A native of France, Stéphanie Gaillard was educated at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne where she received a B.A. in French Linguistics and an M.A. in Teaching French as a Second Language. A Fulbright Teaching Grant brought her to the US in 2008. Subsequently she enrolled in the doctoral program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she received her Ph.D. in French and Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education in 2014. She taught and coordinated French courses at Louisiana State University, at the École Supérieure de Commerce (ESC) in Troyes, France, and at the University of California at San Diego before coming to Brown in 2021.
At Brown, as a lecturer in the Department of French and Francophone Studies, she teaches French language courses ranging from novice (FREN 0100: Basic French I) to intermediate-high (FREN 0500: Reading & Writing French I). She also co-coordinates the language program and serves as supervisor and mentor of Teaching Assistants and Visiting Teaching Associates. With the help of a French Embassy Grant she has implemented a new DELF testing center at Brown University, which she now coordinates. This center provides certification for language proficiency levels in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).
Trained as an applied linguist, Stéphanie Gaillard has a passion for teaching French as a second language and a special interest and expertise in language assessment. She is active in professional organizations, especially the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) and the College Board’s AP Program for French Language and Culture.
