Romance Languages and Literatures

Andrea Javel

Distinguished Senior Lecturer of French

Presentations

"滨苍肠辞谤辫辞谤补迟颈苍驳听Un village fran莽ais听into the French curriculum," NECTFL (Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), New York, NY, March 2020.听[Un village fran莽ais听is a French television series that takes place during World War II.]

"L鈥檃mbivalence culturelle et linguistique de la Cara茂be francophone per莽ue 脿 travers deux films d茅roul茅s sur deux 卯les," AATF Annual Meeting, Martinique, France, July 2018 (also presented at MaFLA Annual Meeting, Springfield, MA, October 2018, and at 鈥淒iversity Day,鈥 Lasell University, Newton, MA, May 2018).

"Bringing About an Awareness of Social Justice in the Foreign Language Classroom," co-presenter (with C. Wood Lange), MaFLA Annual Meeting, October 2015.

"Un voyage听aux Antilles francophones," workshop session, 鈥淒iversity Day,鈥 Lasell University, Newton, MA, May 2015.

"Caribbean Voices: Literature, Film and History of the French West Indies." Three-day workshop in Lexington, MA, July 9 鈥 11 for local middle and high school French teachers. 2014 EDCO Collaborative.

"B comme bouquin, C comme cin茅ma." Four-day workshop in Waltham, MA, pairing contemporary French fiction and cinema. Fall 2013 鈥 Spring 2014 for local middle and high school French teachers.听2013 EDCO Collaborative.

"French and Francophone Cinema: Where Cultures Collide." Three-day workshop in Waltham, MA, July 9听鈥 11 for local middle school and high school teachers from the Boston area.听2013 EDCO Collaborative.

"M茅tissage des cultures, Couleurs du Maghreb: l鈥檋istoire, la musique, le cin茅ma, la cuisine et la litt茅rature maghr茅bine de langue fran莽aise." For the 2012 "Diversity Day" Workshop,"听Lasell University, Newton, MA, under the auspices of MaFLA (Massachusetts Foreign Language Association).

Publications

(translator), "Memorandum on French Bishops during the Occupation of France (1940-44)," translation of Henri de Lubac, S.J., "La Question des 茅v锚ques sous l鈥橭ccupation,"听Journal of Jesuit Studies (2018) vol. 5:2.

(translator), "The Writings of Saint Ignatius as Seminal Texts," translation of Pierre-Antoine Fabre, "Les 茅crits d鈥橧gnace de Loyola comme texte fondateur,"听A Companion to Ignatius of Loyola:听Life, Writings, Spirituality, Influence(Brill鈥檚 Companions to the Christian Tradition Series), vol. 52, 2014.

Testing Program听to accompany textbook, Valette and Valette,听Contacts, 7th edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin 2000).

"One-Credit Practica," co-authored with Debbie Rusch and Brian O'Connor,听MLA Newsletter, Summer 1998.

Testing Program听to accompany textbook, Valette and Valette,听脌 votre tour(Boston: McDougal-Littell, 1996).

Awards

2006 Teaching with New Media (TWIN) Award, Magna Cum Laude for innovative use of technology in Elementary and Intermediate French courses. Awarded by Instructional Design + eTeaching Services at Boston College.