HEATHER WILLIS ALLEN

Associate Professor of French Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French & Italian 732 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr.Email: hwallen@wisc.edu Madison, WI 53706Website: http://works.bepress.com/heatherwillisallen/ Phone: 1-608-520-4733

EDUCATION

1998-2002 Ph.D., French & Educational Studies, Emory University1996-98 M.A., French Literature, Louisiana State University1995-96 Cours de Civilisation Française, Sorbonne Paris IV1991-95 B.A., French & Political Science, Furman University

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2014- Associate Professor, Dept. of French & Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison2011-14 Assistant Professor, Dept. of French & Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison2006-11 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures, University of Miami 2002-06 Lecturer, Dept. of French & Italian, University of Pittsburgh 1998-2002 Teaching Fellow, Dept. of French & Italian, Emory University 1996-1998 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of French Studies, Louisiana State University

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Paesani, K. A., Allen, H. W., & Dupuy, B. (2016). A multiliteracies framework for collegiate foreign language teaching. Theory and Practice in Second Language Classroom Instruction Series. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. 320 pages.

Allen, H. W., & Dubreil, S. (2014). Alliages culturels: La société française en transformation. Boston: Heinle Cengage. 290 pages.

Edited volume

Allen, H. W., & Maxim, H. H. (Eds.). (2013). Educating the future foreign language professoriate for the 21st century. Boston: Heinle Cengage. 242 pages.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. (In press). Genre instruction, textual borrowing, and foreign language writing: Teaching assistant perspectives and practices. Language Teaching Research.

Allen, H. W. (2018). Redefining writing in the foreign language curriculum: Toward a design approach. Foreign Language Annals 51, 513-532.

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Allen, H. W. and Goodspeed, L. (2018). Textual borrowing and perspective-taking: A genre-based approach to L2 writing. L2 Journal , 10, 87-110 .

Allen, H. W., & Dupuy, B. (2013). Study abroad, foreign language use, and the Communities standard. Foreign Language Annals, 45, 468-493.

Paesani, K., & Allen, H. W. (2012). Beyond the language-content divide: A review of research on advanced collegiate foreign language teaching and learning. Foreign Language Annals, 45 (S1), S54- S75.

Allen, H. W. (2010). Interactive contact during study abroad as linguistic affordance: Myth or reality? Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 19, 1-26.

Allen, H. W. (2010). Language-learning motivation in short-term study abroad. Foreign Language Annals 43(1), 27-49.

Allen, H. W. (2010). What shapes short-term study abroad experiences? A comparative case study of students' motives and goals. Journal of Studies in International Education, 14, 452-470.

Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. (2010). Exploring the feasibility of a pedagogy of multiliteracies in introductory foreign language courses. L2 Journal , 2 , 119-142.

Allen, H. W., & Negueruela-Azarola, E. (2010). Professional development of future professors of foreign languages: Looking back, looking forward. Modern Language Journal 94 (3), 377- 395.

Allen, H. W. (2009). Moving beyond the language-literature divide: Advanced pedagogy for tomorrow's foreign language professors. ADFL Bulletin 41 (2), 88-99.

Allen, H. W. (2009). A literacy-based approach to the advanced French writing course, The French Review 83 (2), 368-387.

Allen, H. W. (2008). Textbook materials and foreign language teaching: Perspectives from the classroom, Northeast Conference on Teaching Foreign Languages Review 62, 5-28. Allen, H. W., & Herron, C. (2003). A mixed-methodology investigation of the linguistic and affective outcomes of summer study abroad, Foreign Language Annals 36, 370-385.

Peer-reviewed book chapters

Allen, H. W., and Paesani, K. (2019). Interpersonal writing in the advanced foreign language curriculum: A multiliteracies perspective. N. Yigitoglu & M. Reichelt (Eds.) L2 Writing Beyond English (pp. 42-59). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

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Frei, C., Levine, G., Allen, H. W., & Swanson, B. (2017). Implications of the AP World Language Curriculum for University Language Programs. In J. W. Tharpe & P. Urlaub. The Interconnected Language Curriculum: Critical Transitions and Interfaces in Articulated K-16 Contexts (pp. 99-117). Boston: Heinle Cengage.

Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. (2017). “Invitation au voyage”: A multiliteracies approach to teachinggenre. C. Krueger (Ed.), Approaches to Teaching Baudelaire’s Prose Poems (pp. 139-149). New York: Modern Language Association.

