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.