education,
Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
B. Academic
2003-present: Full Professor of French, Linguistics, and African Diaspora Studies.
1997-2003:
Associate Professor of French, Linguistics, and African Diaspora Studies.
1997-2000:
Associate Professor of French, Linguistics, and Curriculum & Instruction.
Joint appointment with Romance Languages and Curriculum & Instruction.
1991-1997:
Assistant Professor of French, Linguistics and Curriculum & Instruction.
Joint appointment with Romance Languages and Curriculum & Instruction.
1990-1991:
Assistant Professor of French and Coordinator for Foreign Language Education.
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. University of Delaware. (On
leave from the University of Missouri).
1988-1990:
Assistant Professor of French Language and Linguistics. Department of Romance
Languages.
1986-1988:
Instructor of French. Department of Foreign Languages. Virginia Commonwealth
University.
1982-1986:
Associate Instructor of French. Department of French and Italian. Indiana
University.
1981-1982:
Research Assistant. Committee for Research and Development in Language
Instruction (CREDLI). Indiana University.
Spring and
Fall 1985:
Instructor of French. School of Continuing Education. Indiana University.
Summer 1984: Instructor. Workshop in Foreign Language Education. School of Education.
Indiana University.
Summers 1982
& 1983:
Lecturer. Indiana University Creole Institute.
TEACHING/ADVISNG/MENTORING
Program Design and Courses Taught and Developed:
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Co-designer of the Master of Arts in Language Teaching (MALT). This program was officially
approved in 1993.
French Linguistics
Structure of Modern French, (graduate level course developed and
reinstated to the curriculum).
FL Education
Research Seminar in Foreign Language Education (graduate seminar
developed and added to the curriculum); Methods of Teaching Foreign
Languages (graduate level course developed and added to the curriculum);
Multicultural Perspectives in Foreign Language Teaching (graduate level
course); Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies K-12; Advisory
Seminar for Foreign Language education majors (undergraduate courses)
Sociolinguistics
Bilingualism and Language Contact, (graduate level course developed and
added to the curriculum). Survey of the Minority and Creole Languages of
the US and the Caribbean, (undergraduate level course developed and
French Language
All levels. The French stylistics course is also open to graduate students.
Work with Graduate Students
• Advised (from 1994-2014) more than 85 MALT (MA with emphasis on Language Teaching)
students, who have all graduated and are teaching in various high schools and community
colleges.
Dissertations directed:
• Michelle Forbes (Ph.D. 2011): Currently an Assistant Professor at Valdosta State University in
Georgia).
• David Coberly (Ph.D. 2002): Currently an Assistant Professor at the University of South
Carolina-Upstate.
• Sheridan Wigginton (Ph.D. 2001): Currently Associate Professor and chair of the Department
of World Languages and Literatures at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA.
Member of Dissertation Committees
• Chih Ning (Lynn) Chang (Ph.D. 2011, College of Education)
• Chad Montuori (Ph.D. 2011): Is teaching at Maple Woods Community College
• Jenny Zelaya (Ph.D. 2004): Is teaching in Honduras.
• Gera Burton (Ph.D. 2003): Is the co-director of Mizzou Online at MU
• Kyeong-Hee Rha (Ph.D. 2001, College of Education)
• Sang Kyeom Hwang Lee (Ph.D. 2000, College of Education)
External Dissertation Committee Member for other Universities
• Courtney Cain (Ph.D. in progress, University of Illinois at Urbana)
• Jean Small (Ph.D. 2010, University of the West Indies-Mona)
• Sara Bird Amadio (Ph.D. 2006, Regent University in Virgina)
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• Sandra Duval (Ph.D. 2003, The George Washington University)
Member of Dissertation in Progress
• Constance Bailey (English)
Other Teaching/Advising Activities
• Invited to co-teach a week long segment, The Creole Continuum: A Post-colonial Linguistic
Theory, as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Institute Teaching the
African Diaspora: An Afro-Romance Approach. University of Missouri-Columbia. For
University Professors. June 18-22, 2001.
• Developed and taught a freshmen seminar, Languages for Multicultural America, for the
Student Success Center. Fall 2004.
• Mentored a freshmen (Cynthia Juedemann), who participated in the Honors College Fellowship
of Discovery Program. AY 2004-2005.
• Mentored a senior (Mary Miller), who participated in the College of Arts and Science
Undergraduate Research Program. Student’s Project title: Bilingualism on Immigrant Student
Achievement and Integration. Fall 2005.
• Taught numerous independent study courses on various sociolinguistics, applied linguistic
subjects, and French for reading knowledge.
• Adviser for the Foreign Language Education Program in the College of Education. Fall 1991May 2000. (approximately 50 students).
Publications and Research
A. Books (single-authored)
1. The Haitian Americans. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 2004. *
* Reviews of this book have appeared in:
- The Journal of American Ethnic History 24 (4): 120-121. By R. Darrell Meadows.
2. Trends in Ethnic Identification Among Second-Generation Haitian Immigrants in New York
City. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey. 2001. *
* Reviews of this work have appeared in:
- Race and Society 6 (1): 75-82. 2003. By Fabienne Doucet.
- Journal of Haitian Studies 9(2): 184-85. 2003. By Carole Berotte Joseph.
- International Migration Review 37 (2): 237-241. 2003. By Carolle Charles.
- The Journal of American Ethnic History 22(1): 110-12. 2002. By Benjamin Bailey.
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- American Anthropologist 104 (3): 967-970. 2002. By Don Robotham.
- The American Journal of Sociology 107 (6): 1613-1615. 2002. By Juan Battle.
3. Haitian Immigrants in Black America: A Sociological and Sociolinguistic Portrait. Westport,
CT: Bergin & Garvey. 1996. *
* Reviews of the book have appeared in:
- Journal of Haitian Studies 5/6: 143-46. 2000. By Claudine Michel.
- New West Indian Guide 73 (3): 123-26. 1999. By Rose-Marie Chierici.
- Journal of Anthropological Linguistics 41 (3): 415-17. 1999. By Albert Valdman.
- Journal of American Ethnic History 17 (2): 88-89. Winter 1998. By Walter T. Howard.
- International Migration Review 31 (4): 1133. Winter 1997. By Patrick Bellegarde-Smith.
- Journal of Anthropological Research 53 (1): 116-19. Spring 1997. By Steven R. Nachman.
- Multicultural Review. p. 79. December 1996. By Harvey Strum.
- Choice. October 1996, 34: 369. By B. M. Du Toit.
- The Black Scholar, Fall 1996, 26:108.