Allen, H. W. (2014). Foreign language teaching assistant professional development: Challenges and strategies in meeting the 2007 MLA Report’s calls for change. In J. Swaffar and P. Urlaub (Eds.), Transforming Postsecondary Foreign Language Teaching in the United States (pp. 177-191). Dordrecht: Springer.

Allen, H. W. (2013). Self-regulatory strategies of foreign language learners: From the classroom to study abroad and beyond. In C. Kinginger (Ed.), Social and cultural aspects of cross-border language learning (pp. 47-73). John Benjamins.

Allen, H.W. & Dupuy, B. (2013). Evolving notions of literacy-based foreign language teaching: A case study of graduate student instructors. In H.W. Allen & H.H. Maxim, (Eds.) Educating the Future Foreign Language Professoriate for the 21st Century (pp. 171-191). Boston: Heinle Cengage.

Dupuy, B., & Allen, H. W. (2012). Appropriating conceptual and pedagogical tools of literacy: Aqualitative study of two novice foreign language teaching assistants. In G. Gorsuch (Ed.), Working theories for teaching assistant and international teaching assistant development (pp. 275-315). Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.

Allen, H. W. (2011). Embracing literacy-based teaching: A longitudinal study of the conceptual development of novice foreign language teachers. In K. E. Johnson and P. R. Golombek (Eds.), Sociocultural Research on Second Language Teacher Education: Exploring the Complexities of Professional Development (pp. 86-101). New York: Routledge.

Allen, H. W. (2009). In search of relevance: The role of the Standards in the undergraduate foreign language curriculum. In V. Scott (Ed.), Principles and Practices of the Standards in College Foreign Language Education (pp. 38-52). Boston: Heinle Cengage.

Mills, N. A., & Allen, H. W. (2008). Teacher efficacy in native and non-native teaching assistants of French. In J. Siskin (Ed.), From Thought to Action: Exploring Beliefs and Outcomes in the Foreign Language Program (pp. 213-234). Boston: Heinle.

Allen, H. W., Dristas, V. M., & Mills, N. A. (2007). Cultural learning outcomes and summer study abroad. In M. Mantero (Ed.), Identity and Second Language Learning: Culture, Inquiry, and Dialogic Activity in Educational Contexts (pp. 187-213). Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

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Other publications

Allen, H. W., & Clementi, D. (2016). Connecting literacy and language learning. The Language Educator Oct / Nov 2016, 22-24.

Manuscripts in preparation

Paesani, K., & Allen, H. W. (Submitted for publication Nov. 2019). Challenges and opportunities in implementing multiliteracies pedagogy in postsecondary language programs. Second Language Research and Practice.

Allen, H. W., & Gamalinda, S. Making podcasts in the French creative writing course. Submission to special issue of CALICO Journal, Winter 2020. Abstract accepted October 2019.

Allen, H. W., & Goodspeed, L. Implementing a design approach to writing in collegiate French language courses. Submission to the French Review, 2020.

Allen, H. W., Paesani, K., & Goodspeed, L. Affordances and constraints of genre-based writing pedagogy: language instructor and learner experiences and perspectives. Submission to Modern Language Journal, 2020.

AWARDS & FUNDED RESEARCH

Extramural

2019 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Research Priorities Grant: Assessing written presentational communication: K-16 foreign language

instructors’ perspectives and practices ($2000)

2017 Nominee, Modern Language Association, Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize (with KatePaesani & Beatrice Dupuy)

2015 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Languages and Literacies Project, Invited Webinar Series on the Multiliteracies Approach (with Kate Paesani & Beatrice Dupuy, $7,500)

2015 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Research Priorities Stage 4Grant: High leverage teaching practices among experienced collegiate teaching assistants of French (with Kate Paesani, $2500)

2013 Nominee, ACTFL-MLJ Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education

2010 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Research Priorities Grant:

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Merging language and content in the undergraduate foreign language curriculum-- Approaches, findings, and implications (with Kate Paesani, $500)

2010 Univ. of Arizona, Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy (Title VI Language Resource Center): Preparing collegiate FL Teaching

Assistants, Lecturers, and Adjunct Instructors to teach in multidisciplinary and multi-contexts (Co-Project Director with Beatrice Dupuy, $51,673, 2010-2014)

