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Dr Aimee Israel-Pelletier Dr

[Dr Aimee Israel-Pelletier Dr]

Professor, Modern Languages
Last Updated: January 21, 2021
about me

Research Interests

Research Interests
My research focuses on 19th to 21st century French and Francophone literatures of the Middle East and North Africa; the intersection of visual culture, art history, and literature; film; Francophone and Anglophone colonial and postcolonial Jewish literature and culture of Arab lands; feminism.

Research Keywords

Research Keywords
French 19th-21st centuries, Middle East, North Africa, Visual Culture, Jewish,

Teaching Interests

Teaching Interests
I teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels in my areas of research, Francophone Middle Eastern and North African literatures, Visual culture, as well as 19th and 21st century poetry, film, and the novel. I also teach Medieval and Renaissance French literature.

Biography

Biography

Prior to coming to UT Arlington, I was a tenured French professor at the University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music. Prior to that I was a French Instructor and language coordinator at Louisisana State University in Baton Rouge. I received my Ph.D. from Rutgers University where I studied with the eminent scholar Leo Bersani.

Education

Education

    • 1981 PhD in French Literature and Theory
      Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1981
    • 1972 MA in French Literature and Theory
      Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 1972
    • 1970 BA in French and European History
      Montclair State University, 1970
    • 1969 Certificat Supérieur in French
      Université de Paris IV, Sorbonne, 1969

Appointments

Appointments

    • 2013 to Present Professor of French / Section Head of French Program
      Modern Languages, University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, United States)
    • 1993 to 2013 Associate Professor of French / Section Head of French Program
      Modern Languages, University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, United States)
      Associate Professor of French, University of Texas at Arlington, 1993-2013. Section Head of French Program 1993-2003, June 2007- June 2010.
    • 1990 to 1993 Associate Professor of French
      Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
    • 1982 to 1990 Assistant Professor of French
      Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
    • 1980 to 1982 Instructor and Coordinator of French Language Instruction
      Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
    • 1976 to 1979 Instructor of French
      Rutgers University (Camden)
    • 1972 to 1976 Teaching Assistant
      Rutgers University (New Brunswick)
    • 1968 to 1969 Assistante d'anglais
      Lycée Stéphane Mallarmé (Paris, France)

Memberships

    • Jan 2011 to Present International Association Nebi Daniel
      Member
      The association aims are to propose and implement a lasting solution for the preservation of Jewish communal assets in Egypt.
    • Sept 2008 to Present Association of Jewish Studies; Sephardi/Miszrahi Caucus
    • Sept 2008 to Present International Association of Word and Image Studies
    • Sept 2008 to Present Society for French Studies
    • Sept 2008 to Present Society of Dix-Neuvièmistes
    • Jan 2007 to Present Association pour la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Culture des Juifs d'Egypte
      Member
      Created in 1979, its aim is to preserve the cultural heritage of the Egyptian Jews.
    • Sept 2000 to Present Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association
    • Jan 2000 to Present Modern Language Association

Awards and Honors

    • Dec  2018 Charles T. McDowell Center for Critical Languages & Area Studies Research Grant sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington
    • Dec  2015 Endowment for Faculty Research sponsored by College of Liberal Arts
    • Dec  2013 Faculty Development Leave sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington
    • Dec  2012 Charles T. McDowell Center for Critical Languages & Area Studies Research Grant sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington
    • Dec  2005 International Advisory Board WCJE: 2005-2006, 2007-2009 sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington
    • Dec  2005 Travel/Professional Development Award (2005-2010) sponsored by UTA College of Liberal Arts
    • Dec  2001 Research Enhancement Grant: Faculty Development Leave sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington
    • Dec  1989 Bridging Fellowship in Art History sponsored by University of Rochester
    • Dec  1985 Faculty Fellowship sponsored by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Support & Funding

Support & Funding

Publications


      In Process
      • Book
        Book in Progress: Levantinism and the Middle East : An Aesthetics for Coexistence
        []. In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted.

