Nancy Cecropia Wilson

Charlotte, NC 28269

nancy_wilson@unc.edu

 

Education

 

PhD Candidate in French, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (ABD, degree expected 2010)

Masters of Science in Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Aug 2006)

Masters of Arts in French, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Aug 2002)

B.A. in French and English with Honors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (May 1999)

Diplôme D'Études Universitaires Françaises, L’Université Jean Moulin Lyon III (UNC Study Abroad in Lyon, France, 1996-1997)

        

Relevant Experience & Accomplishments

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Romance Languages, UNC-Chapel Hill

 

·     Full course responsibility for French 1, 2, 2X, and 3

·     Course Coordinator for French 1 and 2 (2000-2001): 

o        Coordinated six Teaching Assistants teaching French 1 and 2

o        Created and developed course web pages used by all sections

·     Graduate Program Assistant for The North Carolina Consortium Semester-in-Paris Program (Fall 2002)

o        Full course responsibility for intermediate French conversation classes

o        Planned group cultural excursions and accompanied students in Paris, France

 

 

Aug 1999- July 2006

 

Instructor of French, Peace College, Raleigh, NC

·     Full course responsibility for beginning, intermediate, and literature courses

·     Managed departmental budget for activities and instructional media

·     Responsible for textbook selection for all French courses

 

Jan 2003-Dec 2005

 

Technology Teaching Assistant, Technology and Multimedia Studio, Department of Romance Languages, UNC-Chapel Hill

 

·     Organized workshops and provided individual training for teaching fellows and professors to use technology in the classroom and to develop online teaching resources

·     Co-created and maintained the Technology and Multimedia Studio website

·     Redesigned the presentation of publications on the NCSRLL website using Flash

·     Created equipment documentation for a Graduate Teaching Assistant handbook

 

Aug 1999-

May 2002

 

Private French Tutor, Chapel Hill and Charlotte, NC

Jan 1998-

present

Technical Profile

·     7 years of technology support and web design experience

·     2+ years of help desk and instructional technology experience

·     Experience in the following: Oracle, SQL, Linux, MS Office Suite, JavaScript, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, PHP, CSS, and HTML

·     Organized technology workshops and trainings for teaching fellows and professors

·     Design and support of academic departmental websites

 

 

Technical Experience

 

Contributor Services Specialist, ibiblio.org, The Public’s Library, Chapel Hill, NC

·     Provided help desk consultations via email for digital library contributors

·     Created new accounts and designed a web database for new account information

·     Co-presented “Writing Documentation Using Docbook” at International Open Source conference (Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre, July, 2004) in Bordeaux, France

 

 

 May 2003-
Jan 2005

 

Departmental Webpage Consultant for Faculty and Staff, Instructional Technology Group, Office of Arts and Sciences Information Services, UNC-Chapel Hill

·     Provided one-on-one web-design consultations concerning the aesthetics, ADA-compliance and usability of departmental websites

 

Aug 2001-

 Sept 2003

 

Computer Lab Attendant, Academic Technologies and Networks, UNC-Chapel Hill

·     Provided computer application support to lab users in campus computer labs

Jan 1998-Aug 2001

 

Honors and Awards

 

·     Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

·     Pi Delta Phi French Honor Society (President, Beta Alpha Chapter at UNC-CH, 2000-2001)

·     Beta Phi Mu Library and Information Studies Honor Society (Epsilon Chapter at UNC-CH)

·     UNC/IBM Instructional Technology Grant, 2000-2001

·     Dean's List (5 semesters) and National Dean's List

·     Golden Key National Honor Society

 

 

 

Activities and Interests

 

·     Graduate Romance Association (Co-President, 2001-2002; Undergraduate Studies/Language Instruction Committees Representative, 2000-2001)

·     IT Response Center Committee (Graduate Student Representative, 2000-2001)