education

doctoral candidate

Composition and Applied Linguistics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | anticipated May 2027

Master of Science

English Language Teaching & Literacy Instruction, Missouri State University | May 2023

Master of Arts

Teaching, University of Utah | May 2006

Bachelor of Arts

French & Spanish, College of the Ozarks | May 2003

teaching

Missouri State University – Springfield, MO | 2016–present

FRN 101 Elementary French I

FRN 102 Elementary French II

FRN 201 Intermediate French I

FRN 202 Intermediate French II

FRN 300 Service-Learning: French

FRN 316 French for the Professions

FRN 414 Le français vivant

LCR 100 Language and Culture in Global Context

LCR 200 Global Perspectives on Languages & Cultures in Society

LCR 413 Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages

LCR 414 Practice and Application in K-12 World Language Teaching

LCR 493 Supervised Teaching Seminar

LCR 496 Supervised Student Teaching

ENG 690 Grammatical Analysis

GEP 101 First Year Foundations

Central High School – Springfield, MO | 2010-2019

French I

French II

French III

French IV/V Dual Credit through MSU

IB Standard Level French

IB Higher Level French

Spanish I

Fort Herriman Middle School – Herriman, UT | 2006-2010

French I

French II

Spanish I

Spanish II

Washington Elementary – Salt Lake City, UT | 2003-2005

Kindergarten Teaching Assistant

Lycée Jean Rostand – Mantes-la-Jolie, France | 2000-2001

English Teaching Assistant

research interests

Linguistic Human Rights

Pedagogical translanguaging

Multilingualism and multiliteracy

Home language use for content learning and language proficiency

Simultaneous bilingualism vs. sequential bilingualism

Recruitment and retention of language teachers

grants & awards

Experiences Enhance French Language Education, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning | 2026 Award: $3,000

Outstanding Teaching in the Humanities Award, Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities | 2025

Exemplary Teaching of Literacy and Language Award, Composition & Applied Linguistics, IUP | 2025

Digital Humanities Grant, MSU Digital Humanities Lab Faculty Committee | 2025 Award: $3,000

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Award, Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities | 2024

Jayne Abrate Travel/Study in Québec Award, American Association of Teachers of French | 2023 Award: $3,000

Français des Affaires, Cultural Services of the Embassy of France in the U.S./Boston University/Paris Ile-de-France Chamber of Commerce | 2022 Award: 13-day workshop

Curriculum Innovation Grant, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning | 2020 Award: webcam

FLAM Grant, Foreign Language Association of Missouri | 2020 Award: $1,000

iELT Grant Cohort II, Improving English Language Teaching in the Ozarks Project | 2019 Award: $2,000 tuition scholarship

Rebecca and Jean-Paul Valette Legacy Award, American Association of Teachers of French | 2017 Award: $3,000

OFLA Grant, Ozarks Foreign Language Association | 2017 Award: $150

Memories Divided & Reconciled: World Wars I & II in France Today, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar | 2014 Award: $3,300

OFLA Grant, Ozarks Foreign Language Association | 2013 Award: $150

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, Springfield Public Schools | 2012 Award: travel expenses

Assistant d’anglais, Teaching Assistantship Program in France (TAPIF) | 2000 Award: 7-month paid internship

service

Service to the Missouri State University College of Education

Education Preparation Provider Committee member | 2019-2020; 2022 – present

BSEd Secondary Oversight Committee member | 2019–2020

College of Education Scholarship Committee – Secondary Ed Representative | Feb. 2020 – Oct. 2020

Service to the Missouri State University Department of Languages, Cultures & Religions (LCR)

Ad-hoc Artificial Intelligence Committee – Chair | Fall 2025–Spring 2026

Marketing & Recruitment Committee | Fall 2021–present

Awards Committee | Spring 2020–Spring 2025

Diversity Committee | Spring 2020–Spring 2022

Ad-hoc General Education Committee | Fall 2020–Spring 2021

Dual Credit Liaison for World Languages | Fall 2019–present

Instructional Design & Evaluation Committee | Fall 2019–Spring 2021

Service to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine

Pilot Assessment Rater to develop quantitative writing assessment measures for medical school entrance personal statements | Fall 2024

leadership

Education Abroad Faculty Fellows Program (Costa Rica), Missouri State University | January 2025–May 2025

Ozarks Foreign Language Association (OFLA) Secretary/Treasurer>>Vice President>>President | April 2025–April 2027

Sustainability Fellows Program, Cohort 3, Missouri State University | January 2025–April 2025Foreign Language Association of Missouri (FLAM) President | October 2023–October 2025

American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) Greater St. Louis Chapter, Executive Board | August 2023–present

Show Me Multiliteracy Project Consultant | January 2022–present

Foreign Language Association of Missouri (FLAM) President-Elect | October 2021–October 2023

Foreign Language Association of Missouri (FLAM) Northeast Regional Representative | October 2020–October 2021

University Supervisor for World Language Teacher Candidates | January 2020–present

Curriculum Development Committee Chair, Springfield Public Schools | August 2013–May 2019

certifications

Missouri Teaching License: K12 French, K12 Spanish, K12 ELL | current

Mental Health First Aid | 2026-2029

Penmac approved sub for Springfield Public Schools | 2022–2023

Utah Teaching License: K12 French, K12 Spanish | expired

training

CITI training, Human Research: Social-Behavioral-Educational Researchers - Basic Course | 2024

WIDA Kindergarten ACCESS Administration and Scoring | 2022

WIDA Kindergarten Screener Administration and Scoring | 2022

CITI training, Human Research: Social-Behavioral-Educational Researchers - Basic Course | 2022