B. Refereed Articles/Chapters
1. "Haiti and the Literature of the Earthquake." PALARA (Publication of the AfroLatin/American Research Association) 16: 1-13. 2012.
2. "The Languages of Haitians and the History of Creole: Haiti and Its Diaspora." In The Haitian
Creole Language: History, Structure, Use, and Education, edited Arthur K. Spears and Carole
Berotte Joseph. pp. 55-80. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. 2010.
3. Juggling with Two Cultures: Transnationalism and Hybridity as Cultural Outcomes of
Immigration for Haitians in the United States.” In Research in Race and Ethnic Relations
volume 15, Biculturalism, Self Identity, and Societal Transformation, edited by Rutledge Dennis.
Pp. 51-75. 2008.
4. “Memory, Images, and Representations of ‘Home’ in the Works of Selected Women Writers
of the Haitian Diaspora.” PALARA (Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research
Association) 12: 38-49. 2008.
5. “Keeping Up with Current Demographic Changes: Responsive Course Content in Foreign
Language Departments.” In Diversity across the Curriculum: A guide for Faculty in Higher
Education, edited by Jerome Branche, Ellen R. Cohn, and John Mullennix. Pp. 94-101 Anker
Publishing. 2007.
6. “Les rôles respectifs du créole et du français dans l’identité culturelle de la diaspora
haïtienne.” In Le Français aux Etats-Unis, edited by Albert Valdman and Julie Auger. Pp. 45575 Québec: University of Laval Press. 2005.
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7. “Ethnic Studies and Foreign Language Teacher Education in the United States: A Response to
New Population Shifts. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 21(3): 230-46.
2000.
8. “Focus on Form: Perspectives of Developing Teachers and Action-Based Research.” Foreign
Language Annals 33 (1): 19-30. 2000.
9. “Challenges for Multicultural Education: Sociolinguistic Parallels Between Ebonics and
Haitian Creole.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 20 (2): 134-154. 1999.
10. “Caribbean Films in the French Curriculum: Strengthening Linguistic and Multicultural
Competency.” The French Review 72 (3): 515-28. 1999. *
*This article was awarded the Edouard Morot-Sir Pedagogical Prize by the Institut
Français de Washington, in the amount of $500.00. March 1999.
11. “New Directions in French Studies: Toward a Francophone Revolution.” In David Alley and
Paula Heusinkveld (eds.), Dimension’98. Communications, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons,
Communities, pp. 27-40. Annual Series of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching.
Valdosta, Georgia: Valdosta State University. 1998.
12. “Haitian Creole Language and Bilingual Education in the United States: Problem, Right, or
Resource?” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 18 (3): 223-37. 1997.
13. “The Social Value of French for Haitian Immigrants.” The French Review 70 (3): 395-406.
1997.
14. “Role of the Haitian Middle Class and the Social Institutions in Forging the Linguistic Future
of Haiti.” Research in Race and Ethnic Relations volume 8: The Black Middle Class edited by
Rutledge M. Dennis, pp. 185-200. 1995.
15. “Meeting the Demands and Challenges of the Foreign Language Methodology Course”. In
Robert Terry (ed.) Dimension’ 95. The Future is Now. pp. 47-63. Annual Series of the Southern
Conference on Language Teaching. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. 1995.
16. “Multiculturalism in Elementary French Textbooks.” In Robert Terry (ed.) Dimension’94:
Changing Images in Foreign Languages. pp.41-52. Annual Series of the Southern Conference
on Language Teaching. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. 1994.
17. “Preparing Foreign Language Teachers for a Multicultural and Multilingual World.” In
Gale Crouse (ed.) Meeting New Challenges in the Foreign Language Classroom. pp. 55-65.
Annual Series of the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook. 1994.
18. “Attitudes of TA’s and Students Toward the Exclusive Use of the Target Language in
Beginning French Classes”. Co-authored with Marie-Magdeleine Chirol. In David Benseler
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(ed.) The Dynamics of Language Program Direction. pp. 241-63. Boston: Heinle and Heinle.
1993. (equal effort).
19. “Postulation of Two Separate Grammars: Evidence from French and Haitian Creole.”
Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 26: 51-7. 1992.
C. Review Essays and Other Essays (invited)
1. Review of Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith (by Terry Rey and Alex Stepick, New
York University Press, 2013). The Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 75 (2): 340-341.
May 2014.
2. Review of Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010. Edited by
Martin Munro. Liverpool: University of Liverpool Press, 2010. Ethnic and Racial Studies 34 (10:
1772-1774. 2011.
3. Review of The French Language and Questions of Identity. Edited by Wendy Ayres-Bennett
and Mari C. Jones. Oxford: Legenda, 2007. The Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural
Development 31 (4): 438-441. 2010.
4. Review of Critique de la francophonie haïtienne. By Tontongi. Paris: L’Harmattan. 2007. The
French Review 83 (2): 466-467. 2009.
5. Review of Bilingual Education: An Introductory Reader. Edited by Ofelia Garcia and Colin
Baker. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters, 2007. The Modern Language Journal 93 (2):
310-311. 2009.
6. Review of Haitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary. By Albert Valdman. Bloomington,
IN: Indiana University Creole Institute, 2007. Journal of Haitian Studies 14 (2): 167-170. 2008.
7. Review of Français aux Etats-Unis (1990-2005): Migration, langue, culture et économie. By
François Lagarde. New York: Peter Lang. 2007. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural
Development 29 (5): 438-439. 2008.
8. Entry on Haitian Americans. In Terry Mizrahi and Larry E. Davis (eds.) Encyclopedia of
Social Work, volume 2, pp. 309-312. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2008.
9. Review of Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to
Obeah and Espiritismo (by Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, New
York University Press, 2003). PALARA (Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research
Association) 8: 100-104. 2004.
10. Review of Haitian Revolutionary Studies (by David Patrick Geggus, Indiana University
Press, 2002.) PALARA (Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association) 7: 79-84.
2003.
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11. Review of Contacts de langues et identités culturelles (edited by D. Latin and C. Poirier, Les
Presses de l’Université Laval, 2000). The French Review 76: (5): 1080-1081. 2003.
12. Review of Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America (edited by R. Rumbaut and A.
Portes, University of California Press, 2001). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural
Development 23 (5): 433-435. 2002.
13. Review of Caribbean Waves: Relocating Claude McKay and Paule Marshall. (By Heather
Hathoway, Indiana University 1999). Journal of American Ethnic History 21 (1) 138-40. 2001.
14. Review of The Butterfly’s Way (edited by Edwidge Danticat, Soho Press, 2001). AfroHispanic Review 20 (2): 62-65. 2001.
