TEACHING

I teach French by day and Pilates by night. In the classroom and on the yoga mat, I lead with the intention to create a space where everyone feels empowered, reaches just beyond their comfort zone, and recognizes personal growth over time.

Anonymous Student Feedback

Fall 2025 - GE, "Intro to French Lit"

My experience in this entire course has been amazing. It is incredibly obvious that Emily knows exactly what she is talking about in every aspect. She makes it clear what each activity is

contributing towards via the learning goals in the syllabus. Her feedback on assignments is unmatched; incredibly detailed and constructive telling you exactly what needs to change for next time without coming across as "mean" (she never is). Amazing class. well done!

Spring 2023 - English major course, "Intro to American Lit" (Université de Pau)

I really enjoyed Emily's enthusiasm! It's contagious and invites us to work. I like how she articulates well so that we understand everything, especially complex vocabulary.

I really like the way we work in groups, it's fun way to work, as well as a chance to know each other [...] Her PowerPoints are very well made (lot of colours, images,...), which is, in my opinion, a very important thing to make the class a "fun" and very interesting thing.

Summer 2022 - 8-week online, "Elementary French I"

I do want to say though thank you for everything and the amazing class. I thought you did a fantastic job and for an online course this felt as intuitive for me as an in-person language class.

TILE Teaching Demo

At the end of my Graduate Teaching Fellowship (spring 2025), I led an active-learning workshop in which I demonstrated teaching with those techniques. My workshop enabled participants to teach in TILE (high-tech, active-learning classrooms on the University of Iowa campus). Here, we are introducing ourselves with drawings and building community.

Courses I Have Designed

Other than "Texts & Contexts: A Tour through Paris," I have not taught any of these courses. I have drafted syllabi as class ideas come to me. Attending workshops with the Center for Teaching, participating in the teaching book group (as I have done for several semesters), and listening to podcasts like Teaching in Higher Ed inspire course ideas, many of which are interdisciplinary and could be cross-listed with other departments.

FREN:1005 "Texts & Contexts: A Tour through Paris" (taught FA25)
CSI:1200 "How to Humanist: Tips for Majors and the Humanities Curious"
- First-Year Seminar scheduled for FA25 until it was cancelled
- Topic of my MMLA 2025 paper presentation
3000-level "French Revolutions and the Birth of Surrealism"
- Designed for the CIRTL workshop, "Transform Your Research into Teaching"
- French major course covering history and literature from 1789 to 1924
2000-3000-level "Discovering Paris"
- Designed for Graduate Teaching Fellowship
- Intended study abroad course that introduces French literature, history, and culture through a Parisian lens
- Ideally taught in French, though an English option with an additional credit hour for French majors is possible.