Dr Carolyn Stott
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Dr Carolyn Stott

B.A. (Hons), Ph.D. University of Adelaide; Dip. T., B.Ed. South Australian College of Advanced Education.
Senior Lecturer
Chair of the Department of French and Francophone Studies
Phone
+61 2 9351 3584
Address
A18 - Brennan MacCallum Building
The University of Sydney
Dr Carolyn Stott

Dr Stott was educated in Adelaide, South Australia and is a graduate of the University of Adelaide. In 2009 she was awarded her Ph.D. in French, for which she wrote a thesis on the representation of the Parisian suburb of Belleville in literature and popular culture. She was appointed as Lecturer in French Studies in January 2010. She has also taught at Macquarie University, and before moving to Sydney held positions teaching French at University of Adelaide and Flinders University in South Australia. Prior to working in the tertiary sector, she taught in secondary schools in Adelaide and regional South Australia. She has also worked in international student exchange, translating and interpreting and festival and event management.

In addition to her teaching and research roles, Dr Stott is Associate Dean, Student Life, in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

At The University of Sydney, Carolyn has held leadership roles as Associate Dean, Student Life in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (2017-2021) and Chair, Pedagogy Committee in the School of Languages and Cultures (2015-2020).

  • Teaching French as a foreign language;
  • Student experience;
  • Transition pedagogies;
  • Detective fiction androman noir.

Current Teaching

  • FRNC2603 French 3
  • FRNC1601 French 1
  • FRNC1602 French 2

Previous Teaching and Unit of Study Design

  • FRNC3001 Advanced French 1
  • FRNC3002 Advanced French 2
  • FRNC3101 Practical Approaches to French 2
  • FRNC1621 Junior French Intermediate 3
  • FRNC1622 Junior French Intermediate 4
  • FRNC1631 Junior French 5 Advanced
  • FRNC1632 Junior French 6 Advanced
  • FRNC2200 French and Francophone Literatures 1
  • FRNC2626 Textes et Société 2
  • FRNC2628 French Contemporary Text and Culture
  • FRNC2630 Diversity in the French-Speaking World
  • FRNC2689 Polar à Paris
  • FRNC3644 Pédagogie du Français comme langue étrangère
  • OLET1105 Cultures of Food: Europe
  • FASS1000 Studying Arts and Social Sciences

Supervision

  • Detective fiction and roman noir;
  • Paris – history, sociology, literature;
  • Teaching French as a foreign language;
  • Transition in languages education from the secondary to the tertiary sector.
  • French and Modern Languages pedagogy
  • Academic Integrity, Machine Translation, Artificial Intelligence and Language Learning (cross-institutional research project)
  • Generative AI for language teaching (cross-discipline project in SLC supported by a 2024 Strategic Education Grant)
  • Senior Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) – Sydney Educational Fellowship Program 2016
  • Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching 2015
  • FASS Excellence in Teaching Award (Design and Practice) 2013
  • FASS Teaching Leadership Award 2023

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Stott, C. (2023). Fiche no. 10: Le Métissage culturel, Australie. In Cynthia Eid and Judith Patouma (Eds.), Plurilinguisme et pluriculturalisme, (pp. 313-336). Paris: Clé International.
  • Stott, C. (2023). Témoignage autour du plurilinguisme et de pluriculturalisme d’enseignant de FLE. In Cynthia Eid and Judith Patouma (Eds.), Plurilinguisme et pluriculturalisme, (pp. 385-387). Paris: Clé International.
  • Stott, C. (2011). Belleville au pluriel: Representations of a Parisian Suburb in the Neo-Polar. In Jo McCormack, Murray Pratt, and Alistair Rolls (Eds.), Hexagonal Variations: Diversity, Plurality and Reinvention in Contemporary France, (pp. 355-370). Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi.

Journals

  • Stott, C. (2022). Partnering with Students to Support International Students in an Australian University Setting. International Journal for Students as Partners, 6(2), 69-78. [More Information]
  • Stott, C. (2019). Belleville noir in twenty-first century cinema: adaptation and innovation. Essays in French Literature and Culture, 56, 221-237. [More Information]
  • Stott, C. (2019). Belleville Noir in Twenty-first Century Cinema: Adaptation and Innovation. Essays in French Literature and Culture, 2019 (56), 221-237.

Conferences

  • Stott, C. (2020). Le Paradoxe de l'exile: connection and disconnection in Petit Pays de Gael Faye. Australian Society for French Studies 2020 Conference: Dis/connexion, Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne: Australian Society for French Studies. [More Information]
  • Stott, C. (2019). Partnering with students to support the FASS international student community. Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference: Teaching in the spotlight: Innovation for teaching excellence, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Northumbria University.
  • Stott, C. (2017). De la theorie a la pratique: l'apprenant comme enseignant dans la salle de classe universitaire du FLE. IVe Congres regional de la Commission Asie-Pacifique: Ecologie du français et Diversite des langues, Kyoto: Kyoto University.

