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in Québec is the best decision I could have ever made. The second I got off the plane, I began speak ing French. . . . Words cannot describe how it felt to act like a local. While some of their words are “québécois,” I am learning more than I could have ever imagined.” THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OHIO STATE THE Danny Rachel Gapa I’m taking a class specifically on the culture, and once a week we go to the different neighborhoods to see the ‘real Quebec,’ instead of just touring through the tourist areas—though those are beautiful and extremely interesting, too! Another great Now Scholarship Mary Galvin) writes from Quebec, Canada: be “Quebec has been great, and I couldn’t happier that I chose to come here. There is I’m so much history and culture in this city. thrilled to be able to learn about it firsthand. 2010 Study Abroad (clockwise, from left): Giglio in front of the Via Del Giglio in Pienza, Tuscany, Italy; Allison Lawrence and sculpture outside National Theatre, Quebec; Rachel Gapa celebrating maple syrup in Quebec; and Kelsie King in cooking class in Dijon, France. Scholarship Winners See page 5 for a list of - French and Italian Students Study Abroad French and Italian Thanks for the Memories: Thanks -

- ) who ) concurs: “Regarding Dijon, ), one Dan Giglio Price Scholarship Price Scholarship ( ( - - ne of the hallmarks of the French or ne of the hallmarks of the Italian undergraduate major or minor is Italian undergraduate major the opportunity to spend time studying the opportunity to spend

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Make Their Dreams Come True Scholarship Make Their Dreams Come True to discover. I’ve met a few wonderful natives who are willing to I’ve met a few wonderful to discover. let me stumble through some French so that I can practice.” Dijon better. suited me have would location abroad other study no always something is welcoming and easy to navigate, yet there’s French chef. She adds, “Though not to worry—my studies have been just as intellectually stimulating. From the intricacies of tonic pronouns to the exceptions of the subjunctive, my professor has pushed our brain capacities to the fullest.” you for making this experience possible.” She appreciates both her studies and the opportunity to get to know France better, including a trip to Paris, a tour of Provence, and cooking with a came through her scholarship: “I can honestly say that I could not be experiencing this magnificent country and learning at such an intense level without the gracious contributions to the scholar home, thank all of those back ship funds here at Ohio State. To of 29 undergraduate students studying in Dijon, appreciates the financial aid that city that knew virtually nothing about me was able to teach me so much about my own self.” the summer. In the summer. In retrospect, it is astounding to think that a learned about myself over the course of ence in Siena are those little things that I realized that the most re warding parts of my experi abroad: “Upon returning home, I’ve ally competent citizens, let’s allow the students to ally competent citizens, let’s speak for themselves, starting with ( study recounts one of the often-stated benefits of 13 students (listed on page 5) to study in France, 13 students (listed on page Rather than write about the Canada, and Italy. glob obvious benefits of study abroad to develop abroad. We are grateful to the alumni who con abroad. We funds that allowed tributed to our study abroad Newsletter of the Department of Department the of Newsletter

French and Italian and French O 2 Letter from the Chair G activities, discussions, andalumni. Please visititfor updates ondepartment OSU DepartmentofFrenchand Italian and ItalianhasanewFacebookpage, to shareideas.TheDepartmentof French We’d liketomakeiteasierforallofus Friend onFacebook! Become aFRIT ate, retiredafter18fruitfulyearsinthedepartment.We received teaching. the bestofluck.Bothareknownfortheirstrongcommitmentto wish retiringprofessors value offoreignlanguagesintheuniquesettinganNGO. typical ofourgraduates,whileItaliangraduatetestifiestothe gives youasenseoftheenthusiasm,commitment,andexpertise view with at alllevelsofinstructionandinmanysettings.Ouralumniinter member inanintermediateoradvancedlevelclass. offered theopportunitytoworkundersupervisionofafaculty of ateachingapprenticeshipinFrench.Doctoralcandidatesare ment continuesitsexcellenceinGTA trainingisthepossibility in undergraduateteaching.Anotherwaywhichthedepart Arts andHumanities’RodicaC.BotomanAward forexcellence featured forheroutstandingteachingasthe2010recipientof ment’s continuedcommitmenttoteaching. graduate teachingassistants. teaching theyreceivefromourcommittedandexpertfaculty and Italiancoursestheytakebecauseofthequality for theirfuturecareers,wealsoknowthattheyenjoytheFrench we knowthatstudentsseethevalueaddedofforeignlanguage of majorsandminorsinFrenchItalianremainsstrong.While and cultureexpertisetotheirprofessionalportfolios.Thenumber standards andconvincedofthevalueaddingforeignlanguage first-year students,increasinglywellpreparedbyalluniversity but thenitalwaysis—autumnquarterbringsinanewgroupof studying andlivingabroadisforthem. their commentsmakeclearhowtransformativetheexperienceof year’s scholarshipwinnersarefeaturedinournewsletter, and a ‘thankyou’foryourdonation!—seepage11.)Severalofthis (And, we’llbehappytosendyouoneofourdepartmentmugsas support internationalexperiencesforourmajorsandminors. gifts areallthemorecrucial,aswecontinuetofindwayshelp This hasalsobeenayearofhellosandgood-byes.We Over theyears,manyofourgraduateshavegoneintoteaching In thisissue,severalarticlesdemonstratethedepart Change isintheairatOhioStateanddepartment increasingly important—andexpensive—your undergraduate studyabroad.Asabroadbecomes who contributesogenerouslytoourspecialfundsfor appreciation toallofyou Buongiorno a tutti! a Buongiorno Bonjour toutlemonde! Marlyn Price rateful thanksand Steve Hedge

