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Ph.D., French, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

 

M.Phil., French, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

 

B.A., French Studies, summa cum laude, The Honors College, University of Houston

 

B.A., English (Creative Writing), summa cum laude, The Honors College, University of Houston

Dr. Antoinette Williams‑Tutt is an Assistant Teaching Professor of French in the Department of World Languages and Literatures in SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. She joined 51³Ô¹ÏÍøin 2020 after more than a decade of teaching French in New York City at Hunter College, Fordham University, the City College of New York, and Manhattan College, alongside work as a freelance translator, external consultant to the United Nations, study‑abroad staff member in Paris, tutor, French‑diction coach for singers, and performer in a variety of vocal and improv projects in New York City.

 

Her research focuses on modern and contemporary Québécois literature, particularly the road novel and its reworking of the American road‑trip tradition to explore questions of national and cultural identity. She has presented her work at major national and international conferences, including the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), the American Council for Québec Studies (ACQS), the Modern Language Association (MLA), and the Association internationale des études québécoises (AIEQ).

 

Dr. Williams‑Tutt is also deeply engaged in language pedagogy and faculty development. She has completed 51³Ô¹ÏÍøCenter for Teaching Excellence programs and ACTFL’s Modified Oral Proficiency Interview (MOPI) workshop, earned a Just in Time Teaching and Technology (JiTTT) grant to enhance engagement through digital tools, and regularly presents at SMU’s Interlinguistic Pedagogical Exchange, Taste of Teaching, and Teaching Effectiveness Symposium. Her teaching emphasizes communicative proficiency, close reading, and intercultural competence through authentic Francophone texts, film, and media.

FREN 1402 – Elementary French II

 

FREN 2401 – Intermediate French I

 

FREN 3356 – Advanced French II

 

FREN 4376 – Advanced Seminar Introduction to Francophone Cultures

 

WL 3328 – French Women Writers/Women Writers Across Francophonie Interdisciplinary Course

Modern and contemporary Québécois literature, especially the road novel

 

National and cultural identity, mobility, and “littérature voyageuse” in Québec

 

Translation theory and practice

 

Indigenous identities in Francophone literature

 

Feminist theory and gender in Francophone contexts

 

Nationalism and postcolonial discourse

 

North African literature of French expression

 

Language pedagogy, speaking proficiency, and assessment

Thomas O. Enders Distinguished Dissertation Award, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)

 

University Research Council Travel Grant, SMU

 

Conference presenter and travel awards, Association internationale des études québécoises (AIEQ), ACSUS, and ACQS

 

Just in Time Teaching and Technology (JiTTT) Grant, SMU

 

Jeanne Marandon Fellowship, Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique (SPFFA)

 

Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellowship and University Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center

Certificat de langue française, La Sorbonne (Paris IV), Paris, France

 

Stage de perfectionnement pour professeur(e)s de français langue étrangère (FLE), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

 

Formation de cours intensifs d’été de FLE, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada

 

Online Teaching Faculty Training Certification, Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) Technology and Online Teaching Training courses, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at SMU

 

ACTFL Modified Oral Proficiency Interview (MOPI) training, SMU

 

Dialogic Classroom Training, Essential Partners and CTE, SMU