182 Mansfield St.

Curriculum Vitae:                                                                                      New Haven, CT 06511

(203) 745-6282

georges.montillet@yale.edu

EDUCATION (Degree Seeking):

*Yale University – New Haven, CT                                                       Expected graduation:  12/2012

            - Ph.D.  Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

*University of Notre Dame – South Bend, IN                                        Exams Completed:  08/2006

            - A.B.D.  Classical Languages and Literatures    

* Franciscan University of Steubenville – Steubenville, OH                         Graduation: 08/2002

            - B.A. Classics, Summa cum Laude                                                                              

EDUCATION (Non-Degree Seeking):

*Private Tutoring, Cairo, Egypt:                                                              06/2008-08/2009

            - Studied Arabic syntax, grammar and poetics privately with teachers from al-Azhar

*Markaz al-Diwan, Cairo, Egypt:                                                             06/2007-08/2007

            - Studied tajwīd (Qur’ān recitation) with a Sheikh from al-Azhar

*Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon:                                         07/2005-08/2005

            - Studied Modern Standard Arabic poetry, literature, and conversation

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

*Arabic:                                                                                

            - Yale University:  (Teaching Fellow)                                           09/2008 – 12/2010

                        ~ Intensive Modern Standard Arabic                                            

            - Pittsburgh Middle East Institute: (Instructor)                                   07/2010 – 08/2011

                        ~ Egyptian Colloquial  Arabic I & II            (taught in Arabic),

                        ~ Advanced Modern Standard Arabic for Reading

            - Washington and Jefferson College: (Instructor)                     01/2011 – 06/2011

                        ~ Second Semester Modern Standard Arabic

                        ~ Survey of Arabic Literature in Translation: Ancient and Modern

            - Robert Morris University: (Instructor)                                                 02/2011 – 06/2011

                        ~ Beginning Modern Standard Arabic

*Classical Latin

            - University of Notre Dame:  (Instructor)                                   01/2003 – 05/2005

                        ~ Beginning and Intermediate Classical Latin      

            - Franciscan University of Steubenville: (Teaching Assistant) 07/2001 – 09/2001

                        ~ Beginning through Intermediate Intensive Classical Latin      

*Classical Greek

            - University of Notre Dame:  (Instructor)                                   09/2004 – 12/2004

                        ~ Intermediate Classical Greek      

*French

            - University of Notre Dame:  (Instructor)                                   09/2004 – 12/2004

                        ~ Beginner French                          

Other Teaching Experience:

- Robert Morris University: (Instructor) Rhetoric in Modern Society   02/2011 – 06/2011

- Taught and tutored English and Physics in Spanish                               09/1997 – 08/1999

Academic Conferences and Lectures:      

* Yale University:                                                                            Presented Paper:       02/2012

    - “The Flowering of Adab in ‘Abassid Culture”                    

* Robert Morris University:                                                            Invited Lecturer:       01/2012

    - “The Arab Spring: Would You Protest?”                            

* University of Chicago:                                                                   Presented Paper:       05/2005

    - XXth Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference                      

* University of Arizona, Tucson:                                                               Presented Paper:       04/2005

    - “The Voice and Silence of Women’s Bodies in Modern Arabic Poetry, Fiction and Film”

* Purdue University:                                                                        Presented Paper:       03/2005

    - “The Veiled Woman, the Naked Man: Veiling in Arabic Literary Imagination”

* New York University:                                                                    Presented Paper:       02/2004

    - “The Siculo-Greco Translations of Salvatore Quasimodo”                      

* University of Notre Dame:                                                           Panelist:                        10/2003

    - Literary Transgressions: Graeco-Arabic Studies

PROFESSIONAL INITIATIVES AND EXPERIENCE:

PMEI Arabic Immersion Program – Washington, PA                                   Program Director: 07/2011

*        Created an one month Arabic-only learning environment for 13 Pittsburgh students 

*        All intermediate students finished the program with conversational proficiency

*        http://pittsburghmideastinstitute.org/Summer_Language_Institute.html

 PMEI Summer in Cairo 2010 – Cairo, Egypt                     Program Director: 06/2010 – 08/2010

*        Brought 15 Pittsburgh students for a cultural and linguistic immersion program

*        Students learned enough Arabic to travel Cairo and make friends on their own

*        Total initiative – planned, designed , taught, promoted and funded program

Iraq Refugee Documentary – Cairo, Egypt                         Translator and Local Guide: 07/2008

*        Acted as guide for American director and camera crew through outskirts of Cairo

*        Translated interviews with Iraqi refugees

*        Website: Between Earth and Sky - http://www.iraqrefugeedoc.com

Yale Arabic Colloquium – New Haven, CT                              Coordinator:  09/2006 – 05/2008

*        Created environment where issues were discussed respectfully and scientifically

*        Including Arab-Islamic political thought, Islamic religious law, Arabic literary trends

*        Increased scope through advertising, invited visiting scholars and obtained funding

*        Total participants: approx. 50 students and faculty

OUTREACH:

SAWA Workshops – Cairo, Egypt                                            Volunteer: 05/2008 – 07/2008

*        Mentored and tutored refugee children from Iraq and Darfur, Sudan

*        Website http://www.thetownhousegallery.com/main7.html under “Outreach”

Poverello Farms  – South Bend, IN                                   Board Member: 09/2004 – 08/2006

*        Advised on policy, procedures, and practical aspects of dealing with troubled children

*        Total participants: approx. 25 children and volunteers

Other outreach programs:

*Jewish Family and Children Services – Pittsburgh, PA: helped refugees settle into life in the USA

*Missionaries of Charity – Beirut, Lebanon: helped care for terminally ill infants and children

*Grupo Juvenil San Adalberto – South Bend, IN: helped at risk and juvenile delinquent Hispanic teens

*Dismas House-South Bend, IN: befriended and helped former convicts adjust to civic life

*ECYD Program - Ottawa, Canada: directed bilingual (French-English) sports and cultural program

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

Presidential Fellowship, University of Notre Dame                                                         09/2002

- Highest award given to promising scholars at the University of Notre Dame

Wakonse Fellowship, Kaneb Center                                                                                  06/2005

- Fellowship granted to teachers who show exceptional promise and enthusiasm in teaching

Light of the World Award, Archdiocese of Hartford                                                         05/2009

- Highest award in a diocese of 700,000 members given for inspiring and guiding youth

Striving for Excellence in Teaching Certificate, University of Notre Dame                         02/2005  

- Completed a series of workshops, evaluations, and projects on teaching excellence 

Using Technology Well in the Classroom Certificate, University of Notre Dame               04/2004  

- Completed a series of workshops and a project on classroom technologies

MEDIA

WQED Television Station, Interview:                  http://www.wqed.org/tv/horizons/?id=104

- Interview about Egyptian Revolution

BBC News Agency, Article:                                 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7616876.stm

- Mention of my work with Saoud through Townhouse. 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, etc.  Article on PMEI Summer Immersion Program at W&J:

- http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11215/1164664-51-0.stm?cmpid=newspanel1

- http://blogs.washjeff.edu/inthepress/2011/07/15/arabic-immersion-program-spending-month-at-wj/

LANGUAGES:

Native:                                                                                                              English,  French*

Advanced (near-native): Arabic (modern standard and Egyptian colloquial),* Spanish*

Conversational:                                                                                                                Italian*, Farsi*

Reading Proficiency:                                                  Latin*, Greek*, Portuguese*, German*

*Indicates graduate courses and/or graduate reading exams completed in these languages