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• . Besides (continued on page 4) Word and in Fax (614) 292-7403 • . As vice president of the on French film studies in the United , professor of French, gave two invited with coauthors Judith Myskens, Michèle with coauthors Judith , associate professor of French, is working , associate professor of Phone (614) 292-4938 Studia Neophilologica , associate emerita professor of French, has An Illustrated History of Medieval Fashion An Illustrated History of , professor emeritus, was nominated 2010 Honor Bravo! , professor of Italian, gave a paper on Montale’s , professor of Italian, gave a paper on Montale’s , professor of French, guest-edited a special issue , associate emerita professor of French and as , associate emerita professor , associate professor of French (Newark), continues professor of French (Newark), , associate . Besides duties as MA advisor and as acting director of . Besides duties as MA Law and Life in Medieval Occitania Studies in French Cinema Provence. She was also interviewed for a forthcoming French documentary TV film on popular music from the south of France. She is the resident director of the CIC summer program at the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, for 2010-12. Judith Mayne of States. It appeared in summer 2010. She was also a keynote speaker Case Study of A (“French Female Stardom in Crisis and Transition: Charles Klopp presentations on poetry at a conference at La Spezia and made Caffè San Conference at Trieste’s the Ohio State 2006 Trieste Duino castle, and on Italian television. His Marco, the city’s Tobino, Tabucchi, publications during the past year treat Montale, and Bufalino. Collodi, Tozzi, Christiane Laeufer published articles in Europaea and the making presentations at Societas Linguistica States, she is Linguistic Association of Canada and the United the phonological in the final stages of a book-length study on German and and prosodic treatment of French loanwords into Germanic dialects. She has just retired. Albert Mancini of Italian. He ary President of the American Association of Teachers continues to publish. Articles on post-war Italian critical reception of the theatre of Eugene O’Neill and on English translations of works of Ferrante Pallavicino have appeared in the past year. Danielle Marx-Scouras School public lectures on French popular music at Ohio State’s of Music and the Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme in Aix-en-Provence, France—affiliated with the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique and the Université de Jerry Curtis mak Lucette Desvignes, present on French writer to publish and the 29th Cincinnati Confer with her at ing a joint presentation Literatures. Curtis is completing Languages and ence on Romance of Mme. of the works volumes of English translations work on five volume to go to press this summer. Desvignes, with the final Linda Harlow has Honors and Scholars Center, sociate provost of the University edition of the intermediate college been working on the seventh French textbook Brière. Harlow retired this year. Vialet, and Jean-François Sarah-Grace Heller on a book project, 500-1300 she is writing the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, a volume an article on the medieval Louvre and guest-editing on panels on Old Société Guilhem IX, Heller organized conference Athena daughter, Occitan. She also had time to welcome a new Marguerite Baith, in November 2009. - - -