15. Entry on Haitian Creole. In Jane Garry and Carl Raubino (eds.) Facts About the World’s
Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World’s Major Languages, Past and Present. pp. 282-85.
New York: New England Publishing Associates. 2001.
16. Review of the Farming of Bones (by Edwidge Danticat, Soho Press, 1998). PALARA
(Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association) 5: 101-104. 2001.
17. Joint Review of A Nation of Peoples: A Sourcebook on America’s Multicultural Heritage
(edited by Elliott Robert Barkan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. 1999) and of Encyclopedia of
Multicultural Education (by Bruce M. Mitchell and Robert E. Salsbury. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press). Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 21 (6): 544-547.
2000.
18. Joint Review of Contes et légendes du monde francophone: A Collection of Tales from the
French-Speaking World (by Andrée Vary and Claire Brouillet, Lincolnwood, IL: National
Textbook, 1997), and of Littérature du monde francophone: Une Anthologie (by Peter S.
Thompson, Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook, 1997). Modern Language Journal 83 (4): 608609. 1999.
19. Review of Language Reclamation : French Creole Language Teaching in the UK and the
Caribbean (by Hubisi Nmenmely, Avon, England: Multilingual Matters, 1996). Carrier Pidgin
25 (3): 25-26. 1999.
20. Review of Reflections of Loko Miwa. (By Lilas Desquiron, University Press of Virginia,
1998). PALARA (Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association) 3: 127-31.
1999.
21. Review of Haitian -English Dictionary (by Bryant Freeman and Jowel Laguerre, Lawrence,
KS: Institute of Haitian Studies, University of Kansas, 1996). The French Review 72 (2): 374-75.
1998.
22. Review of Blood Relations: Caribbean Immigrants and the Harlem Community, 1900-1930
(by Irma Watkins-Owens, Indiana U. Press 1996). Afro-Hispanic Review 16 (2): 47-49. 1997.
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23. Review of Questions Créoles, Questions Linguistiques (ed. by Jean Haudry, Université Lyon
III Jean Moulin: Centres d’Etudes Linguistiques Jacques Goudet, 1991). Journal of Pidgin and
Creole Languages 9 (2): 355-61. 1994.
D. Papers in Linguistics Proceedings
1. “Code-Switching as a Phenomenon of Language in Transition.” In Jule Gomez de Garcia and
David Rood (eds.) Proceedings of the 1993 Mid-America Linguistics Conference, pp. 155-68.
Boulder: University of Colorado. 1994.
2. “Sociolinguistic Aspects of Language Contact in Haiti.” In André Crochetière, Jean-Claude
Boulanger and Conrad Ouellon (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of
Linguists, pp. 339-42. Québec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval. 1993.
3. “Spreading and Lexical Expansion of Haitian Creole.” In Evan Smith and Flore Zéphir (eds.)
Proceedings of the 1992 Mid-America Linguistics Conference and Conference on Siouan and
Caddoan Languages. pp. 197-208. Columbia: University of Missouri. 1993.
E. Edited Volumes and other materials
Proceedings of the 1992 Mid-America Linguistics Conference and Conference on Siouan and
Caddoan Languages. Co-edited with Evan Smith. Columbia: University of Missouri. 1993.
University Elementary French 1. A Study Guide. Co-authored with Silvana Escobar-Robertson.
Center for Independent Study. University of Missouri-Columbia. 1993.
“Women: The ‘Poto-Mitan’ of Haitian Society”. Co-authored with Suze Mathieu. In Audrey T.
McCluskey (ed.) Women of Color: Perspectives on Feminism and Identity. pp. 73-84. Indiana
University. Women’s Studies Program Occasional Paper series. 1985. (invited).
An Introduction to Haitian Creole Via Total Physical Response. Co-authored with Robert
Lafayette. Bloomington: Indiana University Creole Institute. 1984.
Work Accepted or in Progress
“Challenges and Opportunities for Haitian Creole in the Educational System of Post-Earthquake
Haiti.” To appear in the International Journal of the Sociology of Language. Special Issue on
the Transnational Politics of Language in Haiti/Hispaniola.
Encyclopedia entries on Creole/Creolization and Creole. To be published in the Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism.
Papers Presented at Conferences and by Invitation
1. “Color and Racial Ideology in Maryse Condé’s La vie sans fards.” Presented at the ALARA
conference in Kingston, Jamaica. August 2014.
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2. “The Influences of Lakay and Lòt Bò Dlo on the Ethnic Identity Choices of SecondGeneration Haitian Immigrants. Keynote address presented at the 3rd Annual Conference on
Haitian Mental Health, held at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Needham,
MA. May 2014. (Invited).
3. "Second-Generation Haitian Immigrants." Presented at a Conference on Crossing Borders:
Immigration and Gender in the Americas, organized by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study. Harvard University. April 25-16, 2013. (Invited).
4. "Haitian Immigrant Writers and Academics Responding to the Challenges of Post-Earthquake
Haiti." Presented at Vanderbilt University in the context on its Black Migration Symposium.
Also participated in the Roundtable on Black Intergroup Relations. February 10-11, 2012.
(Invited)
5. "Haitian Creole in Education: Lessons from the U.S. Diaspora." Presented at the University of
Florida-Gainesville, as part of a panel on the Role of Haitian Creole in the School System of
Post-Earthquake Haiti, organized by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere. March
17, 2011. (Invited)
6. "The Transformation of the Haitian Diaspora in the United States as a result of the January 12,
2010 earthquake." Presented at the ALARA conference in Lima, Peru. August 2010.
7. “ Haitian Immigrants in the United States and their Quest for Citizenship.” Presented in the
Context of Black History Month. University of Missouri-Columbia. February 2009. (Invited).
8. “Re-visioning the Notion of Home in the Works of Selected Women Writers of the Haitian
Diaspora. Presented at the 24th Annual Symposium on African American Culture and
Philosophy. Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. November 2008.
9. “Bilingual and Immigrant Education.” Maple Woods Community College. Kansas City, MO.
November 2006. (Invited).
10. “Memories, Images, and Representations of ‘Home’ in Haitian Diasporic Literature.”
Afro/Latin American Research Association. Veracruz, Mexico. August 2006.
11. “Historical Perspectives on the Alliances Between Haitian and African Americans.” Paper
presented at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign for the African American Studies
and Research Program. March 2006. (Invited).
12. “Phantasm of Diglossia: Manipulation of Haitian Creole and French Among the Haitian
Diaspora of the United States. Paper presented at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
for the French department. March 2006. (Invited).
