About the Creators
Authoring, Development, Art and Production Team
Carol Herron, Ph.D., is a Professor of French at Emory University. She is a former Director of the Emory College Language Center and a former Chair of the Department of French and Italian. She is the Director of the joint doctoral program in French/Educational Studies and supervises the French Graduate Student Teaching Program. She is the recipient of the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award for the Humanities and the Arthur M. Blank/National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Chair of French. Her research focuses on foreign language acquisition and more specifically on how technology can facilitate language learning. Her articles appear in such publications as The Modern Language Journal, The French Review, Foreign Language Annals, and CALICO Journal.
Carrie E. Haight, B.A. Colby College, M.A. University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. Emory University, is currently teaching all levels of high school French at Arabia Mountain High School in Lithonia, Georgia. She recently completed her Georgia K-12 teacher certification program. In addition to teaching Dr. Haight chaired the World Language Curriculum Revision Committee for the DeKalb County School System. She was awarded the Foreign Language Association of Georgia's (FLAG) Teacher of Promise Award in 2010. Her research focuses on technologically enhanced grammar instruction in foreign language classrooms. Her research has been featured in Foreign Language Annals.
Lucie Knight, B.A. and M.A. Miami University and Ph.D. Emory University is currently instructing intermediate level French and Arabic at the college level in addition to advanced French literature courses on issues related to French immigration, Beur Literature, and Identity in Middle Eastern and North African literature. In addition to these subjects, her research interests include foreign language acquisition in both French and Arabic, specifically through the use of service learning programs.
Illustrator and Software Developer for Oh là là... : Johnny Waggener, B.A. and B.F.A., is a developer at Moxie Interactive. He holds a B.A. from Oglethorpe University where he majored in Art History. He also has a B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a focus in Illustration. He created the representations of JT and his friends while at the Emory College Language Center, where he worked with language teachers and professionals developing multimedia tools for teaching. He has received an award from the Society of Children's Book Authors and Illustrators. You can see more of his work at JohnnyIllustrations.
Producer: José C. Rodriguez, M.S., is Manager of Faculty Technology Services at Emory University. He has been working in the field of technology support for almost 20 years and specifically with language pedagogy and technology for over 10 years. In 2001 he received the Emory Award of Distinction for outstanding staff achievement, and in 2004 was the recipient of the Omicron Delta Kappa Society Award for excellence in service to the university. José has formally studied several romance languages, including French, and is currently a student of Arabic. He has an M.S. in the Biological Sciences from Washington State University and has worked in such diverse fields as apiculture, malaria prevention, and molecular hematology. While working in the field of medical research, he began database programming and a career in information technology.
Voice and Editor: Séverine Piot Vogel, M.A. Université Denis Diderot Paris VII, France, M.A, Miami University, PhD, Emory University, is a recent graduate of Emory’s joint doctoral program in French and Educational Studies. Her research focuses on collaborative grammar instruction taught in a culturally relevant context in intermediate-level foreign language classrooms. She served as a visiting instructor at Denison University, Ohio, and served as a graduate teaching assistant while at Emory University. She has taught beginning, intermediate and advanced language courses as well as pronunciation and conversation courses. Her research will be published in the Foreign Language Annals.
