Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Peter Scott Golato

Professor at Dept of World Languages & Literatures, College of Liberal Arts
Program Director, Faculty at IDEA Center

Service Activities

Ongoing

Lead advisor, Texas Iota Chapter, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. May 2024 - Present.
Director, Innovation, Discovery, Exploration, and Analysis (IDEA) Center. September 1, 2021 - Present.

2025

Judge, Family and Consumer Sciences Annual Research and Creativity Showcase Event. April 25, 2025.
Judge, Texas State German Contest. March 1, 2025.
Room monitor, Honors College's Undergraduate Research Conference. April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025.

2024

Reviewer / Referee, Fulbright National Screening Committee: ETA in Western Europe. November 20, 2024.
Judge, Family and Consumer Sciences Annual Research and Creativity Showcase Event. April 26, 2024.
Panel chair, Honors College's Undergraduate Research Conference. April 18, 2024 - April 19, 2024.
Judge, Texas State German Contest. February 24, 2024.
Judge, 2024 University Writing Center Essay Contest. February 23, 2024.

2023

Poster Judge, 2023 International Research Conference. April 4, 2023.
Judge, TXST STEM Conference. March 24, 2023.
Panel chair, Honors College's Undergraduate Research Conference. April 21, 2023.
Judge, Family and Consumer Sciences Annual Research and Creativity Showcase Event. April 21, 2023.
Judge, 2023 University Writing Center Essay Contest. February 3, 2023 - April 13, 2023.
Reviewer, Honors College Undergraduate Research Fellowship Committee (Spring 2023). February 28, 2023.
Judge, Texas State German Contest. February 15, 2023.

2022

Member, Graduate Fulbright Campus Committee. September 24, 2022.
Judge, 2021 University Writing Center Essay Contest. March 11, 2022 - April 8, 2022.
Reviewer, Honors College Undergraduate Research Fellowship Committee (Fall 2022). October 7, 2022.
Judge, 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference and Honors Thesis Forum. April 22, 2022.
Faculty respondent, 2022 International Research Conference. April 8, 2022.
Judge, Texas State German Contest. February 26, 2022.
Reviewer, Honors College Undergraduate Research Fellowship Committee (Spring 2022). February 18, 2022.

2021

Member, Fulbright campus ETA committee for applicants to Germany. September 24, 2021.
Member, Fulbright campus committee for graduate-level applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. September 24, 2021.
Judge, 2020 University Writing Center Essay Contest. March 11, 2021 - April 8, 2021.
Faculty respondent, 2021 International Research Conference. April 6, 2021 - April 8, 2021.
Co-Chair, Quality Enhancement Plan Task Force. January 2020 - March 2021.
Judge, Texas State German Contest. February 27, 2021.

2020

Participant, SACSCOC Annual Meeting. December 2, 2020 - December 9, 2020.
Reviewer / Referee, Fulbright National Screening Committee. November 17, 2020.
Member, Fulbright Campus Committee for graduate student applicants to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. September 11, 2020.

2019

Presenter, "CV Clinic", part of the Shop Talk series for The Graduate College. October 1, 2019.
Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the European Second Language Association. March 2019.

2018

Reviewer / Referee, Fulbright National Screening Committee. November 14, 2018 - November 15, 2018.
Poster presentation respondent, Graduate Research Conference. November 13, 2018.
Reviewer / Referee, Classroom Discourse. October 2018.
Presenter, "CV Clinic", part of the Shop Talk series for The Graduate College. September 24, 2018.
Judge, Texas German Contest. February 24, 2018.
Member, Japanese tenure-track assistant professor search committee. July 2017 - January 2018.

2017

Reviewer / Referee, National Screening Committee for Fulbright's English Teaching Assistantships in France program. November 27, 2017 - November 28, 2017.
Poster presentation respondent, Graduate Research Conference. November 7, 2017.
Presenter, "CV Clinic", part of the Shop Talk series for The Graduate College. September 26, 2017.
Judge, Texas German Contest. February 25, 2017.

2016

Departmental liaison, Faculty Senate. 2015 - 2016.
Poster presentation respondent, Eighth Annual International Research Conference for Graduate Students. November 2016.
Member, REP proposal review committee. October 2016 - November 2016.
Member, Faculty Senate liaison replacement. October 19, 2016.
Host, Semester-Final Evening Meeting of Le cercle français. May 2016.
Contest judge, Texas State German Contest. February 2016.
Chair, Committee on Campus Carry. November 2015 - January 2016.

2015

Member, Committee on curricular development for Spanish MA program. 2015.
Member, Cox Scholarship Committee. 2015.
Presenter, Multicultural Graduation Ceremony. 2015.
Judge, Texas State German Contest. 2015.
Participant, Dia de los Muertos. 2015.
Participant, Poesia por la Paz. 2015.
Nomination letter writer, Awards for Faculty Teaching (part-time) and Presidential Award for Service. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.

2014

Representative/Proposal Reviewer, CoLA Research Enhancement Committee. 2014.

2013

Representative, Pi Delta Phi Honor Society, Department of French. 2013.
Member, LAS Committee on Committees. 2011 - 2013.
Member, Study Abroad Committee, Department of French. 2008 - 2013.
Member, Illinois Program in Paris Committee, Department of French. 2007 - 2013.
Member, FLTE Admissions Committee. 2006 - 2013.
Graduate Advisor, MA in French Language Learning, Department of French. 2005 - 2013.
Participant, SLATE Advisor, Department of French. 1999 - 2013.

2012

Member, Foreign Language Teacher Education (FLTE) Program Review Committee. 2012.
Member, FLTE Director Search Committee. 2012.
Member, Master’s in Teaching English as a Second Language (MATESL) Program Review Committee (Department of Linguistics). 2012.
Member, Executive Committee, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics (SLCL). 2011 - 2012.
Member, UIUC Faculty Appeals Committee. 2009 - 2012.
Session Leader, Pre-semester Teaching Development Program for incoming international TAs. 2006 - 2012.

2011

Member, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of French. 2005 - 2011.
Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of French. 2005 - 2011.

2010

Member, SLCL Human Subjects Review Committee. 2008 - 2010.

2009

Graduate Advisor, Capricious Grading Committee, Department of French. 2008 - 2009.
Subcommittee Chair, UIUC General Education Board. 2006 - 2009.
Member, UIUC General Education Board. 2006 - 2009.

2006

Member, LAS Council on General Education. 2005 - 2006.

2005

Representative, Pi Delta Phi Honor Society, Department of French. 2005.

2004

Member, LAS Teacher Education Foreign Language Area Committee. 2003 - 2004.
Member, FLTE Director Search Committee. 2003 - 2004.
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of French. 2003 - 2004.
Co-Director, Basic Language Instruction, Department of French. 1999 - 2004.

2003

Graduate Advisor, Capricious Grading Committee, Department of French. 2002 - 2003.
Member, Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (SLATE) Executive Committee. 1999 - 2003.
Member, SLATE Speaker Series Committee. 1999 - 2003.

2002

Member, Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics (Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese). 2001 - 2002.

1999

Participant, Undergraduate Student Mentoring Program. 1998 - 1999.
Coordinator, First- and second-year French Coordinator. 1998 - 1999.
Designer and Maintainer, Web Pages for First and Second-year French Program. 1998 - 1999.

1998

Member, Multimedia Laboratory Director Search Committee, Department of Modern Languages and Classics. 1998.
Member, Modern Languages and Classics Graduate Improvement Committee. 1998.

1925

Reviewer, Seventh Annual International Research Conference for Graduate Students. 1925.