Ms. Sophie A. Morton
University of North Texas
World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
(940) 565-2404
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Education

MA, University of North Texas, 1994.
Major: French
Licenciatura, UFR - Tours - France, 1993.
Major: French as Foreign Language
Maitrise, UFR -Tours - France, 1993.
Major: English - Civilsation and Culture
Licenciatura, UFR - Tours - France, 1989.
Major: English

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Principal Lecturer, UNT. (September 2015 – Present).
Coordinator Beginning and Intermedaite French program, UNT. (September 2006 – Present).
Lecturer, UNT. (September 2006August 2012).

Professional Memberships

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. (January 2022 – Present).

Texas Foreign Languages Association. (January 2022 – Present).

American Association of Teachers of French. (January 2021 – Present).

Member, Fédération Internationale des Professeurs de Français. (2012 – Present).

Member, Texas Foreign Language Association. (January 2018October 2019).

member, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. (July 20142018).

Member Advocacy Committee, American Association of Teachers of French North Texas Chapter. (September 2012December 2018).

President, American Association of Teachers of French North Texas Chapter. (December 2015May 2018).

Director Immersion Day, American Association of Teachers of French North Texas Chapter. (September 2012May 2016).

Member, Texas Foreign Language Association. (20102014).

Member, American Association of Teachers of French North Texas Chapter. (January 2010April 2014).

Development Activities Attended

Workshop,"Faculty Mentoring Reimagined," VP Faculty Success Office, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (February 23, 2024February 23, 2024).

Conference Attendance,"Grading Less - Learning More through Ungrading in World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures," USC, Los Angeles, California, United States of America. (January 26, 2024January 26, 2024).

Other,"Faculty Teaching Needs," UNT Faculty Success Office, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 8, 2023December 8, 2023).

Seminar,"French For Spanish Speakers: Romance Language cross-understanding," French Cultural Services, United States of America. (November 14, 2023November 14, 2023).

Seminar,"The Role of Media Input in French Language Classrooms," Vista Higher Learning, Boston, Massassuchets, United States of America. (October 2023October 2023).

Workshop,"French For All," French Cultural Services, United States of America. (October 23, 2023October 23, 2023).

Other,"UNT Policies & Title IX: Preventing Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Misconduct & Retaliation," UNT - HR, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (October 20, 2023October 20, 2023).

Workshop,"Project Based Learning," UNT Frisco, Frisco, Texas, United States of America. (August 10, 2023August 10, 2023).

Workshop,"Academic Integrity," UNT - Office of Academic Integrity, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (February 8, 2023February 8, 2023).

Other,"UNT Policies & Title IX: Preventing Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Misconduct & Retaliation," UNT - HR, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (November 23, 2022November 23, 2022).

Workshop,"ODA presentation," VP Faculty Success Resource Group, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (November 14, 2022November 14, 2022).

Other,"A Conversation with Provost McPherson," NTFMRG, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (October 19, 2022October 19, 2022).

Workshop,"MS Teams and CANVAS Studio," DIS - CLEAR, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (October 10, 2022October 10, 2022).

Workshop,"WLLC Faculty Retreat," UNT - WLLC, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (August 26, 2022August 26, 2022).

Workshop,"Creating Inclusive Curricula with accessible Course Content," UNT DIS / CLEAR, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (April 22, 2022April 22, 2022).

Workshop,"Promotion and Tenure," UNT CLASS, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (April 20, 2022April 20, 2022).

Workshop,"International Affairs Workshop," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (March 28, 2022March 28, 2022).

Other,"COACHE Focus Group for Non-Tenure Faculty," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (March 4, 2022March 4, 2022).

Other,"Faculty Search Committee Chair," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (March 4, 2022March 4, 2022).

Other,"February Personal Care Focus," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (February 2, 2022February 2, 2022).

Other,"Workplace Climate Open Forum," UNT Office of the Provost - Faculty Success, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (January 31, 2022January 31, 2022).

Other,"UNT Ethics and Standards of Conduct," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (January 9, 2022January 9, 2022).

