1. Mary Loretta Skemp
4813 Marathon Drive
Madison, WI 53705
E-mail: mlskemp@gmail.com
Phone: (608) 230-6711
Objective : Education professional with diverse experience in teaching, advising, and study abroad
seeks to build upon these experiences in a social services context.
Professional Experience
Advising:
Advised undeclared freshmen and French majors in both academics and study abroad, Georgetown
College, Georgetown, KY.
Study Abroad:
Organized summer travel program to Chicoutimi, Quebec for French language students from
Georgetown College; Chose academic program, made travel arrangements, managed budget,
and accompanied the group of students.
Teaching:
Instructor in French, World Languages Department, Madison College (spring 2008, spring 2010-
present)
Instructor in French, Department of Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
(spring 2012, 2015)
Substitute Special Education Assistant, Madison Metropolitan School District, (spring 2010-fall
2013)
Faculty Associate, Department of French and Italian, University of Wisconsin - Madison (fall 2007,
fall 2008-spring 2009)
Instructor in French, Edgewood College (spring 2008)
Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Language and Cultures, Georgetown
College, Georgetown, KY (August 2000-August 2007; promoted and tenured spring 2005)
Responsible for teaching all literature and civilization courses for the major and minor in
French, as well as general education and intermediate language courses.
Visiting Part-time Instructor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures, University of Kentucky (Fall 2002)
Taught graduate course in French: Explorations of Female Subjectivity in the Renaissance
Education Specialist, Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota (1999-2000)
Responsible for coordinating the first-year French language courses - French 1001, 1002, and
1022, an intensive semester-long, first-year course - and for the training, supervision and
evaluation of first-year teaching assistants
Lectrice, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France (1993-1995)
Taught travaux pratiques in English and American Literatures, first and second years
Professional Development
Madison College WTCS Certification Courses (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Faculty Advising Workshop, June 8 and 10, 2015
#50 Curriculum and Course Construction
#53 Educational Psychology
#54 Educational Evaluation

2. Madison Metropolitan School District Topical Training Sessions for SEAs (2010-2011)
Keys to Successful Classroom Management
Autism
Cultural Competence
Positive Strategies for Challenging Behaviors
Instructional Practices
UW System Collaborative Language Program Emerging Technologies and Language Learning: Best
Practices and Innovations Workshop (2009)
Education
Ph.D. in French Literature (minor in Medieval Studies). University of Minnesota, September, 1999.
Scuola Michelangelo, Florence, Italy (July-August 1994)
M. A. in French Literature, University of Minnesota (1991)
Diplôme Spécial d’Etudes de Langue, Institut des Etudiants Etrangers, Université Paul Valéry (1989)
Honors B.A. in French Literature (minor in English Literature), magna cum laude, Marquette
University (1988)
Languages
Near-native ability in French
Have studied German, Italian, and Latin
Honors
Faculty Development Grant, Georgetown College (2006)
Sabbatical Semester, Georgetown College (fall 2006)
Goode Personal Development Grant, Georgetown College (2002)
Goode Technology Grant, Georgetown College (2002)
NEH Summer Institute: Early Modern European Women Writers (2001)
CIBER Scholarship (Center for International Business Education and Research) to attend Conference
on Language and International Business (2001)
Henlein Grant, Georgetown College (2001)
Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University of Minnesota (1997-98)
Graduate School Travel Fellowship, University of Minnesota (1998)
Stout Fellowship, University of Minnesota (1996-97)
Summer Research Fellowship, Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota (1996)
Rathert Fellowship, University of Minnesota (1990)
Jean et Marie-Louise Defrenoy Fellowship (1998-89)
Marquette University Honorary Scholarship (1984-1988)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa, national honor society
Member, Alpha Sigma Nu, Jesuit honor society

3. Professional Service
Member, Retention Task Force, Georgetown College (2007)
Chair, Humanities Division, Georgetown College (2003-2005)
Member, Search Committee, tenure-track position in Spanish, Department of Modern and Classical
Languages and Cultures, Georgetown College (2004)
Chair, Maternity Leave Policy Committee, Georgetown College (fall 2004)
Member, Honors Committee, Georgetown College (2004-2006)
Chair, Language Placement Policy Committee, Georgetown College (2004)
Member, Admissions Committee, Georgetown College (2003-2004)
Member, Design Team of the Kentucky Assessment of World Language Proficiency (2002-2003)
President, French I Permanent Section, Midwest Modern Language Association Conference (2002)
Member, Women’s Studies Committee, Georgetown College (2001-2004)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Committee, Georgetown College (2000-2007)
Member Search Committee, tenure-track position in Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages,
Georgetown College (2001)
Secretary, French I Permanent Section, Midwest Modern Language Association Conference (2001)
Secretary, Department of Foreign Languages, Georgetown College (2000-2001)
Member, Search Committee, tenure-track position in Early Modern French Literature, Department of
French and Italian, University of Minnesota (1998)
Steering Committee, Early Modern French Women Writers Digitization Project, Wilson Library,
University of Minnesota (1999)
Steering Committee, Reading Committee, Graduate Symposium in Romance Studies, University of
Minnesota (1999)
Steering Committee, Chair of Finance Committee, Graduate Symposium in Romance Studies,
University of Minnesota (1998)
Co-organizer, “Une autre histoire, l’histoire de l’autre: Text and Context in the Works of Early
Modern Women Writers in France,” Midwest Modern Language Assoc. Conference (1997)
Volunteer Work
1) Instructor Religious Education Courses:
2011-present, Second grade at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Madison, WI
2008-2011 First grade at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Madison, WI
2004-2007 Pre-school ages at St Paul Catholic Church, Lexington, KY
2) English as A Second Language Tutoring
2014 at Catholic Multicultural Center in Madison, WI
1991 in Oak Park, IL
3) Mentor
2001-2002 GO Women: Greater Opportunities for Women in Lexington, KY
4) Various volunteer roles in my children’s classrooms at Van Hise Elementary School, Madison, WI
References
Mary Haight, Instructor of French, Madison College, Madison, WI, (608) 246-6471
Mary Jo Trapani, Director of Religious Education, Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish, Madison, WI,
(608) 886-8408
Sheila Turek, Associate Professor of French, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI,
(262)472-1066