Associate Professor of French, Chair of Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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Academic Appointments
- Tenured Associate Professor, 2006-present
- Assistant Professor, 2000-2006
- Lecturer, 1999-2000
Languages Spoken
English, French, Spanish, conversational German
- PhD in French Literature at University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1999
- MA in French Literature at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1992
- BA in Philosophy at New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida, 1987
Research
My research interests are embedded in the literature and philosophy of the French Enlightenment, especially the role of the novel, libertinism, and the rise of deism and atheism. I am also interested in language pedagogy and the use of technology to enhance the classroom experience, as the growing popularity of web-based courses provides the potential to reach more students.
Presentations
- 鈥淎pprendre le fran莽ais en ligne: les avantages de Fran莽ais interactif,鈥 AATF Central Texas Spring Meeting, San Marcos, TX, March 2012.
- 鈥淔谤辞尘 Materialism to Atheism in the Work of the Baron d鈥橦olbach,鈥 South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2010.
- 鈥沦补诲别 and the Gothic Short Fiction,鈥 Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Louisville, KN, April 2009.
- 鈥淭he Tyranny of Desire in Sade鈥檚 Eug茅nie de Franval,鈥 South Atlantic Modern Languages Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2007.
- 鈥淯topian Visions: A Reading of Diderot鈥檚 Suppl茅ment au voyage de Bougainville and Sade鈥檚 Aline et Valcour,鈥 South Central Modern Languages Association, Dallas, TX,October 2006.
- 鈥沦补诲别 contre Kant: Reason, Religion, and 鈥Roman,鈥 or On Curbing Immoral Behavior in the Enlightenment,鈥 Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and Literatures, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, March 2006.
- 鈥淐harting the Rise of the Novel: Sade and Sta毛l at the dawn of the 19th century,鈥 South Central Modern Languages Association, New Orleans, LA, October 2004.
- 鈥淥se savoir... mais ne te cache pas ensuite! Rousseau et Sade aux oppos茅s des Lumi猫res,鈥 Conseil International d鈥櫭塼udes Francophones, Li猫ge, Belgium, June 2004.
- 鈥淔谤辞尘 Sacrifices to Crimes: the Shift in Libertine Eros from Dorat to Sade,鈥 South Atlantic Modern Languages Association, Atlanta, GA, November 2003.
- 鈥Les Crimes de l'amour: 茅tude du coeur et tableau des moeurs,鈥 Premier Colloque International Sade en Am茅rique du Nord, Charleston, SC, March 2003.