Nicole Mills is coordinator of the Beginning French Language Program at Harvard University and previous coordinator of Beginning and Intermediate courses at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on topics associated with curriculum design, self-efficacy in foreign language learning and teaching, social networking, action research, and project-based learning. She has various publications in the Modern Language Journal, the Foreign Language Annals, Language Learning, the CALICO Journal, the International Journal of Applied Linguistics and in several edited volumes. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Studies and French and a master's degree in French literature from Emory University.