, professor of French and department chair, department chair, , professor of French and an iridescent luxury fabric prized in the Middle Ages, as now. Heller, with a background of silk shot, Heller, , associate professor of Italian, has been awarded professor of Italian, has , associate ment, she is immersed in planning for the upcoming conversion to ment, she is immersed in planning for the upcoming Katie, is now 29 years old and semesters in 2012. Her daughter, lives in the Seattle area. served a second year on the Columbus City Schools Innovative served a second year on Advisory Committee on Interpreter Force and on the Schools Task in the depart Services for the Ohio Supreme Court. As all faculty Diane Birckbichler She Foreign Language Center. State’s is also director of Ohio elementary Italian textbooks. During spring quarter 2010, Aski elementary Italian textbooks. to elementary school children at a volunteered to teach Italian seven Ohio State student volunteers and local school, along with experience as an independent study. four students taking the a 2010 Ohio State Distinguished Teaching Award, as well as the Award, State Distinguished Teaching a 2010 Ohio Besides writing on Italian linguis Rodica C. Botoman Award. in she researched how culture is presented tics and grammar, Janice Aski On the administrative level, Professor Heller, as acting On the administrative level, Professor Heller, A recent article of Heller’s explains the significance of the A recent article of Heller’s learning outcomes for undergraduate French and Italian majors. project (scheduled for transition in 2012) and manages expected director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, rep resents its interests on the university-wide semester conversion the monastery of Chelles, France. found in the tomb of Saint Bathilde (d. 680), wife of Clovis II, at cloak of silk shot (a textile woven with red warp and gold weft) 4 Faculty News theories ofworldliterature. Assayas. Sheiscurrentlyworkingonhernextbookproject as wellas anarticle in edited volumes, Johns HopkinsUniversityPress.Shehadessaysappearintwo book, Louisa Shea 20th-century Italianliteraturecommittee. American AssociationforItalianStudiesandservesontheMLA’s chio andMichelangeloAntonioni.Rengaisthetreasurerof mafia cultureandcinema,aswellondirectorsMarcoBelloc and preparedsoon-to-be-publishedworksonItalianBmovies Dana Renga besides rejoiningthefacultytoteachearlymodernFrenchliterature. Foucault andtheEnlightenmentatupcomingMLAconference, Academe the forthcoming written “TheNewTreason ofIntellectuals,”anessaytoappearin reviews andtoreadtheoccasionaldissertationchapter.” Hehas Karlis Racevskis poetry, thelatterpublishedin ment FacultyForumandongenderedwordplayinRimbaud’s Baudelaire’s “Acellequiesttropgaie”atthe2009FRITdepart poetry ofMallarmé,Verlaine, andRimbaud.Hepresentedon a bookprojectthatexamineshowdesireis“engendered”inthe Dennis Minahen French Cinema Danielle DarrieuxandtheOccupation”)at10thannual (continued frompage3) The CynicEnlightenment:DiogenesintheSalon linguistics fromtheUniversityofManchester, UnitedKingdom. She joinedOhioState’s FRITfacultyin2000. Outstanding Teacher. Academy ofTeaching, whichprovidesleadership fortheimprovementofteachingatOhioState. and usinginnovativeteachingstrategiesthatadvancelearning.Recipients areinductedintotheuniversity’s of thisawardisonoutstandingperformanceintheclassroom,out-of-class teachingasamentororadvisor, former studentsandcolleagueschosenbyacommitteeofalumni, students,andfaculty. Theemphasis that honorsfacultymembersforsuperiorteaching.Forthisaward,recipients arenominatedbypresentand who bestexemplifiesexcellenceasateacherofundergraduates. that Iexpected.” TheawardisgiventoamemberoftheHumanities faculty brief: “Iamtrulysurprisedandhonoredbytheaward.Itwasnotsomething and MentoringinArtsHumanities,a$5,000award.Aski’s responsewas 2010 RodicaC.BotomanAward forDistinguishedUndergraduateTeaching different awardsforoutstandingteaching,Askiwasrecentlyawarded the is agreatteacher!OneofonlyfewprofessorsatOhioStatetowinthree Students, alumni,andcolleaguesagree:associateprofessorJaniceAski An AcademicTreat: ClasswithJaniceAski (Cambridge Scholars Publishing). He will also present on (CambridgeScholarsPublishing).Hewillalsopresenton Aski receivedherbachelor’s, master’s, anddoctoratefromtheUniversity ofWisconsinandamaster’s in Aski’s firstteachingawardcamein2004whenshe was namedaCollegeofArtsandSciences In 2009Askiwasoneoffiveuniversity-widerecipientstheAlumni Award forDistinguished Teaching , assistantprofessorofItalian,haspresentedpapers , assistantprofessorofFrench,publishedherfirst conference,heldinParisonMarch26and27,2010. Truth toPower:PublicIntellectualsInandOutof Rousseau andFreedom , associateprofessorofFrench,iscompleting , professor emeritus, continues to “turn out book , professoremeritus,continuesto“turnoutbook French Forum Parade Sauvage on filmdirectorOlivier and Lumières etHistoire . , with Studies in Studies in - - , drug consumptionincontemporaryFrance. project isabook-lengthmanuscriptanalyzingchangingfoodand the SecondWorld War inMargueriteDuras’s writing.Thesecond on theconjunctionofsocialclassandspaceinrepresentations a presentationattheUniversityofLeeds,England,andcourse last yearworkingontwoprojects.Thefirstisapairofarticles, Jennifer Willging University Press. The MedievalHeart five invitedtalksatvariousuniversitiesintheU.K. Herbook, Research intheArts,SocialSciences,andHumanities. Shegave 2009 atCambridgeUniversityonafellowshiptheCentrefor Heather Webb Africa, andattheUniversityofGhana,Legon,Accra,Ghana. James MadisonUniversity, attheUniversityofCapeTown, South the 2009AfricanaStudiesAnnualInterdisciplinarySymposiumat praise ofpluralismin Le DestindelaNégritude extensively inthepastyear, includinganessayonNegritudein Cheikh Thiam Montreal, andQuebecCity. co-writing tworelatedmoviestobefilmedonlocationinParis, Korean. Current projectsincludewritingtwoFrenchtextbooksand (Boston: McGraw-Hill,2005)hasbeentranslatedintoChineseand Input Enhancement:FromTheoryandResearchtotheClassroom her termasmanagingeditorofthe Wynne Wong

