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Cathy Culot is a Lecturer in French at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, primarily teaching intermediate-level French courses. She is responsible for the course 21G.308: Writing in French. Before joining MIT, she completed her Master’s studies at Wichita State University and served as an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, where she taught French courses. Culot has co-directed the MIT-Belgium Program and has published works focusing on bilingualism, multiculturalism, and multilingualism in Belgium in the International Journal of Arts and Sciences. Additionally, she developed the online multimedia archive titled 'The Heart of Europe: Belgium Unveiled' and an interactive digital teaching module based on Tintin in 'The Blue Lotus,' which introduces the cultural representation of the 1930s in Francophone European media. Her pedagogical interests lie in the use of arts in teaching language and culture, bilingualism, cultural identity, and incorporating visual media in language education.