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One of my strongest skills is communicating to my students in a caring way my enthusiasm for teaching and for my subject. My areas of professional expertise include the creative use of technology for pedagogical purposes and collaboration between or among different communities, such as the Smith Library Center, Information Technology Services, Southwestern faculty in a variety of disciplines, students, and the Associated Colleges of the South Technology Center.
| 1988 | University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
| Ph.D. in Medieval French Literature | |
| Dissertation: "Translation as Re-creation in the Roman de Troie" | |
| Minor Field: Latin | |
| Fields of Concentration for Qualifying Exams: French Literature of the Medieval Period and the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries | |
| 1981 | University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS |
| M.A. in French Literature | |
| 1976 | University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS |
| B.A. in French | |
| Honors |
| 1985 | University of Wisconsin |
| Phi Kappa Phi (All-University Honor Society) | |
| 1974 | University of Kansas |
| Pi Delta Phi (National French Honor Society | |
| 1972 | University of Kansas |
| National Merit Scholarship |
| 2004 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Foundation Research Grant, to write an article for an educational/pedagogical journal about the use of an interactive online Latin workbook | |
| 2004 | Global Partners Regional Alliance for France |
| Minigrant, for a two-week trip to Québec City to gather materials for submission to the REALIA Project | |
| 2003 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Foundation Research Grant, to attend a three-week immersion program for teachers of French as a second language, at the Université Laval in Québec City | |
| 2001 | Associated Colleges of the South |
| Information Fluency Grant, for Student-Created Instructional Materials in Latin, with Ms. Carol Fonken and Ms. Sharon McEuen | |
| 2000 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Foundation Research Grant, to purchase books for a Spring 2001 sabbatical | |
| 1999 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Foundation Research Grant, to create listening-comprehension modules in French based on a videotape of native speakers on the Southwestern campus | |
| 1998 | Associated Colleges of the South |
| Andrew J. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, to write an online workbook for intermediate Latin classes | |
| 1997 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Foundation Research Grant, to revise a third-semester Latin course incorporating computer technology | |
| 1994 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Foundation Research Grant, to develop a new French literature course, "Voices from the Margin" | |
| 1993-1994 | Southwestern University |
| Brown Fellowship, to work on a monograph, "Towards a Poetics of Translation in the Roman de Troie" | |
| 1993 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Foundation Research Grant, to develop uses of the Minitel in the French classroom | |
| 1992 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Foundation Research Grant, to work on a monograph, "Towards a Poetics of Translation in the Roman de Troie" |
| 2005-Present | Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX |
| Paideia Professor | |
| Mentor a cohort of students over the course of three years as they become public intellectuals and create their own tertiary education through reflection, collaborative research, community-based learning, leadership, and intercultural experience. | |
| 1993-Present | Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX |
| Associate Professor of French and Classics | |
| Teach, in addition to the courses listed below, courses in oral and written expression; French conversation, composition, and phonetics; Old French; Vergil's Aeneid; Latin literature of late anqituity and the medieval period; classical literature of the medieval period in translation including the Alexander Romances, narratives of the Trojan Story, beast fables, and hagiography | |
| 1988-1993 | Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX |
| Assistant Professor of French and Classics | |
| Taught French language and culture, beginning and intermediate levels; intermediate French composition; advanced French language and culture; French civilization; French literary genres; early French literature; French theater; Latin language and culture, beginning and intermediate levels; the Satyricon of Petronius | |
| 1983-1984 | Lycée d'état, Corbeil-Essonnes, France |
| Assistante d'anglais | |
| Taught English conversation, beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels | |
| 1983-1984 | Induform, Evry, France |
| English Tutor | |
| Taught private lessons for adults, beginning level |
| 2004-present | Southwestern University, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures |
| Chair | |
| Provide leadership, vision, and coherence in relation to department faculty, department programs, and students who major or otherwise take courses in the department. | |
| 2004-present | REALIA (Rich Electronic Archive for Language Instruction Anywhere) Project |
| Chief Editor in French, Member of Managing Board | |
| Recruit faculty and student contributors of images. Review faculty contributions to ensure they meet REALIA Project standards. Evaluate REALIA Project collection and functionality to ensure it meets needs of teachers and learners of modern languages in higher education. Ensure that the REALIA Project is represented at appropriate professional conferences. Join with MERLOT representatives to REALIA in special projects such as developing learning modules that showcase exemplary uses of media in teaching foreign languages and cultures. | |
| Fall 2002 | Associated Colleges of the South |
| Inter-Institutional Collaborative Course Co-Director, Latin 395: Literature from Late Antiquity and the Medieval Period | |
| Built a team to plan the course. Conducted summer planning workshop. Coordinated faculty, students, syllabus, lectures, and student web-based discussions. Computed final scores for each student. | |
| 2001-present | Associated Colleges of the South |
| Sunoikisis Collaborative Program in Classics/Greek and Roman Studies Program Committee | |
| Develop policies, build curriculum for the inter-institutional collaborative courses, promote and manage the travel-study programs, foster opportunities for collaborative student and faculty research | |
| 2001-present | Associated Colleges of the South |
| Chair, Pedagogy and Curriculum Task Force, Information Fluency Initiative | |
| Lead work sessions, conduct surveys, and present reports | |
| 2000-present | Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas |
| Faculty Technology Liaison | |
| Collaborate with Information Technology Services and the ACS Tech Center to design and implement programs for assisting faculty members with pedagogical technology projects of their own design |
"‘Tu cuides que nos seions taus / Come autres femes comunaus’: The Sexually-Confident Woman in the Roman de Troie." In Gender Transgressions, ed. Karen J. Taylor. New York and London: Garland, 1998. Pp. 107-27.
