Margaret Sinclair

Margaret Sinclair, Distinguished Senior Lecturer in French, holds a B.A. in Latin and French (with a Greek minor) from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in Romance Philology from the University of California, Berkeley. Coordinator of French 201 and 202, she teaches intermediate and advanced language, especially composition and translation. Her main interests lie in the pedagogy of second-language writing, particularly in the use of technology to enhance the learning process. Thanks to a Hewlett grant in the summer of 2004 and the expert aid of a summer MMLC intern, she created several animated PowerPoint presentations of grammatical points of particular difficulty for Anglophones (an ongoing project). Another interest is developing methods to guide students over the "bridge" between language and literature classes.

She was named to the ASG Faculty Honor Roll (1996-7) and was awarded the Arts and Sciences Alumni Teaching Award (2003-2004). She has also advised students as the French section's Director of Undergraduate Studies (2003-2006).

Long involved in study abroad, Sinclair has served on and chaired the University Study Abroad Committee. She has directed and taught in Northwestern's Summer Program in Arles (now run by IES), and is currently the study abroad adviser for French.

For several years she has co-chaired the Council on Language Instruction (CLI) sub-committee which organizes regular workshops intended to enhance the professional development of all language faculty and has presented at various CLI symposia and workshops.

Since Fall 2004 Sinclair has been Master of the International Studies Residential College, which houses 100 students representing many countries and disciplines who share a passionate interest in all languages and cultures. As Master, she advises the student Executive Board and supervises the academic programming in the college

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