Penny Clair

Professor Penny Clair serves as an Adjunct Professor of French (Online) and ESL (Hybrid) at Missouri Valley University. She holds a Master’s degree in TESOL (MATESOL) and a B.A. in French and General Education from Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University), alongside additional coursework at Université Laval in Québec, Canada. With more than 25 years of teaching experience spanning K–12, adult education, and higher education, Professor Clair is dedicated to helping multilingual learners build the academic communication skills, language confidence, and practical strategies needed to excel. Born in Thailand and moving to the U.S. as a child, her personal journey of learning English informs her supportive, student-centered approach to language instruction.