Pascal D. Kokora, PhD
Associate Professor of French Didactics and Francophone Studies
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Department of French
Georgetown University
416 Bunn InterCulturalCenter (ICC) Building,
3700 “O” Street, NW
Washington DC 20057-1047 U.S.A.
Phone: 202-687-5630 / fax: 202-687-0079
E-mail kokorap@georgetown.edu

(Dissertation: Studies in the Grammar of Koyo, directed by Professor Linda Schwartz)

M.A. in Applied Linguistics, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1974.

D.U.E.L. (B.A.) in French, English, and Spanish, Université Nationale de Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, 1972.

Certificate in Spoken English, L.T.C. School of English, 26-32 Oxford Street, London W1, 1969.

Diploma of the L.T.C. School of English, 26-32 Oxford Street, London W1, 1969.

Certificate of Acoustic and Experimental Phonetics, Université de Grenoble, France, 1968.

Graduate Studies of Philosophy & Theology, Dominican Studium, Lyon, France, 1965-1968.

Undergraduate Studies of Philosophy & Theology, Grand Séminaire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 1962-1965.

Baccalauréat français de l'Enseignement Secondaire, 2ème Partie, Petit Séminaire Saint Augustin de Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire, 1962.

Baccalauréat français de l'Enseignement Secondaire, 1ère Partie, Petit Séminaire Saint Augustin de Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire, 1961.
 

Positions Summary

Single-Authored Books:

Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s 508 Sanctions: Politically Driven, humanly Felt, a 200-page manuscript submitted for publication since January 22, 2004.

Francophonie or Bilingualism: Which Linguistic and Cultural Identity for West Africa?, a 220-page manuscript submitted for publication since March 1, 1998.

Le Front populaire ivoirien, De la clandestinité à la légalité: le vécu d'un fondateur. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1998. ISBN: 2-7384-6219-7. The following link will take you to the  Bookcover site. Also the following link will take you to the Orderform site.

Co-authored Books:

[Co-author, with Lorne Laforge (General Editor & francophone area), Robert Chaudenson (creolophone area) & Mohamed Maamouri (arabophone area)] Bulletin Bibliographique sur la Variation Linguistique (1960-1986). Québec: Centre International de Recherche en Aménagement Linguistique, 1991, 408pp. (the author of the African languages area).

[Co-author with Karen Willetts] French Révision et Intégration, Advanced Placement Guide. New York: McGraw-Hill Inc., 1990, 111pp. [I wrote all the sections in French; Willetts wrote all the sections in English; we both selected the appropriate texts].

[Co-author with Laurent Gbagbo et al.] Propositions pour gouverner la Côte d'Ivoire I Introduction de Laurent Gbagbo. Paris: L'Harmattan, 1987, 203pp. [I wrote the section on Education, pp. 131-164].

[Co-author with Louis-Jean Calvet, Patrick Prévost & the collaboration of Bakari Koné and Gérard Lezou Dago] Au Fil des Textes, Français 5e, Abidjan/Paris: Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines/Nathan-Afrique, 1985, 224pp. I wrote the pedagogical materials accompaning the reading excerpts selected by Clavet, Koné and Lezou.

[Co-author with Cocora, Kissi N'Dre, Lezou, & Lobognon] Les Contes du Soir Chez le Godié de Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan/Pairs: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée/Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique, 1982, 145pp. [I alone did the translation of 13 out of 15 folktales, edited the manuscript, prepared and submitted the camera-ready copy].

[Co-author with Jean Renault] Entraînement à l'Expression Écrite 6e, Abidjan/Paris: Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines/Nathan Afrique, 1977, 80pp. [I wrote all the pe dagogical materials following the reading excerpts selected by Renault].

Co-Edited Books:

[Co-editor with Bernard Dupriez] Cours Autodidactique de Français Écrit (CAFÉ), Vol. 1, 2ème édition, Abidjan/ Montréal: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée/La Direction des communications de l'Université de Montréal, 1986, 180pp. [I wrote several content items, I was the coordinator of the research tasks on the project in Côte d'Ivoire and the pedagogical consultant for its implementation. Moreover, I did all the revision work on the second edition].

[Co-editor with Bernard Dupriez] Cours Autodidactique de Français Écrit (CAFÉ), Vol. 2, Abidjan/ Montréal: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée/La Direction des communications de l'Université de Montréal, 1981, 262pp. [I wrote several content items, I was the coordinator of the research tasks on the project in Côte d'Ivoire and the pedagogical consultant for its implementation].