      2018
      • Book
        On the Mediterranean and the Nile: The Jews of Egypt
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. "Indiana University Press".

      2012
      • Book
        Rimbaud’s Impressionist Poetics. Vision and Visuality
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. "University of Wales Press".

      2008
      • Book
        The History and Culture of the Jews of Egypt in Modern Times
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Tel-Aviv: "Keness Hafakot publisher".

      1991
      • Book
        Flaubert's Straight and Suspect Saints: The Unity of Trois contes
        Purdue University Monographs in Romance Languages
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. "John Benjamins Press". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/pumrl.36

      In Process
      • Book Chapter
        "The Prose Poem an Impressionist Genre"
        The Edinburgh Companion to the Prose Poem, eds: Mary Ann Caws and Michel Delville, Edinburgh University Press
        []. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137011008_12 Submitted.

      2014
      • Book Chapter
        "Rohmer’s Realism: Women on the Borders of What Is and What Might Be"
        Leah M. Anderst’s The Films of Eric Rohmer
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. "Palgrave Macmillan ". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137011008_12

      2013
      • Book Chapter
        "Framing Bodies and the Trappings of Intimacy"
        The Films of Eric Rohmer
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. "Palgrave Macmillan".

      2010
      • Book Chapter
        André Aciman,” “Henri Curiel,” “Jacques Hassoun,” “Paula Jacques,” and “Victor Teboul”
        entries in The Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, Executive Editor, Norman A. Stillman, Ph.D.
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Leiden and Boston: "Brill Press".

      2008
      • Book Chapter
        "Modern Egyptian-Jewish Writers: Preserving and Promoting Culture”
        The History and Culture of the Jews of Egypt in Modern Times
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. 219-225. Tel-Aviv: "Keness Hafakot publisher".
      • Book Chapter
        Introduction to French Contributions
        The History and Culture of the Jews of Egypt in Modern Times
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. 16-31. "Keness Hafakot publisher".

      2004
      1993
      • Book Chapter
        "Symbolism and Synthesis"
        Pelléas et Mélisande
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. "Royal Opera House of London Publication".

      1992
      • Book Chapter
        "Rimbaud's Impressionist Aesthetics"
        Correspondances: Studies in Literature, History, and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century France
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, Busby, Keith]. 113-125. "Editions Rodopi, Faux Titre Series".

      2019
      In Process
      • Book Review
        Homelands and Diasporas: Perspectives on Jewish Culture in the Mediterranean and Beyond
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Reading Religion. In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted.

      2018
      • Book Review
        André Chedid, Andrée Chedid, je t’aime: Hommages, souvenirs et lettres (Paris: alfabarre, 2013)
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Dalhousie French Studies. 112(2018), 168-169.

      2017
      • Book Review
        Jacques Sardas, Without Return: The Jews of Egypt, 1930-1957, (Dallas: Thebes Press, 2017)
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Journal of Levantine Studies. Volume 7(3 & 4),

      2015
      • Book Review
        Nicole Brozgalia, Against Autobiography: Albert Memmi and the Production of Theory (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013)
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. French Studies. 69 (1), 110-111. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fs/knu237

      2005
      • Book Review
        Ann Jefferson, Stendhal. La Chartreuse de Parme, Critical Guides to French Texts
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Dalhousie French Studies. 72,
      • Book Review
        James C. Madden, Weaving Balzacís Web: Spinning Tales and Creating the Whole of La Comédie humaine ( Birmingham, AL: Summa, 2003)
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Dalhousie French Studies. 72,

      2004
      • Book Review
        Florence Goulesque, Une femme poète symboliste: Marie Krysinska. La Calliope du Chat Noir, Paris: Honoré Champion, 2001
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Dalhousie French Studies. 66,
      • Book Review
        Mary Neiland, Les Tentations de Saint Antoine and Flaubert’s Fiction: A Creative Dynamic, Amsterdam-Atlanta: Editions Rodopi B.V., 2001
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Dalhousie French Studies. 66,