Bibliographic entries for the International Arthurian Society, 1988-98.
"True and False Gestures in Jean de Meun’s Roman de la rose." Iris, 2, No. 1 (1986), 29-37.
"La Création d’une persona chez Rutebeuf et chez Villon." Chimères, 15, No. 2 (1982), 27-41.
"Les Diables dans la Passion d’Arnoul Gréban." Chimères, 15, No. 1 (1981), 9-26.
"Maris et femmes dans les fabliaux." Chimères, 13, No. 2 (1980), 29-42.
Five-skills modules for French 014 and French 024.
Interactive online Latin 113 workbook
“Course Management Systems: Planning, Using and Best Practices,” with Melanie Hoag. Moving Forward: Dillard Faculty Workshop. December 7, 2005.
“Bathing, eating, and sex.” Associated Colleges of the South Sunoikisis Collaborative Program in Greek and Latin Studies, ICLAT 393: Neronian Literature. November 21, 2005.
“The REALIA Project: A Searchable Media Archive for Modern Language and Culture.” Chinese Planning Meeting, ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 18, 2005.
"Catullus as Love Poet, or You'd Think the People Would Have Had Enough of Silly Love Songs." Associated Colleges of the South Sunoikisis Collaborative Program in Greek and Latin Studies, ICLAT 392: Literature of the Late Republic. October 11, 2004.
"Roman Comedy and its Descendents." Associated Colleges of the South Sunoikisis Collaborative Program in Greek and Latin Studies, ICLAT 391: Literature of the Early Republic. December 1, 2003.
“The REALIA Project: A Collaborative Resource for Teaching Languages.” South Central Association for Language Learning Technology (SOCALLT) 2006. Teaching and Technology: All Languages, All Levels, All Institutions. Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas. February 24-25, 2006.
“REALIA Project: Building a Collaborative, Digital Collection for Teaching.” MERLOT International Conference, 2005. Engaging the Global Community – Looking Over the Horizon. Nashville Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee. July 25-28, 2005.
"REALIA Project: A Collaborative Resource for Teaching Languages." MERLOT International Conference, 2004: Online Resources: Sharing the Future. Hilton Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa, California. August 3-6, 2004.
"Student-Created Instructional Materials in Latin." Towards Information Fluency in the Liberal Arts, Part III. Emory University Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia. February 15-16, 2002.
"Weaving Web Interactivity Into an Intermediate Language Course. Annual Symposium of the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), San Diego State University, San Diego, California, July 10, 1998.
‘"Tu cuides que nous seions taus / Come autres femes comunaus’: The Sexually-Confident Woman in the Roman de Troie." Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Medieval Association, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. February 26, 1994.
‘"Fit magna caedes,’ or ‘Par sus les morz passent li vif’: Translation/Transformation in the Roman de Troie. Twenty-eighth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 8, 1993.
"From Three Words to Three Paragraphs, or Why NOT to Read it in the Original." Annual Meeting of the Central Texas Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French, San Antonio, Texas. April 24, 1993.
"Against the Odds: Institutionalizing Christine." Twenty-seventh International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 9, 1992.
"A Little Bird Told Me: Messages of Love in Peire d’Alvernhe and Marcabru." Sixtieth Annual Convention of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Tampa, Florida. November 16, 1990.
"The Roman de Troie." Sixty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, University of Wisconsin, Madison. April 13, 1989.
"Panthesilee and the Amazons: An Example of Re-creative Translation in the Roman de Troie." Twenty-third International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 5-8, 1988.
"The Poetics of Love in Ovid’s Amores and the Provençal Troubadours." Tenth Annual Meeting of the Mid-America Medieval Association, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas. March 1, 1986.