[Co-editor with Bernard Dupriez] Cours Autodidactique de Français Écrit (CAFÉ), Vol. 1, Abidjan/ Montréal: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée/La Direction des communications de l'Université de Montréal, 1980, 176pp. [I wrote several content items, I was the coordinator of the research tasks on the project in Côte d'Ivoire and the pedagogical consultant for its implementation].

Text collaborations:

Au Fil des Textes: Français 6e, [co-authored by Louis-Jean Clavet and Chantal Plaisant]. Paris/Abidjan: Nathan Afrique/Les Nouvelles Éditions Africaines, 1984, 79pp. As a contributor to this textbook, I thoroughly reviewed the completed manuscript and suggested revisions.

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais English-French Dictionary, [Co-authored by H. Houssemaine-Florent (sous la direction de), J. Blériot, J. Carnochan, F. Dubois-Charlier, F. Fouet, G. Hermet, and D. Jones]. Paris: Larousse, Édition Africaine/African Edition, 1987, 419pp. As a contributor, I wrote the definitions illustrated by examples of usage in the sociolinguistic context of the Côte d'Ivoire for 5000 words and phrases retained as entries of the dictionary.

Scholarly articles:

-- Deux guerres de Transition : guerres civiles américaine et ivoirienne, Préface (pp 15-19) du livre de Séry Bailly, in Collection Histoire de notre temps/Mémoire et documents, in Editions universitaires de Côte d’Ivoire, EDUCI 2003, ISBN 2-84515-025-3 ; EAN 9782845150256, 299p.

-- "Pour un modèle d'enseignement de concepts de base en vue d'une meilleure structuration de la pensée du jeune apprenant: le cas du projet d'éducation préscolaire en langue maternelle dans le cadre du projet de développement intégré, dit Projet-Nord". Thomas Bearth, éd, Langue et éducation en Afrique noire, Neuchâtel, Suisse: TRANEL (Travaux neuchâtelois de linguistique, 1996)- Institut de Linguistique de l'Université de Neuchâtel, No 26 avril 1997: 77-102.

-- "Côte d'Ivoire: System of Education". In International Encyclopedia of Education, Second Edition, Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1994, pp. 1152-1161.

-- "Literacy in Francophone Africa". In Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1992, Vol. 12, 1992: 230-242.

-- "«Anglophonie» and «Francophonie» in Africa, a Communication Gap: A Case Study from Francophone Africa". The African Studies Association: Crossroads, 1989.

-- "Pour un modèle d'enseignement de base; le cas du projet d'éducation préscolaire en langue maternelle". Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Linguistique (CIRL), 21: 97-131, Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1987.

-- "Situation socio-linguistique en Côte d'Ivoire et l'emprise du français". Kragbé, J. M., éd, Presse et Information en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan: Section Ivoirienne de l'Union Internationale des Journalistes de la Presse de Langue Française (UIJPLF), 1983: 17-28.

-- "Rapports des missions exploratoires: Côte d'Ivoire, Haute-Volta, Guinée". Actes de la Conférence Internationale de Yaoundé (Cameroun). Paris: Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT), 1983: 172-187.

-- "La Recherche dans les Instituts Universitaires: objectifs, perspectives de restructuration, conditions de production et de diffusion de cette recherche". Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Linguistique (CIRL), no 13: 7-15 Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1983.

-- "Rapport Introductif du Bilan sur la Recherche". Cahiers Iivoiriens de Recherche Lingusitique (CIRL), no 13: 17-25, Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1983.

-- "Topics in Applied Linguistics". Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Lingusitique (CIRL), no 13: 27-51, Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1983.

-- "Pourquoi parle-t-on tant de la promotion des langues nationales dans le système éducatif? Le point de vue de l'Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Linguistique (CIRL), no 13: 93-101, Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1983.

-- "Language Contact: the Case of Ivory Coast". Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Linguistique (CIRL), no 13: 148-172, Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1983.

-- "La culture comme approche globale de la société ivoirienne". Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Linguistique (CIRL), no 13: 202-214, Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1983.

-- "L'enseignement des langues en Côte d'Ivoire". Social, Revue d'Études Trimestrielles. Abidjan: Association Lettres, Arts et Sociétés, 1981: 25-37.