2002 Middlebury College Language Schools, Baker Summer Research Fellowship for Second Language Acquisition: The Culture of Learning in Immersion ($3,000)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

2019 Second Language Acquisition Doctoral Program Small Grant (with Sandra Descourtis):Foreign language instructors’ perspectives on teaching writing ($1200)

2019 General Research Support Award: Foreign language instructors’ perspectives and practices of teaching writing: An Activity Theory perspective ($21,995)

2017 General Research Support Award: Implementing genre-based writing in theundergraduate French curriculum ($20,395)

2016 Second Language Acquisition Doctoral Program Small Grant (with Lauren Goodspeed): High leverage teaching practices among experienced TAs of French ($1200)

2015 Second Language Acquisition Doctoral Program Small Grant (with Lauren Goodspeed): Student perceptions and learning outcomes in lower-division French courses ($600)

University of Miami

2009 James W. Maclamore Summer Research Award: The emergence of self-regulated language learning: Insights from study abroad ($10,500)

2008 General Research Support Award: An activity-theoretic perspective on linguistic and motivational outcomes of study abroad ($1,748)

2008 James W. Maclamore Summer Research Award: Goals and motives in study abroad ($9,300)

2007 General Research Support Award with E. Negueruela: The development of cognition among novice foreign language teachers ($1,200)

University of Pittsburgh

2006 University Center for International Studies Research Grant: L2 Identity Abroad--An Activity Theory perspective ($500)

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2006 Center for Western European Studies Research Grant: Second language identity and cultural learning abroad: An Activity Theory perspective ($1,300)

2005 Center for Western European Studies Curriculum Development Grant ($500)

2005 Hewlett International Grant: The Process of cultural learning: Study abroad participants as ethnographers ($2,120)

2005 University Center for International Studies Research Grant: Cultural learning outcomes and summer study abroad ($692)

2004 High Performance Network Initiative Grant: Crossing cultural boundaries: Using technology to bring native speakers into the classroom ($20,521)

2004 Center for Western European Studies, Research Grant: The culture of learning in immersion ($500)

2003 Instructional Excellence Grant with V. M. Dristas: Web-based materials development in French and Italian ($15,378)

2003 University Center for International Studies Research Grant: Teacher observation--A framework for collaborative dialogue ($500)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

Invited Plenary Speaker

Nov. 2013 Allen, H. W. ACTFL Research Plenary: Current Studies in Research Priority Areas. ACTFL 2013 Convention, Orlando, FL.

May 2011 Allen, H.W., & Dupuy, B. Educating the future foreign language professoriate in 2010 and beyond: Challenges and opportunities. Seventh International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN.

Nov. 2010 Allen, H. W. The lost C: The Communities goal area. ACTFL 2010 Convention, Boston, MA.

Invited Conference Presenter or Panelist

Jan. 2020 Allen, H. W. Panelist. Past, present, and future challenges in educating the future foreign language professoriate. MLA 136th Annual Convention. Seattle, WA.

May 2019 Paesani, K., Allen, H. W., Blyth, C., Menke, M., Michelson, K., & Warner, C. Symposium: Teacher education and multiliteracies pedagogy—current trends and future

directions. Eleventh International Conference on Language Teacher Education. Minneapolis, MN.

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May 2019 Crane, C., & Allen, H. W. Pre-conference workshop. Differentiated language teacher education: Supporting novice and experienced teachers. Eleventh International

Conference on Language Teacher Education. Minneapolis, MN.

Feb. 2017 Allen, H.W. Panelist. High-leverage teaching practices in a post-methods era of collegiate foreign language teaching. Tenth International Conference on

Language Teacher Education, Los Angeles, CA.

Nov. 2016 Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. Presenter. Research Priorities Areas: Foreign Language Teacher Development, High-Performing Language Programs. ACTFL 2016 Convention,

Boston, MA.

Jan. 2016 Allen, H. W. Panelist. Results of the 2013 MLA Language Enrollment Survey. MLA 132nd Annual Convention. Austin, TX.

Nov. 2015 Allen, H. W. AAUSC French Section Panel. ACTFL 2015 Convention, San Diego, CA.

