About Marjolijn de Jager, Ph.D.

Honors

1 January – 31 January 2012:
Translator-in-Residence at HET VERTALERSHUIS / THE TRANSLATORS’ HOUSE in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, at the invitation of the Nederlands Letterenfonds/ Dutch Foundation for Literature a one-month grant to continue work on the translation of Dr. Hendrika Freud's Mannen en moeders (Men and Mothers)..

13-17 April 2011:
ALA Distinguished Member Award
For Outstanding Service to the ALA (African Literature Association) and Exemplary Commitment to Translation, Teaching and Scholarship in African Literature and Film Studies – 2011.

1 January – 31 January 2010:
Translator-in-Residence at HET VERTALERSHUIS / THE TRANSLATORS’ HOUSE in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, at the invitation of the Dutch Foundation for Literature (a 2010 merger of the two associations previously known as the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature (NLPVF) and the Fonds voor de Letteren (FvdL).

28 August – 30 September 2007:
Translator-in-Residence at "Les Subsistances" in Lyon, France, at the invitation of the VILLA GILLET, Lyon.

2004:
NEA (National Endowment of the Arts)
Poetry Translation Grant for 2005 for selected poetry of the Dutch poet, Huub Beurskens.

2001:
Invited to membership on the Executive Committee of the Women Writing Africa Project, The Feminist Press of the City University of New York.  Volume 1, The Southern Region, published 2002. Volume 2, West Africa, published 2004.

3-9 Sept. 2000:
Driebergen, The Netherlands: a one-week retraining course for instructors of Dutch--language and culture--abroad.  Under the aegis and financial support of the Nederlandse TaalUnie, The Hague.

Summer 1996:
NEH Fellowship for Teachers of Foreign Languages; 5 weeks of travel to Senegal, Mali, and Côte d'Ivoire.
Purpose: to film a documentary video on the topic "Learning through the Arts, primarily at the VILLAGE KI-YI, founded by Werewere LIKING, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

Summer 1990:
NEH Summer Seminar for Secondary School Teachers:
"Africa, Literature, Politics, and History" - CUNY-Graduate School,
New York City, under the direction of Professor L.I. Markowitz.

Summer 1988:
Rockefeller Foundation Grant for Teachers of Foreign Languages ;
8 weeks of travel and study in West-Africa (Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso).
Purpose: to edit an advanced level reader for secondary students of French.

Summer 1977:
NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers:
"Tragedy" - UCLA-Berkeley under the direction of Professor Norman Rabkin.

1967-1970:
NDEA Title IV Federal Grant for the Ph.D. Program
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: M.A.-1969; Ph.D.-1975.

1955-1956:
Fulbright Scholarship for Foreign Students
Arrived from The Netherlands for a year's study at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri.

Organizational Memberships

Teaching Credentials

2011-2012:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY, NY
Adjunct Professor in the College Now Program
(in collaboration with The Beacon School)
French 101-102
French 201-202

2011 - Spring Semester
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY, NY
Adjunct Professor in the College Now Program
(in collaboration with The Beacon School)
French 102
French 202

2000 - present:
New York University - SCPS
(School for Continuing and Professional Studies)
Associate Adjunct Professor
Fall: Dutch-I
Spring: Dutch-II

2010 - Fall semester:
New York University - SCPS
(School for Continuing and Professional Studies)
Associate Adjunct Professor
French III

2006 - 2009:
New York University-SCPS
(School for Continuing and Professional Studies)
Associate Professor and Student Advisor in Translation Studies Program:

Fall Semesters: Dutch-I and/or Dutch-III
Spring Semesters: Dutch-II and/or Dutch-IV
Summer Semesters,
2008; 2009
French-III

1999 (June) - 2006
New York University-SCPS
(School for Continuing and Professional Studies)
Associate Professor and Student Advisor in Translation Studies Program:

Fall Semesters:  Dutch I
Spring Semesters, 
1999 - 2003:
Dutch II:  Build Your Translation Skills;
French IV
Summer Semesters,
1994-2004: 
Literary Translation: French to English

1993 - 1999:
One of the original founders of
The Beacon School
New York, New York
French, levels I – III, AP

1984-1993:
LaGuardia High School for Music, Art, and the Performing Arts
New York, New York
French levels I - IV

1980-1981:
Athens, Greece
Private tutoring of individuals and small groups: French and English

1970-1980:
Saint Mary's College
Raleigh, North Carolina
Associate Professor of French: all levels; French Women Authors in English Translation; Western Civilization.

Original Material

Poetry

"Second Anniversary” and “Her Memorial”
Published in Beyond the Fence, A Stamford Writes Publication, Stamford, CT: 2005. 

Education

1975 - Ph.D. (Romance Languages and Literatures)
University of North Carolina
, Chapel Hill, N.C. 

1969 - M.A. (Major: French Literature; Minor: Spanish Literature)
University of North Carolina
, Chapel Hill, N.C. 

1961 - B.A. (Major: French; Minor: Classical Greek)
Hunter College of the City of New York

1955 - Baccalaureat
Barlaeus Gymnasium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

 


 

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