13. “Conflicts of Generations in the Haitian Diaspora.” Paper presented as part of the Haitian
Embassy in the Bahamas and the College of the Bahamas’s Cultural Colloquium Series. Nassau,
Bahamas. November 2005. (Invited).
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14. “La diaspora haïtienne dans le sud des États-Unis.” Paper presented at a Colloquium
organized by La Maison des États-Unis at the University of Caen-Basse Normandie. Caen,
France. May 2005. (Invited)
15. “Levels of Meaning of Language Among the Haitian Diaspora in the United States.”
Presented as part of the Department of French and Francophone Studies Table Ronde Series.
Penn State University. March 2005. (Invited)
16. “Haiti: The Global Hotspot of the Caribbean.” Presented as part of the Center for Latin
American Studies Global Hotspot Series. Ohio State University. March 2005. (Invited)
17. “Rethinking the Haitian American Contribution to the United States: Sociohistorical
Perspectives.” Afro-Latin/American Research Association Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
August 2004.
18. “Haitian Ethnic Life in New York City: Mechanisms of Survival.” Brooklyn College of the
City University of New York. May 2004. (Invited).
19. “Getting a Piece of the Pie: Ethnicity Within the Haitian Diaspora.” York College of the City
University of New York. April 2004. (Invited).
20. “Making It in America: Haitian Immigrants’ Ethnic Options.” State University of New York
at Albany. February 2004. (Invited).
21. “A Tale of Two Cities: The Sociolinguistic Transformation of New York and Miami by
Haitian Immigrants.” Paper presented at the Colloquium on “Language and Immigration in
France and the United States: Sociolinguistic Perspectives,” organized by the France-University
of Texas Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies. University of Texas-Austin. September 2003.
(Invited).
22. “Les rôles respectifs du créole et du français dans l’identité culturelle de la diaspora
haïtienne.” Presented at the Colloquium on French in the United States. Indiana UniversityBloomington. April 2003. (Invited).
23. “Vestiges of Colonization: Language Practices in the Haitian Diaspora in the United States.”
Afro-Latin/American Research Association Conference. Panama City, Panama. August 2002.
24. “Taking Charge: The Family’s Role in Education.” National Coalition for Haitian Rights
(NHCR) Conference. Miami, Florida. April 2002. (Invited).
25. “French and Creole Language Continuum in Haiti.” Presented as part of the University of
Louisville Honors College’s Lecture Series. Louisville, KY. November 2001. (Invited).
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26. “Diasporic Ethnic Options: Haitian Immigrants in the United States.” Presented at the
University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana Afro-American Studies and Research Program’s
Symposium. Urbana, IL. November 2001. (Invited).
27. “Disadvantaged Newcomers: Haitian Students and the American Educational System.”
Keynote address given at the Fourth Annual New York Statewide Conference on the Education
of the Haitian Child. New York. May 2001. (Invited).
28. “The Effects of Migration on the Haitian Diaspora in New York City.” Presented as part of
the Symposium Migration, Miscegenation, Maronnage, organized by the Afro-Romance
Institute for Languages and Literatures of the African Diaspora. University of MissouriColumbia. April, 2001. (Invited).
29. “U.S. Public Schools and Haitian Students’ Vulnerabilities.” Haitian Studies Association.
West Palm Beach, Florida. October 2000.
30. “Afro Diasporic Odyssey: The Reformulation and Transformation of Ethnicity Among
Second-Generation Haitian Immigrants in the U.S.” Afro-Latin/American Research Association
Conference. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. August 2000.
31. “We are in the Same Boat: The French Standards and their Implications for Articulation
Between Secondary and Post-Secondary Institutions.” American Association of Teachers of
French (AATF). Paris, France. July 2000.
32. “Haitian Film, Literature and Culture.” Presented as part of the Bimson Humanities Seminar
for International Baccalaureate Teachers at Colorado State University. Fort Collins, Colorado.
April 2000. (Invited).
33. “Ethnic Studies and Foreign Language Teacher Education in the United States: A Response
to Population Shifts.” As part of a Lecture Series on Multiculturalism organized at Colorado
State University. Fort Collins, Colorado. April 2000. (Invited)
34. “ Focus on Form: Voice of Developing Teachers and Action-Based Research.” American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL SIG session on Teacher Education).
Dallas. November 1999.
35. “Haitian Ethnic Options: Choosing Identities in New York City.” Given as part of a
Conference on the topic: “Haiti: Making the New World Black,” organized by the Mellon
fellows at Washington University. St. Louis. October 1999. (Invited).
36. “Haitian Diasporic Literature and the Teaching of French: Edwidge Danticat and Lilas
Desquiron.” American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) convention. St. Louis. July
1999.
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37. “Importance of Haitian Creole and Bilingual Education in the United States.” Workshop
organized by the Haitian Student Organization. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
April 1999. (Invited)
38. “Black Native Languages in the Educational System: Sociolinguistic Parallels Between
Ebonics and Haitian Creole.” MLA convention. San Francisco. December 1998.
39. “Cultural Hybridity in the Context of the Haitian Diaspora in New York City.” AfroLatin/American Research Association Conference. Santo Domingo. August 1998.
40. Speaker at fourth annual workshop on Perspectives on Standardizing the Creole:
Orthography, Vocabulary, and Structure. Organized by the Linguistics Program, the AfricanNew World Program, and the department of English. Florida International University. Miami.
March 1998. (Invited).
41. “In Search of the “Other”: French Language Teaching as a Catalyst for Cross-Cultural
Understanding.” Southern Conference on Language Teaching. Savannah, GA. February 1998.
42. “Haitian Perspectives in the Teaching of French: Linguistic and Multicultural Contributions.”
Session organized for the American Association of Teachers of French meeting. Nashville, TN.
November 1997.
43. “Active Use of Caribbean Videos in French Classes.” Foreign Language Association of
Missouri. Lake of the Ozarks, MO. October 1997.
44. Co-Presenter. “Francophone Films in the French Curriculum: Strengthening Linguistic and
Multicultural Competency.” Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Columbus, Ohio. April 1997.
45. “Creole Languages and Bilingual Education in the United States: Problems, Rights, or
Resources?” National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Annual Meeting.
Albuquerque, Mew Mexico. February 1997.
46. “The French of the Bilingual Haitian Immigrants: Its Meaning, Use, and Structural
Characteristics.” Mid-America Linguistics Conference. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of
Kansas. November 1996.
