William
Beauchamp, Associate Professor -- French Area Chair
M.A., French, Middlebury College (Université de Paris - Sorbonne), 1956
Ph.D., French & Romance Philology, Columbia University, 1969
Areas of special interest: 19th & 20th century French & Francophone literature
and culture; critical theory; semiotics and cultural studies.
French Area
Chair
Gwendoline Aaron, Lecturer
Licenciée en sciences de l'éducation, Université de Liège (Belgium), 1997
M.A., French, University of North Texas, 2005
Areas of special interest: Didactics of French as first or second language;
technology in language education; testing and evaluation.
Coordinator,
French 1401 & French 1402
Barbara Abad,
Assistant Professor
M.A., French, New York University, 1999
M. Phil, New York University, Honors, 2002
Ph.D., French, New York University, 2007
Areas of special interest: 18th century French literature; cultural history; the
family in the novel; the Enlightenment
Denis Bettaver, Lecturer
M.A., French Literature, University of Texas at Arlington, 2002
Areas of special interest: teaching French as second language; business French;
study abroad; theater
Paola Tettamanzi Buckley, Lecturer
M.A., New York University, 1989
Areas of special interesst: second language acquisition; applied languages; translation and interpretation; business French
Coordinator,
French internships
Kathleen Hugley-Cook,
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Ph.D., French, the Johns Hopkins University, 1980
Areas of special interest: Diderot; 18th century novel, letters, and philosophy;
21st century novel; theory and development of the novel; French phonetics.
Marius Conceatu, Visiting Assistant Professor
Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies, French Literature & Civilization, University of Paris IV - Sorbonne, 2000
Ph.D., Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, The Johns Hopkins University, 2007
Areas of special interest: 19th & 20th century French literature, translation studies.
literature; contemporary French literature
Martine Kincaid, Lecturer
M.A., French Literatures, University of Cincinnati, 1997
Ph.D., French Literature, University of Cinncinati, 2003
Areas of special interest: French language and culture; 20th century French
literature; contemporary French literature
M.A., French Literature, University of Texas at Austin, 1997
Ph.D., French, University of Texas at Austin, 2001
Areas of special interest: French cinema; African cinema; postcolonial studies;
immigration studies
Heather Garrett Pelletier, Lecturer
M.A., Vanderbilt University, 2000
Ph.D., French Lanaguage and Literature, Vanderbilt University, 2003
Areas of special interest: 20th century French literature; literary theory;
phonetics, composition, and French language instruction.
Narcisse Tiky,
Visiting Lecturer
Licence ès lettres modernes françaises, Université de Yaoundé (Cameroun), 1991
M.A., International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University (D.C.),
2001
M.A., French, University of North Texas, 2008
ABD, Political Science, University of Texas at Dallas
Areas of special interest:
democratization; corruption; international development;
francophone literatures.
Rita Winandy,
Senior Lecturer
Ph.D., French, University of Pittsburgh, 1969
Areas of special interest: French language and culture, French language
instruction, 18th century French literature; study abroad
Coordinator,
French 2401 & French 3455
Director,
SMU-in-the-South of France
Faculty sponsor,
French Club