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Benjamin (French) on programs” by setting uniform academic requirements. Ohio State now sets the bar be quite a break after directing the French language program, serving as associate dean of Humanities, and then leading Ohio Honors and State’s Scholars programs for the past eight years. Harlow is proud of hav ing “brought order to honors the university’s Fax (614) 292-7403 (Italian) on “Dreaming • Isabelle Bateson- Timothy Hoffine Timothy (French) on “Technocrats in the (French) on “Technocrats was awarded an Arts and Sci the “Centralization in French and Amer ican Secondary Education Systems,” Brittany O’Neill Purgatorio,” and in Dante’s Reinke 4th Republic: The Nuclear Development of France.” Further good news from undergraduates. . . French major Brown ences Undergraduate Research Schol arship, based partly on her work for the Denman Forum on “The Codicological Context of a Cistercian Service Book.” Other presenters from the department include: Phone (614) 292-4938

Linda Harlow plans a somewhat different retirement: She Linda Harlow plans a somewhat Daniel Kelsie for other universities. Harlow says that hers was a “fascinating for other universities. Harlow says that hers was with the best position.” It was “cool because you get to work all over the uni students on campus, as well as faculty and staff and assistant, Garett Heysel, praised colleague Harlow’s versity.” her “way of being accepting and open to all people.” ‘aha’ moments . . .” for the students.” Jim Anderson, a French Jim Anderson, a French . . .” for the students.” ‘aha’ moments writes in Grenoble, France, alumnus now working and business and translation “Advanced grammar classroom, that in Laeufer’s came alive.” Joe in North Carolina where she plans to is joining her husband at a teach French and her Martin guitar, return to playing piano become involved in service work. It will community college, and Cristina (Italian), (French), (French), Autumn Zimmerman Christiane Linda and Allison Horney Mitchell Collins Devyn Paros (Orniello and Diamond De Pietro Scholarship) (French), (French), - Caitlyn Zabel (Arthur C. and Lura Bell Chamblin Jahn Memorial Scholarship) and Bonne et heureuse retraite! heureuse et Bonne (“Make Their Dreams Come True” Scholarship) (“Make Their Dreams Come True” Destiny Gingerich (“Students First, Students Now” Scholarship—Mary Galvin) Allison Lawrence (French).

, with three years of small college teaching (French , with three years of small , with a PhD in linguistics from Cornell University. Now from Cornell University. , with a PhD in linguistics (Italian), wenty-five years ago, two new faculty members joined the members joined the years ago, two new faculty wenty-five Laeufer plans to Laeufer plans to