47. Speaker at second annual workshop on Creole Language Use in an Urban Setting: New
Directions in Education and Society. Organized by the Academy for the Art of Teaching, the
English Department, the African-New World Studies Program, and the Latin American and
Caribbean Studies Center at Florida International University. Miami, Florida. March 1996.
(Invited).
48. Co-Presenter. “Use of Film in Teaching French: African and Caribbean Filmmakers.”
ACTFL meeting. Anaheim, CA. November 95.
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49. “Ethnic Identity Formation Among Haitian Immigrants in the United States.” Haitian
Studies Association Annual Meeting. Milwaukee. October 1995.
50. “Meeting the Demands and Challenges of the Foreign Language Methodology Course”.
Southern Conference on Language Teaching. Charleston, SC. March 1995.
51. “Ethnic Studies in Foreign Language Education. Central States Conference on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages. Denver, CO. March 1995.
52. Speaker at first annual workshop on Creole Languages and Urban Education: Meeting the
Challenge of the 21st Century. Organized by the Academy for the Art of Teaching, the
Linguistic Program, and the Departments of English and Modern Languages at Florida
International University. Miami, Florida. November 1994. (Invited).
53. “Language, Ethnicity, and Race in the Haitian Immigrant Community.” American
Association of Teachers of French Annual Convention. Quebec City. July 1994.
54. “Preparing Foreign Language Teachers for a Multicultural and Multilingual Society.” Central
States Conference on Language Teaching. Kansas City. April 1994.
55. “Multiculturalism in Elementary French Textbooks.” Southern Conference on Language
Teaching. Atlanta. February 1994.
56. “Code-Switching as a Phenomenon of Language in Transition.” Mid-America Linguistics
Conference. Boulder, University of Colorado. October 1993.
57. “Target Language Instruction, Communicative Language Teaching and Multiculturalism.”
College Language Association Convention. Daytona Beach, Florida. April 1993.
58. “Literary, Dialectal and Cultural Variation in French Texts: Molière in Haiti.” Missouri
Romance Language and Literature Conference. Columbia, University of Missouri. March 1993.
59. “De-Frenchification in Haitian Creole”. Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics
Convention. Los Angeles, California. January 1993.
60. “Spreading and Lexical Expansion in Haitian Creole”. Mid-America Linguistics Conference.
Columbia, University of Missouri. October 1992.
61. “Sociolinguistic Aspects of Language Contact in Haiti”. International Congress of Linguists.
Québec, Canada: University of Laval. August 1992.
62. “Postulation of Two Separate Grammars: Evidence from French and Haitian Creole”.
Missouri Academy of Science Annual Meeting. Rolla, MO. April 1992.
63. “Syntactic and Semantic Functions of the determiner ‘la’ in Haitian Creole”. Society for
Pidgin and Creole Linguistics Convention. Philadelphia. January 1992.
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64. “Social Dimensions of Bilingualism in Haiti”. Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics
Convention. Chicago. January 1991.
65. “Functions of Code-Switching in the Diglossic Community of Haiti”. Paper given as part of
the University of Delaware Linguistics Colloquium Series. November 1990. (Invited).
66. “Creole as a Symbol of National Identity”. Presented at the Third Annual Festival of
Multicultural Education. Broward County Foreign Students Affairs Department. Fort
Lauderdale. March 1990. (Invited).
67. “Code-Alternation in the Haitian Bilingual Speaker’s Discourse”. Modern Language
Association Convention. Washington. December 89.
68. “Testing for Communication: Contextualized Tests in the Foreign Language Classroom”.
College Language Association Conference. Kentucky State University. April 1989.
69. “Long Range Effectiveness of Integrative versus Discrete Testing in Foreign Language
Teaching”. Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference. University of Richmond.
October 1987.
Grants, Awards, Fellowships and Other Honors:
2004 MU Faculty Alumni Award.
Promotion to Full Professor awarded in June 2003.
Faculty Advising Award for excellence in advising. ($1,000). April 2003.
University of Missouri System Research Board Grant. Stipend for summer 2002, and teaching
replacement costs for Fall 2002. $16, 525.00 to work on The Haitian Americans.
University of Missouri-Columbia Research Council Grant to cover fieldwork expenses in Miami,
Boston, and Chicago with Haitian communities. Summer 2002. $3, 525.00.
MU Faculty International Travel Grant. $1,500.00 awarded to attend the AATF convention in
Paris. July 2000.
Visiting Research Associateship at New York University. Fall 1998.
University of Missouri-Columbia Research Leave for academic year 1998-99 to work on Trends
in Ethnic Identification Among Second-Generation of Haitian Immigrants in New York City.
University of Missouri-Columbia Research Council Grant for Fall 1998, in conjunction with
Research Leave. $2,514.00.
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Certificate for Excellence in Teaching for AY 97-98. College of Education. University of
Missouri- Columbia.
Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor awarded May 1997.
University of Missouri Alumni Faculty Development Funds. $750.00 awarded to conduct
preliminary research in New York with second-generation Haitian immigrants. Summer 1996.
University of Missouri-Columbia Campus Writing Program. $150.00 awarded to attend
refresher workshop for the development of writing intensive courses. January 1996.
University of Missouri College of Arts and Science Assistant Professor Travel Funds. $300 grant
awarded to attend the ACTFL conference. Anaheim, CA. November 1995.
Winner of a 1995 William T. Kemper Teaching Award for excellence in teaching. ($10,000).
Member of the Doctoral Faculty in the College of Arts and Science 1995-present.
University of Missouri-Columbia College of Arts and Science. $150.00 awarded to attend
Faculty Retreat on Teaching. Spring 1995.
University of Missouri-Columbia Research Leave for academic year 1994-95 to work on Haitian
Immigrants in Black America: A Sociological and Sociolinguistic Portrait.
University of Missouri-Columbia Research Council Grant for Summer 1994. $4,580 grant
awarded to collect data for project in Haitian community in New York City.
University of Missouri College of Arts and Science Assistant Professor Travel Funds. $300 grant
awarded to attend the Southern Conference on Language Teaching. Atlanta. Spring 1994.
University of Missouri-Columbia Wakonse Conference on College Teaching. Stony Lake,
Michigan: Miniwanca Conference center. May 1993.
University of Missouri College of Arts and Science Assistant Professor Travel Funds. $300 grant
awarded to attend the College Language Convention. Daytona Beach, Florida. April 1993
University of Missouri Faculty Development Project Award. Spring 1992. ($1,213.00).
University of Missouri Alumni Faculty Development Funds. $426 Grant awarded to purchase
instructional materials for Oral French course for Teachers. Spring 1992.
University of Delaware Summer Research Grant. Summer 1990.
