Dorothée Cantagrel

Born in Normandy, Dorothée studied English in Caen and became a qualified teacher of English (Ministere de l'Education Nationale) after having spent a year as a French assistant in Cambridge, England and a year in Dublin, Ireland completing a Master's degree. She also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in French as a foreign language. Besides teaching English in High school and university, she taught French to students coming from all over the world in summer classes since that year. Her numerous travels, experiences abroad as well as the various situations of teaching she encountered, developed her adaptability as well as her ability to transmit elements of the French or Anglophone culture respecting the profile of her students.

Corinne Troussier

M.A., M.S. Corinne obtained her M.A. in French Literature and her M.S. in Information Sciences from the Sorbonne University in Paris. Through her teaching experience at two major universities, UCSD and SDSU, she has developed a solid yet flexible approach to teaching French to individuals of all ages and levels of proficiencies. Her teaching style fosters the creation of a supportive and engaging environment where every individual has an opportunity to grow her or his own knowledge and appreciation of language and culture. In addition to her teaching experience and background in French Literature, Corinne offers the unique perspective of a French native speaker who has lived in the United States for several years and is dedicated to promote and encourage cultural exchanges in and outside of the classroom.

Michele Magnin

Jean-Louis Morhange

Born and raised in Paris, Michèle Magnin studied English and Italian at the Sorbonne and Russian at the Institut des Langues Orientales.  She obtained a Translator’s Degree from the University of Geneva and worked as a translator in the US before obtaining a PhD. in French Literature at UCSD.  She has taught French and Italian at UCSD, SDSU, Mesa College and abroad, and is now full professor at the University of San Diego where she is Chair of the French Program.  Michèle’s lifelong  passion for teaching languages and cultures includes also a fascination with multimedia  and since 1991 she has given workshops on methods for teaching languages with technology from Alaska to Hawaii, as well as in Asia and Europe.  She is the co-author of Scén@rios, Pédagogies du virtuel (Heinle, 2007), a textbook on advanced writing that explores narrative styles in literary texts with supportive multimedia activities

Jean-Louis Morhange, Ph. D., is a part-time lecturer of French literature at UCSD and a translator.  He was born in Sèvres, a small town between Paris and Versailles.  He has taught at the Berlitz Schools, the Alliance Française/French Institute in New York City, National University, and USD.  He has done research work on narrative theory and on comic books.  He enjoys teaching adult classes because of the personal motivation shown by independent persons who have freely chosen to study.  He uses interactive methods, emphasizing role-playing and conversation meant to simulate real-life situations.