      2002
      2001
      • Book Review
        Isabelle Daunais, L’art de la mesure ou l’invention de l’espace dans les récits d’Orient (XIXe siècle)
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Dalhousie French Studies. 57,
      • Book Review
        Philip Bailey, Proust’s Self-Reader: The Pursuit of Literature as Privileged Communication
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Dalhousie French Studies. 57,

      1990
      • Book Review
        Sergio Sacchi, ed., Rimbaud, Le poème en prose et la traduction poétique
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Nineteenth-Century French Studies. 19(1),

      1983
      • Book Review
        W. Berg, G. Moskos, M. Grimaud, J.-P. Sartre, Saint/Oedipus: Psychocritical Approaches to Flaubert's Art
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Nineteenth-Century French Studies. II(3-4),

      1982
      • Book Review
        Jeanne Bem, Désir et Savoir dans l'oeuvre de Flaubert
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Nineteenth-Century French Studies. X(1/2), 1981-1982.

      2013
      • Journal Article
        Mongrels or Marvels. The Levantine Writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff, ed. Deborah A. Starr and Sasson Somekh. Stanford University Press, 2011
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, Starr, DeborahA, Somekh, Sasson]. Journal of Modern Jewish Studies. 12(3), 559-560 . DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14725886.2013.857877

      2008
      • Journal Article
        "Edmond Jabès, Jacques Hassoun, and Melancholy: The Second Exodus in the Shadow of the Holocaust"
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. MLN French. 123(4), 797-818. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mln.0.0059

      2005
      • Journal Article
        "Godard, Rohmer and Rancière's phrase-image"
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. SubStance, A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism. SubStance #108. 34(3), 33-46. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sub.2005.0044

      2000
      • Journal Article
        "Colonialism and French Culture in la Comtesse de Ségur"
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Dalhousie French Studies. 53, 3-11.

      1999
      • Journal Article
        "The Reader in Rimbaud"
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. Nineteenth-Century French Studies. 27(1-2), 323-332.

      1992
      1989
      • Journal Article
        "Demystifying Difference: Rimbaud's Passions for Poetry and Money"
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee]. SubStance, A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism. 58, 58-73. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3685029

      1984
      • Conference Proceeding
        "Desire and Writing: An Allegorical Reading of Flaubert's 'Hérodias"
        Selected Proceedings: 32nd Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference
        [Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, Martin, Gregorio C]. 153-158. North Carolina: "Wake Forest University".