University of Missouri Columbia Campus Writing Program. $250 grant awarded to attend
Faculty Workshop for the development of writing intensive courses. January 1990.
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Modern Language Association of America (MLA). $1,000 grant awarded to attend the MLA
Professional Development Workshop held in conjunction with the Linguistic Institute at the
University of Arizona, Tucson. Summer 1989.
University of Missouri Alumni Faculty Development Funds. $750.00 grant awarded to assist in
the development of the Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages course. Spring 1989.
University of Missouri College of Arts and Science Assistant Professor Travel Funds. $300 grant
awarded to attend the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Workshop in Monterey, California. November 1988.
Oral Proficiency Tester for French. Certificate awarded by the American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). September 1988.
University of Missouri-Columbia. Grant awarded to complete doctoral dissertation. Summer
1988.
College of Humanities and Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University. Grant awarded to
attend VCU Women Studies Seminar. May 1987.
Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA) and American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Grant awarded to attend an intensive Oral Proficiency Interview
(OPI) workshop at the University of Virginia. April 1987.
Indiana University Graduate School Grant in Aid of Research. Summer 1986.
Linguistic Society of America. $816 fellowship awarded to attend the 1986 Linguistic Institute
held at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Summer 1986.
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs (OBEMLA), Washington D.C.
$1,200 fellowship awarded to attend the Indiana University Summer Institute for Haitian
Bilingual Teachers. Summer 1981.
Departmental Honors. Awarded by the Department of Romance Languages. Hunter College of
the City University of New York. May 1980.
Phi Delta Phi. French Honor Society. May 1980.
Fields or Areas of Special Interest within Profession
Sociolinguistics, Foreign Language Education, Bilingual and Multicultural Education, Applied
Linguistics, French Linguistics, Creole Linguistics, Ethnic and Immigrant Studies.
Membership
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
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-American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators of Foreign Language
Programs (AAUSC)
-Afro-Latin/American Research Association (ALARA)
-Haitian Studies Association (HSA)
Service to the Profession
A. Tenure/Promotion Reviewer
1. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion. University of Florida-Gainesville. August 2013.
2. Peer reviewer for promotion to full professorship. Syracuse University. August 2012.
3. Peer reviewer for promotion to full professorship. University of Missouri-Saint Louis. July
2012.
4. Peer reviewer for promotion to associate professorship. University of Connecticuts-Storrs.
August 2012.
5. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion to associate professorship. University of Alberta.
August 2011.
6. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion to associate professorship. University of South
Florida. September 2011.
7. Peer reviewer for promotion to full professorship. University of Illinois at Champain/Urbana.
August 2011.
8. Peer reviewer for promotion to full professorship. Syracuse University. August 2010.
9. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion to associate professorship. Indiana UniversitySoutheast. September 2010.
10. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion to associate professorship. University of
Massachusetts-Boston. September 2007.
11. Peer reviewer for promotion to full professorship. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University. October 2006.
12. Peer reviewer for promotion to full professorship. University of Nebraska-Omaha.
August 2006.
13. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion to associate professorship. University of
Massachusetts-Boston. December 2005.
14. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion to associate professorship. Iowa State University.
Fall 2005.
15. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion to associate professorship. Queens College of the
City University of New York. Summer 2005.
16. Peer reviewer for promotion to full professorship. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
January 2005.
17. Peer reviewer for tenure and promotion to associate professorship. The Ohio State University
College of Education School of Teaching and Learning. Summer 2000.
18. Peer reviewer for membership in the doctoral faculty, Department of Foreign Languages.
University of Nebraska at Omaha. Fall 2001.
B. Editorial Work/Manuscript Reviewer
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- Reviewer for a post-doctoral research project for the German Academic Exchange Service,
Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience (P.R.I.M.E.). June 2014.
-Reviewer of manuscript proposal for Cambridge University Press. July 2013.
-Reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities (Translation Grants Program).
January 2012.
- Expert reader for the National Endowment for the Arts (Translation Fellowship Program). April
2012.
- Book review editor for the Journal of Haitian Studies. Fall 2003 to May 2013.
- Member of the editorial board of Publication of the Afro-Latin American Research Association
(PALARA). 2007 to present.
- Book manuscript reviewer for Cambridge Scholars Press. December 2011.
- Book manuscript reviewer for Vanderbilt University' Series in Critical Investigation: The
African Diaspora. February 2010.
- Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies. Summer 2009.
- Manuscript reviewer for Language Policy. November 2008.
-Reviewer of the Third Edition of Teachers’ Handbook: Contextualized Language Instruction
(By Shrum and Glissan) for Heinle and Heinle. September 2007.
- Manuscript reviewer for the Bilingual Research Journal. October 2007.
- Manuscript reviewer for possible inclusion in the book, Studies in French Applied Linguistics,
John Benjamins Publisher. September 2007.
- Manuscript Reviewer for the Journal of Haitian Studies. 2003 to present.
- Book manuscript reviewer for Lexington Books. Fall 2006.
- Manuscript reviewer for John Benjamins Creole Language Library Series. Spring 2004.
- Manuscript reviewer for PALARA (Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research
Association). Winter 2004, Fall 2007, March 2008, May 2010.
- Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.
1999-to present.
- Manuscript reviewer for the Afro-Hispanic Review. 2001-2003.
- Manuscript Reviewer for the Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. Winter 2003.
- Manuscript Reviewer for the Journal of American Ethnic History. Winter 2003.
C. Other
- External Reviewer for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University
of Nebraska at Omaha. March 2011.
- External Reviewer of the French Program at Truman State University. Fall 2004.
- Member of selection committee for research projects, “Etat du français en Francophonie,”
for L’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie. AUPELF-UREF. Paris. 1999.
Major Committees at University of Missouri-Columbia
Campus-Wide
- Member of the University Task Force on eLearning. Fall 2011.
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- Member of the Strategic Planning & Resource Advisory Council (SPRAC). Fall 2010-Spring
2013.
- Member of the Black History Month Planning Committee. Fall 2008-February 2009.
- Member of the MU Campus Writing Board. 2007-2008.
- Member of the Advisory Council to the MU Chief Diversity Officer. 2007-2008.
- Reviewer for the University of Missouri System Research Board. November 2006.
- Co-chair of Minority Affairs Committee. Fall 2004 to Spring 2006.
- Member of the Faculty Council’s Task Force on Diversity/Diversity Enhancement Committee.
Fall 2004 to Spring 2006.
- Member of the Faculty Council. Winter 2003 to Spring 2006.
- Member of the Student Conduct Committee. Winter 1998-2005.