"True and False Gestures in Jean de Meun’s Roman de la rose." Eighteenth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 8, 1983.
"(Un)Deservedly Neglected Arthurian Texts." Sponsored by the International Arthurian Society. Twenty-ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 8, 1994.
"The Resisting Reader in the Classroom: Teaching Medieval Literature to Undergraduates." Third Annual Conference of the Texas Medieval Association, San Antonio, Texas. September 9, 1993.
The Digital Syllabus: Creating Websites for Your Courses. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. March 30, April 13, and April 20, 2004; and April 2, April 16, and April 23, 2004.
Strategies for Using Wireless Technology in the Classroom, with Carol Fonken and Sharon McEuen. Southwestern University. May 27, 2003.
Sunoikisis Seminar and Curriculum Planning, with Anne Leen of Furman University. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 8-16, 2002.
Sunoikisis Summer Seminar and Curriculum Planning. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. June 11-14, 2006.
Sunoikisis Summer Seminar and Curriculum Planning. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 11-16, 2005.
Learning Object Technology: Flash, HTML & Other Tools. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern Universtiy. June 4-9, 2005.
Planning Learning Objects. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 2-5, 2005.
One Hundred First Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS). The Concourse Hotel at the invitation of The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. March 30-April 2, 2005.
Sunoikisis Program Committee Meeting. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. November13, 2004.
REALIA Project: Digital Archive for Teaching Modern Languages and Cultures. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University, June 24-29, 2004.
Learning Objects, Learning Activities, and Liberal Education: Theory and Practice of Making and Using Learning Objects. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 18-23, 2004.
Sunoikisis Summer Seminar and Curriculum Planning. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 6-8, 2004.
Thirty-Ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies. The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 6-9, 2004.
Sunoikisis Program Committee Meeeting. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. October 24-26, 2003.
Teaching, Course Management, and Viruses: Fall IT Staff Retreat. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. October 16-19, 2003.
Stage de perfectionnement en enseignement du français langue étrangère ou seconde. Ecole des langues vivantes, Université Laval, Québec. July 7-25, 2003.
Producing Digital Collections for Education and Research: Databases with MySQL and PHP. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 21-25, 2003.
Planning Digital Collections for Education and Research: Fundamentals. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 18-22, 2003.
Sunoikisis Summer Seminar and Curriculum Planning. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 7-11, 2003.
CALICO Annual Symposium, "Collaborative CALL." University of Ottawa. May 21-25, 2003.
Creating CALL Activities with Flash MX. Pre-conference workshop for the CALICO Annual Symposium, “Collaborative CALL.” University of Ottawa. May 20, 2003.
Internet Accessibility Training. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University, May 7, 2003.
Project Management in a Liberal Arts College Setting. Center for Educational Technology, Middlebury College. March 12, 2003.
ACS GIS Symposium, "Putting the Digital South to Work." ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. February 28-March 2, 2003.
Information Technology Staff Workshop. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. October 20-22, 2002.
Digital Technology and Culture. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. July 17-21, 2002.
Web Production: Dreamweaver and Imaging. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. July 8-14, 2002.
Digital Video for Teaching and Learning. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 26-July 1, 2002.
Interactivity with Flash. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 19-23, 2002.
Towards Information Fluency in the Liberal Arts, Part III. Emory University Conference Center, Atlanta, Georgia. February 15-16, 2002.
Information Technology Support Workshop. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. November 15-18, 2001.
Sunoikisis (ACS Virtual Classics Department) Program Committee Meeeting. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. October 26-29, 2001.
Digital Technology and Culture Planning Session. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. September 21-23, 2001.
Alianco Media Archive Planning Workshop II. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern Univesity. August 1-5, 2001.
Providing Technical Support at a Small Liberal Arts Institution. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. July 11-15, 2001.
Web Site Development with Macromedia Tools and JavaScript. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 28-July 3, 2001.
Classics Seminar and Course Planning Session. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 6-10, 2001.
Alianco (Allied Languages in a Networked Collaboration Online) Media Archive Planning Workshop I. University of Richmond. April, 2001.
Towards Information Fluency in the Liberal Arts, Part II. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. February 16-18, 2001.
Effective Use of Technology in the Music Curriculum. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. July 5-9, 2000.
Educational Technologies for the Support of Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 29-July 1, 2000.
Computer-based Physics Labs. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 21-25, 2000.
Toward Information Fluency in the Liberal Arts. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. November 19-21, 1999.
Complete Mac Seminars: Troubleshooting and Problem-Solving on Macintosh Computers. Apple Market Center, Austin, Texas. October 18-19, 1999.
Multimedia Development for Teaching (Director, Authorware, Shockwave, Dreamweaver, Flash). ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. July 28-31, 1999.