Presentations

    • March  2021
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, "The Jews of Egypt ", University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma. (March , 2021).
    • December  2019
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, "Return to Spain", Bar-Ilan University & Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ramat Gan and the Negev, Israel. (December 19, 2019).
    • June  2018
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, "“Les Juifs d’Egypte: Problématique de l’appartenance"". (June 5, 2018).
    • April  2018
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""The Last Jews of Egypt"", North Carolina State University (Raleigh). (April 16, 2018).
    • March  2018
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""On the Mediterranean and the Nile: The Jews of Egypt"", Arlington, Texas. (March 25, 2018).
    •  2017
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Egypt, Egyptian Jews and the Embodiment of Memory"", Washington D.C. ( , 2017).
    • December  2013
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""A Consideration of the Jews of the Southern Mediterranean in the Colloque des Intellectuels Juifs de Langue Française"", Boston. (December 15, 2013).
    • March  2012
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Verlaine, Rimbaud et l'impressionnisme poétique"", Paris, France. (March 10, 2012).
    •  2011
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""The Crisis of French and Maghrebi Jewry in the Twentieth Century"", Washington D.C.. ( , 2011).
    • December  2010
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Current Trends and the Future of Jewish Egyptian Studies"", Boston. (December , 2010).
    • December  2009
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Language and Hospitality in Albert Memmi"", Los Angeles. (December , 2009).
    • July  2009
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Jews of Arab Lands Writing in French. Melacholy and Dhimmitude in Albert Memmi, Edmond Jabès, and Paula Jacques"", Oxford University, England. (July , 2009).
    • December  2008
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""The Mother-Tongue of the Jews of Egypt. Insights from Jacques Hassoun and Paula Jacques"", Washington D.C.. (December , 2008).
    • April  2008
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Constructions of Space in French Literature: 1850s-1900s"", The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. (April 13, 2008).
    • November  2007
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Edmond Jabès & Company"", University of Oklahoma (Norman), Norman, Oklahoma. (November 7, 2007).
    • November  2007
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Freud, Zizek, Hassoun: Gref and Melancholy. The Example of Jabès"", University of Oklahoma (Norman), Department of Modern Lang, Lit., Lings.:, Norman, Oklahoma. (November 7, 2007).
    • October  2007
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""In the Shadow of Auschwitz: An Egyptian Jew and the Holocaust"", University of Texas at Arlington. (October 26, 2007).
    • September  2007
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Melancholy and Exile: Edmond Jabès in the Shadow of the Holocaust"". (September 28, 2007).
    • April  2007
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Attention! The Eyes Have it. Dylan and Rimbaud Drifting in Spectacular Times"", Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society), University of Texas at Arlington. (April 24, 2007).
    • July  2006
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, "“Particularities of the Languages Used by the Jews in Egypt, and the Reflection of the Relations Between Jews and Muslims"", University of Haifa, Israel. (July 4, 2006).
    • July  2006
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Collective Memory: Writers’ Roundtable. History, Culture and Way of Life of Jews of Egypt Reflected in Creative Works"", University of Haifa, Israel. (July 3, 2006).
    • July  2006
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Modern Egyptian-Jewish Writers: Preserving and Promoting Culture"", University of Haifa, Israel, . (July 3, 2006).
    • July  2006
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Readings and Comments: Edmond Jabès, Paula Jacques, Jacques Hassoun, and Victor Teboul"", University of Haifa, Israel. (July 3, 2006).
    • June  2006
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Teaching Poetry in High School: Baudelaire"", University of Texas at Arlington. (June 21, 2006).
    • October  2005
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Literary History and the Democratic Idea: Guizot, Taine, Brunetière, ," Colloquium in Nineteeth-Century French Studies"", University of Texas at Austin. (October 27, 2005).
    • March  2005
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Godard, Rohmer, Ernaux and Rancière's phrase-image"", University of Florida, Gainesville. (March 31, 2005).
    • May  2002
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Identité culturelle et création littéraire chez Annie Ernaux et Adeline Yzac"", Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (May 26, 2002).
    • October  2001
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Rimbaud in the Twentieth Century"", University of Wisconsin, Madison. (October , 2001).
    • April  2000
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""The Mother's Gaze: Rimbaud's Theater"", University of Kentucky, Lexington. (April , 2000).
    • October  1999
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Rimbaud's Realism"", University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. (October , 1999).
    • May  1999
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Moral Imperatives: Imperialism and the French Child in de Ségur"", Cincinnati University. (May , 1999).
    • October  1998
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Verne: Dans l'enfance des futurs" ", Pennsylvania State University. (October 22, 1998).
    • May  1998
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Crimes of Fashion: Identity in the French Realist Novel"", Cincinnati University. (May , 1998).
    •  1996
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""The Representation of Women in Business in the French Realist Novel"", University of Texas at Arlington. ( , 1996).
    • February  1994
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Zola: Fear and Loathing in the Grand Magasin"", Department of Foreign Languages, University of Texas at Arlington. (February , 1994).
    • October  1993
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Fear and Loathing in the Grand Magasin: Zola's Au bonheur des dames"", University of Kansas, Lawrence. (October , 1993).
    • October  1992
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Rimbaud's Reader and the Tyranny of the Writing Subject"", State University of New York at Binghampton. (October , 1992).
    • May  1992
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Impressionism: Art/Lit./ Music"", Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. (May 6, 1992).
    • October  1990
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Rimbaud's Impressionist Aesthetics"", University of Oklahoma. (October , 1990).
    • October  1988
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Demystifying Difference: Rimbaud's Passions for Poetry and Money"", University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (October , 1988).
    • May  1987
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Maeterlinck and Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande"", University of Rochester, Eastman School. (May , 1987).
    • December  1986
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, "'Reading the Feminine: Flaubert's 'Un coeur simple"", University of Rochester, Eastman School. (December , 1986).
    • October  1983
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""An Allegorical Reading of Flaubert's 'Hérodias"", Harvard University. (October , 1983).
    • October  1982
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Desire and Writing: Reading Flaubert's 'Hérodias'"", Wake Forest University. (October , 1982).
    • April  1982
      Israel-Pelletier, Aimee, ""Flaubert's 'Saint Julien': An Allegory of Language"", University of Kentucky. (April , 1982).