2023

  • Stott, C. (2023). Fiche no. 10: Le Métissage culturel, Australie. In Cynthia Eid and Judith Patouma (Eds.), Plurilinguisme et pluriculturalisme, (pp. 313-336). Paris: Clé International.
  • Stott, C. (2023). Témoignage autour du plurilinguisme et de pluriculturalisme d’enseignant de FLE. In Cynthia Eid and Judith Patouma (Eds.), Plurilinguisme et pluriculturalisme, (pp. 385-387). Paris: Clé International.

2022

  • Stott, C. (2022). Partnering with Students to Support International Students in an Australian University Setting. International Journal for Students as Partners, 6(2), 69-78. [More Information]

2020

  • Stott, C. (2020). Le Paradoxe de l'exile: connection and disconnection in Petit Pays de Gael Faye. Australian Society for French Studies 2020 Conference: Dis/connexion, Sydney/Canberra/Melbourne: Australian Society for French Studies. [More Information]

2019

  • Stott, C. (2019). Belleville noir in twenty-first century cinema: adaptation and innovation. Essays in French Literature and Culture, 56, 221-237. [More Information]
  • Stott, C. (2019). Belleville Noir in Twenty-first Century Cinema: Adaptation and Innovation. Essays in French Literature and Culture, 2019 (56), 221-237.
  • Stott, C. (2019). Partnering with students to support the FASS international student community. Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference: Teaching in the spotlight: Innovation for teaching excellence, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Northumbria University.

2018

  • Stott, C. (2018). Quand lapprenant devient lenseignant. Francais dans le monde, 420(novembre-decembre 2018), 40-41.

2017

  • Stott, C. (2017). De la theorie a la pratique: l'apprenant comme enseignant dans la salle de classe universitaire du FLE. IVe Congres regional de la Commission Asie-Pacifique: Ecologie du français et Diversite des langues, Kyoto: Kyoto University.

2016

  • Stott, C. (2016). Myth or mimesis? (Mis)Representation of Belleville (Paris) in film noir. 57th Society for French Studies Conference, Glasgow: University of Glasgow.
  • Stott, C. (2016). Writing Up Close and From a Distance: French and North-American Representations of Belleville (Paris) in Contemporary Roman Noir. Australian Journal of French Studies, LIII (1-2), 79-93. [More Information]

2015

  • Stott, C. (2015). Belleville rouge, Belleville noir, Belleville rose: the complex identity of a Parisian quartier. PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 12(1), 1-16. [More Information]
  • Stott, C., Fielding, R. (2015). Lost in transition? Perspectives on the transition to university language learning. Babel, 49(3), 14-25. [More Information]
  • Stott, C. (2015). Migration, Public Policy and Gentrification in Belleville, Paris. Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies (ANZJES), 6(2)-7(1), 36-50.

2012

  • Stott, C. (2012). University Language Learners' Perceptions of the Transition from School to University. 15th International First Year in Higher Education Conference | New Horizons, Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.

2011

  • Stott, C. (2011). Belleville au pluriel: Representations of a Parisian Suburb in the Neo-Polar. In Jo McCormack, Murray Pratt, and Alistair Rolls (Eds.), Hexagonal Variations: Diversity, Plurality and Reinvention in Contemporary France, (pp. 355-370). Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi.

Selected Grants

2018

  • Partnering with students to support the FASS international student community, Stott C, Johinke R, Walker K, Fisher H, DVC Education/Large Educational Innovation Grant

2016

  • Understanding Europe: 3 x 2cp units (Open Learning Environment - Undergraduate), Winter B, Moir C, Morgan P, Karalis V, Sorbera L, Stott C, Walsh A, Alba A, Rubino A, DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant

Selected grants

  • 2019First-Year Experience Project, Stott, C., Jarkey, N., Bridgeman, A., Liu, D., Haley, S., Keep, M. DVC Education/Transformative Educational Innovation Grant
  • 2019Partnering with students to support the FASS international student community, Stott C, Johinke R, Walker K, Fisher H, DVC Education/Large Educational Innovation Grant
  • 2017Cultures of Food: Europe(Open Learning Environment – Undergraduate; 1 x 2 cp unit/1 x 0 cp unit), Stott C; DVC Education/Small Educational Innovation Grant
  • Generative AI for language teaching, Benoit Berthelier, Kylie Giblett, Carolyn Stott, Lionel Babicz. 2024 Educational Innovation Strategic Education Grant

Professional contributions

  • January 2020. Telling it like it is: Supporting international students’ transition to university
  • 03 April 2019.Transitions in Language Learning, Modern Language Teachers’ Association of NSW [MLTA-NSW] (webinar).
  • 2018. Convenor, organising committee for the Federation of Australian Teachers of French-NSW Associate of French Teachers [FATFA-NAFT] Conference, University of Sydney, September 27-30.
  • 2016. Lost in Transition? Facilitating the Passage from High School to University for Language students, Federation of Australian Teachers of French-South Australian French Teachers’ Federation [FATFA-SAFTA] Conference (keynote address).

Associations

  • Alliance Française
  • Australian Society for French Studies
  • Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) – Senior Fellowship
  • Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities
  • New South Wales Association of French Teachers
  • Fédération des Associations de Professeurs de Français en Australie (FATFA) Vice President

In the media

Quelle est la place de l'enseignement du français en Australie? Interview on SBS Radio recorded 27.10.18