Pascale Françoise Smith, Ph.D.
pascale.smith.phd@gmail.com
(+1) 303 907-3477
PO Box 1785
Wilson, Wyoming 83014
Education
Ph.D. in French Literature from University of Colorado at Boulder in 2009
Master’s Degree in French Literature from University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004
Bachelor’s Degree in French with a Spanish Minor from Colorado State University in 2001
Languages
The following language proficiencies are based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
French: Distinguished (native)
English: Distinguished (native)
Spanish: Superior
Italian: Advanced High
Darija: Novice Low
Tamazight: Novice Low
Teaching and Tour Guiding
Educational Tour Guide for American Council for International Studies (ACIS), leading tours throughout France, England, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy for American student groups, adult groups, choir groups, and symphony orchestras from 1998 to present
Private Tutor, Mentor, and Travel Guide for family based in San Francisco and Big Sky from 2020 to present
Associate Teaching Professor for Montana State University, Department of Modern Languages, French Section, taught numerous sections of the following courses from 2011 to 2024:
FRCH 101 Beginning French I
FRCH 102D Beginning French II
FRCH 201D Beginning French III
FRCH 220D Intermediate French I
FRCH 301D Intermediate French II Written and Oral Expression
FRCH 305 Histoire et Civilisation
FRCH 306IH From Reflection to Revolution
FRCH 320D La France Aujourd’hui
FRCH 323 Advanced Grammar and Composition
FRCH 324 Advanced Conversation and Phonetics
FRCH 401 French Text and Cinema, each section on new topics and texts
FRCH 402 French Literature, each section on new texts and topics
FRCH 450 Seminar French Literature, each section on new texts and topics
FRCH 490R Undergraduate Research and Capstone
HONR 204D Great Expeditions The Great War and World War II
ML 100 Introduction to World Cultures
ML 344 Instructor Perspectives, an independent study for Student Teaching Assistants
ML 492 Voyage et Découverte en Francophonie (Service Learning in Morocco)
Private French Instructor for individuals and small groups at all levels in Bozeman, Montana from 2009 to 2024
Graduate Part Time Instructor for the University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of French and Italian, taught the following courses from 2002 to 2009:
FREN 1010 Beginning French I, 3 sections
FREN 1020 Beginning French II, 2 sections
FREN 1050 Beginning French Review, 1 section
FREN 2110 Second Year French Grammar and Reading I, 5 sections
FREN 2120 Second Year French Grammar and Reading II, 4 sections
FREN 3010 French Phonetics and Pronunciation, 6 sections
FREN 3050 French Composition I, 1 section
FREN 3600 Business French I, 2 sections
Teacher for University of Colorado at Boulder, Women’s Club French Group, animator for a group of university affiliates with a wide range of abilities who have been meeting weekly for over 25 years to speak and practice their French from 2004 to 2009
Teacher and Course Designer for University of Colorado at Boulder, Anderson Languages Technology Center, offered Beginning French for Travelers, a non-credit course in 2008
Teacher and Course Designer for SODEG Inc, an AT&T Contractor, Denver, Colorado, offered English as a Second Language for adult Spanish speakers from 2001 to 2002
Teacher and Course Designer for Services in English Education (SEE), Fort Collins, Colorado, offered a Business French course for Hewlett Packard in 1999
Substitute French Teacher for Montessori Academy, Montgomery, Alabama, taught a class of 4- to 5-year-olds in 1996
Conferences, Seminars, and Workshops
Invited Speaker for Office of International Program’s “Morocco Night” at MSU on March 23, 2014
Speaker at MEA-MFT Educators’ Conference “Fun in the Classroom: The Pedagogical Value of Play” on October 17, 2013
Invited Speaker at Le Vent du Nord Concert at Montana State University on November 15, 2012
Invited Speaker at Helena Pecha Kucha “Reading a Medieval Picture Book: Chartres Cathedral” on November 7, 2012
Speaker at Bozeman Pecha Kucha “Reading a Medieval Picture Book: Chartres Cathedral” on September 12, 2012
Invited Speaker at Spring Hill College “Proustian Desire for Travel: From the Imaginary to Reality and Back Again, a Cyclical Journey of Anticipation, Disappointment, and Creation” on November 7, 2011
Invited Speaker at the University of South Alabama “Creative Desire in À la recherche du temps perdu” on November 7, 2011
Invited Speaker for the Mobile, Alabama chapter of the Alliance Française “La Madeleine” on November 6, 2011
Presenter at Graduate Student Conference on Sexuality and Eroticism at Louisiana State University “The Genius of the Vamp or the Insanity of Inversion in À la recherche du temps perdu” in 2009
Creator and Presenter of "FRIT Pedagogy Workshop Series” for the Department of French and Italian at the University of Colorado at Boulder, developed and offered the following workshops from 2008 to 2009:
“Did You Hear That?!” Sharing music used in the classroom for pedagogical purposes and developing strategies for oral comprehension
“Devious Diction.” Using lesson vocabulary in the classroom and sneaking target vocabulary into grammar centered activities
“Think About It!” Reflecting upon teaching practices, habits, and beliefs, and discussing intuitive or unconscious methods and reasoning
“KOLB Learning Styles.” Getting to know the four KOLB learning styles and learning how to teach to all of them with each classroom activity
“Pesky Pairs.” Teaching the difference between two expressions that are close or identical in meaning in English but differ in the target language
“Fire Starters.” Sharing collections of the best icebreakers and warm-up activities for kicking off the semester as well as each daily lesson
“Putting Them in Their Place.” Putting together a test template to help place new students in appropriate level courses
“Perfect Planning.” Turning a mediocre lesson plan into an excellent one, a round table discussion to share tips on how to improve lesson planning
“Terrific Testing.” Talking about testing goals for all levels of foreign language instruction as well as techniques for good test writing