Students Supervised

    • May 2020
      Undergraduate Honors Thesis
      Sophie Soueid, I am co-mentoring with Dr. Pete Smith (Modern Languages)
      MT Engine for Quebecois-English
    • 1998
      Other
      (Modern Languages)
      Ph.D. committee member

Courses

      • MODL 5304-001 CURRENTS
        (Course Id: 104606)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2021 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 5330-001 GENRES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
        (Topic: Paris & Impressionism | Course Id: 104709)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2021 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 5331-001 GENRES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
        (Course Id: 104710)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 4334-001 GLOBAL FRENCH CULTURES
        (Course Id: 104674)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 3312-001 FREN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
        (Course Id: 104655)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 4394-004 HONORS THESIS / SENIOR PROJECT
        (Course Id: 104680)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 5316-001 MED/REN LIT&CUL
        (Course Id: 104696)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 4332-001 STUDIES MDVL/RENAISS CULTURE
        (Course Id: 104672 | Exclude Feedback: true)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • MODL 5310-001 THEO LIT CUL
        (Course Id: 104612 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 3316-001 FREN CULTR GEOG
        (Course Id: 104659)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2019
      • FREN 4338-001 TOPICS IN FRENCH LITERATURE
        (Course Id: 104676)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2019
      • FREN 3304-001 GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION
        (Course Id: 104651)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 5338-001 TOPICS IN FRENCH CULTURE
        (Topic: Alienation 20th C Writing Fren | Course Id: 104715)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 5331-001 GENRES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
        (Topic: MAGHREB & LEVANT | Course Id: 104710)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2018
      • FREN 4328-001 TOPICS IN 20TH CENTURY FRENCH
        (Topic: Fren Dreams:Mid East/N Africa | Course Id: 104669)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2018
      • FREN 3316-001 FREN CULTR GEOG
        (Topic: PARIS | Course Id: 104659)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2018 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 5316-001 MED/REN LIT&CUL
        (Course Id: 104696)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2018 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 5330-001 GENRES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
        (Topic: 19TH & 20th C POETRY | Course Id: 104709)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017 Download Syllabus
      • MODL 5310-001 THEO LIT CUL
        (Course Id: 104612)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017 Download Syllabus
      • FREN 5391-001 CONF CRSE: LING, CULTURE, LIT
        (Course Id: 104719)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2017
      • FREN 5391-002 CONF CRSE: LING, CULTURE, LIT
        (Course Id: 104719)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2017
      • FREN 5391-003 CONF CRSE: LING, CULTURE, LIT
        (Course Id: 104719)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2017
      • FREN 3391-001 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 110767)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2017
      • FREN 3318-001 PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY
        (Topic: FREN IDENTITY/CONTEMP PARIS | Course Id: 104660)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2017
      • FREN 4338-001 TOP FRENCH LIT
        (Topic: PARIS CAPITAL OF 19TH CENT | Course Id: 104676)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2017
      • FREN 5391-001 CONF CRSE: LING, CULTURE, LIT
        (Course Id: 104719)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • FREN 3312-001 FREN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
        (Course Id: 104655)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • FREN 5330-001 GENRES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
        (Topic: Impressionism & Naturalism | Course Id: 104709)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • FREN 5318-001 19TH/20TH LIT
        (Course Id: 104698)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • FREN 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 104678)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • FREN 3318-001 PROBLEMS OF IDENTITY
        (Topic: The Maghreb & The Levant | Course Id: 104660)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • FREN 3391-004 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 110767)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • FREN 3312-001 FREN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
        (Course Id: 104655)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • FREN 5316-001 MED/REN LIT&CUL
        (Course Id: 104696)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • FREN 4338-001 TOP FRENCH LIT
        (Topic: Damsels, Knights, Lepers/MAges | Course Id: 104676)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • FREN 5330-001 GENRES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
        (Topic: Impressionism & Modernity | Course Id: 104709)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • FREN 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 104678)
        Summer - Five Week - Second - 2015
      • FREN 5391-004 CONF CRSE: LING, CULTURE, LIT
        (Course Id: 104719)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2015
      • FREN 3316-001 FREN CULTR GEOG
        (Course Id: 104659)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2015
      • FREN 4338-001 TOP FRENCH LIT