Workshop,"Working with Inclusive Pedagogy and Cultural Responsiveness," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (October 19, 2021October 19, 2021).

Other,"FERPA in Virtual World," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (September 23, 2021September 23, 2021).

Workshop,"Project Based Learning," UNT Frisco, United States of America. (May 5, 2021May 5, 2021).

Other,"Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues," UNT Bridge via Linkedin, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (March 2021March 2021).

Workshop,"Promoting Equity through Inclusive Teaching Practices," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (March 17, 2021March 17, 2021).

Other,"Anti-Bias and Cultural Awareness- Communicating about Culturally Sensitive Issues," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (March 9, 2021March 9, 2021).

Other,"Managing Bias (part 1)," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 17, 2020December 17, 2020).

Other,"Managing Bias for Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 17, 2020December 17, 2020).

Other,"Diversity and Inclusion," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 16, 2020December 16, 2020).

Other,"Diversity and Inclusion for for Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 16, 2020December 16, 2020).

Other,"Compliance Awareness Training," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 7, 2020December 7, 2020).

Other,"Facilitating Effective Performance Evaluation," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 7, 2020December 7, 2020).

Other,"Supervisor Communication Skills," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 7, 2020December 7, 2020).

Workshop,"Teaching Portfolio," UNT - NTFMN, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (December 4, 2020December 4, 2020).

Conference Attendance,"Diversity, Decolonization and the French Curriculum," DDFC, Online, Texas, United States of America. (November 13, 2020November 14, 2020).

Other,"FERPA," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (November 9, 2020November 9, 2020).

Workshop,"The ACTFL Proficiency Placement Test," ACTFL, Online, Texas, United States of America. (September 9, 2020September 9, 2020).

Workshop,"Mastering Team Based Learning," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (February 7, 2020February 7, 2020).

Other,"Information Security Training," UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 2019).

Other,"Title IX - Preventing Discrimintation and Harassement," UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 2019).

Workshop,"Team Based Learning Collaborative," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (February 1, 2019February 1, 2019).

Other,"Information Security Training," UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (November 2018).

Conference Attendance,"Performance through proficiency through authentic resources," TFLA, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (October 25, 2018October 27, 2018).

Workshop,"Diversity and Inclusion Training," Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity, UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 16, 2018).

Workshop,"Getting Engaged Internationally," UNT - Office Faculty Success, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 5, 2018).

Workshop,"Worlld Language Event: digital classroom," Cengage, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (March 9, 2018).

Other,"Canvas Bootcamp," UNT - CLEAR, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 2018).

Workshop,"Vista Higheer learning Fall Forum," Vista Higher Learning, Boston, MA, United States of America. (November 2, 2017November 3, 2017).

Workshop,"University Forum on Teaching & Learning Get in Sync With Your Students: Engage. Motivate. Celebrate," UNT- CLEAR, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (April 24, 2017April 24, 2017).

Workshop,"Carrer Connect," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (April 7, 2017April 7, 2017).

Other,"Preventing Sexual Misconduct Title IX," Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity, UNT, Denton, TX, United States of America. (December 12, 2016).

Workshop,"Student Center Active Learning and Flipped Class," AATF, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (October 1, 2016October 1, 2016).

Conference Attendance,"AAT National Convention," American Association of Teachers of French, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (July 3, 2016July 6, 2016).

Workshop,"Café Pédagogique," CLE International, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (February 29, 2016February 29, 2016).

