academic profile

Licence d'Anglais, Paris III- Sorbonne Nouvelle

M.A., Ph.D. University of Iowa (French & Film program) http://www.uiowa.edu/

Dissertation: Writing Nostalgia: Fiction and Photography.      

Dissertation director: Professor Steven Ungar.

University of Florida- Gainesville, Romance Languages & Literatures.

P.O. Box 117405 Gainesville FL 32611-7405. 392-2016 ext. 248

http://www.rll.ufl.edu/

Undergraduate  Advisor / French, 2003 to present

OFFICE HOURS-SPRING 08: MONDAY 6TH & 8TH- WEDNESDAY 5TH & 8TH PERIOD. 
243 DAUER HALL

Undergraduate Studies, description of the major + minor:  NEW FRENCH MAJOR STARTING FALL 07
--DESCRIPTIONS 

http://www.rll.ufl.edu/french/undergrad_studies.html

French section: http://www.rll.ufl.edu/french/

WHY STUDY FRENCH?
Stages en France (internships, assistantships)

Spring 2008 events, such as the Camus and History conference, Feb. 8-9, please consult France Florida Research Institute

Spring 2007 events for French majors and minors
1) Scott Parker's visit  and film screening.

bourses/scholarships

1. bourse Eiffel

University of Florida Affiliations:

Film and Media Studies
Women's Studies & Gender research
Asian Studies
European Studies at U.F.

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Twentieth & Twenty-first Century French literature, French Cultural Studies,  European cinema, Migrant narratives, Photography.

CURRENT RESEARCH & PROJECT:

 A book-length project exploring migration narratives in European Cinema.

List of courses offered at U.F.

(graduate and undergraduate)

Awards and nominations

CLAS teaching award nomination. Fall 2005. (declined to further assemble portfolio)
2005 MLA regional assembly delegate nomination
May Convocation. Faculty recognition Class 2004.
Teacher's Award Nomination, College of Liberal Arts, Fall 2002
Anderson/College of Liberal Arts Scholar Faculty Honoree, fall 1999 & 2001
Statut de Chercheur Associe, Summer-fall 2000, Paris: Forum des Images
Student Affairs Vice-President list for University of Florida Counseling Center, Spring 2000 (students' survey)
Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree, U. Florida, Fall 1999
Teaching Improvement Award, Fall 1998

Fellowship(s)/ Grants

FACE (French film festival Grant, New York- Spring 08. Program. poster: LORES-2008-FRfilm.pdf http://www.clas.ufl.edu/FranceFlorida/calendar.html
Hippodrome state theatre festival dates

FACE (French Film Festival Grant, New York) -spring 07 festival. Program.film poster 07
+festival plan (description/location, contact)
FACE (French Film Festival Grant, New York)  -spring 06 festival
Center for European Studies grant “ new course proposal : European Identities, European
Cinemas  summer 05
FACSEA (French Film festival grant, New York) Spring 2004 festival
Humanities Enhancement Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, summer 2003
RLL Research Mini-Grant, Summer 2003
Fine Arts and Humanities Scholarship, summer 1998
CLAS Research Initiation Project Grant, summer 1997
N.E.H. Fellowship for University Teachers, SUNY Albany, 1991.Summer Seminar:
Council International Study Program, International Faculty Development Seminar, Tradition & Transformation in Vietnam, July 7-17, 2001.

Conference organizer

Publications

sites interessants/interesting sites

Studies in French Cinema and conferences/journals

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