-- "L'utilisation des langues africaines régionales ou sous-régionales comme véhicules de culture et moyens de communication dans le continent: le cas de la Côte d'Ivoire". Langues africaines, Paris: UNESCO, 1981: 87-91.

-- "Contes Koyo". Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, Série J (Traditions orales). Tome III: 88-103, Abidjan, Presses Universitaires de l'Université de Côte d'Ivoire, 1981.

-- "Three Principles Governing the Formation of a Lexicon in «Ivorian French Pidgin». Bulletin de l'Observatoire du français contemporain en Afrique noire, no 1: 39-40, Paris: Conseil International de la Langue Française, 1980.

-- "Les contacts des langues africaines, cas d'espèce: la Côte d'Ivoire". Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Linguistique (CIRL), no 5: 85-105, Abidjan, Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1979.

-- "Langue(s) nationale(s) et développement". Le Pont: Bulletin de l'Association pour l'Étude du Développement Économique, no 2: 58-67, Abidjan: Institut d'Ethno-Sociologie, 1979.

-- "Another Look at the Q. Morpheme: Evidence from Koyo. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, Série H (Linguistique). Tome XII: 157-177, Les Presses de l'Université de Côte d'Ivoire, 1979.

-- "Remarques sur le processus de décodage chez l'enfant ivoirien dans la perspective d'une adaptation du langage mathématique à son univers conceptuel". Actes du Troisième Colloque Inter-IREM, Mathématique et Milieu en Afrique. Abidjan: Intitut de Recherche en Mathématiques, IRMA, 1978: 43-50.

-- "État de la Recherche en Matière de Rénovation des Systèmes Éducatifs en Côte d'Ivoire et Emploi des Langues Nationales dans Lesdits Systèmes". Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Linguistique (CIRL), no 4: 43-57, Abidjan: Institut de Linguistique Appliquée, 1978.

-- "Enseignement et langues maternelles en Côte d'Ivoire". Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, Série D (Lettres). Tome X: 233-246, Abidjan: Les Presses de l'Université de Côte d'Ivoire, 1977.

-- "Relative Clause Strategies in Koyo: A Case of Rule Condition Solution". Papers from the Twelfth Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976: 425-437.

-- "L'Harmonie vocalique en Koyo". Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, Série H (Linguistique), Hors-Série, Vol. 2: 655-660, Abidjan, Les Presses de l'Université de Côte d'Ivoire, 1971.

-- "Aperçu grammatical du Koyo". Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, Série H (Linguistique), Fascicule 1: 97-113, Abidjan: Les Presses de l'Université de Côte d'Ivoire, 1970.

-- "Koyiri ou Fresco". Bulletin d'Information et de Liaison des Instituts d'Ethno-Sociologie et de Géographie Tropicale, Fascicule 1: 16-19, Abidjan: Institut d'Ethno-Sociologie, 1968.

Book Reviews:

-- Chaudenson, Robert, et Didier de Robillard, éds. Langues et Développement: Langues, Économie et Développement. Vol. 1. Institut d'Études Créoles et Francophones UA 1041 du CNRS, U de Provence, 1989. Diffusion Didier Erudition. In The French Review. Vol. 65, no 5, April 1992, the American Association of Teachers of French, Champain, IL. 1992: 829-30.

-- Queffélec, Ambroise, et Augustin Niangouna. Le Français au Congo, Aix-en-Provence: Publications de l'U de Provence, 1990. In The French Review. Vol. 64, no 6, May 1991, the American Association of Teachers of French, Champain, IL. 1991: 1082-1083.

-- Gérard, Albert. Contexts of African Literature, 169pp., paperback, 1990. Published by Editions Rodopi B.V., Keizersgracht 302-303, 1016 EX Amsterdam. In The Jerome Quarterly, Vol., 6, Issue 3, May-June 1991: 11-12.

-- Granqvist, Raoul (ed.). Canonization and Teaching of African Literature, Matatu, Number 7, 190pp., paperback, 1990. Published by Editions Rodopi B.V., Keizersgracht 302-303, 1016 EX Amsterdam. In The Jerome Quarterly, Vol., 6, Issue 3, May-June 1991: 12-13.

-- "What is «la francophonie» and what is «a francophone»". Roundtable Discussion on "Francophonie," the Ambiguous Legacy, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, November 8, 1995.

-- "Using Slides in Teaching Francophone African Culture". GWATFL '94 Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, March 5, 1994.

