About Us 

Our mission is to stimulate students to make linguistic and cultural connections and foster cultural and linguistic identity by weaving key features of conventional content together with sound technological and pedagogical innovation.

Our Team

We are three language educators who, collectively, represent over 60 years of French language and culture teaching. Our passion is to marry the unique capabilities of state-of-the-art technologies with research-tested language pedagogies with the goal of creating exciting, effective, fun, and informative learning experiences for secondary and post-secondary students by integrating extensive exploration of francophone cultures with acquisition of the French language and integrated skills performance.

Patricia J Kyle, Ph.D.

Project Director and Author, 

University of Texas at Austin

Director of Online Language Learning in the Department of French and Italian, Senior Coordinator for Languages Online for the College of Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services, and Affiliated Faculty for the Center for European Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Kyle leads a highly-skilled team of language professionals in the development of innovative language curricula designed for use in online, hybrid, blended, and traditional environments. She holds a PhD in French Linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington where she specialized in second language acquisition and foreign language pedagogy, as well as the Master of Business Administration and the Master of Arts in Information and Learning Technologies from the University of Colorado.

Yasmina Fawaz, Ph.D.

Media Coordinator and Co-Author, 

University of Texas at Austin

Research associate for the College of Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Fawaz holds a PhD in French Studies from the University of Texas at Austin where she specialized in Postcolonial Eco-criticism and African literature, as well as an MA in French literature from the University of Georgia. Yasmina is a native French speaker with over a decade of experience teaching university level French language and culture courses. She is a co-author of Connexions Francophones and specializes in the development of online language courses, project management, and media coordination of graphic design, video, and audio production as well as project management.

Fanny Macé, Ph.D.

Creative Coordinator and Co-Author, 

University of Texas at Austin

Research associate for the College of Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Macé holds a PhD in French Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin, where she specialized in computer-mediated discourse and critical discourse analysis, as well as a Master of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of Tours in France. She is native French speaker with over a decade of experience teaching French at the college level, including  lectureships at Harvard University and the University of Minnesota.

Editorial Board

Patricia J Kyle, University of Texas at Austin

Yazz Fawaz, University of Texas at Austin

Daniel Kahozi, University of Texas at Austin

Fanny Macé, University of Texas at Austin

Elizabeth Mayne, University of Texas at Austin

Shawn Morrison, College of Charleston

Laurie Ramsey, University of the South (Emerita)

Ryan Swankie, University of Texas at Austin

 

Advisory Board

Patricia J Kyle, University of Texas at Austin

David Birdsong, University of Texas at Austin

Carl Blyth, University of Texas at Austin

Paola Bonifazio, University of Texas at Austin

Catherine Caws, University of Victoria, British Columbia

Carol Chappelle, Iowa State University

Nicolas Guichon, Université du Québec à Montréal

Mohammed Hirchi, Colorado State University

Robert Kleinsasser, Arizona State University

Charles Pooser, Indiana University

Sophie Queuniet, Columbia University

Mary Vogl, Colorado State University

Brett Wells, University of Pittsburgh

Mark Winkleman, University of Texas at Austin

 

Contributors

Molly Deaver, University of Texas at Austin

Karina High, University of Texas at Austin

Karine Macarez, University of Texas at Austin

Emily Martin, University of Texas at Austin

Shawn Morrison, College of Charleston