Project Leaders
Dr. Beatrice Dupuy
University of Arizona
Beatrice Dupuy is Professor in the Department of French & Italian and Department of Public & Applied Humanities, and an affiliate of the SLAT program at the University of Arizona where she co-directs the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy. Her research focuses on multiliteracies/multimodal approaches to learning and language teacher professional learning.
Dr. Tara Hashemi
Fresno State University
Tara Hashemi is Assistant Professor of French at Fresno State University and the editorial assistant of Contemporary French Civilization (Liverpool University Press). She holds a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona. Her research interests relate to multiliteracies pedagogies, language teacher professional development, the use of textbooks and technology in language teaching.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. SDGs address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.
This curricular project contributes to the following SDGs
Ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all through inclusive quality education.
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. People everywhere should be free of fear from all forms of violence and feel safe as they go about their lives whatever their ethnicity, faith or sexual orientation.