A French native, Claire Tourmen was trained in humanities, philosophy and political sciences at La Sorbonne (Paris I) before becoming an associate professor of Education at AgroSup Dijon-University of Burgundy, where she specialized in professional/intercultural learning and evaluation. Claire did her PhD research within a consulting firm in Lyon while performing public program evaluation for the European Union and various national and local organizations in France. She also taught program evaluation at the Master level at Sciences Po Lyon, Sciences Po Rennes, and other universities. She is a reviewer for journals such as Evaluation, American Journal of Evaluation, The Canadian journal of program evaluation, Revue Française d’Administration Publique, Culture and Psychology. Since 2017, she has been a lecturer in the UC Berkeley French Department and in charge of the “French For Politics” class since 2022. She is now developing professionalizing paths for learners of French at UC Berkeley, in collaboration with colleagues and partners, after having received a grant from the French Embassy in the US/Face Foundation.
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Lecturer at UC Berkeley French Department; Director, Center of Excellence in French & Francophone Studies
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Lecturer at UC Berkeley French Department
Member of the "Training and Professional Learning" Lab (AgroSup Dijon, CNAM Paris, and Ensta Bretagne, France) and of the "ADEF" Lab (Aix-Marseille University, France)
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