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Deanna Young,
Adjunct Instructor
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Design (EPICS)
Department
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Colorado
School of Mines
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Golden, CO 80401
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Phone: (303) 273-3862
Fax: (303) 273-3919
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E-mail: dyoung(at-sign)mines.edu
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Office: Meyer Hall 443
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Deanna taught French at University, High
School, and Junior High levels for over 30 years. She is currently
team-teaching EPICS at CSM.
An accomplished flutist and singer,
Deanna often performs chamber music in the Boulder area. She has
been a member of several choruses including the Colorado Symphony Summer
Chorus at Aspen and Vail. She also has been performing in musicals
since 1996. Deanna recently played Mae Peterson in Bye
Bye Birdie and Sister Lee in the
musical, Do
Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
She completed improvisational theater training at the Bovine Metropolis
Theater.
Résumé
Education
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MA in French Literature plus coursework toward PhD, University
of Rochester, 1966
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Teaching Assistantship, Department of Languages and Linguistics,
Rochester, 1964-1966
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Colorado, New York State, and Michigan Teaching Certificates
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Sorbonne University, Paris. Studies in French history, culture,
and literature, 1962-3
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BA in French, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Kalamazoo College,
1962, French Major with minors in Philosophy, Spanish, and German
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Miscellaneous coursework in French and Spanish at UNC, CU,
Regis College, 1977-present
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Trained in Total Physical Response Story-Telling (TPRS)
Teaching
and workshop experience
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Colorado School of Mines, Adjunct Instructor, EPICS Department,
2000-present
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Boulder Valley School District, 1978-2000. High School French,
all levels including AP
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University of Rochester, NY (first and second year French)
and University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (experimental televised
Level 2 French class)
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Organized Boulder District-wide Foreign Language Day with
contests and competitions
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Gave a poetry-writing workshop and TPRS (storytelling) workshop
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Attended many conferences and workshops, including CCFLT
(Colorado Conference of Foreign Language Teachers) and AATF (American Association
of French Teachers) conferences
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Organized and participated (with my students) in a series
of France travel-homestay exchange programs with Paris, Perros-Guirec in
Brittany and with Céret in the Pyrénées Orientales,
1980-2000
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Member of AATF and CCFLT since 1978 (national and Colorado
French teaching societies)
Awards
and Honors
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Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
to study Molière plays in Paris, 1995
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Twice Nominated Colorado Foreign Language Teacher of the
Year. My students received numerous awards at UNC Foreign Language Day,
including those for commercials, skits, poetry recitation, cultural entertainment,
extemporaneous speaking, show and tell
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Awarded two grants from Foundation for Boulder Valley Schools:
one for developing French Minitel telephone system for students' use, 1993,
and second in 1997 to purchase extensive authentic reading materials for
French classes
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French Government Assistantship to teach English in French
schools, 1962-1964: Lycée Balzac, Paris, École Normale de
Filles, Grenoble
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SR Light Scholarship for summer study at the University of
Caen, France, 1959
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