Brother Jacob Eifrid, C.S.C.

Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Education

University of Notre Dame - M.A. in Theology. University of Notre Dame - M.A. in French Language, Literature and Culture. - Holy Cross College B.A. Theology and Liberal Studies

Research and Teaching Interests

Second language acquisition, foreign language teaching and pedagogy, communicative language learning, French literature, French religious and political history, and current events in France

Biography

Br. Eifrid is a 2023 graduate of the Master’s program in French Language and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. He currently teaches Beginning and Intermediate levels of French language where he is excited about employing effective pedagogical strategies to help students develop confidence in reading, writing, listening and speaking the French language. The relationship and intersection of language and culture is also an important aspect of his foreign language teaching.