-- "Access to West African Cultural Features Through non-Verbal Semiotics". GURT '94 Pre-Session, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, March 12, 1994.

-- "From an Oral Tradition to a French Academic Setting: Lecturing to Francophone African Students". GURT '94 Pre-Session, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, March 12, 1994.

-- "Multimedia approach in teaching «French In Action»", an all morning presentation and workshop that I led for the faculty teaching French language courses, Foreign Language Studies Department at American University, Washington, DC, April 28, 1994.

-- "Political History of Côte d'Ivoire", an all morning Presentation and Workshop that I led for American diplomats assigned to Côte d'Ivoire, the National Foreign Affairs Training Center of the American State Department, Arlington, VA, May 26, 1994.

-- "L'Afrique Francophone de l'Ouest: l'Enseignement de la Culture". ACTFL '93: 27th Annual Meeting, in San Antonio, TX, November 20-23, 1993.

-- "La Francophonie et Valeur des mots". Congrès Mondial du Conseil International d'Études Francophones, the University of Strasbourg, France, June 20-27, 1992.

-- "La Carte d'Identité: a Reading of a Non-Islamic-led Cultural Initiation in West Africa". AATF Regional Conference, Holiday Inn, Philadelphia, PA, October 23-24, 1992.

-- "History and Politics of Côte d'Ivoire" an all morning presentation and workshop at FSI for American diplomats assigned to Sub-Saharan Africa, Arlington, VA, Spring 1992.

-- "Educational System in Francophone Africa" an all morning Presentation and Workshop at FSI for American diplomats assigned to Sub-Saharan Africa, Arlington, VA, Spring 1992.

-- "Language as a Neutralizer in the Gulf War". GURT '91 Pre-Session On "Language and War", Georgetown University, Washington, DC, April 1, 1991.

-- "Le conte en tant que «Document authentique» dans la didactique de FL2 ou FLE". Congrès Mondial du Conseil International des Études Francophones, Tucson AZ, April 13-20, 1991.

-- "Promoting the Study of World Languages and Cultures Via the Integration of Satellite-Based Authentic Materials". ACTFL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 23-25, 1991.

-- "Integrating the Use of Video into Foreign Language Teaching". Panel at the "Technology Workshop" on "Teaching to Make a Difference" of the American University Spring Foreign Language Teaching Conference, American University, Washington, DC, January 20, 1990.

-- "News and Culture". The George Washington University Colloquium on "Foreign Language Teaching: Integrating Aspects of Culture into the Foreign Language Curriculum", George Washington University, Washington, DC, April 6, 1990.

-- ACTFL '92 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, November 20-22, 1992.

-- 9th Annual SCOLA Conference, Duke University, NC, March 22-23, 1991.

-- The George Washington University Colloquium on "Foreign Language Teaching, Teaching and Learning: Beyond the Textbook," Washington, DC, March 31, 1989.

-- Workshop series funded by the U. S. Department of Education on Improving Foreign Language Through the Use of Technology, Center For Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC, Fall 1988 and Spring 1989.

-- 6th Workshop of CIRELFA, Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique, Paris, France, 1983.

-- 5th Workshop of CIRELFA, Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique, Paris, France, 1982.

-- 3rd Global Conference of AUPELF for Départements d'Études Françaises, Lomé, Togo, 1982.

-- Workshop on La  Synthèse de la Parole sous l'Égide du Centre Mondial: Information et Ressources Humaines, Paris, France, 1982.

-- 4th Workshop of CIRELFA, Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique, Paris, France, 1982.

-- 1st Workshop of Le Comité d'Orientation sur la Variation Linguistique, Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique, Paris, France, 1982.

-- 3rd Workshop of Le Conseil d'Orientation du CIRELFA, Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique, Paris, France, 1981.

-- CAFÉ Project Workshop, Université de Montréal, Canada, 1981.

-- 5th Roundtable of Les Centres de Linguistique Appliquée d'Afrique Noire, AUPELF & Université de Yaoundé, Cameroun, 1981.

-- 2nd Workshop of CIRELFA, Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique, Paris, France, 1981.

-- CAFÉ Project Workshop, Université de Montréal, Canada, 1981.

-- 7th AFROLIT Society Seminar on L’ Influence de l'Aphabétisation des adultes sur l'Éducation communautaire, Lomé, Togo, 1981.