Workshop,"Action Research," UNT, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (March 27, 2015March 27, 2015).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
FREN 1010, Elementary French, 20 courses.
FREN 1020, Elementary French, 11 courses.
FREN 2040, Intermediate French, 26 courses.
FREN 2050, Intermediate French, 34 courses.
FREN 3040, France Today, 10 courses.
FREN 3060, French Phonetics and Pronunciation, 12 courses.
FREN 3065, Advanced French Conversation, 7 courses.
FREN 3070, Advanced French Grammar and Composition, 5 courses.
FREN 3075, Writing in French: Style and Technique, 3 courses.
FREN 3080, Advanced French Conversation, 9 courses.
FREN 3090, Professional French, 1 course.
FREN 3100, French for Tourism, 3 courses.
FREN 4065, French Culture Through French Cinema, 3 courses.
FREN 4075, The Role of Food in French Society, 2 courses.
FREN 4080, Business French, 4 courses.
FREN 4085, French Media and Current Events, 4 courses.
FREN 4090, French for Tourism, 4 courses.
FREN 4900, Special Problems, 6 courses.
FREN 4920, Cooperative Education in French, 4 courses.
FREN 4980, Experimental Course, 4 courses.
FREN 5900, Special Problems, 2 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

Guest Lecture, OLLI, 45. (September 28, 2022September 28, 2022).

Directed Student Learning

Undergraduate Honors Thesis,"Comparison of situation of immigrants in France and in the USA," World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (September 2021December 2021).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis,"French Culture Through French Cinema: Alternate Soundtrack For French Film," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (January 2020May 10, 2020).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis,"Language Translation Algorithms," English. (December 2018).

Supervised Teaching Activity, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (August 2018December 2018).

Undergraduate Honors Thesis,"The Pedagogical Use of Technology in Second Language Acquisition," World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (September 2017April 2018).

Internship Advisor, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (January 2016May 2016).

Internship Advisor, Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2015December 2015).

Internship Advisor, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. (January 2015May 2015).

Other, Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 2014December 2014).

Other. (20122013).

Other,"Ecotourism in France," Hospitality, Event and Tourism Management. (September 2012December 2012).

Other. (20082012).

Awards and Honors

Thank-a-Teacherdevelopemtn, UNT. (April 2020April 2020).

Nominated for: 2019 CLASS Advisory Board Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, WLLC department. (May 2019).

Thank-a-Teacher, UNT. (May 2019May 2019).

Nominated for: 2018 CLASS Advisory Board Undergraduate Faculty Award, CLASS. (October 2018).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (February 2018February 2018).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (2016).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (2016).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (2015).

Nominated for: UNT Foundation Outstanding Lecturer Award, WLLC, UNT. (April 2015).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (2014).

The Helen Lorenz Excellence in Teaching, American Association of Teachers of French North texas chapter. (May 2014).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (2013).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (2012).

Thank a Teacher, UNT. (2012).

Teaching Tribute Initiative, Stanford University. (September 2012).

Faculty Mentor Recognition, UNT Office for Nationally Competitive Scholarship. (April 2012).

Honors Day Faculty Recognition List, UNT Honors Day. (April 2012).

Honors Day Faculty Recognition List, UNT Honors Day. (April 2010).

Faculty Award for Excellence, Foreign Languages. (October 1994).

Research

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Morton, S. A. (Author & Presenter), FW ISD Professional Day, Chemin didactique pour l'oral et l'écrit, Fort Worth ISD World Languages, Fort Worth, United States of America. (20232023).

Lecture

Morton, S. A. (Author & Presenter), From A Spark to A Flame, Pairing oral and written communication in context, TFLA, Allen Texas, United States of America. (20222022).

Oral Presentation

Morton, S. A. (Author & Presenter), Performance Toward Proficiency Through Authentic Resources We Can-Do It!, Beyond the document: a counter clockwise approach! Reaching Proficieny via Authenticity, TFLA, San Antonio, United States of America. (2018).

Knight, L. J. (Author & Presenter), Morton, S. A. (Author & Presenter), SWCOLT, A closer look at patterns of interaction in classroom discourse., United States of America. (20112011).

Morton, S. (Presenter), Knight, L. J. (Presenter), SWCOLT, A closer look at patterns of interaction in classroom discourse: Insights from video recorded examples and textbook exercises, Fort Worth, United States of America. (20112011).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Teaching
Morton, S. A., "Coordinating Across Languages Phase II," Sponsored by Office of Provost - Faculty Suceess, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (September 1, 2015August 28, 2016).
Morton, S. A., "Coordinating Across Languages," Sponsored by Office of Provost - Faculty Suceess, University of North Texas, $4821 Funded. (September 1, 2014August 28, 2015).

