Careers Using Your Languages: Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS)

Interested in traveling the world, using your languages in exciting international careers? Come hear about some of the exciting career training offered in the graduate programs at MIIS. Find out where your languages can take you! Presented by Renee Jourdenais, Dean, Graduate School of Translation, Interpretation and Language Education.

Renée Jourdenais received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from Georgetown University, and subsequently worked for the Center for Applied Linguistics as a language test developer. In 1998, she joined the Institute’s TESOL/TFL faculty, becoming program chair in 2003, a position she held until her appointment as dean of the former Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics in 2007. She has done extensive consulting work in language assessment, medical interpreter assessment, curriculum development, and teacher training, both in the United States and overseas. In 2006, she led a curriculum design team in the development of the immersive language curriculum for the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy.