"French All Around Us" — Meet the Authors
June 7 • 6:30 pm • Online • In English
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The next Rendez-vous de l'Alliance will be online and we're excited to host the Louisiana-based contributors to
the new book "French All Around Us: French language and Francophone Culture in the United States"
along with editors Kathleen Stein-Smith and Fabrice Jaumont.
This event
will be online and in English and is free to the public!
Meet the presenters below.
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for the free online event
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for the free online event
david cheramie
David Cheramie grew up in the
Cajun village of Golden Meadow on the Bayou Lafourche. He has published four collections of poetry. He was Executive Director of the
Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL) from 1998 to 2011. He is a Knight in the French Order of Arts and Letters and
a member of the Quebec Order of Francophones in the Americas. He has a doctorate in Francophone studies from the University of Louisiana
at Lafayette. He has been writing" En français, s’il vous plaît" in Acadiana Profile magazine for the past eleven years. His
writing can be found on his blog, Un bougre du bayou, at
davidcheramie.blogspot.com.
JOseph Dunn
Joseph Dunn’s understanding of
Louisiana’s distinct cultures, languages, and heritage has led him to work at the highest levels of the state’s tourism and cultural
industries, including positions at CODOFIL and the Consulate General of France in New Orleans.
Currently,
his primary role is to oversee the public relations and marketing efforts at Laura: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site. Joseph is an outspoken
advocate for the development of social, professional, and economic opportunities for Louisiana’s franco-créolophone heritage language
communities and is particularly interested in the concepts of minority language rights and identity.
Joseph
Dunn was named a Chevalier dans l’ordre national du Mérite in 2021.
Fabrice jaumont
Fabrice Jaumont is a scholar-practitioner, award-winning author, and education advisor
based in New York. He currently serves as Education Attaché for the Embassy of France to the United States, a Research Fellow at Fondation
Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Paris, and an adjunct professor at City University New York. He has published seven books on
bilingualism, education, and philanthropy, including
The Bilingual Revolution: The Future of Education is in Two Languages,
and
Conversations on Bilingualism. Jaumont
holds a Ph.D. in Comparative and International Education from New York University.
Marguerite Justuce
Marguerite Justuce was born in Lafayette, where she currently lives and works on
community-based projects for CODOFIL (Council for the Development of French in Louisiana). She took an interest in the language of
her maternal grandparents at a young age, and went on to complete a PhD in French Studies at LSU with a specialization in Linguistics.
Jerry Parker
Dr. Parker is from Baton Rouge and teaches foreign language and pedagogy courses at Southeastern Louisiana University. He
does research in the area of multicultural education, foreign languages, curriculum and pedagogy and Louisiana studies.
Kathleen Stein-Smith, Phd
Kathleen Stein-Smith a dedicated foreign language educator and advocate. She serves as
Chair of the AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) Commission on Advocacy, an America's Languages Fellow, and as a member of
the ATA Education and Pedagogy Committee and the MLA Delegate Assembly. She is also active in foreign language education associations,
including the NECTFL Advisory Council, CSCTFL Advisory Council, and as a SCOLT sponsor. She has presented at numerous professional
conferences at the state, regional, and national level, is the author of eight books and numerous articles about the foreign language
deficit and the importance of multilingualism, has given a TEDx talk on the U.S. foreign language deficit, has been interviewed by press
and radio, and maintains a blog, "Language Matters." She earned a Baccalauréat spécialisé and Maîtrise in Québec, where
her master’s thesis on the comparative stylistics of French and English was written under the direction of Jean-Louis Darbelnet.
ScotT tilton
Scott Tilton is the cofounder and director of the Nous Foundation. Born in New Orleans, Scott lived in Paris for 6
years before returning to Louisiana. He worked as a consultant at EY France on projects for the European Union, the UN, and the French
government. He also had the opportunity to launch and spearhead the initiative that saw Louisiana join the International Organization of
the Francophonie in 2018. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Scott holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Sciences
Po Paris.
The next Rendez-vous de l'Alliance will be online and we're excited to host the
Louisiana-based contributors to the new book "French All Around Us: French language and Francophone Culture in the
United States"
along with editors Kathleen Stein-Smith and Fabrice Jaumont.
This event
will be online and in English and is free to the public!
Stay tuned to learn more about each presenter.
Register
for the free online event
Register
for the free online event
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