-- Workshop of LETAC Project Workshop, on Lexiques Thématiques de l'Afrique Centrale, Yaoundé, Cameroun, 1980.

-- Workshop on Cours Autodidactique de Français Écrit (CAFÉ), Université de Montréal, Canada, 1980.

-- Workshop of Le Conseil d'Orientation du CIRELFA, Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique, Paris, France, 1980.

-- Training Seminar on Les Problèmes de Programmation de l'Enseignement des Langues dans un Contexte Bi- ou Multilingue, Lomé, Togo, 1980.

-- UNESCO Workshop on L’ Utilisation des Langues Africaines Régionales ou Sous-Régionales comme Véhicules de Culture et Moyens de Communication dans le Continent, Bamako, Mali, 1979.

-- 4th Round Table of Les Centres de Linguistique Appliquée d'Afrique Noire on Le Français et les langues africaines: le contact des langues, AUPELF & Université de Dakar, Sénégal, 1979.

-- International Conference of AUPELF on L'Éducation Permanente à l'Université et le Défi des Années 80: Innovations, Contraintes et Perspectives, Université de Sherbrooke, 1979. Canada.

-- Workshop on Projet Atlas Linguistique et Étude Sociolinguistique des États du Conseil de l'Entente, Lokossa, Bénin, 1978.

-- 3th International Inter-IREM Conference on Mathématique et Milieu en Afrique, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 1978.

-- 2nd Global Conference of L’Association des Universités Partiellement ou Entièrement de Langue Française, Université de Strasbourg, France, 1977.

-- 12th Regional Conference of Chicago Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, 1976.

-- 10th Conference of West African Linguistic Society, Legon University, Ghana, 1972.

-- 9th Conference of West African Linguistic Society, Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, 1972.

-- 8th Conference of West African Linguistics Society, Université d'Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 1969.

-- Summer Institute of African Linguitics, Université de Grenoble, Institut de Phonétique et de Linguistique, Grenoble, France, 1968.

French Department:

-- Gave the Proficiency Exam for the students of the School of Foreign Service (SFS) to seven (7) students on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 .

-- Wrote two (2) letters of recommendation for two (2) students applying for scholarship and/or grants in March 2005.

-- Gave the OIP (Junior Year Abroad) oral proficiency exam to six (6) students, on Thursday, February 3, 2005 .

-- Return to Georgetown University, January 2005

-- Academic leave of absence from April 2004-January 2005 to prepare the return to the academia at Georgetown University

-- Diplomatic leave of absence from May 2001-April 2004 to perform the duties of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to the US.

-- Acting Chair of the French Department, January –May 2001

-- Chair, Task Force for policy statement on Oral Proficiency Exam for the students of the School of Foreign Service (SFS), Spring 1997.

-- Director, Language Teaching program, 1990-1994.

-- Coordinator, Computer-Adaptive Language Test to replace the paper and pencil one, 1991.

-- Coordinator, Committee writing Second-year Departmental Exam, Spring 1993.

-- Chair, Curriculum Committee of the French Department, 1993-1994.

-- Member, Curriculum Committee of the French Department, 1992-1993.

-- Coordinator, Committee writing First-year Departmental Exam, Spring 1992.

-- Committee member in the Department's M.A.T. project, Spring 1991.

-- Committee member in an Ad Hoc Committee for designing a three-year French Grammar curriculum, Spring 1991.

-- Coordinator in the meetings for all the Intermediate French instructors (14 sections), Fall 1991.

Georgetown University:

-- Language Learning Technology Advisory Committee, Member 1996- 2001

-- Academic Computing Services Advisory Committee, Member 1996- 2001

-- Supervisor and Administrator of the Computer-Adaptive Language Test, 1991-1996.

-- Academic Advisor, School of Languages and Linguistics, 1991- 2001

-- Academic Advisor, School of Foreign Service, 1991-1995.

-- Organizer & chair, for a faculty meeting with two representatives of "Globalink" at the request of the Executive Vice-President and submission of a memo about our findings, Spring 1993.

Outreach endeavor :

-- Gave an interview to CNN-International to update them on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast ) on Saturday, May 7, 2005 : Pretoria agreement and article 48 of the Ivory Coast ’s Constitution.

