Education

2001- 2006: Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

  • Ph.D. in French Twentieth-Century French and Quebec literature
  • Thesis : “L’esthétique du monstrueux dans l’œuvre romanesque de Gérard Bessette” (2006)
  • Thesis director – Dr. Annette Hayward
  • External examiner  – Dr. Réjean Robidoux (U of Ottawa)

1999-2001: Penn State University, State College, Pennyslvania

  • 2 Year Master of Arts in French Literature
  • Full Teaching Assistantship

 1998-1999: Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario 

  • Bachelor of Education: Intermediate and Senior Certificate
  • French Specialist with second ‘teachables’ in English and Biology

1994-1999 : University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

  • Honours Bachelor of Arts in “French Teaching Specialization”
  • Third year abroad : Université de Nantes (1996-1997)

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1993-1994: Université Lumière Lyon II, Lyon, France

Associate Professor of French – Modern Languages