        (Course Id: 104676)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2015
      • FREN 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 104678)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • MODL 5304-001 CURRENTS
        (Course Id: 104606)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • FREN 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Topic: Impressionism & Modernity | Course Id: 104678)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • FREN 5330-001 GENRES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
        (Topic: Impressionism & Modernity | Course Id: 104709)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • FREN 3320-001 LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION I
        (Course Id: 111301)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • FREN 3312-001 FREN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
        (Course Id: 104655)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • FREN 3321-001 LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION II
        (Course Id: 111302)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • FREN 5316-001 MED/REN LIT&CUL
        (Course Id: 104696)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • FREN 4391-001 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 104678)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2013
      • FREN 3316-001 FREN CULTR GEOG
        (Course Id: 104659)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2013
      • FREN 4338-001 TOP FRENCH LIT
        (Course Id: 104676)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2013
      • FREN 3312-001 FREN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
        (Course Id: 104655)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • FREN 3321-001 LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION II
        (Course Id: 111302)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • FREN 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 104678)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • FREN 3391-004 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 110767)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • FREN 5330-001 GENRES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
        (Topic: Baudelaire et Rimbaud | Course Id: 104709)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • FREN 3320-001 LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION I
        (Course Id: 111301)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • FREN 3312-001 FREN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
        (Course Id: 104655)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • FREN 3321-001 LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION II
        (Course Id: 111302)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • MODL 5310-001 THEO LIT CUL
        (Course Id: 104612)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • FREN 3391-004 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 110767)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • FREN 5330-001 GENRES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
        (Topic: Second Empire France | Course Id: 104709)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • FREN 3320-001 LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION I
        (Course Id: 111301)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • FREN 5391-002 CONF CRSE: LING, CULTURE, LIT
        (Course Id: 104719)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2011
      • FREN 5391-004 CONF CRSE: LING, CULTURE, LIT
        (Course Id: 104719)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2011
      • FREN 3316-001 FREN CULTR GEOG
        (Course Id: 104659)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2011
      • FREN 4338-001 TOP FRENCH LIT
        (Course Id: 104676)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2011
      • FREN 3391-004 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 110767)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • FREN 3312-001 FREN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
        (Course Id: 104655)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • FREN 3321-001 LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION II
        (Course Id: 111302)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • FREN 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 104678)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 5391-004 CONF CRSE: LING, CULTURE, LIT
        (Course Id: 104719)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 3320-001 LOCALIZATION & TRANSLATION I
        (Course Id: 111301)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 5316-001 MED/REN LIT&CUL
        (Course Id: 104696)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 4332-001 STUDIES MDVL/RENAISS CULTURE
        (Course Id: 104672)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 2313-022 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I
        (Course Id: 104646)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2010
      • FREN 2314-022 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II
        (Course Id: 104647)
        Summer - Five Week - First - 2010
      • FREN 4391-004 CONF COURSE
        (Course Id: 104678)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 3316-001 FREN CULTR GEOG
        (Topic: Normandy & Brittany | Course Id: 104659)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 3312-001 FREN LITERATURE & CULTURE II
        (Course Id: 104655)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 3321-001 LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION 2
        (Course Id: 111302)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • FREN 5330-001 GENRES OF THE 19TH CENTURY
        (Topic: 19th Century Novel | Course Id: 104709)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2009
      • FREN 3320-001 LOCALIZATION AND TRANSLATION I
        (Course Id: 111301)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2009

Service to the University

    • Nov 2020 to  Present Committee Chair
      College Tenure & Promotion
      Co-Chaired with Dr. David Narrett. Coordinated dossiers and materials, presided over meetings, prepared write-ups, edited and summarized member's write-ups. Reported results to the Dean.
    • Nov 2020 to  Present Committee Member
      Committee on Diversity Equity and Inclusion
    • Aug 2019 to  Present University Senate Service
      Faculty Senate
    • 2019 to  Present Committee Member
      Senate Operating Procedures
    • Aug 2013 to  Present Committee Member
      ACTP
      Review Tenure and Promotion
    • Aug 2013 to  Present Committee Member
      FLCC
      Review and approve curricular issues for MODL
    • Aug 2013 to  Present Section Head
      Modern Languages
      I oversee the French section, both the teaching staff and the administration of the program, curricular design (course and catalog changes, additions, new programs), projections and enrollment, scheduling, promotion. In addition, I administer the UEP and counsel and advocate on behalf of students when needed.
    • 2011 to  Present Faculty Advisor
      JUTA Jewish Student Group
    • 1999 to  Present Committee Member
      Curriculum Committee, Modern Languages, UTA
      Chair (January 2010-2013)
    • 1993 to  Present Committee Member
      Budget and Planning Committee, Modern Languages, UTA
      1993- 2003; 2006-to present
    • 1993 to  Present Committee Member
      Graduate Studies Committee, Modern Languages, UTA
      Chair (1995-2001; 2004-2006); Co- chair (2003-2004)
    • 1993 to  Present Committee Member
      Tenure and Promotion Committee, Modern Languages, UTA
      Chair (1995 -1996;1998-2003), Spring 2016
    • Nov 2020 to  Apr 2021 Committee Member
      Scholarshop
    • Sept 2019 to  Aug 2020 Committee Member
      Committee for Endowed Chairs & Professorships
      Liberal Arts, member Committee for Endowed Chairs & Professorships
    • Sept 2014 to  2019 Program Organizer
      Study Abroad
      Starting in September each year, I prepare for the study abroad program wich takes place in Paris over 5 weeks, starting the end of May to June-July. I direct, administer, evaluate curricular program, train the instructor, and along with the instructor, we promote the program
    • 2001 to  2017 Director
      Paris Study Abroad, Modern Languages, UTA
      2001, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
    • 1994 to  2017 Committee Chair
      French Search, Modern Languages, UTA
      Chair (Fall 2007-Spring 2009); (1994-1995), (2016-2017)
    • 2013 to  2015 Section Head
      CLIS, Modern Languages, UTA
    • 2011 to  2013 Committee Member
      Critical Languages and Global Studies Committee, Modern Languages, UTA
    • 2011 to  2013 Committee Member
      Faculty Senate
    • Jan 2011 to  2013 Representative
      Faculty Senate
      January 2006-2009; 2011- 2013
    • 2010 to  2013 Committee Member
      Curriculum Committee
    • 2010 to  2013 Committee Member
      Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee
    • 2006 to  2013 Committee Member
      Status of Women and Minorities/Committee on Diversity and Inclusion
    • 2001 to  2013 Committee Member
      Research Enhancement Committee, Modern Languages, UTA
      Chair (2006-2008)
    • 2003 to  2011 Faculty Advisor
      Société Francophone, Modern Languages, UTA
    • 2008 to  2010 Faculty member
      Honor’s College; Medieval and Early Modern Studies; Theory Center; and Women’s Studies. MFA committee
    • 2005 to  2010 Committee Member
      Humanities Graduate Studies Committee
    • 2003 to  2010 Faculty Advisor
      UTA Hillel Student Organization
    • 2008 to  2009 Committee Member
      Student Academic Success Task Force
    • 2005 to  2009 Faculty Advisor
      - Graduate Studies, Modern Languages, UTA
    • Past to  2008 Committee Member
      Research Enhancement Committee
    • 2000 to  2008 Committee Member
      Women’s Studies Program Board
    • 2006 to  2007 Committee Chair
      Russian Search, Modern Languages, UTA
    • 2004 to  2007 Faculty Mentor
      Faculty Mentor/Mentee Program
    • 2003 to  2007 Thesis advisor; HURCA Judge
      - Honors College: Thesis advisor; FacultyAdvisor for Advanced Placement Program (2006); HURCA Judge (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
    • 2004 to  2006 Committee Member
      French Page Webmaster, Modern Languages, UTA
    • Past to  Nov 2004 Participant
      Global Leadership Workshop
    • 1993 to  2003 French Section Head
      Modern Languages
      French Section Head (1993-2003; June 2007- June 2010) (2013 to present)
    • 1999 to  2002 Committee Member
      Tenure and Promotion Committee
    • 1997 to  2000 Committee Member
      Hearing Panel
    • 1997 to  1999 Committee Member
      Graduate Assembly
    • 1993 to  1998 Faculty Advisor
      Student Advising for French, Modern Languages, UTA
    • Past to  1995 Committee Member
      Search Committee for Chair of Communication
    • 1993 to  1994 Committee Member
      Dean of Liberal Arts Brainstorming Committee
    • Past to  1993 Committee Member
      - Long Range Planning Committee

Service to the Profession

    • 2019 to  2019
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Quest: Issues in Contemporary Jewish Studies
      Peer review of an article in a journal
    • 2018 to  2018
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Journal of Australian Jewish Studies, French Studies
    • Jan 2016 to  May 2016
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      French Studies
      Peer review of an article
    • 2015 to  2015
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      PMLA
      Peer review of an article.
    • 2014 to  2014
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      French Studies
      Peer review of an article
    • 2014 to  2014
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      PMLA
      Peer review of an article
    • 2013 to  2013
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Journal of Australian Jewish Studies
    • 2012 to  2012
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
    • 2012 to  2012
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature
      Peer review of article
    • 2011 to  2011
      Reviewer, Book
      Continuum Press
    • 2009 to  2009
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Romance Studies
    • 2008 to  2008
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Romance Studies
    • Past to  2006
      Reader
      Romance Studies
    • 2006 to  2006
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Romance Studies
    • 2003 to  2005
      Committee Chair
      “Arts in Education” PTA Board Shakelford Junior High
    • Past to  July 2005
      Officer, Other Officer
      Department of French, University of Central Florida
    • 2004 to  2004
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Romanic Review
    • Past to  Nov 2004
      Officer, Other Officer
      University of Rochester, Department of Humanities
    • 2003 to  2003
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Romanic Review
    • 2000 to  2000
      Officer, Other Officer
      Marquette University
    • Past to  1997
      Committee Member
      Science Committee, The Montessori Academy
    • Past to  Apr 1997
      Officer, Other Officer (Ennis, TX,
      "Fête Française" for the AATF
    • 1995 to  1996
      Committee Member
      Curriculun Committee, Country Day School of Arlington
    • Past to  1995
      Judge
      of French Poetry Competition for Arlington School District
    • 1994 to  1994
      Reviewer, Textbook
      Paramount Publishers

Service to the Community

Service to the Community

    • 2003 to  2005
      Chairperson
      Arts in Education PTA Board
    • 1997 to  1997
      Judge
      Fête Française AATF
    • 1995 to  1996
      Board Member
      Curriculum Committee Country Day School of Arlington
    • Past to  1995
      Judge
      French Poetry Competition for Arlington School District