Virtual Classical Studies Department Meeting and Work Session. ACS Technology Center, Southwestern University. June 5-8, 1999.
Associated Colleges of the South Technology Center Grand Opening and Inaugural Symposium. Southwestern University. June 25-26, 1999.
Associated Colleges of the South Summer Teaching and Learning Workshop. Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. June 8-13, 1999.
Associated Colleges of the South-Andrew J. Mellon Foundation Workshop on Information Technology and Modern Language Teaching: Resources, Methods, and Practical Applications. Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi. May 29-June 1, 1998.
Charles E. Culpeper Foundation Faculty Seminars on Language Pedagogy and Technology. Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. 1997-98.
Associated Colleges of the South-Andrew J. Mellon Foundation Classics Technology Workshop. Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee. June 23-28, 1997.
| 2004-present | MERLOT World Languages Peer Reviewer in Latin and French |
| Evaluate Latin and French learning materials submitted to MERLOT, according to standards determined by the Editorial Board and covering quality of content, potential effectiveness as a teaching-learning tool, and ease of use. | |
| 2002-present | ACS Information Fluency Project Circuit Rider |
| Consult on the design of collaborative Info Flu projects, the creation of online syllabi, and/or the design and evaluation of student web projects | |
| 2002-2003 | The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Project: Enhancing Learning Through Technology |
| High School Foreign Language Expert Panel Member | |
| Think together with other members of the expert panel about what teachers in a specific teaching role should know and be able to do with technologies. Influence curriculum for future teachers and hiring criteria for teachers. | |
| 1991-1999 | International Arthurian Society, North American Branch |
| Bibliographer and Member of the Executive Committee | |
| Collected and wrote abstracts of recently-published scholarly material on Arthuriana, and prepared final copy for publication. | |
| 1995-1997 | American Association of Teachers of French, Central Texas Chapter |
| President | |
| 1994-1995 | American Association of Teachers of French, Central Texas Chapter |
| Vice-President | |
| 1991-1994 | American Association of Teachers of French, Central Texas Chapter |
| Secretary-Treasurer | |
| Published newsletter, organized annual meeting, and administered finances. | |
| 1989-1991 | Southwestern University |
| Director, Summer Study Program in Grenoble, France | |
| Recruited participants, coordinated travel arrangements, established crediteria, and evaluated participants' results. | |
| 1989 | Texas High Schools State French Contest |
| Judge |
| 1990-present | Southwestern University |
| Alpha Phi Omega | |
| 1989-1999 | Southwestern University |
| Pi Delta Phi | |
| 1988-1989 | Southwestern University |
| Southwestern Animal Rights Advocates |
| 2005-2008 | Southwestern University |
| Assessment Committee | |
| 2002-2003 | Southwestern University |
| Strategic Plan Priorities Committee, Humanities Division Representative | |
| Spring 2002 | Southwestern University |
| Staff Affairs Council, Humanities Division Representative | |
| 2001-present | Southwestern University |
| Faculty Travel Committee | |
| 2001-2004 | Southwestern University Modern Languages and Literatures Department Search Committee |
| 1995-2000 | |
| 1988-1993 | |
| 2001 | Southwestern University |
| Mellon Planning Committee for the ACS Technology Center Expansion | |
| 2001 | Southwestern University |
| MySU Web Portal Committee | |
| 2000-2001 | Southwestern University |
| Communications Department Search Committee | |
| 2000-2001 | Southwestern University |
| Information Technology Resources Self-Study Committee, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools | |
| 2001-present | Southwestern University Fringe Benefits Committee |
| 1998-2001 | |
| 1993-1994 (invited) | |
| 1993-2001 | Southwestern University |
| Cullen Faculty Development Committee | |
| 1994-1995 | Southwestern University |
| 1990-1991 | Faculty Handbook Advisory Committee |
| 1994-1995 | Southwestern University |
| 1990-1991 | Athletic Committee, Humanities Division Representative |
| 1991-1993 | Southwestern University |
| Academic Affairs Council, Humanities Division Representative | |
| 1991-1993 | Southwestern University |
| Gender Issues Committee | |
| 1991-1992 | Southwestern University |
| Academic Rights for Students Study Committee | |
| 1990-1991 | Southwestern University |
| Computer Resources/Services Self-Study Committee, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
American Association of University Professors
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS)
Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO)
Modern Language Association of America
The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
South Central Association for Language Learning Technology
| Languages | Fluent in French, proficient in Latin |
| Reading knowledge of German, Old French, Old Provençal | |
| Computer | Mac OS 8.1 through X 10.3 |
| Dreamweaver | |
| Fireworks | |
| FileMaker Pro | |
| Microsoft Office | |
| Course/Content management systems |