DDFC Conference Program

Reimagining the Collective: DDFC in Practice

Friday, November 13, 2026

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10:45-11:00am – Reimagining the DDFC

Panel 1 (11:00am - 12:30pm) – What do Critical Inquiry and Decolonization mean in Practice?

Panel Chair: Cecilia Benaglia (University of Limerick)

Eva Dessein (MIT) and Julian A. Ledford (University of the South) – What Does Critical Inquiry Look Like in the Language Classroom? From Critical Theory to Classroom Practice

E.J. Rush (Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique) – Paratext, Reflexivity, and Situated Language: An Editorial Approach to Assessment in French as an Additional Language

Cécile Bullock (Simon Fraser University) – Decolonizing in Practice: Two Experiences, Unanswered Questions, and Emerging Possibilities

Panel 2 (1:00-2:00pm) - Remixing Language Learning: Multimodal and Experiential Language Learning

Panel Chair: Marda Messay (University of Dayton, Ohio)

Cris(tina) Robu (Pomona College) and Florin Beschea (Davidson College) – From Melody to Meaning: Music, Multimodality, and Communicative Competence in French Classrooms

Mattéo Jung (The Ohio State University) – French Hip-Hop-Based Pedagogy: A School Made of Fun and Transgression

Workshop 1 (2:15-3:00pm) – Curating Otherwise: From the Undergrad Classroom to the Museum

Danielle Boutwell (University of Massachusetts Lowell) and Carine Schermann (Louisiana State University)

Workshop 2 (3:15-3:45pm) – From Valued Work to Recognized Scholarship: Reimagining Pedagogical Labor in French and Francophone Studies

Margaret Keneman (College of Charleston)

4:00-4:30pm – Rethinking Labor and Mutual Aid in Language Education