AP French Language and Culture

Eileen M. Angelini, Ph.D., is a Professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Angelini received her B.A. from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in French Studies from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Angelini was the recipient of a Canada-U.S. Fulbright award as a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Prior to coming to Canisius College, Dr. Angelini was the Director of the Foreign Language Program and Associate Professor of Foreign Languages at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As Director of the Foreign Language Program, she developed a four-skilled proficiency- and content-based language program that incorporated computer- and video-assisted instruction at a school that is known for its general education program and its interdisciplinary majors. Dr. Angelini was the recipient of the 2008 AATF Dorothy Ludwig National Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year at the University Level and the 2007 New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers Ruth E. Wasley Distinguished Teacher Award Post-Secondary.

A firm believer in the importance of service to the foreign language profession, Dr. Angelini actively participates on several organizational committees. She is currently Chair of the American Association of Teachers of French National Commission on French for Business and Economic Purposes; a question leader for the AP French Language and Culture Examination; a Senior Reviewer for the AP French Language Audit; a Workshop Consultant for the College Board; a member of the Praxis II World Languages National Advisory and Test Development Committees; the Northeast Vice President for Pi Delta Phi (the National French Honor Society); and a current member of the NYSAFLT Board of Directors.


Geraldine O’Neill, Ph.D., is currently an Adjunct Professor at Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, where she teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced French Language classes. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Dr. O’Neill has taught all levels of French Language for more than 27 years. She serves as a Reader for the AP French Language and Culture exam.


Adina C. Alexandru, Ed.D., is a secondary foreign language teacher, as well as an adjunct professor at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. She also teaches graduate classes online for the University of Phoenix. Dr. Alexandru holds an M.A.T. in Secondary Education and French, a C.A.G.S. in Spanish, and a Doctorate in Education with a focus on Language, Literacy, and Culture. She is a National Board Certified Teacher of French. Dr. Alexandru is also an active member of the Teacher to Teacher Initiative. She is a member of ACTFL, MAFLA, COLT, AATF, and NATSFL. Dr. Alexandru currently teaches AP French Language and Culture at Southington High School and manages the Le Grand Concours (the National French Exam) for the State of Connecticut.


Julie Huntington, Ph.D., is currently an Assistant Professor of French at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, New York. She received her B.A. in French and Anthropology from Eastern Michigan University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in French from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Huntington’s teaching and research interests focus on exploring questions of language, identity, voice, and representation in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Francophone literature. She also works on projects in foreign language pedagogy, placing particular emphasis on evaluating strategies for teaching literature and promoting intercultural awareness at all levels of foreign language teaching.


Erica Stofanak is an AP French Language and Culture teacher at Spaulding High S

Eileen M. Angelini, Ph.D., is a Professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Angelini received her B.A. from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in French Studies from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.


Geraldine O’Neill, Ph.D., is currently an Adjunct Professor at Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, where she teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced French Language classes. She received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Dr. O’Neill has taught all levels of French Language for more than 27 years. She serves as a Reader for the AP® French Language and Culture exam.


Adina C. Alexandru, Ed.D., is a secondary foreign language teacher, as well as an adjunct professor at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Dr. Alexandru teaches AP® French Language and Culture at Southington High School and manages the Le Grand Concours (the National French Exam) for the State of Connecticut.


Julie Huntington, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of French at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, New York. She received her B.A. in French and Anthropology from Eastern Michigan University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in French from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.


Erica Stofanak is an AP® French Language and Culture teacher at Spaulding High School, Berwick, Maine. She earned her B.A. in French and Mathematics at the University of Maine, Presque Isle, Maine.