Priscilla Fermon

Priscilla Fermon is an Associate Professor of French, specializing in language education and multilingual studies. Her work emphasizes the cultural and pedagogical dimensions of language acquisition, influenced by her family's immigrant background. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and has taught both French and Spanish.

Education:

• B.A. from Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York
• M.A. from Harvard University
• Ph.D. from the University of Virginia

Research Focus: Fermon investigates methodologies for teaching Romance languages (French, Spanish) and classical languages (Latin, Biblical Hebrew). Her research emphasizes experiential learning, immigrant language adaptation, and cross-cultural communication strategies, driven by personal experiences with linguistic diversity.