EDUCATION:

B. A., French Language and Literatures, Illinois State University.
M. A., Foreign Languages, Illinois State University.
Ph. D. Candidate (A.B.D.), Francophone Studies and New World Studies, University of Virginia.

TEACHING:

All levels of French language; Francophone literature and cultural studies; French literature and cultural studies; introductory Spanish language; and Freshman rhetoric.

RESEARCH:

Journal articles or essays in collections on Édouard Glissant, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, Esmeralda Santiago, and the Créolistes. Conference papers on topics varying from the representation of slave rebellion in popular cinema and minority literature in the U.S. and France to testimonial literature in the francophone Caribbean and literary translation.