March 2012 Allen, H. W., & Dupuy, B. Panelist. Appropriating conceptual and pedagogical tools of literacy: A cross-language and cross-institutional study. Panel: Growing a research agenda to support international teaching assistant programs. AAAL 2012 Conference, Boston, MA.

Nov. 2011 Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. Session to follow plenary. Beyond the Language-Content Divide: Advanced Collegiate Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. ACTFL 2011 Convention, Denver, CO.

Nov. 2010 Allen, H. W. Session to follow plenary. Intervening in communities of practice: Maximizing language learning during study abroad. ACTFL 2010 Convention, Boston, MA.

Nov. 2010 Allen, H. W. Panelist. Back to basics: What is (still) important in graduate student professional development in a changing university? ACTFL 2010 Convention, Boston, MA.

Nov. 2009 Allen, H. W. Panelist. Hybrid language learning and language program direction. ACTFL 2009 Convention, San Diego, CA.

Organizer

Jan. 2015 Allen, H. W. Redefining the role of interpretive communication in the classroom. MLA 131st Annual Convention. Vancouver, Canada.

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Jan. 2014 Allen, H. W. Raising the bar: Academic rigor in the language classroom. MLA 130th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

Dec. 2009 Allen, H. W., & Maxim, H. New structures for educating graduate student teachers. Modern Language Association 125th Annual Convention, Philadelphia,

PA.

Nov. 2009 Allen, H. W., & Maxim, H. Re-envisioning graduate student teacher education in the 21st century. ACTFL 2009 Convention, San Diego, CA.

Oct. 2009 Allen, H. W., & Negueruela, E. 16th Annual Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Working Group Meeting, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.

March 2009 Allen, H. W., & Negueruela, E. Colloquium: The professional development of graduate students as teachers in U.S. foreign language departments. AAAL 2009

Conference, Denver, CO.

Presenter

March 2020 Allen, H.W., Gamalinda, S., & Descourtis, S. High school and college French teachers’ perspectives and practices of foreign language writing instruction. AAAL 2020

Conference, Denver, CO.

March 2020 Paesani, K., Allen, H.W., & Goodspeed, L. Affordances and Constraints of Genre-Based Writing Pedagogy: Language Learner and Teacher Perspectives. AAAL 2020

Conference, Denver, CO.

Nov. 2019 Allen, H. W., Goodspeed, L., Hughes, M. Developing intercultural competence in lower-level language courses. ACTFL 2019 Convention, Washington, D.C.

Jan. 2019 Allen, H. W., & Goodspeed, L. Toward a design approach to foreign language writinginstruction. MLA 133rd Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

Nov. 2018 Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. Integrating the communicative modes: Teaching writing through genre. ACTFL 2018 Convention, New Orleans, LA.

March 2018 Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. Teacher conceptualizations and implementation of textual borrowing in genre-based foreign language writing instruction. AAAL 2018 Conference, Chicago, IL.

Nov. 2017 Allen, H.W., & Reisinger, D. Facilitating written interpersonal communication inAP world languages. ACTFL 2017 Convention, Nashville, TN.

Nov. 2017 Allen, H.W., Goodspeed, L., & Paesani, K. Rethinking writing instruction in the lower-level French classroom.ACTFL 2017 Convention, Nashville, TN.

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Nov. 2016 Allen, H.W., & Goodspeed, L. Second language writing and textual borrowing in acultural studies course. ACTFL 2016 Convention, Boston, MA.

Nov. 2015 Allen, H.W., & Reisinger, D. Maximizing performance in the written presentational mode for AP French. ACTFL 2015 Convention, San Diego, CA.

Nov. 2015 Allen, H.W., Paesani, K., & Dupuy, B. Authentic texts and oral language development across instructional levels. ACTFL 2015 Convention, San Diego, CA.

Nov. 2014 Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. Aligning goals, objectives, and assessments: A multiliteracies perspective. ACTFL 2014 Convention, San Antonio, TX.

Nov. 2013 Allen, H. W., Dupuy, B., & Paesani, K. The methods course revisited: From a skills-based to multiliteracies approach. ACTFL 2013 Convention, Orlando, FL.

Jan. 2013 Allen, H. W., Dupuy, B., & Paesani, K. Assessment practices in the post-communicative era: A multiliteracies perspective. MLA 128th Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

Nov. 2012 Allen, H. W., & Dupuy, B. Project PERCOLATE: Preparing FL TAs for multiliteracies-oriented instruction. ACTFL 2012 Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Nov. 2011 Allen, H. W., Paesani, K., Dupuy, B. The methods course revisited: From a skills-based to a multiliteracies approach. ACTFL 2011 Convention, Denver, CO.