-- A t the request of President Laurent Gbagbo’s government, have been a ssisting Four (4) Washington-based advocacy groups, that is to say: (1) DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP @1200 Nineteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036-2412, (202) 861-6436 (direct dial), (202) 689-8507 (fax), from October 2002 to present; (2) The Rabin Sheves Lipkin-Shahak & Birger Inc. @ 101 Constitution Av NW, Suite 800, Washington DC, 20001, (202) 742-4429 (office phone), (240) 220-0664 (fax) from December 2002 to May 2005; (3) The Whitaker Group @ 1725 Eye Street, 3rd Floor, Washington DC, (202) 349-3781 (office phone), from November 2004 to present; and (4) Quinn Gillespie & Associates LLC @ (202) 429-6887 (direct dial), cell (202) 812-1899 (cell phone), 1133 Connecticut Ave., NW, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20036, from March 2005 to present, in the promotion in the U.S. of the multi-faceted interests of my home country, Côte d’Ivoire, formerly the Ivory Coast (West Africa). Weekly encounters take place either in meetings or conference calls.

-- In South Florida NEWSWEEK, December 2004, No 11 Issue 12, pages 9-10: Other voices by Pascal D. Kokora.

-- Keynote Speaker at the International Academy of Business and Economics (IAEB)-2004 Annual Conference at Las Vegas, Nevada, October 17-20, 2004 at the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, talking about “Assets of Economic Globalization for Developing countries: the Case of Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa”.

-- First Meeting of the Board of Directors  of the US-Côte d’Ivoire Trade and Economic Council, Inc. (USCITEC), October 6, 2004.

-- Establishment of a US-Côte d’Ivoire Trade and Economic Council, Inc. (USTEC) to foster business relations between the United States and Côte d’Ivoire, August 5, 2004.

-- Prospects for Peace in Ivory Coast, Hearing before the SubCommittee on Africa of the Committee on International Relations House of Representatives, 108 Congress, First Session, February 12, 2003, Serial No 108-2 with a prepared statement from HEM Pascal D. Kokora.

-- Quoted by Mervyn Dymally, Former U.S. congressman in Washinton Times’ Editorials-Letters “Another Rwanda in the making?”. Page A18/Friday, January 3, 2003.

-- Article by Pascal D. Kokora (Ivory Coast’s ambassador to the United States) in the Washington Times Op-Ed, Monday, December 23, 2002/Page A23. “A teetering Ivory Coasst, Friends in the West must help preserve freedom”.

-- Report on Ambassador Kokora’s Nov. 21 lecture, which recounted the struggle of Côte D’Ivoire to reshape its government after the death of 33-year ruler Félix Houphouët-Boigny in 1993. The report was done by Susan Maddocks and was entitled “Turmoil in the Ivory Coast: West African nation’s US ambassador outlines attempts to open economy, stave off rebels”. In the December 10, 2002 Northeastern Voice, on page 6.

-- As Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to the United States, led Education Officials from Côte d’Ivoire to visit Springbrook High School, In Silver Spring, MA, on Wednesday, November 28, 2001. After discussing the school’s signature program with Principal Michael Durso and his administrators, the guests visited a Digital Art classroom, the school’s media center, and witnessed the administration of the Maryland Functional Writing Test.

-- The Department of African-American Studies of the Northeastern University of Boston, MA, hosted Côte d’Ivoire’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Pascal Kokora, for lunch and a presentation on campus on November 21, 2002. His address, entitled “Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire: The African Implications” was delivered to the campus community, including about 100 students and focused on attempts to open the economy and the country’s struggles with rebel factions intent on toppling the administration of President Laurent Gbagbo, who favors “deregulating” the economy. The program is part of an outreach effort on the part of the Department, to bring national and international dignitaries to campus to participate in addressing issues of world importance.

-- Meeting with the Editorial Board of the Washington Times on Thursday, November 14, 2002 to address the issue of the terrorist attacks launched on Côte d’Ivoire on the night of September 18-19, 2002, that was a failed coup orchestrated by two groups of disgruntled soldiers with the assistance in heavy weapons of internal as well as external forces which wish to topple President GBAGBO’Ss democratically elected government of October 2001. The November 15’s Op-Ed featured an article by the Chief Editor, Tony Blankley, entitled “Accusations from the Ivory Coast”, Page A22/Friday, November 15, 2002.