- Member of the Student Grievance Hearing Committee. 2005 to 2007.
- Member of the Faculty Grievance Hearing Committee. Fall 1997-Fall 2002.
- Member of Colleagues Circles (Faculty Mentoring Program). AY 2001-02, and AY 2003-2004.
- Member of the Study Abroad Advisory Council (SAAC). Fall 2001.
- Member of the Program for Excellence in Teaching Advisory Board. AY 2001-02.
- Member of the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE). Fall 1999-Spring 2002.
- Member of CUE subcommittee for capstone course approval. Fall 1999-December 2000; Chair
of that committee Winter 2001-May 2002
- Member of Search Committee for Vice-Provost for Minority Affairs and Faculty Development.
AY 1999-2000, and AY 2000-2001.
- Member of the Research Council. Winter 1998.
- Member of the Provost’s Foreign Language Lab Ad Hoc Committee. Spring/Fall 1997.
- Member of selection committee for Kemper Fellowships for teaching excellence. Winter 1996,
and Winter 2002.
- Martin Luther King Planning Committee. Spring 1995-Winter 1997.
- Alumni Faculty Development Incentive Awards Review Committee. Springs 1994, 1997, 1998,
and 1999.
- Cluster Review Panel for Humanities and Fine Arts. Cluster Sub-Committee. 1993-1994.
- Graduate School Fellowships Review Committee. 1993-1994.
- Advisor and mentor for the Graduate School Access Enhancement Program. Summer 1992.
- Graduate School Visitation Advisory Committee. 1991-1992.
College level: Arts & Science and Education
- Member of the Strategic Development Board of the College of Arts and Science. Fall 2011 to
present.
- Member of Arts and Science Undergraduate Scholarship Committee. AY 2003-2004, 20052008.
- Member of the Arts and Science Faculty Awards Committee, AY 1995-1996, and 2004-2005.
- Member of Arts and Science Committee on Academic Appeals. 1999-2000.
- Member of Department of Curriculum & Instruction Student Awards Committee. AY 19992000.
- Chairperson of the Foreign Language Inquiring into Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee.
AY 1996-97.
- College of Education. Undergraduate Teacher Development Center (UTDC). Member of
the Language, Literacy, and Culture discipline group. Summer 95-Winter 96.
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- Foreign Language Festival Committee. Spring 1996.
- College of Arts and Science Planning Committee for Faculty Retreat on Teaching. 1995-1996.
- College of Arts and Science Foreign Language Instruction Task Force Committee. 1993-1994.
- Foreign Language Instruction Task Force Sub-Committee for Certification on High
Competence in Foreign Language (chairperson). Spring 1994.
- College of Arts and Science Curriculum, Instruction and Advising Committee. 1992-1994.
- College of Arts and Science Curriculum, Instruction and Advising Sub-Committee for course
review. 1992-1994.
- Joint Arts and Science and Curriculum and Instruction review committee for Teachers
Education in Language Specialty Area. (chairperson). 1991-1992.
- General Education/Liberal Arts Advisory Committee for the Preparation of Teachers. 19881990.
Departmental level
- Member of organizing committee for the following conferences/symposia.
• Fourth and Third Annual Symposiums on Catalan, Language, Literature, and Culture.
April 2013, and March 2014.
• Organized visit of Brazilian poet Salgado Maranhão in November 2012.
• Third Symposium on Catalan Language, Literature, and Culture. April 2012.
• Symposium on Georgina Herrera: A Twentieth-Century Maroon, April 2011.
• Second Symposium on Catalan, Language, Literature, and Culture. April 2011.
• Symposium on Post-Earthquake Haiti: Housing Crisis, Displacement and the State,
March 2011.
• Symposium on Haiti from the Perspectives of Two-Haitian American Women Writers
and Artists. February 2011.
• Catalan Concert, October 2010
• First Symposium on Catalan Language, Literature, and Culture, April 2010.
• Symposium on Haitian Vodou, History and Culture, October 2009.
• Symposium of Afro-Caribbean Music, Race, and Identity, February 27, 2009.
• Conference of Afro-Romance Film and Culture, April 3-4, 2008.
• Symposium on Afro-Caribbean Cultural Identity, April 5, 2007.
• Conference of Afro-Romance Theater and Culture, April 6-7, 2006.
• “Our America: Transnational Utopias and the Haitian Revolution in Caribbean and
Latin American Culture.” November 4-5, 2004.
- Member of the French Search Committee. AY 2006-2007.
- Co-Chair of a French colleague’s tenure committee. Spring-Fall 2006.
- Co-Chair of the French Search Committee. Spring 2006, Spring 2008.
- Director of Undergraduate Studies. Fall 2000 to August 2008.
- Chair of the Undergraduate Studies Committee. Fall 2000 to Summer 2008.
- Member of the Advisory Committee. Fall 1999-May 2002; AY 2003-2004, AY 2004-2005, AY
2005-2006, AY 2006-2007. Chair of that committee, 2008-present.
- Member of the Recruitment Committee. 1998-2001. Winter and Fall 2003. AY 2005-2006.
- Lectures Committee. Department of Romance Languages. 1993-1994.
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- Graduate Studies Committee. Department of Romance Languages. Winter semester 1992,
AY 1997-1998, AY 1999-2000, W 2003.
- Undergraduate Studies Committee. Department of Romance Languages. 91-98, AY 1999-2000.
- Students Awards Committee. Department of Romance Languages. 1991-1992.
- Coordinator of the French Coffee hour. 1988-1990; 1991-1993.
Partial Listing of Panel Discussions
Panelist at the Faculty Innovations in Writing Intensive Courses: Faculty Development Awards.
Presented at the 2013 Celebration of Teaching Conference, MU. May 2013.
Panelist at the Chancellor's Emerging Leaders Program. Theme of the Panel: Why Diversity and
cultural competency are critical for MU. March 8, 2012.
Panelist at the Mizzou Diversity Summit Conference. Special Panel on Citizenship and
Collegiality in Academic Departments, organized by the Deputy Provost's Office at MU.
October 20, 2012.
Presenter at the Mizzou Diversity Summit. Internationalization of Higher Education. October
20, 2010.
“Addressing Misconceptions about Africans and African Americans.” Given as part of Africa
Week 2001. University of Missouri-Columbia. April 2001.
Black Culture Center Program on Ebonics. University of Missouri-Columbia. April 1997.
“Multiculturalism and the Curriculum: Implementation Strategies.” Program on Multicultural
Education organized by the Wakonse Foundation. Columbia, University of Missouri. September
1993.