“Help!” Tackling teaching problems in a round table discussion, from how to grade compositions to difficulties with certain grammatical points, to any other challenges
“Best Ever.” Sharing terrifically successful classroom activities in a round table discussion format
Organizer and Presenter of a workshop on teaching French through immersion, “Le français par immersion” at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2007
Organizer and Co-Presenter with Caroline Sinkinson, Reference Librarian for the University of Colorado at Boulder libraries, “Research Workshop.” on conducting research as a graduate student in 2005
Content creator, Organizer, and Presenter for the Monday Workshop Series for the Graduate Teacher Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, offered the following workshops:
“How to Ace Your FCQ’s.” a workshop on how to do well on Faculty Course Questionnaires, the university-wide student feedback system in 2007
“Culture in the Classroom.” an interdisciplinary workshop between 8 language and literature departments on bringing culture into the language classroom in 2007
“Dealing with Problems 2.” a discussion on dealing with problems that might arise in the classroom in 2006
“Teaching: Do You Have the Personality for It?” Co-presenter with Liza Williams, Department of Theater, on integrating personality into teaching in 2006
“Motivating Slackers.” Organizer of an interdisciplinary workshop between 8 language and literature departments on motivating disinterested students in 2006
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
Highest ranking Faculty Course Questionnaire (university-wide student evaluations) averages at Montana State University in Bozeman from 2011 to 2024
Award for Excellence by the Montana State University Alumni Foundation in 2019
Safe Zone Ally for the Diversity and Inclusion Student Commons and Counseling and Psychological Services at MSU in 2017
Certificate of Teaching Enhancement in 2013 from the Center for Faculty Excellent at MSU
Graduate Part-Time Instructor Appointment from the Department of French and Italian at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2002 to 2009
Partial buy-out Fellowship from the Department of French and Italian at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2009
Highest ranking Faculty Course Questionnaire (a university-wide student feedback system that evaluate teachers and courses) averages in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2002 to 2009
Best Should Teach Silver Award, Graduate Teacher Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, two-time recipient in 2006 and 2007
Graduate School Teaching Assistant Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004
Memberships and Service
French Section Coordinator and Faculty Advisor to French Minors and Majors for the Department of Modern Languages at MSU from 2018 to 2024
Moderator for study abroad interviews for the Office of International Programs at MSU from 2012 to 2014
Founder of the yearly Service-Learning Project: French Fair at Bozeman Summit School where second year French students at MSU host a fair for the Montessori students from 2013 to 2022
Member in MSU Center for Faculty Excellence 2013 to 2024
Rewrote Role and Scope and drafted first Work Load documents for the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Montana State University in 2013
Advisor to French Minors and Majors for the Department of Modern Languages at MSU from 2011 to 2024
Faculty Sponsor for French Club at Montana State University, participating in MSU’s yearly International Food Bazaar, and Bozeman’s yearly International Children’s Festival, and hosting weekly Pétanque in the Park and Tarot Tournaments from 2011 to 2024
Member American Association of Teachers of French 2011 to 2024
Member Alliance Française Bozeman Chapter from 2010 to present
Member Modern Language Association 2002 to 2024
Co-Founder and Co-Organizer of the French Graduate Student Colloquium at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2004 to 2009
Graduate Student Representative for Department of French and Italian at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2006 to 2008
Lead Graduate Teacher for the Department of French and Italian as appointed by the Graduate Teacher Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2005 to 2007
Creator of French Graduate Student Coffee Hour, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, a monthly opportunity for graduate students to meet for peer support from 2003 to 2005
Translating and Interpreting
Official translations of legal documents such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, university degrees, and other court decrees, from English to French and French to English from 2002 to present
Translation of catalog and product packaging for the Allen Company in Broomfield, Colorado for sales in Canada and Europe, from English to French in 2010
Interpreter for Boubacar Borris Diop, Senegalese novelist and journalist, lecturing for the Center for Humanities and the Arts at the University of Colorado at Boulder on his book, Murambi : le livre des ossements on Rwandan Genocide, consecutive interpretation from French to English in 2007
Translation of book, Clan Cunningham Origins, Heritage and Traditions by James V. Miller for the Clan Cunningham Society of America, from English to French in 2003
Translation of a presentation on cooperative water irrigation in Africa for Dr. John Wilkins-Wells Assistant Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University, for a conference in Montpellier, France, from English to French in 2001
Publications
“Fiche pédagogique pour accompagner : Bernheim, Emmanuèle. Sa femme. Paris: Gallimard, 1993.” in AATF National Bulletin in September 2013
Interests and Hobbies
Surfing
Cooking
Back country and inbound snowboarding
Cross-country skiing
Sailing and blue water cruising
Yoga and Pilates
Road and gravel biking and trekking
Hiking and long-distance backpacking
Mushroom hunting
Classic Volkswagen Bus cruising
Sewing
Reading
References
Please contact me for references at (+1) 303-907-3477 or pascale.smith.phd@gmail.com.