Sabine Davis

Professor of French, Career Track – Teaching

Head of Section, French

Assistant Director for Undergraduate Studies

Biography

• Master of Arts in English / Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) with emphasis on Linguistics, Oklahoma State University
• Teaching Certificate, Washington State University with endorsements in French, German and English as a Second Language
• Bachelor of Arts, French and German, Oklahoma State University
• Associate Degree in International Business, Nantes, France

Awards

• 2024 Crimson Spirit Recognition.
• Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, Department of Languages and Literatures, September 2023
• WSU Teaching Academy; inducted in November 2014
• Excellence in Teaching by a Clinical Faculty or Instructor; received this College of Liberal Arts award in May 2011
• WSU Distinguished Teaching Award; nominated in 2009

Professional Interests

• Applied language teaching for professional purposes
• Program development for language learning with professional focus on wine and fashion
• Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie: history, evolution and current status

Professional Membership

• WSU Teaching Academy
• Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)
• American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)

Campus and Community Involvement

• Faculty advisor for the WSU French Club
• Co-organizer of the Palouse French Film Festival, “an annual film festival started in 2010 to promote French culture and cinema in the Palouse.” 

Publications

• Davis, Sabine. “Giono, furioso par Emmanuelle Lambert: book review”, The French Review, vol. 94, no. 2, 2020, pp. 236-237.
• Davis, Sabine. “French Culture through Wine: A Capstone Course.” The French Review, vol. 93, no. 1, 2019, pp. 108-124.

Conference Presentations

• Encouraging high school foreign language learners to continue their language studies at the college level. Washington Association For Language Teaching Annual Bi-State Conference, Portland, OR ; October 13-14, 2022.
• Teaching French culture through the scope of wine : A new Capstone Course. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA); Annual Convention, Cheyenne, Wyoming; October 2018. 
• L’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie: origine, développement et perspectives. American Association of Teachers of French (AATF); Annual Convention, La Pointe-du-Bout, Martinique; July 2018.
• Programme de français interdisciplinaire à Washington State University.  American Association of Teachers of French (AATF); Annual Convention, La Pointe-du-Bout, Martinique; July 2018.
• Professional French Language – A Group Project. Washington Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT); Fall conference, Pasco, WA; October 13, 2017. 
• Les grands absents du développement du français dans le monde. American Association of Teachers of French (AATF); Annual Convention, Saguenay, Québec, Canada; July 2015.
• Teaching the Evolution of French American Relations since WWII with Two Songs: Les Ricains by Michel Sardou, and La Langue de Chez Nous by Yves Duteil. American Association of Teachers of French (AATF); Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA; July 2014. 
• Presentation of materials and activities to introduce professional language and content in high school. Washington/Colorado Associations of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT/COAFLT), fall conference in Vancouver, WA; October 2014. 
• Practical Approaches to Teaching Languages: Teaching Business/Professional Language Classes. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), annual convention, Coeur D’Alene, ID; October 2005.
• Practical Approaches to Teaching Languages: Games for Review in Language Classes. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), annual convention, Boulder, CO; October 2004.
• Preterit and Imperfect: Overcoming the Challenge in French and Spanish. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), annual convention, Scottsdale, AZ; October 2002.