Kathryn E. Sheely (Independent Scholar)

Submitted: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 13:58:17 -0400


Kathryn E. Sheely
Teacher of French Language and Cultures
Certified K - 12 in US Public Schools
 
Permanent Address:
411 West Simpson Street
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania  17055  USA

Current Address(through August 1997):
3124 Wellington Road
Alexandria, Virginia  22302  USA

phone:    703-845-0970
e-mail:   ksheely@pen.k12.va.us(through late June '97)
 

Education:  BA French (1993)  Muhlenberg College. Allentown, PA

I have received an Ambassadorial Scholarship through Rotary International
to study at the Universite de Saint Louis, in Saint Louis, Senegal.  I
will leave my current address in late August and travel in West Africa
before beginning my studies in Saint Louis in October 1997.  While
studying there for the 1997-1998 academic year, I hope to earn a "maitrise
en francais avec specialisation en litterature francophone."  My African
literature background is mostly self-taught at this time, so my interests
are varied. 

Some subjects I will continue studying on my own, and at USL:  Negritude,
feminism, public education, Wolof, traditional and modern music and dance,
folklore, and francophone literature from West Africa.  More broadly: the
Sahel ; l'Afrique noire. 

Currently, through my teaching of French Language and Cultures, I try to
introduce my students to the French-speaking worlds located beyond France. 

I welcome any correspondance, especially through email before my
departure.