Richard Stroik, Ph.D., came to the University of San Diego in 1991. He currently serves as Chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures. He has previously served as coordinator of the Intensive Language (Dartmouth) Model for first-year language instruction and as a member of the executive committee of the Academic Assembly. He has been active in study abroad during his entire career, serving as chair of the Study Abroad committee and creating a summer program in France. His research interests are in 20th century French poetry and Camus. Stroik is a product of Catholic elementary and secondary education.

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Kate Defrise teaches undergraduate French.She holds a professional certificate in copyediting from University of California, San Diego and has copyedited and prepared for publication numerous works from various fields, from scholarly to technical. She has a passion for fiction and is working on a novel. She is a native of Belgium.

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Sophie Halvin is an Adjunct Professor in the Languages and Literatures department where she has been teaching the full spectrum of elementary and intermediate French classes since 2001. She came to USD after working for 10 years at the University of California, San Diego where she taught a variety of language and literature courses. She is a native of Paris, France.

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Beatriz Lado, Ph.D., is language coordinator and teaches courses in Spanish and Spanish linguistics. Her specializations include second language acquisition, second language teaching methodology, cognitive effects of adult language acquisition, and bilingualism.

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Michèle C. Magnin, Ph.D., has been a member of the department of Languages and Literatures since 1990. She is the director of the French section. She offers courses in literature, culture and civilization, women writers, advanced writing, and phonetics. She was director of the Faculty and Curriculum Diversity Program on campus for three years.

A native Parisian, Magnin has established strong links with the French community in San Diego. She was president of the San Diego chapters of the American Association of Teachers of French, and the Alliance Française.

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Born in Toulon, South of France, Professor Rachel-Gueirard has lived in Germany and now, the U.S.She began teaching at USD in 2002 and also teaches at UCSD, UCSD Extension, and Point Loma Nazarene University, as well as for the Alliance Française de San Diego. She is equally at home teaching French and German.

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Shirley M. Saad has been teaching French at USD since 1999. She teaches beginning and intermediate French.

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Teaching experience: Notre Dame, Ohio State, San Diego Community College. At USD since 1978. All levels from lower division language to advanced upper division French literature.

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