Laura Edwards
Instructional Assistant Professor of French & Italian/Academic Advisor
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 231B
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
ITA 112.001 First-Year Italian (Part II)
Teaching Interests & Areas
French/Italian - Oral Proficiency, speaking, reading, writing and thinking through the lens of current events and social justice
Research Interests & Areas
French and Italian L2 learning, second language acquisition during study abroad (SA), SA participant identity, critical applied linguistics, higher ed internationalization
Ph D Educational Administration and Foundations
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
MA French Literature and Culture
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Other French
Université de Poitiers
Poitiers, France
BA French
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Other French
Université Catholique de l'Ouest
Angers, France
Impact Award
Illinois State University
2024
Living Our Values Award
Illinois State University
2023
CAS Excellence Award to Outstanding Staff (A/P)
Illinois State University
2019
Grants and Contracts
Faculty International Travel Grant
Laura Edwards
Office of International Studies and Programs. 2019 - 2019
Teaching Innovations Grant
Susan Hildebrandt, Laura Edwards, James Joseph Pancrazio
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology. May 2019 - 2019
Internationalize Your Major Grant
James Joseph Pancrazio, Laura Edwards
Office of International Studies and Programs. 2018 - 2018
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Travel Grant
Laura Edwards
Center for Teaching and Learning. June 2017
Teaching-Learning Innovations Grant
Laura Edwards, Susan Hildebrandt
CTLT. June 2015
Teaching and Learning Grant
Laura Edwards
CTLT. June 17 2014 - June 20 2014
Book, Chapter
Internationalize Your Major: Embracing the Supportive Role of Language Study
Laura C Edwards & Juliet A Lynd
(2023), Language Program Vitality in the United States: From Surviving to Thriving in Higher Education, Springer
Journal Article
No longer a wacky foreigner Study abroad, communities of practice, and second language learning
Laura C Edwards
Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 6 (1), p. 91 - 123, (2021)
L2 Learning and Religious Communities of Practice in Study Abroad
Laura Edwards
Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 8 (1), p. 24-49, (2023)
Presentations
“Forging Nuanced Understandings of Frenchness and Francophonie in the Second-Year Classroom.”
Laura C Edwards, Sandra Keller
Diversity, Decolonization, and the French Curriculum, Online, November 14, 2020
Getting to know the Oral Proficiency Interview: Translating it to Student-Ease
Susan Hildebrandt, Laura Edwards, James Joseph Pancrazio
Teaching and Learning Symposium - Intentional Technologies: Reclaiming Our Spaces, Normal, IL, January, 2020
The Effect of Communities of Practice on L2 Identity During Study Abroad
Laura Edwards
CLIC Conference on Study Abroad: Understanding the Study Abroad Experience., Houston, Texas, February 10, 2017
A Culture of Oral Proficiency in Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Laura Edwards
Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal, Illinois, January 12, 2017
Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Certification for Increased Support and Success of ISU Foreign Languages Education Majors
Laura Edwards
Teaching and Learning Symposium, Normal, IL, January 7, 2015
The Development of OPI-Rated Oral Proficiency and Whether Study Abroad Has a Significant Effect
Laura Edwards
Midwestern Regional Comparative and International Education Conference, Normal, IL, November 1, 2013