Research
Publications
“False Idyll, Siri’s Intimate Enemies.” The Enemy in Contemporary Film. Eds. Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz and Martin
Löschnig. De Gruyter, “Culture and Conflict Series.” Fall 2018.
"The Spiraling Narrative Dialectic of La Vie en Rose." Bringing History to Life through Film: The Art of Cinematic
Storytelling. Ed. Kathryn Anne Morey. Lanham, MD: Rowan and Littlefield Publishers, 2013.
“Better Teaching Through Better Testing: Integrated Performance Assessment.” The Journal of the Foreign
Language Association of Georgia 12 (Spring/Summer 2012): 30-36.
“Gender Redux: Doctor Who, Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica.” Ruminations, Peregrinations, and
Regenerations: A Critical Approach to Doctor Who. Ed. Christopher Hansen. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.
French War Films and National Identity. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2010.
“Code-Use and Identity in Grand Illusion and Xala.” Glottopol 12. “Pratiques langagières dans le cinéma
francophone.” (May, 2007).
Professional Presentations
"(Still) Torn Apart? The Algerian War in Contemporary Francophone Films." 32nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities. University of West Georgia Department of Foreign Languages. October, 2017.
“False Idyll, Siri’s Intimate Enemies.” Kennesaw State University European Studies Symposium. Kennesaw, GA. April,
2017.
“Screening Habits in Europe: Contemporary Cinema Consumption.” Kennesaw State University European Studies Symposium. Kennesaw, GA. April, 2015.
“Interrogative Imperative: Contemporary European Cinema.” Winter European Academy Otzenhausen: Otzenhausen, Germany. December, 2014.
"Beyond the Banlieue: Immigrant Visions of France in Three Contemporary Films" Film and History: "Making Movie$: The Figure of Money On and Off The Screen." Madison, WI. November, 2013.
"The Spiraling Narrative Dialectic of La Vie en Rose." Film and History: "Film and Myth." Milwaukee, WI. September, 2012.
“Portal Pedagogy: Embedded Narrative and Instructional Design.” Popular Culture Association / American Cultural Association. Boston, MA. April, 2012.
“'Couscous d'amour': Boiling Down La Graine et le mulet.” Film and History: “Representations of Love in Film and Television.” Milwaukee, WI. November, 2010.
“Un long dimanche de fiançailles: Dialogic Adaptation as Historiography.” Film/Literature Association. Dickinson College, PA. November, 2009.
“Gender Redux: Doctor Who, Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica.” Film and History:“Science in Film.” Chicago, IL, October 2008.
“Nuit et brouillard: Genesis, Execution and Reception.” Film and History: “The Documentary Tradition.” Dallas, TX. November 2006.