(French), French and Italian department (at that time the Romance time the Romance Italian department (at that French and Languages department) as assistant professors: department) as assistant Languages Harlow Marasco, Zachary Rybarczyk, Steven Wagner, Scholarships) (William S. and Marguerite C. Price Traveling and Spanish) experience after her PhD from Purdue University in and Spanish) experience Giglio King Sarmiento In addition, eight of our undergraduates (25% of the total number of recipients) Study Abroad Scholarships: have won Wolfe • Rachel Gapa • Stella Suryanto • Kara Laura Macinnis, Elizabeth Brown, Kelsie King, Allison Lawrence, Thirteen students won undergraduate department scholarships in 2010: • Jaimie Polzin • Daniel Giglio Study Abroad Scholarship Winners enjoy in the coming months. When Laeufer was asked which asked which enjoy in the coming months. When Laeufer was and grammar, of the courses in advanced French pronunciation the most, she linguistics, and translation she enjoyed teaching were always named French 601 and French 604 because “there After analyzing the After analyzing the units of language for she intends to so many years, reading novels is a pleasure that never had the time to never had the time to explore: kinesiology, film, and literature. trip to Europe in the trip to Europe in the and sitting in winter, on a variety of courses at Ohio State that she of French loan words in of French loan words in Alsatian, a Germanic language, taking a begin retirement by fin ishing her work on the phonological treatment foreign language education and administration; and foreign language education Laeufer new phase in life—retirement. both are preparing for a T 6 French and Italian Students, Faculty, and Events years ofoccupation.” tion ofAuschwitz,ItalyandFrance arestillgrapplingwithwhatremainsfromthe legacies ofcollaboration,resistance, andsurvival.Some65yearsafterthelibera- Italy) andexperiencedcomplicated andcontroversialreactionssurroundingthe of thousandsnativeandnon-native Jews(75,000inFranceandover9,000 in depictionsoftheHolocaust:“Both FranceandItalywitnessedtheextermination Renaissance Literature”wasoffered in2008).ProfessorRengaexplainsherinterest Renga infall2010:“FrenchandItalianHolocaustCinema.”(“French and Italian Professors LeahHewitt(AmherstCollege)andMillicentMarcus(Yale University). 31–November 4,andincludesfourfilms,twopanels,keynote lecturesby lection ofFrenchandItalianfilmsthataddresstheHolocaust.Theevent runsOctober Cinema.” Thesymposiumexaminesrepresentationsofmemoryand trauma inase and minifilmseriesthisfalltitled“NewDirectionsinFrenchItalian Holocaust ment ofFrenchandItaliantheWexner Centerwillhostatwo-daysymposium Through theeffortsoffilmprofessors How DoWe ThinkAbouttheHolocaust asSeeninFilms? he enjoyedthefirstonesomuch! ing forwardtohavinganotherretirementpartyinayear, because undergraduate courses.ProfessorRacevskisjokesthatheislook early modernFrenchliterature(1600-1800),aswelladvanced department forthe2010-2011academicyear, teachingcoursesin areas ofphonetics,phonology, lexicology, andsociolinguistics. exhibit effectsoflanguagecontact.Herresearchfocusesinthe for French-basedCreolesandoverseasvarietiesofFrenchthat by theCreoleInstituteatIndianaUniversity. Iskovahasapassion co-edited withProfessorAlbertValdman andpublishedin2007 fieldwork inHaitifora and theFrenchWest Indies.Insummer2007sheconducted Francophone areas,includingMorocco,Algeria,Mali,Quebec, Africa andbecameanadultinFrance.Shehaslivedseveral the Francophoneworldatanearlyage.ShegrewupinNorth Denis Diderot.AnativeofBulgaria,shebecameacquaintedwith and aDEAinlanguagesciencesfromtheUniversityParisVII, an MAinFrenchlinguisticsfromIndianaUniversity–Bloomington intonation inHaitianandGuadeloupeanCreole.Shealsoholds from IndianaUniversity–Bloomington.Herdissertationanalyzed Iskova receivedajointPhDinlinguisticsandFrench language positionfromwhichChristianeLaeuferhasjustretired. Iskra Iskova department welcomes The FrenchandItalian Faculty “Renewed” New and In themeantime,asecondFrench-Italianseminarisbeingofferedby Dana Professor emeritus intakingthevisitingprofessoroflinguisticsand

