Roxane Pajoul
615-779-6583
141 Neese Drive G16
Nashville, TN 37211
Education
Ph.D. French and Francophone Literature, Expected May 2017
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Dissertation:“Forbidden Identities: Exposing Taboos in Caribbean Literature and Culture”
MA in French and Francophone Literature, May, 2013
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
MA in American History, May 2009
University Denis Diderot – Paris VII, Paris, France
BA in Anglophone History, Literature and Culture, May 2007
University Denis Diderot – Paris VII, Paris, France
Research interests
- Taboos, silences, tensions in Caribbean literature and culture– particularly homosexuality, race and politics
- Women and Gender Studies: representations and use of the female body in literature, films and media
- Black France
Teaching Experiences
French Instructor
Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN09/2010 - present
•Currently teaching Intermediate French. Communicative approach to language learning
•Using interactive and technology based classroom activities
•Mentoring students during office hours
•Developingand coordinating department-wide assessment material for all levels of French
•Developed and supervised the creation of Wiki projects for intermediate learners
French Instructor
Vanderbilt in France,Aix-en-Provence, FranceSummers 2011, 2012, 2013
•TaughtAdvanced French conversation and Accelerated French beginner
•Created syllabi
•Led and facilitated groups of students' excursions in museums, parks, cities
•Promoted the expansion of the program with the creation of flyers; Animated informational meetings
French Instructor
University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, MN2008 - 2009
•Taught French beginner. Communicative approach to language learning
•Developed department-wide assessment material
Conferences
South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) – November 2015
Paper Title: “Moral Perversion: Politics of Contamination in Emile Zola’s La Curée”
Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association (TFLTA) – November 2013
Paper title: “The Vanderwiki Project: a social pedagogies approach to cultural issues in France”
Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) – May 2012, Guadeloupe
Paper title: "Réappropriation/reconstruction de soi: être citoyenne haïtienne sous la dictature Duvalier"
Other Work Experience
Study Abroad Recruiter for Vanderbilt-in-France
Duke University 09/2016
•Helped organize study abroad recruitment, advertising
•Led information sessions
Maymester Program Assistant
Vanderbilt University, France and SwitzerlandMay 2011, 2015, 2016 May
•Helped organize study abroad program, student recruitment, advertising
•Led excursions in France
•Insured the well-being of students at all time
Resident French Coordinator, McTyeire International House
Vanderbilt University,Nashville, TN2010 - 2011
•Supervised dinners conducted in French four times a week
•Planned and coordinated weekly cultural activities
•Organized and led advertisement and student recruitment
K-12 Teaching Experience
French Teacher
University School of Jackson Jackson, TN, USA08/2013 – 05/2014
•Taught French 1, 2, 3 (CP and Honors), AP. Communicative approach to language learning.
•Used interactive and technology based classroom activities
•Mentored a group of advisees
•After school tutoring
Honors & Awards
•Summer Research Award, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, 2016
•Pi Delta Phi - French Honor Society, 2012 - Present
•Graduate School Conference Travel Grant, 2012
•MICEFA Graduate exchange fellow, 2010 - 2011
•Graduate exchange fellow University Paris VII / University of Minnesota, 2008 - 2009
Academic References
Professor Paul B. Miller, Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor
Vanderbilt University
PMB 356312
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, Tennessee 37240-1617
Ph.: 615-322-6900
Professor Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller, Ph.D.
Dissertation Committee Member
Vanderbilt University
PMB 356312
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, Tennessee 37240-1617
Ph.: 615-322-6900
Professor Virginia Scott, Ph.D.
Professor of French & Applied Linguistics
Coordinator of Second Language Teaching in French
Vanderbilt University
PMB 356312
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, Tennessee 37240-1617
Ph.: 615-322-6900