March 2011 Allen, H. W., & Paesani, K. Implementing a pedagogy of multiliteracies: Selecting and sequencing content in introductory language courses. AAAL 2011 Conference, Chicago, IL.

March 2011 Allen, H.W., & Dupuy, B. Appropriating and using conceptual and pedagogicaltools of literacy: The development of teaching expertise by future foreign language faculty. AAAL 2011 Conference, Chicago, IL.

Nov. 2010 Allen, H. W., & Katz, S. Theme-based bridge courses: A gateway to advanced language proficiency. ACTFL 2010 Convention, Boston, MA.

March 2010 Allen, H. W., & Kim, T-Y. Investigating language learning and motivation beyond the classroom: Challenges of conducting research from a sociocultural

theory perspective. AAAL 2010 Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Oct. 2009 Allen, H. W. Myth or reality? Interactive contact as linguistic affordance during short-term study abroad. 15th Annual Sociocultural Theory and Second Language

Working Group Meeting. Coral Gables, FL.March 2009 Allen, H. W. The professional development of future professors of foreign

language: Looking back and looking forward. AAAL 2009 Conference, Denver, CO.

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March 2009 Allen, H. W., & Spielmann, G. Goals, motives, and self-perceptions in study abroad: Are students missing the point? (Or are we?) AAAL 2009 Conference,

Denver, CO.

Nov. 2008 Allen, H. W., & Negueruela, E. Applying dynamic assessment to teacher observation practices. ACTFL 2008 Convention, Orlando, FL.

July 2008 Allen, H. W. Developing advanced literacy skills in French: An integrated approach to the grammar and composition course. AATF 2008 Conference,

Liege, Belgium.

Dec. 2007 Allen, H. W. Teacher cognition and dynamic assessment in the university FL context. MLA 123rd Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

Oct. 2007 Allen, H. W., & Negueruela, E. Promoting pedagogical expertise in graduate students: Dynamic assessment and teacher training. 14th Annual Sociocultural

Theory and Second Language Learning Research Working Group, Tucson, AZ.

April 2007 Allen, H. W. From the foreign language classroom into the target culture: Analyzing the shift in language learning activity. AAAL 2007 Conference, Costa Mesa, CA.

Nov. 2006 Jones, C., Allen, H. W., & Wu, S. Language online: The evolution of web-delivered instruction. ACTFL 2006 Convention, Nashville, TN.

Nov. 2006 Allen, H. W., & Mills, N. A. From thought to action: Exploring beliefs and outcomes in the Foreign Language Program. ACTFL 2006 Convention,

Nashville, TN.

June 2006 Allen, H. W., & Dristas, V. M. L2 identity development abroad: An Activity Theory perspective. AAAL / ACLA 2006 Joint Conference, Montreal, Canada.

March 2006 Jones, C., & Allen, H. W. French online and the open learning initiative. DigitalStream: Emerging Technologies in Teaching Language and Culture, Monterey Bay, CA.

Nov. 2005 Allen, H. W., Mills, N. A., & Dristas, V. M. Living a culture: Outcomes of summer study abroad experiences. ACTFL 2005 Convention, Baltimore, MD.

April 2005 Allen, H. W., Mills, N. A., & Dristas, V. M. Cultural learning outcomes and summer study abroad. ISLS Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Nov. 2004 Allen, H. W. Textbook materials and SLA research: What teachers say. ACTFL 2004 Convention, Chicago, IL.

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May 2003 Allen, H. W. & Dristas, V. M. Teacher observation: A new framework for collaborative dialogue. International Conference for Language Teacher Education, 3rd Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

March 2003 Allen, H. W., & Mills, N. A. Teacher efficacy in graduate teaching assistants of French. AAAL Annual Conference, Arlington, VA.

April 2002 Allen, H. W. Does study abroad make a difference? An investigation of linguistic and motivational outcomes. KFLC, Lexington, KY.

Nov. 2001 Allen, H. W., & Mills, N. A. Linguistic and non-linguistic changes after a study abroad experience. GERA Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

INVITED LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

May 2020 Title TBD. Half-day workshop. College of Arts and Science. New York University. New York, NY.

