Education

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY – . Ph.D. 2013.
Tennessee, USA. Ph.D. in French.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE – . M.A. 2006.
New Hampshire, USA. M.A. in Comparative Literature.

LA SORBONNE, UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS IV – . Year abroad. 2001.
Paris, France. British, French, and American literature studies.

ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY – . Trimester abroad. 2002.
St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian language and 19th C. Russian literature studies.

BERNARD BARUCH COLLEGE – . B.A. 2003.
New York, USA. B.A. in English.

Professional Experience

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY – Tennessee, USA
French Instructor, Department of French and Italian
Taught all level French classes & TA’d for French Literature and History.

KILLINGTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL – Vermont, USA. 2006
Teacher: French, Spanish and Italian, H.S.
Taught all-level classes in a private ski academy.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE – New Hampshire, USA. 2005
Teaching Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature
Assisted in teaching French culture, intellectual history, and literature classes.

CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW – Beijing, China. 2004
English Professor, Department of English
Taught English and literature classes.

BERNARD BARUCH COLLEGE – New York, USA. 1998-2003
English Language Tutor, Department of English
Tutored foreign and national students in writing and composition.

SCHOOL FOR THE PHYSICAL CITY – New York, USA. Sept. 2001-Mar. 2002
Intern: Educational Assistant, H.S.
Assisted FSL teachers during length of internship.

LYCÉE POLYVALENT DESCARTES – Versailles, France. Sept. 2000- Jun. 2001
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, H.S.
Taught English classes.

Relevant non-academic work

YOUNG & RUBICAM / WPP – New York, USA. 2002 – 2004
Global Advertising Executive
Planned multilingual worldwide media exposure for US and international corporate clients.

AGNES DENES – New York, USA. 2000
Assistant to Conceptual Artist
I assisted this remarkable artist, mathematician, independent thinker, poet, and fine draftswoman.  Denes’ principal interest has always been the task of rethinking and reassessing human and environmental ethics.

Research and Dissertation

The dissertation research concerns the thought (i.e., la pensée, but: Was heißt Denken?) of Stéphane Mallarmé and Martin Heidegger on the phenomena of space and language.  This thesis concentrates itself on the later texts of Mallarmé (Igitur, 1869~. & Un coup de dés, 1897), and later texts of Heidegger (Bauen Wohnen Denken, 1951, & Die Kunst und der Raum, 1969). Questions regarding the nature of reading, recognition, interpretation, as well as the ethical question of action are subjacent. (Written in French, 269 pages).  Advisers: Prof. Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller, Prof. Robert F. Barsky, Prof. David Wood, & Prof. Marc Froment-Meurice (Dir).

Professional Affiliations

--Member of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association

--Member of the Modern Language Association

Languages

Fluent:  Spanish* – French* – English* – Portuguese
Intermediate: Russian – Latin – Italian
Reading Ability:  Classical Greek – German

* Languages and/or literature(s) taught at the university level.