Haitian Creole-EnglishBilingualDictionary Karlis Racevskis Judith Mayne isrejoiningthe and Dana Renga - , presented oneoftheninefilmsscreened.Shenotesthat,“The Clare workedinsmallgroupdiscussionswiththeundergrads,and the classincludedbothundergraduateandgraduatestudents. ment” thathelpedherfeelpreparedtoteachonthecollegelevel. is “gratefulforthesupportfromprofessoranddepart leading discussionsandsmallgroupactivities.Shesaysthatshe worked ontopicpreparation,suggestingquestionsfortestsand in French426–“LiteratureandtheSelf.” while Anaïsworkedwithassistantprofessor apprenticed inprofessor fessor Bishop the teachingapprenticeship,mostrecently, years, manyofourgraduatestudentshavetakenadvantage level courseundertheguidanceofafacultymember. Overthe French doctoralcandidatestheopportunitytoteachanupper- For sometimenow, theFrenchandItaliandepartmenthasoffered Teaching andLearning PhD CandidatesMeld department doestoprepareourPhDstudentsforteachingcareers.” courses areplannedandtaught. It’s yetanotherexampleofwhatour for ourPhDstudents,sinceitallowsthemtolookcloselyathow the teachingapprenticeshipprogramisawonderfulopportunity ence andbuildmyvita.” the opportunitytoteachasaGTA. [It] allowedmetogainexperi become familiarwithacourse[that]Iwouldnotnormallyhave depth ofProfessorMayne’s presentations.” class gavemerenewedrespectfortheartoffilmand , theDepart Clare’s experienceinFrench670wasslightlydifferent,as Anaïs callshersan“extremelysatisfyingexperience.”She Professor Judith Mayne comments, “From my vantage point, Professor JudithMaynecomments,“Frommyvantagepoint, Beth Bishopaddsthat,“Anapprenticeshipallowedmeto Jean FrançoisFourny , and

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• sums up the experi Fax (614) 292-7403 • Maggie Neola Phone (614) 292-4938 French undergrad minor Professor Marx-Scouras has worked with the group previ Moussu T group members Blu, banjo player, and Tatou, lead singer. and Tatou, Moussu T group members Blu, banjo player, was not an easy task to set up the concert, with issues of techni cal compatibility on two continents, licensing, and scheduling the musicians and the space. ence: “It was not simply watching a movie of two Frenchmen playing music; we could interact with them as if they were in the same room. I felt like French culture became more tangible.” to questions from students, the musicians talked about issues of nationalism and multiculturalism in contemporary France, as well as instrumentation. as her recent research involves contemporary French ously, She remarked later that it musicians and their place in society.

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tudents in Professor to a blues concert in France to a blues concert in France 631 (“What’s ‘French’ Anyway?”) class attended a blues 631 (“What’s concert in France this year without leaving the classroom. The University of Provence in Marseille hosted the European

without leaving the classroom With the support of a Digital Union Learning Technology With the support of a Digital Union Learning Technology French students get front row seats French students get front ask them (in French) about their work. Two-dozen students and students ask them (in French) about their work. Two-dozen several faculty members participated in the event. In response senting the blues group, Moussu T e lei Jovents from La Ciotat, near Marseille. The Kermit Hall videoconference center enabled students to watch (and sing along with) the musicians, and then Grant and funds from the Department of French and Italian and had front row seats. they the Foreign Language Center, Blu repre and side of the mini-concert, with Musicians Tatou The Blues à la française Blues The 8 Alumni News Phone (614) 292-4938 August 2010, studying international affairs with a concentration in August 2010, studying internationalaffairswithaconcentration in program atL’Institut d’ÉtudesPolitiquesdeParis(Sciences Po)in Patterson AirForceBaseforayear. He startedatwo-yearmaster’s Peter Carlson director ofTrade PolicyfortheOfficeof Textiles. Office oftheUnitedStates Trade Representative, wheresheisthe Andrea Boron tion librarywhereshegets“todoabitofeverything.” She’s currentlyworking inasmallnonprofit/professionalorganiza corporate, nonprofit,law, etc.)onceshe’s finished(summer2011). Columbus programandplanningtoworkinSpecialLibraries(i.e. of LibraryandInformationScience)fromKentStatethroughits Lily Birkhimer policy andadministrationatOhioStatenextyear. Cristina Benedetti emergency medicine. the falltopursueanMD.Herinterestslieinsurgery, geriatrics,and of Health. ShewillbeattendingMountSinaiSchoolMedicinein as apost-baccalaureateresearchfellowattheNationalInstitutes Laura Belland in threemonths,aswellorganizedtripsandculturalexcursions. summer 2010.Theprogramcoversoneyear’s worthofArabicstudy intensive ArabicinAlexandria,Egypt, the U.S.DepartmentofStatetostudy a CriticalLanguageScholarshipfrom Adrianne Barbo in mycareer.” position iswhathashelpedmeadvance Program. TheexperienceIgainedinthat tive assistantintheFrenchLanguage Harlow gavemeas.heradministra appreciate theopportunitythatDr. Linda ages 25,20,and16.Shenotes,“Ireally PhD fromOhioState),havethreeboys, She andherhusband,Enrique(BS,MS, Ohio StatetotheUniversityofHouston. looking forwardtomeetingDeanRobertswhorecentlymovedfrom course, andcoordinatesanHonorsSpanishcourse.Aymara was coordinates TA trainingfortheFacultySenate,teachesaFrench Languages, 1987)writesfromtheUniversityofHoustonwhereshe Aymara BoggianoBarbieri in doingso.” appreciate differentcultures—studyingaforeignlanguageassists to communicateinforeignlanguages,understandtheirhistory, and says, “Working inforeigncountries,Ifindthatitisveryimportant strategic planningandbusinessprocessimprovementprojects.She Allen, shesupportsbothU.S.andinternationalgovernmentsin Politiques deParis,andthentoColumbiaUniversity. NowatBooz ence, 2001)wenttograduateschoolinParisatInstitutD’Etudes Rosa Ailabouni • Fax(614)292-7403 (BA MarketingandFrench,2009)worked atWright- (BA French, 2003) is serving a one-year detail to the (BA French,2003)isservingaone-yeardetailtothe (BA French,Microbiology, 2008)spenttwoyears (BA French, 2009) is working on an MLIS (MA (BA French,2009)isworkingonanMLIS(MA (BA French,InternationalStudies,PoliticalSci (MA French, 2008) won (MA French,2008)won (MA Italian, 2007) will begin an MA in arts (MA Italian,2007)willbeginanMAinarts • (BA French, 1983, MA Romance (BA French,1983,MARomance frit.osu.edu -