Feb. 2020 Title TBD. Invited lecture via teleconference. Harvard University.

Feb. 2020 Re-envisioning writing instruction in collegiate language courses: Toward a Design Approach. Invited workshop. Univ. of California-Santa Barbara, CA.

Jan. 2020 Title TBD. Half-day workshop and lecture. Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN.

Oct. 2019 The presentational mode and multiliteracies in language teaching. Invited webinar forACTFL / Startalk Teacher Program.

Sep. 2019 Reconceptualizing writing instruction in collegiate language courses: Toward a Design approach. Half-day workshop. Romance Studies Department, Duke University, Durham, NC.

March 2018 Addressing the language-literature divide through multiliteracies pedagogy. Invited lecture. Department of French and Italian, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

June 2017 French Advanced Placement Summer Institute. Five-day workshop, UW-Madison School of Education, Madison, WI. Presented with Margaret Schmidt.

March 2017 Southern Oregon University, Foreign Languages and Literatures. One-day workshop. Balancing the modes of communication in foreign language instruction. Ashland, OR.

January 2017 Moving beyond communicative language teaching: Anchoring lower-division collegiate language instruction in literacy development. Invited talk. Emory University, Department

of French and Italian.

June 2016 French Advanced Placement Summer Institute. Five-day workshop, UW-Madison School

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of Education, Madison, WI. Presented with Margaret Schmidt.

June 2016 Reconsidering the communicative modes through text-based assessment practices. Two-day workshop, CERCLL Summer Workshop Series, University of Arizona,Tucson, AZ. Presented with Kate Paesani.

April 2015 Collegiate foreign language teacher development: Challenges and strategies to meetthe MLA's call for change. Invited lecture. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.

Dec. 2013 Collegiate foreign language teacher development: Challenges and strategies in meeting the MLA’s call for change. Invited lecture. University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute. Language Matters: Wisconsin and the World Lecture Series. Madison, WI.

Sep. 2012 Linking language and literary-cultural content: A multiliteracies approach to advanced collegiate foreign language teaching. One-day workshop. University of Pittsburgh, Department of French and Italian, Pittsburgh, PA.

June 2012 Implementing literacy-based instruction in collegiate FL programs. Two-day workshop, AAUSC / CERCLL Summer Workshop Series, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Presented with Beatrice Dupuy, Karen Johnson, and Kate Paesani.

April 2012 Investigating language-learning motivation: Contributions and challenges of a sociocultural theory perspective. Invited lecture. Georgetown University, German Department, Washington, D. C.

March 2012 Foreign language teaching assistant professional development. Challenges and strategies in meeting the 2007 MLA Report’s calls for change. RESET/REBOOT/RECOUP: The new college language and cultural studies symposium. Invited colloquium presentation. University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX.

June 2011 For a pedagogy of multiliteracies: Reconciling communicative and text-centeredinstruction in elementary and intermediate FL courses. Two-day workshop, CERCLLSummer Workshop Series, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Presented with Beatrice Dupuy.

May 2011 Beyond methods: A long-term approach to foreign language TA development. Invited pre-conference workshop. Seventh International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Minneapolis, MN. Presented with Beatrice Dupuy.

Sep. 2010 Goals, motives, and self-perceptions in study abroad: Are students missing the point? (Or are we?) Invited lecture. Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Presented with GuySpielmann.

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April 2010 Beyond the four skills: Structuring classroom foreign language instruction with a multiple literacies approach. Invited lecture. Emory College Language Center,

Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

June 2009 Developing foreign language courses using a multiple literacies approach. One-day workshop. CERCLL Summer Workshop Series, University of Arizona,

Tucson, AZ.

Oct. 2007 An activity theoretic perspective on intermediate-level French learners’ motives and goals abroad. Invited lecture. University of Pittsburgh, Univ. Center for International Studies, Pittsburgh, PA.

Oct. 2006 Do our uses of technology reflect our communities of practice? McGraw Hill World Languages Teleconference: Online Language Learning and Instruction—Perspectives and Experiences, Long Beach, CA.

Oct. 2006 Creating a community of learners through online communication. Invited lecture. California State University Long Beach, Department of Romance, German, & Russian

Languages and Literatures, Long Beach, CA.

