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 Eileen
M. KetchumAssistant Professor of French B.A., M.A. University of Notre Dame Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Office: Ettinger 101B She recently published 2 articles: "Bridging the Gap Between Language and Literature: Email Exchanges in the Foreign Language Classroom", published in The Heinle Professional Series in Language Instruction and "Fostering an African 'Gaze' on Francophone sub-Saharan African Literature" published in the May, 2004 issue of The French Review. |
 Lisa
PerfettiAssociate Professor of French B.A., University of Michigan Ph.D., University of North Carolina |
| Office: Ettinger 104B Phone: 484-664-3347 Fax: 484-664-3722 E-mail: perfetti@muhlenberg.edu I have been teaching at Muhlenberg since 1996. I regularly teach courses in French language, literature, and culture as well as a course on Francophone Culture of Africa and the Caribbean. My research focuses primarily on medieval comic literature, particularly on the role of women, and my book, Women and Laughter in Medieval Comic Literature was published in 2003 by the University of Michigan Press. My next book, a collection of essays entitled Women's Emotions in Midieval and Early Modern Culture is forthcoming from the University Press of Florida. My other interests pertaining to medieval literature include crusade poetry and the French domestic farce of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Although I primarily work on French material, since my degree is in Comparative Literature, I also work on German, British, and Arabic texts. I occasionally teach a course on medieval literature in the English department as well as independant studies of comparative topics. From 1989-1991, I was a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English at the Faculté des Lettres at Université Hassan II in Morocco. I taught English composition and conversation, American Civilization, British Civilization, and African Literature. As a result of this experience, I've also had a long-standing interest in African cultures and literatures and teach a course on French writers of immigrant origin. I am also interested in environmental issues. I am a member of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE), and I have developed an internship with The Rodale Institute in Senegal for students majoring or minoring in French. So far, two Muhlenberg students have spent a month learning about regenerative agriculture and development issues. In addition to my teaching and research, I am also director of the college's Center for Ethics. Other activities in which I participate include playing recorder in the Collegium Musicum, an early music ensemble on campus, and serving as faculty liason for the Peace Corp. I help students prepare their applications, speak to concerned parents, and help organize information sessions on campus. |
 Kathryn
WixonProfessor of French Director of the French Program B.A., University of Michigan M.A., Middlebury College Ph.D., University of North Carolina |
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Ettinger 101C Phone: 484-664-3342 Fax: 484-664-3722 E-mail: wixon@muhlenberg.edu Associate Professor Kathryn Wixon joined the Muhlenberg faculty in 1986. She directs the French program and teaches courses at all levels, including intermediate French language, French Civilization, Advanced Conversation and Composition, and courses in 19th and 20th century French literature. Dr. Wixon is a strong supporter of study abroad and advises the students who study in France. Strongly committed to teaching excellence, she has won all three of Muhlenberg's awards for outstanding teaching: the Lindback, the Empie and the Donald and Anne Shire Distinguished Teaching Professorship. She founded the Faculty Center for Teaching at the college in 1994 and has since served as its co-director. Her scholarship focuses on Albert Camus and autobiographical works by contemporary French women writers such as Annie Ernaux and Marie Cardinal. |