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(PhD French, 2005) has accepted a three- (BA French, 2007) lives in Willoughby (MA Italian, 2007) will begin a PhD program at (BS Mechanical Engineering and French, 2007)(BS Mechanical Engineering (BA International Studies and French, 2009) taught(BA International Studies GTA organizers of the 2010 FIGSA Conference (front): Anaïs Wise and Lisa organizers of the 2010 FIGSA Conference (front): Anaïs Wise GTA Bevevino; (back): Eleanora Boscolo-Camiletto and J.D. Winteregg Hills, Ohio, with her husband, Matthew, a graduate of Ohio State’s a graduate of Ohio State’s Hills, Ohio, with her husband, Matthew, Reserve Western College of Engineering). She graduated from Case University School of Law with a JD in May 2010. phone literature and advising seniors working on capstone projectsphone literature and advising seniors working on in Francophone Africa. Megan Prince-Miller year position as assistant professor of French at West Point starting West year position as assistant professor of French at intermediate-levelsummer 2010. Besides teaching beginning and seminar on Franco classes, Julia will be teaching an upper-level the University of Alberta next year. Julia Stephens Praud at the law firm of Santarelli SA, which specializes in intellectualat the law firm of Santarelli SA, which specializes etc.). property law (patents, trademarks, copyrights, Vincent Porretta Scott Pochatila Re Western year of law school at Case just finished his second This summer he’ll be working in Paris as an intern serve University. a lot of liberty with my classes.” He followed up teaching by work a lot of liberty with my classes.” France (la “Bourgogne profonde”), but ising in a vineyard in Senan, to start an MA in Spanish this fall.returning to Ohio State English from October 2009 through April 2010 in a small town nearEnglish from October 2009 location. an “isolated, very rural, but beautiful” Dijon named Joigny, about the French school system, and I hadHe says, “I learned a lot graduate student) on classroom activities and district exams.” on classroom activities graduate student) John Petrus am still teaching communicatively and loving it! It’s been fun seeing loving it! It’s communicatively and am still teaching although I will say for children as well, theories work Wynne Wong’s activities than the studentsfew more structured input they need a State Ben Hirt (a former Ohio I collaborate with did at Ohio State. SpotlightHow on an MAAlumni in French found a job that he loves y any measure, Steve Hedge’s eight-year tenure as a French instructor at Grandview High School has been a success. En- thusiasm for the experience of learning French has kept enrollments up—25% of the student population takes French; 30 students will participate in the biennial trip to France; and students’ reaction to Steve Hedge