Service

University Service

Student Org Advisor (Non-Professional Org), French Club. (October 1, 2023 – Present).

Member, Faculty Salary Study Commitee. (August 28, 2023 – Present).

Member, Lecturers Affair Committee. (August 21, 2023 – Present).

Other, Professional Faculty Resource Group. (August 21, 2023 – Present).

Other, Assitant-Chair. (August 1, 2023 – Present).

Member, Values Journey Rewards and Recognition Workgroup. (January 1, 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Oversight Committee on the Core Curriculum - Faculty Senate. (October 2018 – Present).

Program Coordinator, Coordination French Beginning and Intermediate Program. (September 1, 2006 – Present).

Faculty Mentor, Faculty Mentoring. (August 2023December 2023).

Committee Member, Promotion Committee. (August 21, 2023September 30, 2023).

Committee Chair, Faculty Salary Study Commitee. (August 28, 2022August 31, 2023).

Committee Chair, Lecturers Affair Committee. (August 28, 2022August 2023).

Other, Non Tenured Faculty Resource Group. (August 1, 2022August 2023).

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (August 2021May 31, 2023).

Other, Values Journeys Orientation and Workshop. (February 23, 2023February 23, 2023).

Member, Finding CLASS Career Exploration Week. (December 5, 2022December 5, 2022).

Other, UNT System Values Blueprint Workshop. (November 7, 2022November 8, 2022).

Faculty Mentor, French Club. (November 3, 2022November 3, 2022).

Committee Member, RPTC. (September 1, 2022October 2022).

Guest Speaker, New College Frisco. (September 16, 2022September 16, 2022).

Member, Faculty Senate Executive Interview Committee for VP Student Success. (August 2022August 2022).

Other, Non Tenure Track Faculty Mentoring Network. (August 2021August 30, 2022).

Attendee, Meeting, UNT Fall 2022 Employer Best Practices Networking Event. (August 12, 2022August 12, 2022).

Committee Chair, Japanese Lecturer Search. (February 2022June 2022).

Committee Chair, Faculty Senate Charter and By-laws Committee. (September 2020June 2022).

Committee Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Participation in Governance. (October 11, 2017June 2022).

Member, Faculty Senate. (January 2017June 2022).

Committee Member, RPTC. (September 2021October 2021).

Member, Ad-Hoc Committee on Status of Non-Tenure Track Faculty - University. (January 2020September 2021).

Committee Chair, Lecturers Affairs Committee. (September 1, 2020August 2021).

Other, First Flight Program. (August 16, 2021August 16, 2021).

Committee Chair, Lecturers Affair Committee. (September 2020May 2021).

Committee Member, Executive Committee WLLC. (September 2015May 2021).

Other, NTTFMN Evaluation and Promotion Faculty Panel Event. (November 11, 2020November 11, 2020).

Member, RPTC - Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion and Tenure of Lecturers. (August 2020September 2020).

Member, Faculty Senate Charter and By-laws Committee. (September 13, 2017August 2020).

Member, Lecturers Affairs Committee. (September 1, 2017August 2020).

Member, RPTC - Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion and Tenure of Lecturers. (September 2019September 2019).

Other, French program. (August 2019August 2019).

Other, First Flight Program. (August 19, 2019August 19, 2019).

Other, UNT College Day. (August 19, 2019August 19, 2019).

Faculty Mentor, Visiting Adjunct Faculty Exchange Program - French Section. (August 2018May 2019).

Guest Speaker, UNT International World Brew. (February 19, 2019February 19, 2019).

Faculty Advisor, French Club. (August 2017December 2018).

Other, University Core Assessment. (November 2018November 2018).

Other, UNT International - World Fair 2018. (November 16, 2018).

Other, French Month - WLLC. (November 7, 2018).

Other, UNT International - Study Abroad Expo. (October 17, 2018).

Other, College Day. (August 2018).

Other, First Flight Program. (August 2018August 2018).

Other, Move-In Day. (August 18, 2018).

