Department of Modern Languages

Dr. Angélique Courbou

Teaching Assistant Professor, Lead Advisor & Departmental Coordinator

 

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  • Email: angeli@ksu.edu
  • Office: Eisenhower 217

Research Interests

Advising in post-secondary education; long term impact of service learning and study abroad, conflict resolution and service learning/study abroad.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Counseling and Student Development (specialization in Student Affairs in Higher Education), Kansas State University, 2021
  • M.A. in Modern Languages (specialization in Spanish Literature), Kansas State University, 2008
  • B.A. Langues Étrangères Appliquées (specialization in English, Spanish, French Translation for Science and Law), Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 1995

Grants, Awards, Study Abroad, and other Contributions

  • Laura Valentín-Rivera and Angélique Courbou received $5,000 from the Alternative/Open Textbook Initiative to develop an open access textbook for their Spanish Composition and Grammar course.
  • Angélique Courbou received the "Outstanding Faculty For the College of Arts & Sciences" award from the Mortar Board Honor Society for her dedication to student success and the betterment of the University.
  • As part of the Spanish in Action CAT Community, Angélique Courbou took a group of 14 freshmen for 10 days to Atenas, Costa Rica, in January 2015 on a service learning study abroad trip. Students used their leadership and Spanish skills to negotiate and learn to build a partial playground out of concrete in a nutrition center for children. They also painted and helped clean up the center. This was the 3rd year the program went back to Atenas and worked with the same community.
  • Angélique Courbou and Melinda Cro served as the Kansas Board of Regents Core Outcomes Group Chair for Spanish and French respectively. On September 12, they met with representatives from other institutions across the state of Kansas to discuss the core learning outcomes for Spanish III and French II. They were charged with creating 4-6 shared outcomes in order to facilitate transfer by the Transfer and Articulation Committee of the Board of Regents.
  • On September 27, 2013, Melinda Cro served as the Kansas Board of Regents Core Outcomes Group Chair for French; she met with representatives from nine other institutions across the state of Kansas to discuss core learning outcomes for French I. Angélique Courbou served as the Kansas Board of Regents Core Outcomes Group Chair for Spanish, and met with representatives from eleven other institutions across the state of Kansas to discuss the core learning outcomes for Spanish II. Each of these groups was charged to create 4-6 shared outcomes in order to facilitate transfer by the Transfer and Articulation Committee of the Board of Regents.