Diversity Scholars | 2020

Master Advisor | 2019–present

Blackboard Grandmaster | 2019

Blackboard Blackbelt | 2019

IB French B Diploma Programme | 2011 & 2018

IB Language B Middle Years Programme | 2011 & 2018

professional organizations

American Association of Applied Linguistics | 2024–present

Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée | 2024–present

Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association | 2024–2025

ACTFL Assembly of Delegates | 2023–2025

Central States Advisory Council | 2022–2025

Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages | 2022–2024

American Translators Association | 2022–2023

Joint National Committee for Languages/National Council for Languages and International Studies | 2022–present

Mid-America Chapter of the American Translators Association | 2021–2023

American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages | 2015–present

National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Language | 2014–2015

Foreign Language Association of Missouri | 2010–present

Ozarks Foreign Language Association | 2010–present

American Association of Teachers of French | 2006–present

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese | 2006–2011

Utah Foreign Language Association | 2005–2010

publications (peer reviewed)

Loughary, J. (2025). Home languages outside of the home: Translingual practices for content learning in the classroom. MIDTESOL Journal, 8. https://midtesol.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/3.-Loughary-2025.pdf

Zambrano-Paff, M., Wiederhold, J., & Loughary, J. (2024). Literacy practices across cultures: Intercultural connection between language, equality, and inclusion in the classroom. Pennsylvania Language Forum 99(Fall). https://psmla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PLFFall2024.pdf

presentations

Tackling Complex Problems with Simple Language, OFLA | April 2025 & FLAM October 2025
Exploring Language Education Frontiers, OFLA | April 2025

Empowering Multilingual Education, Central States Conference on Language Teaching | March 2025

Blueprints for K12 Success, MIDTESOL | September 2024
Adapting Language Assessment: Using Integrated Performance Assessments (IPAs), Ozarks Foreign Language Association | April 2024

Meeting the Needs of English Learners in Your Language Class, Foreign Language Association of Missouri Conference | October 2023

Encore Presentation: Write a Grant Proposal to Grow Multiliteracy, ELevate Conference | June 2023

An Advocacy Journey in Missouri: How We Became a FLAMily, ACTFL | November 2022

Write a Grant Proposal to Grow Multiliteracy, MIDTESOL Conference | September 2022

ABC: Always Building Cultural Competence, Foreign Language Association of Missouri virtual conference | October 2021

Foreign Language Institute Open House – French | March 2020

En classe, en ligne, en français, AATF Greater St. Louis Chapter | November 2019

Culture: The Students’ Favorite C, Ozarks Foreign Language Association | April 2018

Hey, that’s a good idea!, Ozarks Foreign Language Association | March 2017

ePortfolios: Problems & Progress, American Association of Teachers of French - Greater St. Louis Chapter Workshop | November 2016

Langue d’amour et de guerre, Ozarks Foreign Language Association | March 2015

Learning Stations on WWII, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar | July 2014

What I Learned in Philadelphia, Foreign Language Association of Missouri| October 2013

La Semaine du français, Ozarks Foreign Language Association | March 2012

community outreach

Nawari Program - Virtual Exchange with students in Senegal | October 2023-April 2024

Summer Language Camps for children | July 2019

Started Community Garden Central High School | June 2017

Pen pal exchange between my students and students in Pau, France | since 2008

Boys & Girls Club, after-school program | July 2003 - December 2005

Adult ESL classes | 2006

professional development

Language Advocacy Days, Washington D.C. | 2026

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, New Orleans, LA| 2025

American Association for Applied Linguistics, Denver, CO | 2025

Central States Conference on Language Teaching, Kansas City, MO | 2025

Central States Delegate Assembly, Kansas City, MO | 2025

Central States Conference on Language Teaching, Minneapolis, MN | 2024

Central States Delegate Assembly, Minneapolis, MN | 2024

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, Chicago, IL| 2023

American Association of Teachers of French, National Conference, Québec, Canada | 2023

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, Boston MA | 2022

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, Washington D.C. | 2019

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, New Orleans, LA | 2018

American Association of Teachers of French National Conference, St. Louis, MO | 2017

MO Leadership Initiative for Language Learning, Jefferson City, MO | 2016

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, San Diego, CA | 2015

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, San Antonio, TX | 2014

Central States Conference on Language Teaching, St. Louis, MO | 2014

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Conference, Philadelphia, PA | 2012

travel & study

2025 - Côte d'Ivoire (Fullbright-Hays Group Project with American Association of Teachers of French, 1 month)

2025 - Casablanca, Morocco

2025 - Costa Rica (Education Abroad Faculty Fellows)

2024 - New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia, Canada (research on Acadie)

2023 - Québec, Canada (research on Quebecois culture)

2018 - Paris and Normandy, France (program leader - high school student trip, 2 weeks)

2018 - Lisbon, Portugal (teacher tour)

2016 - Florence, Italy (teacher tour)

2014 - Paris and Caen, France (NEH Teacher Seminar, 6 weeks)

2001 - Vienna, Austria

2001 - Munich, Germany

2001 - London and Birmingham, England

2001 - Brussels, Belgium

2001 - Salzburg, Austria

2000 - Mantes-la-Jolie, France (English Teaching Assistant, TAPIF, 1 year)

languages

L1 American English

L2 Spanish: advanced proficiency, reading, writing, speaking

L3 French: advanced proficiency, reading, writing, speaking

Translation Services: French into English, Spanish into English

professional references

Dr. Tonia Tinsley, Professor of French and Teacher Education, tetinsley@missouristate.edu

Dr. Andrea Hellman, Professor of English, AndreaBHellman@MissouriState.edu

Dr. Nicholas Farha, Instructor, Reading Foundations and Technology, NicholasFarha@MissouriState.edu

updated August 2025