Bonnie Thomas

Bonnie completed her PhD in French Studies and History at the University of Western Australia focusing on gender identity in contemporary French Caribbean literature. She currently teaches in the areas of French language and French and francophone literature in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Bonnie also has extensive experience teaching English as a foreign language.

Convenor of French Studies, School of Humanities

Vice President, Women in French Australia
Associate Editor, "Essays in French Literature and Culture"
Co-leader, "UWA Academy Fellowship Scheme" Community of Practice

UWA Academy Fellowship Scheme 'Champion'

Mentor and Assessor, UWA Academy Fellowship Scheme

Mentor, Australian Society of French Studies

Member, Peer Review working group

UWA Multimedia Innovation Grant 2005
UWA Research Grant 2006
UWA Teaching Fellowship 2005, 2008, 2013
UWA Research Development Award 2009
UWA Improving Student Learning Grant 2012
UWA Teaching Relief Grant 2016

UWA Research Accelator Scheme Pilot Project 2019 (CI Ned Curthoys)

Macquarie University, Sydney (2003)

As part of my role at UWA:
Equity and diversity advisor (2008-2011)
Arts faculty CATLyst (Arts representative for the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning) (2009-2010)

Advisory Board Member, Tuart College (2010-2018)

Convenor of French Studies (2013-2018)

Deputy Head of School (Education) (2016-2020)

Academic Conduct Advisor, School of Humanities (2016-2020)

I am currently working on a project focusing on Haitian writer and publisher Rodney Saint-Eloi.

Courses taught

• Beginners French (FREN1401/1402)
• Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French Intellectual Thought (FREN2001)
• Francophone Caribbean Literature (FREN3814)
• Theory and Practice of Teaching French as a Foreign Language (FREN4102)

Teaching awards

• Senior Fellowship, Higher Education Academy (2019)
• UWA Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education Excellence in Teaching Award (2018, 2020)
• Australian Awards for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2017)
• UWA Faculty of Arts Excellence in Teaching Award – High Commendation (2017)
• UWA Excellence in Teaching Award (2015, 2018)
• UWA Student Guild’s Student Choice Award (2014, 2016, 2017)
• UWA Faculty of Arts Excellence in Teaching Awards (2004, 2009, 2014)
• Finalist, UWA Faculty of Arts Excellence in Teaching Awards (2012, 2016)
• UWA nominee for national Excellence in Teaching Awards (2006, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021)
• Additional UWA Excellence in Teaching Award nominations (2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Nomination for UWA Faculty of Arts Excellence in Research Supervision (2015)