Faculty Profile

Catherine Bordeau
Associate Professor of French

Ph.D. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.A. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Dr. Bordeau was recently elected the Alpha Chi Teacher of the Year at Lyon College. Her selection was announced at the Honors Day Convocation April 15. In November 2006, Dr. Bordeau was named the Arkansas Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). She became Lyon’s 13th Arkansas Professor of the Year. Dr. Bordeau joined the Lyon faculty in 1995. Originally from Marquette, Mich., she is a member of the Modern Language Association’s Delegate Assembly. She currently serves on the task force on general education and on the Promotion and Tenure Committee. She is coordinator of the Lyon-Poitiers Exchange Program and has led several Nichols International Studies trips to France. In the community, she has been an advocate for recycling and a member of the Independence County Recycling Education Committee and a sponsor of the Lyon College Recyclers. She also has been an assistant faculty sponsor for the Lyon College chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society. Arthur Rimbaud’s Illuminations is her favorite book and her favorite artist is Pierre Bonnard. She also enjoys sailing and traveling.