“Talking about Language, Literacy and Culture.” Program arranged by the Missouri Department
of Elementary and Secondary Education. Speakers of Other Languages Conference. Columbia,
MO. April 1993.
“Creating a Climate for Learning a Language.” Program for Excellence in Teaching. 1993
Teaching Renewal Conference. University of Missouri-Columbia. March 1993.
“Foreign Language Testing for All Students: Adopting Proficiency-Oriented Testing for the
Classroom”. State of Delaware Department of Public Instruction. February 1991.
“Mock Interviews for Job Seekers in Foreign Languages” Program arranged by the Association
of Departments of Foreign Languages. MLA convention. Washington D.C. December 1989.
Partial Listing of Consultancy Work and Workshops
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Haitian Creole examiner for the California State University-San Marcos. Graded both written
and audio materials sent for one student, who needed to satisfy the FL requirement. Nov. 2011.
Director of a Haitian Creole and Culture immersion course for Food for the Poor. Deerfield
Beach, Florida. May 2006.
Director of a Haitian Creole and Culture immersion course for the Haitian Ministry Commission
of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, VA. Summers 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
and 2005.
Consultant for Rigby Education Publishers (a division of Hartcourt Company), for their series
On our Way to English. Fall 2002.
Director of a Haitian Creole and Culture immersion course for the Carmelite Community of the
Word. Gallitzin, PA. July-August 2001.
Workshop leader. “Teaching Diverse Learners: ESL Strategies.” Center for Innovations in
Special Education. University of Missouri-Columbia. March 1999.
Consultant to McGraw-Hill Focus Group on the use of Technology in French Classrooms. Fall
97.
Bias Reviewer for the Missouri Mastery and Achievement Tests. Assessment Resource Center of
the University of Missouri-Columbia. May 1997 and 1998.
Reviewer for Haitian Creole Dictionary for American Speakers. Indiana University Creole
Institute. Fall 1996.
Reviewer for intermediate level French textbook, Carrefour. Heinle & Heinle Publishers. Spring
1996.
Bias Reviewer for the College Base Exam. Assessment Resource Center of the University of
Missouri-Columbia. March 1996 and May 1997.
Reviewer for Division of Research Programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Washington, D.C. Fall 1994.
Consultant and Reviewer for Federal Grants Program for Foreign Languages. Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 1993 to 2000.
Workshop leader. “Multiculturalism in the Foreign Language Classroom.” Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Columbia, MO. August 1993.
Consultant in the assessment of bilingual students. Seaford School District. Seaford, Delaware.
April 1991.
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Workshop leader. “Proficiency-based Foreign Language Instruction” for Cecil County Public
Schools. Elkton, Maryland. January 1991.
Workshop leader. “Why is Creole a Real Language and not an Inferior Language” for the
Bilingual Haitian Teachers of the Broward County School Board. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
March 1990.
Foreign Language Education Consultant for Bilingual Haitian Teachers. The School Board of
Broward County. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Spring 1990.
Consultant and Language Teacher Trainer for the “Students Understanding their Neighbors”
(SUN) program. Henrico County Public Schools. Virginia. 1987-1988.
Workshop leader. “Innovative New Methodologies in Foreign Language Teaching” for the
secondary school teachers of the city of Richmond. Virginia. Fall 1986.
Translation Services for the Department of Agriculture. Richmond, Virginia. Spring 1988.
Translation Services for the Department of Rehabilitative Services. Richmond, VA. Spring
1988.
Interpreter for Mecklenburg Correctional Center. Boyton, Virginia Spring 1988.
Tutorial and Translation Services for the Catholic Diocese of Richmond. Virginia. 1986-1988.
Reviewer for Caribbean Broadcast of Voice of America. Washington D.C. Fall 1987.
External Examiner for Haitian Creole. State University of New York at Buffalo. 1983-88.
External Examiner for French and Haitian Creole. Illinois State Board of Education (for
Bilingual Haitian teachers Certification). 1984-1987.
Partial Listing of Lectures/Talks and Other Services:
I chaired a panel titled "New Readings on Slavery in the Americas" at the ALARA (Afro-Latin
American Research Conference) in San Jose, Costa Rica. August 2012.
I wrote a column, Vue panoramique de la communauté haïtienne aux États-Unis, for a Haitian
diasporic newspaper in Paris, Haiti Tribune. First part published in July/August 2005; second
part in September 2005.
I wrote a monthly column for the Haitian diaporic newspaper, the Boston Haitian Reporter. April
2004 to March 2005.
Interview with the Columbia Tribune about non-English languages in Missouri. Quoted in that
paper on June 26, 2004.
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Various interviews with Voice of America (Caribbean segment). January 2004, September 2004,
November 2004; and other Haitian Diasporic Radio Talk Shows out of New York.
Various Interviews with the Washington Post and subsequently quoted in that paper. February
24, 2002, for work on Haitian Diaspora; part of that interview also appeared in the International
Herald Tribune in Paris on February 25, 2002.In addition, I was quoted in the April 8, 2004 issue
of the Washington Post about Haitian American writer Edwidge Danticat.
Panel discussion on Haiti. Organized by the Fellowship for Reconciliation and Mid-Missouri
Peaceworks. Program also aired on local radio station. March 2004.
Talk on the Haitian Diaspora given as part of the Multicultural Scholars Circle organized by the
Center for Multicultural Research, Training, and Consultation. University of Missouri. April
2001.
Panelist. Stephens College Career Program. Columbia, MO. February 1997.
Judge for Foreign Language Participation Day. Columbia Public Schools. Hickman High
School. Columbia, MO. Spring 1994.
Micro-Teaching Demonstration using exclusively the target language. Department of Romance
Languages Teaching Assistants Orientation Workshop. University of Missouri-Columbia.
Summers 1992 and 1993.
“Languages and Nationalism in Haiti”. Lecture given as part of the Black Faculty Lecture
Series, and organized by the Black Culture Center. University of Missouri. November 1992.
Keynote speaker for La Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica of the Junior and Senior High Schools of
the City of Columbia Public Schools. Hickman High School. May 1992.
Keynote Speaker at the Fourth Annual Ethnic Awareness Day, organized by the State of
Delaware Department of Public Instruction. Cape Henlopen High School. Lewes, Delaware.
April 1991.
“Pidgins and Creoles”. Lecture given to a linguistic seminar on Languages of the World.
University of Delaware Department of Linguistics. Spring 1991.
“French-Based Creoles: Haitian Creole”. Lecture given to an introductory class in French
Linguistics at Stephens College. Columbia, Missouri. December 1989.