Roxane Pajoul
615-779-6583
https://my.vanderbilt.edu/roxanepajoul/contact/
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, TN 09/2010 - present
• Currently teaching Intermediate French. Communicative approach to language learning
• Using interactive and technology based classroom activities
• Mentoring students during office hours
• Developing and 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, France Summers 2011, 2012, 2013
• Taught Advanced 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, MN 2008 - 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 Switzerland May 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, TN 2010 - 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, USA 08/2013 – 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
• Nominated for a Teaching Award (pending), Vanderbilt University, 2016-2017
• 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.
Coordinator of Second Language Teaching
Vanderbilt University
PMB 356312
2301 Vanderbilt Place
Nashville, Tennessee 37240-1617
Ph.: 615-322-6900