Faculty Mentor, Visiting Adjunct Faculty Exchange Program - French Section. (August 2017May 2018).

Workshop Organizer, "Enseigner le FLE via les jeux vidéo" Development of language and cultural skills via video games.. (April 11, 2018).

Committee Chair, RPTC - Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion and Tenure of Lecturers. (September 2017December 2017).

Other, College Day. (August 2017).

Committee Chair, Lecturers Affair Committee. (September 1, 2015August 30, 2017).

Member, Ad Hoc Committee for Promotion and Tenure of Lecturers. (September 2016December 2016).

Attendee, Meeting, Language Fair. (October 10, 2016October 10, 2016).

Other, College Day. (August 2016).

Other, Coordination Across Language. (September 2014May 2016).

Other, College Day. (August 2015).

Member, Japanese Lecturer Search Committee. (June 2015July 2015).

Member, Ad-Hoc Assessment Committee. (January 2015May 2015).

Other, Executive Committee. (January 2015May 2015).

Member, Faculty Conduct Policy Review Committee. (January 2014May 2015).

Member, Curriculum Committee. (20112014).

Committee Chair, Lecturers Affairs Committee. (September 2013May 2014).

Member, Coordination Mentoring Group. (September 2012May 2014).

Member, External Funding/Scholarship Committee. (20092013).

Other, Lecturer Affairs Committee. (September 2012May 2013).

Other, WLLC. (2012).

Committee Chair, Arabic Lecturer Search Committee. (20112012).

Other, WLLC. (October 2012October 2012).

Member, Executive Committee. (20102011).

Other, Preview Day. (February 2011February 2011).

Member, Arabic Lecturer Search Committee. (20102010).

Other, Executive Committee. (20092010).

Committee Chair, French Lecturer Search Committee. (20092009).

Member, Advertising and Recruiting Committee. (20062009).

Member, Ad Hoc for Merit Grid Design. (20082008).

Professional Service

Workshop Organizer, American Association of Teachers of French - North Texas, Grapevine, Texas. (February 26, 2022 – Present).

Other, AATF North Texas, Denton, Texas. (November 9, 20212021).

Guest Speaker, NorthWest High School, Nothwet ISD, Justin, Texas. (April 5, 2019April 5, 2019).

Officer, President/Elect/Past, AATF North Texas Chapter. (December 2015May 2018).

Other, Ceremony Remise Palmes Academiques Organizer, Dallas, TX. (April 2018).

Program Organizer, NTAATF, Dallas, TX. (March 2018).

Program Organizer, NTAATF, Dallas, TX. (February 2018).

Other, AATF North Texas Chapter. (20132015).

Other, AATF Immersion Day. (20122015).

Other, Fête Française (Regional French Competition). (20122014).

Other, Fête Française (Regional French Competition). (20102014).

Other, AATF North Texas Chapter. (20132013).

Member, AATF North Texas Chapter Advocacy Committee. (20132013).

Other, AATF North Texas Chapter. (May 2013May 2013).

Other, AATF North Texas Chapter. (20122012).

Other, AATF Fall Meeting. (20102010).

Other, French Business Symposium. (20102010).

Other, Fête Française (Regional French Competition). (20092009).

Other, Fête française (Regional French competition). (20062006).

Other, Fête française (Regional French competition). (20052005).

Public Service

Other, Cictercian Preparatory School Senior Seminar, Irving, TX. (April 24, 2018).

Other, Cictercian Preparatory School Senior Seminar, Irving, TX. (April 25, 2017).

Other, TEA's Performance Standards Project; Dallas School for the Talented and Gifted. (20132013).

Other, Fort Worth Country Day International Week. (May 2013May 2013).

Other, Mansfiled Lake High School. (May 2013May 2013).

Awards and Honors

Thank-a-Teacher, UNT. (December 2023December 2023).

Thank-a-Teacher, UNT. (December 2023December 2023).

Thank-a-Teacher, UNT. (May 2020May 2020).

Outstanding Contributions Award, ODA -UNT. (March 2010).