French

Faculty

Dayna Oscherwitz, Associate Professor 

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 

French Area Chair 

oscherwi@smu.edu


Paola Tettamanzi Buckley, Lecturer

M.A., New York University, 1989

Areas of special interest: second language acquisition; applied languages; translation and interpretation; business French

Coordinator, French internships

pbuckley@smu.edu


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 

gaaron@smu.edu


Kathleen Hugley-Cook, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ph.D., French, the John Hopkins University, 1980

Areas of special interest: Diderot; 18th century novel; French phonetics

khugley@smu.edu

   

William Beauchamp, Associate Professor 

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. 

bbeaucha@smu.edu


Janet Dodd

jdodd@smu.edu


Martin Kincaid, Lecturer

M.A., French Literature, University of Cincinnati, 1997

Ph.D., French Literature, University of Cincinnati, 2003

Areas of special interest: French language and culture; 20th century and contemporary French literature

mkincaid@smu.edu

 

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 

bettaver@smu.edu


Heather Garrett Pelletier, Senior Lecturer

M.A., Vanderbilt University, 2000

Ph.D., French Language and Literature, Vanderbilt University, 2004

Areas of special interest: 20th century French literature; literary theory; phonetics; composition; French language instruction

heatherp@smu.edu


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-South of France Faculty sponsor, French Club

rwinandy@smu.edu

   

Herve Tchumkam, Assistant Professor 

DEA, Comparative Literature, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 

Ph.D French and Francophone Studies, University of Pennsylvania Areas of special interest: French and Francophone Studies; African and Postcolonial Studies; Comparative Literature and Literary Theory; Political Philosophy. 

htchumkam@smu.edu


Thierry Tirado, Visting Lecturer

M.A., French Literature, University of Texas at Arlington, 2011

Areas of special interest: French literature and culture, French naturalist movement, legal and business French

ttirado@smu.edu


Rachel E. Ney, Lecturer

License in English (Universite de Nancy 2)

Maitrise in American Literature (Universite de Nancy 2)

DEA in American Literature (Universite de Nancy 2)

Ph.D., French, Northwestern University

Areas of special interest: 20th and 21st century U.S. and French transnational literatures and cultures; critical theory; the philosophy of the image in literature and film; memory studies; translation processes and challenges in multilingual and transnational sites; use of multimedia technology in learning and teaching

rney@smu.edu