Sarah-Kay Hurst
Dr. Sarah-Kay Hurst is committed to high-impact, experiential learning that helps students apply their French skills in authentic contexts. Since joining The George Washington University, she has authored a textbook currently used in manuscript form in all sections of Fr1004 (Intermediate French II). She has also fully designed Fr3010W (Advanced French Language, Structure, and Composition), an upper-level course that helps students refine their expository, narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing skills in French, using notions from linguistics to acquire new perspectives on the language itself.
Dr. Hurst has won grants to support her initiatives related to Community Engaged Scholarship, including receiving a grant from the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service, and co-receiving a grant from the French Embassy and the Albertine Foundation. She has taught myriad courses in the French program, including Fr3010W, Fr2006, Fr2005, Fr1004, and Fr1003, and she coordinates the Intermediate II level. Additionally, she has supervised students for CCAS 3001 (Undergraduate Research) and CCAS 2154 (Elective Internship).
In 2021, she was honored with the Morton A. Bender Excellence in Teaching Award, a university-wide recognition of pedagogical excellence, following nominations from across all GW colleges/schools and a comprehensive pedagogical dossier evaluated by a committee of professors from across the disciplines. Her Ph.D. in French Linguistics focused on applied linguistics, lexicology, and pedagogy, and she has continued to enhance her pedagogical initiatives to increase student engagement. Before joining The George Washington University, she taught for two years in the English department at the University of Strasbourg, in France.