Alumni News his work made necessary the hiring of second French instructor. (MA French, 1992) As Steve says, “As a French teacher today you have to be a shameless self-promoter who keeps it (French) relevant.” How does Steve keep French relevant? He asks the question, “How Steve notes that 80% of the jobs his students will have does the French language influence English words?” when look- probably haven’t been “invented” yet. He believes that through ing at cognates. He asks what students have learned from other French he is teaching students how to adapt, how to be flexible, classes that relates to French. The answers might be surpris- and how to work with a variety of people. Francophone culture, ing: Chemistry students point out the periodic chart symbols for not just Paris and the Hexagon, provides many examples. copper (CU—cuivre) and lead (PL—plomb); history students read Steve’s own resumé includes an eight-year stint as a from Voltaire; and English students encounter existentialism. management trainer for Lowe’s during a period of rapid growth. In many instances, Steve uses songs to reinforce teaching He enjoyed the training, but traveling five days a week with little points—even grammar! At the top level (similar to a blend of time off grew tiresome. Hearing a radio ad for teacher training Ohio State’s 104 and 201), a song is studied every Friday; a two- at Antioch-McGregor, he quit his job and took a year to prepare week unit on Mérimée’s Carmen includes a plot synopsis, reading himself for his second career. the lyrics from Bizet’s opera, watching the opera, then watching Says Steve: “I love my job. It’s fantastic. I can’t imagine do- Beyoncé’s “Carmen, the Hip Hopera” from MTV. The follow-up ing anything else now.” assignment is to find the story of another love triangle and relate it in French.

Your gifts will offset the high costs of study abroad... A summer in Lecce, Italy, Make an undergraduate’s Funds supporting the or Quebec, Canada: dream come true! Department of French and Italian Ohio State tuition, plus a $1,350 program fee. The Added Advantage: French and Italian Among the wishes of our undergraduates Department Support Fund (309086) A 15-week semester in studying French and/or Italian is one of Provides support for activities and programs for students Dijon, France: visiting and studying in France, Italy, or and faculty of the Department of French and Italian Ohio State tuition, plus a Francophone country (e.g., Senegal or a $2,851 program fee. Quebec) for a summer quarter or for a year. French Lectures on Literature, Language, and Alumni of foreign language programs know Culture (312143) that the overseas experience can change a Supports lectures on historical and contemporary topics person for a lifetime. relating to French and Italian with the purpose of enhancing For that reason, the department would like to make the intellectual life of students, faculty, staff, and the general public the dream of foreign study more of a reality for as many Italian Support Fund (308148) students as possible. If you’d like to help fund overseas Provides support for activities and programs for Italian students and faculty study for undergraduates (or another fund), consider a donation to the “Make Their Dreams Come True” “Make Their Dreams Come True” Scholarship Fund (313186) Fund (309086)”—or create your own fund to support Provides funding for students studying abroad to enhance their French or Italian undergraduate studies in French and Italian as part skills and knowledge of the “Students First” campaign. (Visit frit.osu.edu/ Students First, Students Now French Scholarship (312991) aboutUs/funds.cfm.) Provides a scholarship(s) to a student(s), sophomore or above, with a minimum For your contribution of $75, we will send you a grade point average of 2.75 and majoring in French 17-oz. red mug with the Ohio State logo and “Allez les Bucks” and “Forza Bucks.” For a donation of $125, you’ll Transforming Learning Through Technology (312142) receive a set of two—one for home, one for the office. Facilitates faculty and GTA use of the latest in technology to transform the (We always welcome larger donations, too!) How better teaching and learning of French and Italian to celebrate the experience and knowledge gained from 10 attending The Ohio State University and the Department of French and Italian! Alumni Support Form 11 - -

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ments of supplies from the Dominican Republic to Port au Prince, ments of supplies from the Dominican Republic arrival of needed Haiti. Anna traveled to Haiti to ensure secure water and medicines. as is physical therapy for children with cerebral palsy and Down’s palsy and Down’s as is physical therapy for children with cerebral Haiti Syndrome. When relief supplies for earthquake-devastated for ship began to arrive, a special storage room was created As part of this program, community health workers are trained in As part of this program, community health workers families about how to assess health problems and how to teach against childhood health, hygiene, and nutrition. Vaccinations Mission Emanuel, diseases are an important part of the work of able to communicate with people.” able to communicate with program. community health and one dentist, Anna manages a tors clinic. Anna writes that, “It was easier for me to learn Spanish “It was easier for me to learn Spanish clinic. Anna writes that, classes. My minor in Italian really because I had taken Italian an essential part of my job here—being helped me to complete School of Public Affairs. After four months of Spanish language After four months of Spanish language School of Public Affairs. (missionemanuel.org), a nonprofit training at Mission Emanuel and a water treatment facility in the that runs schools, a clinic, became the director of its medical Dominican Republic, she Master’s in Public Administration (2009) from the John Glenn Glenn in Public Administration (2009) from the John Master’s

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The newsletter of the Department of French and Italian at The Ohio State University is published annually for its alumni, staff, and friends.

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