COURSES TAUGHT

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Issues in Methods of Teaching French & Italian: Instructional & Assessment Strategies for Advanced Foreign Language Teaching (Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2020)

Teaching College French & Italian (Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019)

Advanced Oral & Written Expression (Spring 2012, Spring 2019)

Advanced Composition & Conversation (Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2014)

Advanced Language & Culture (Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2018)

First Semester French (Fall 2011, Fall 2015)

University of Southern Oregon, Summer Language Institute (Angers, France)

FL511: Foreign Language Assessment: Principles and Strategies (Summer 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

FR516: Teaching Interpretive Communication through Authentic Videotexts (Summer 2019)

FR516: Individual Differences in the Foreign Language Classroom (Summer 2014, Summer 2017)

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FL511: Second Language Acquisition: Theory and Practice (Summer 2012, 2014, 2015)

FR516: Teaching with Film (Summer 2014)

FR516: Teaching Second Language Grammar in Context (Summer 2012)

University of Miami

French Advanced Stylistics & Composition (Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2011)

Introduction to Foreign Language Teaching & Learning (Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2010)

Contemporary Culture of Metropolitan France (Spring 2010)

Literacy in Advanced Foreign Language Teaching (Spring 2009)

Capstone Seminar - Quelle culture pour la France au 21ième siècle? (Spring 2008)

University of Pittsburgh

French Conversation (Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2005)

Intermediate French I (Spring 2003, Summer 2006)

Intermediate French II (Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Summer 2005)

Creative Writing in French (Summer 2005, Summer 2006)

Literacy in Advanced Foreign Language Teaching (Spring 2005, Spring 2006)

Freshman Studies- Communication, Language, and Identity (Fall 2005)

Freshman Studies- Introduction to University Life (Fall 2004)

Emory University

1999-2001 Elementary French I & II, Intermediate French, Advanced Grammar

Louisiana State University

1996-1998 Elementary French I & II

SUMMER ACADEMIC POSITIONS ABROAD

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Visiting Faculty, S. Oregon University, Summer Language Institute, Angers, France (2012, 2014-2020)Program Director, Univ. of Pittsburgh in France, Nantes, France (2005, 2006)Program Director, Abbey Road Overseas Programs, Villefranche, France (2004)Program Director, Abbey Road Overseas Programs, Cannes, France (2003)Program Assistant, Emory in Paris, Paris, France (2000)

SERVICE

To the Profession

Elected Positions

2020-25 Modern Language Association Executive Committee, Applied Linguistics2016-19 Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly Organizing Committee2013-16 Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly, Great Lakes Section 2011-16 Modern Language Association Exec. Committee, Teaching of Language 2009-11 American Association for University Supervisors, Coordinators, & Directors of Language Programs French Section Head & Executive Board Member

Invited Committee & Editorial Board Service

2013-20 Foreign Language Annals Editorial Board (2013-2016, 2017-2020)2014-18 French Advanced Placement Examination Development Committee 2014-17 Publications of the Modern Language Association Advisory Committee (PMLA)2012-16 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language Research Priorities Task Force 2012 French Advanced Placement Examination Standard Setting Panel 2011 Birkmaier Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Research in Foreign Language Education, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages 2010-12 American Association of Applied Linguistics Graduate Awards Committee 2010- American Association for University Supervisors, Coordinators & Directors of Language Programs Editorial Board Member

Committee Positions

2014-15 Chair, Modern Language Association Committee on the Teaching of Language 2013-14 Secretary, Modern Language Association Committee on the Teaching of Language 2012-13 Chair, American Association of Applied Linguistics Graduate Awards Committee 2012 Chair, Birkmaier Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Research in Foreign Language Education, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Grant Reviews

2018 National Foreign Language Resource Centers, U.S. Dept. of Education2016 Partner University Fund, Projects in the Humanities, The French Embassy2008-10 Federal Language Assistance Program, U.S. Dept. of Education

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2009 International Research and Studies Program, U.S. Dept. of Education

Journal & Conference Proposal Reviews

2019 Eleventh International Conference on Language Teacher Education2017 Intercultural Competence Conference, University of Arizona2016-present Language Learning2015-present American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference2015-present ADFL Bulletin2012- System2011-2019 AAUSC Annual Volume2011-present Canadian Modern Language Review2006-present Modern Language Journal2005-present Foreign Language Annals

