Mathilde Garnier

Education

• M.A. in French Studies (concentration in French Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition and Teaching) – The University of Arizona
• M.A in Anglophone studies – Université Paris XII
• B.A. in English – Université Paris XII

Research Interests

language teacher beliefs, psychology of language teaching, language teacher professional development, language program coordination, foreign language curriculum design

Dissertation Title

From beliefs to practice: Exploring U.S. collegiate LOTE teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and goal-setting practices in L2 writing instruction

Courses Taught

• French 101 (Spring 2024, Summer 2024)
• French 102 (Summer 2022)
• French 203 (Fall 2022, Fall 2023)
• French 204 (Fall 2021)

Conference Presentations

• Garnier, M. (October 21, 2025). Foreign language teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs. [Guest Lecture]. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
• Garnier, M. (April 18, 2025). All we need is confidence: Exploring L2 teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching and assessing L2 writing. SLA Graduate Students Symposium. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
• Goetze, J., & Garnier, M. (February 6, 2025). Understanding emotional well-being in the teaching of writing. Talk series on writing and well-being. Center for teaching and research on writing. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
• Garnier, M. (April 6, 2024). A mixed-methods investigation of graduate teaching assistants’ beliefs and practices in teaching L2 writing. SLA Graduate Students Symposium. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
• Garnier, M., & Allen, H. W. (November 19, 2023). Prioritizing Multimodality in L2 Presentational Communication. ACTFL Annual Convention and World Language Expo. Chicago, IL.

Awards and Achievements

• Graduate School Dissertator Fellowship (Summer 2025)
• Generative AI and Language Education Instructional Innovation Award (Spring 2025)

• Graduate School Fellowship (Spring 2022)
• Outstanding TA award (Spring 2020)