've been at St Thomas since Fall 2007. I teach French language courses at all levels as well as upper-division courses in French literature and civilization, and I serve as the advisor for the French Club. In 2010 and 2014 I co-taught a J-Term French civilization course in Paris. My research and teaching interests include: French and francophone language, literature, and culture at all levels Discourses of identity and alterity: their construction and reception Conversion, metamorphosis, and hybridity Authority and authorship of historiography and literature The political and cultural history of France and Europe The history and future of la francophonie Translation theory and practice