Institutional Service

University of Wisconsin System

2016-present French Placement Test Committee

University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Letters & Sciences

2016-20 Academic Planning Council

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of French & Italian

2018-19 Chair, Undergraduate Studies Committee2016-17 Associate Chair of French2016-17, 2018-20 Course Chair, Elementary French I & II, French for Romance Language Speakers2011-17 Course Chair, Elementary French I 2012-13, 14-17 Course Chair, Elementary French II Fall 2017, 19-20 Course Chair, Intermediate French I2012-17, 19-20 Chair, Course Chairs Committee 2011-20 Member, Course Chairs Committee 2011-20 Member, French Instructional Committee 2015-20 Chair, Assessment Task Force2015-16 Member, New Ventures Task Force2011-14 Member, Lectures and Colloquia Committee 2011-12 Member, Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Task Force2011-13 Member, Outreach Committee Spring 2014 Member, Ad Hoc Committee for French & Italian Programs Self-Study 2011-12 Coordinator, Professional Development Workshops for Graduate Students

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Second Language Acquisition Doctoral Program

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Heather Willis Allen CV November 2019

2018-19 Member, Preliminary Examination Committee, Sandra Descourtis2018-19 Member, Preliminary Examination Committee, Hadis Ghaedi2017-18 Director, Dissertation Committee, Lauren Goodspeed2017-18 Member, Dissertation Committee, Amy Clay2016-17 Director, Preliminary Examination Committee, Lauren Goodspeed2015-16 Member, Dissertation Committee, Margaret Merrill 2015-16 Member, Dissertation Proposal Committee, Amy Clay2015-17 Co-Director Dissertation Committee, Sandrine Pell2015-18 Member, Dissertation Committee, Leah Wicander2014-15 Co-Director, Dissertation Proposal Committee, Sandrine Pell 2014-15 Member, Dissertation Proposal Committee, Leah Wicander2014-15 Advisor, Preliminary Examination Committee, Sandrine Pell 2012-14 Member, Dissertation Committee, Barbara Bird 2013-15 Member, Dissertation Proposal Committee, Margaret Merrill 2013-14 Member, Preliminary Examination Committee, Leah Wicander 2011-15 Member, Advisory Board, SLA Doctoral Program2012-13 Member, Preliminary Examination Structure Review Committee

University of Miami, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

2006-11 Director, French Basic Language Program 2006-10 Chair, Technology Committee 2006-11 Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee 2008-11 Member, Lecturer & Visiting Professor Hiring and Review Committee

University of Miami, College of Arts & Sciences

2008-9 Invited Member, University Committee on International Education Fall 2007 Faculty Senator Summer 2008 Faculty Mentor, Beyond the Book Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

University of Pittsburgh, Department of French & Italian

2002-6 University of Pittsburgh, Coordinator, French Language Program 2004-6 Study Abroad Advisor, French 2002-6 Faculty Advisor, College in High School Program in French 2002-4 Faculty Advisor, French Club 2003-5 Member, Graduate Admissions Committee

University of Pittsburgh, College of Arts & Sciences

2002-6 Member, Language Media Center Advisory Board Fall 2005 Member, Hewlett International Grant Selection Committee 2004-6 Elected Member, Faculty Senate, Community Relations Committee Fall 2005 Faculty Mentor, First Experiences in Teaching

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Heather Willis Allen CV November 2019

Spring 2005 Faculty Mentor, First Experiences in Research 2003 Director, Fall Orientation, French, Italian, German, and Spanish Teaching Assts.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2018-19 French Advanced Placement Exam Table Leader, Task 1, Cincinnati, OH2015-17 French Advanced Placement Exam Reader, Task 1, Cincinnati, OHJune 2010 ADFL Summer Seminar, Rochester, NY April 2006 ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Familiarization Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA August 2005 Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview Training Workshop, Pittsburgh, PAJuly 2005 Symposium on Advanced Language Development, CALPER, State College, PA July 2005 Summer Institute of Applied Linguistics, CALPER, State College, PAFall 2004 Communication Across the Curriculum Seminar, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

SCHOLARLY AFFILIATIONS

American Association of Applied LinguisticsAmerican Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, & Directors of Foreign Language Programs American Council for the Teaching of Foreign LanguagesModern Language Association

LANGUAGES

English: native language; French: near-native fluency; Spanish: reading knowledge

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