-- United Nations Special Envoy for West Africa Ahmedou Ould Abdallah and Côte d’Ivoire’s Ambassador to the United States, Pascal Kokora, joined the US diplomat, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Mark Bellamy, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) event. Discussion centered on how to peacefully resolve the rebellion that broke out against President Gbagbo’s government on September 19, 2002. In Weekly Special Report of October 31, 2002, report by Jim Fisher-Thompson, entitled “US Against Force of Arms Solution to Cote d’Ivoire Crisis”.

-- As Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to the United States, was a special guest at the Friday Awards Luncheon, sharing remarks with the MFLA regarding teaching, learning and the Ivory Coast at the Holiday Inn South, Lansing, MI, October 17-19, 2002.

-- In Washington,DC, on Thursday, the Ivorian Ambassador to the United States, Pascal Kokora, speaking at a luncheon in honour of Madame Ottro Zirignon Touré Sarata, a senior member of President Gbagbo's team who is currently visiting the US, noted rumours that Interior Minister Emile Boga Doudou was assassinated by "a commando unit from a neighbouring country to the north". In AllAfrica.com, September 20, 2002. Posted to the web September 20, 2002 by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton from Johannesburg.

-- Organized activities to reach out to the African community, particularly the West African and Ivorian communities in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, 1990-2001.

-- University of Pennsylvania-African Center: “Ivory Coast: Élection critique” Distributed on 10/17/95 on behalf of Ivorian Popular Front, by Pascal D. Kokora.

-- Taught a summer French language and Francophone African cultures course to American diplomats preparing to take a post overseas, Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, VA. Summer 1990 to present

-- Presented West African countries to Immersion School students, Montgomery County Public Schools, 1993, 1994.

-- Led an NEH institute on teaching Francophone West African cultures for teachers of French, Grades 6-12, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD, Summer 1994.

-- Led an NEH institute on teaching Francophone culture for teachers of French, Grades K-8, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD, Summer 1993.

Awards:

--Certificat d’Appréciation décerné par la Direction de Ivoirenet.net et de Malcom-Computer au Professeur Pascal KOKORA pour son engagement patriotique pour une libération tant politique qu’économique de la Côte d’Ivoire et de l’Afrique de la domination des médias classiques par les moyens de lutte que sont les Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication : NTIC. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, le 1er avril 2004.

-- Sa Sainteté Jean Paul II donne de grand cœur la Bénédiction Apostolique à M. & Mme Kokora Pascal et invoque, par l’intercession de la Sainte Vierge, une nouvelle abondance des grâces divines. Fait au Vatican le 5 novembre 2003.

-- Certificate of Appreciation presented to H.E. The Ambassador of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to the United States, Mr. Pascal Kokora, by Friends of Côte d’Ivoire (FOCI), P.O. Box 1107, Boylston, MA 01505-1807, on October 26, 2002 

-- City of Baltimore “Citizen Citation” to Ambassador Pascal D. Kokora in recognition of “REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE DAY”, Given under the Corporate Seal of the City of Baltimore on the 25th day of May 2002 by Mr. Martin O’Malley, Mayor of the City of Baltimore.

-- Certificate in recognition of successful completion of an ACIPA development program, awarded on October 18, 1995.

-- United States Department of State's Civil Service Appointee Swearing-In Ceremony on June 1, 1992.

Grants:

-- Received a French Department Release Time grant for research in the Spring Semester of 1996.

-- Received a 4-month Fulbright by the Center for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) to study and do research under the auspices of Georgetown University, 1985.

-- Received a 10- month grant by the Province of Québec to study and do research under the auspices of the Université du Québec à Montréal (QUAM), 1984.

Membership to Professional Associations:

 -- CIRELFA: Conseil International de Recherche et d'Étude en Linguistique Fondamentale et Appliquée, 1980-86.

-- IRA: International Reading Association, Member of the Mother-tongue Committee, 1983-86.

-- COVALI: Comité d'Orientation sur la Variation Linguistique, 1983-86.

-- AELIA: Association d'Études Linguistiques Interculturelles Africaines, 1979-88.

-- AILA: Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, 1980-88.

-- AIMAV: Association Internationale pour la Recherche et la Diffusion des méthodes audio-visuelles et structuro-globales, 1980-88.

-- SLAO/WALS: Société de Linguistique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest / West African Linguistic Society, 1980-1988.

-- UIJPLF: Union Internationale des Journalistes de la Presse de Langue Française, 1981-88.

-- CILF: Conseil International de la Langue française, Counsellor/Adviser for Côte d'Ivoire, 1983-88.