Barbara Petrosky - University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Barbara Petrosky, PhD
Associate Professor of French Literature
Place of birth: Paris (France)
Eligible to work in the U.S (Permanent Resident)
Address: 520 Bucknell Avenue, Apt. 1
Johnstown, PA 15905
Email: [email protected] -- Phone: (814) 269-7153
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in French Literature
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, May 2006
Dissertation title: Pierre Loti et Emile Zola: Deux écrivains photographes
M. A. in French Literature
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1997-1999
Maîtrise in Lettres Modernes. Thesis title: L’espace poétique chez Pierre Loti, 1996
Licence in Lettres Modernes, 1995
DEUG in Lettres Modernes, 1994
UNIVERSITY OF PARIS X Nanterre, 1992-1996
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT JOHNSTOWN since August 2006
Fall 2013
Elementary Spanish 1 (three sections)
Intermediate French 1
Introduction to French Civilization
Spring 2013
Elementary French 2
Elementary Spanish 1
Intermediate French 2
Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century French Short Stories
Advanced French Composition
Fall 2012
Business French
Intermediate Spanish I
Summer 2012
Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century French Short Stories
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Spring 2012
Advanced French Conversation
Intermediate French II
Elementary French II
Elementary Spanish I
Fall 2011
Survey of French Literature
Intermediate French I
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate Spanish I
Summer 2011
Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century French Short Stories
Spring 2011
Introduction to French Civilization
Intermediate French II
Intermediate Spanish I
Elementary Spanish I
Fall 2010
Elementary French I
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate French I
Business French
Spanish Drama in Translation
Summer 2010
Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century French Short Stories
Spring 2010
Elementary French II
Elementary Spanish I
Intermediate French II
Advanced French Composition
Fall 2009
Elementary French I
Elementary Spanish II
Intermediate French I
Advanced French Conversation
Spring 2009
Elementary French II
Intermediate French II
Francophone Literatures and Films
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Fall 2008
Intermediate French II
Business French (Le français des affaires)
Approaches to French Literature
Elementary Spanish II
Spring 2008
Elementary French II
Intermediate French II
Elementary Spanish I
Advanced French Conversation
Fall 2007
Elementary Spanish I
Intermediate French I
Advanced Composition I
Summer 2007
Literature in Translation: Nineteenth Century French Literature
Spring 2007
French Culture and Films
Intermediate French II
Elementary Spanish II
Fall 2006
Modern French Novel in translation
Intermediate French I
Elementary Spanish I
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA August 2000 to May 2006
Graduate Teaching Assistant
For Elementary French and Intermediate French (Grammar and Conversation), 20002006
Creation of syllabus
Creation of own lesson plans, exams and quizzes
Selection of literary and cultural readings
Selection of films
Assistant Supervisor Elementary French Summer 2002 and 2003
Providing support to Teaching Assistants
Responsible for creation of syllabus and exams
Counseling undergraduate students
Research Assistant of Graduate Research Professor for French William Calin, 2004-06
Administrative Assistant (proofreading, professional correspondence)
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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1997-1999
Teaching Assistant
For Elementary French and Intermediate French (Grammar and Conversation) 1997-1999
Creation of syllabus
Creation of own lesson plans, exams and quizzes
Selection of literary and cultural readings
Selection of films
CONFERENCES
Ekphrasis et clichés : La représentation de Kyoto chez Pierre Loti et Olivier Adam. 26th
Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference. Duquesne University, 20-21 September
2013.
Le français des affaires : comment préparer les étudiants avancés au diplôme de français
CFP A2 de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris. 25th Pennsylvania Foreign
Language Conference. Duquesne University, 21-22 September 2012.
Comment enseigner Un Cœur simple et La Légende Saint-Julien l’hospitalier de Gustave
Flaubert en utilisant les nouvelles technologies. 24th Pennsylvania Foreign Language
Conference. Duquesne University, 23-24 September 2011.
Comment étudier Entre les murs: un plan de cours pour les niveaux intermédiaire et
avancé. NEMLA (North Eastern Modern Language Association) at Rutgers University,
7-10 April 2011.
Japonisme et représentations du Japon : Les Cahiers de Pierre Loti et Félix Régamey.
23rd Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference. Duquesne University, 24-25
September 2010.
La vie scandaleuse de Pierre Loti: transvestisme et décadence fin-de-siècle. Article
presented in one of the Nineteenth Century French Studies Session of the MLA (Modern
Language Association) Philadelphia, 27-30 December 2009.
Maugis the Magician: the Trickster of Les Quatre fils Aymon. Article presented at the
French I section of the SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association) in
Atlanta, 6-8 November, 2009.
L’activité imageante ou la mise en abyme dans Le Rêve d’Emile Zola. 22nd Pennsylvania
Foreign Language Conference. Duquesne University, 18-19 September, 2009.
Le chronotope de la forêt : une lecture écocritique du Château de la Belle-au-BoisDormant de Pierre Loti. 34th Annual International Nineteenth Century French Studies
Colloquium. Vanderbilt University, 16-18 October, 2008.
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La découverte du moi dans le discours de l’autre: les rencontres spéculaires dans Le Bel
Inconnu, et Perceval ou le Conte du Graal. 21st Pennsylvania Foreign Language
Conference. Duquesne University, 19-20 September, 2008.
The secret and the Cognitive Itinerary in the Châtelaine de Vergy. Article presented in
the Medieval Literature Session at the SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language
Association) in Atlanta, 9-11 November, 2007.
La Photographie, un art diabolique pour Pierre Loti. 20th Pennsylvania Foreign
Language Conference. 21- 22 September, 2007.
La mise en cadre d’un cliché. Étude de Madame Chrysanthème. Kentucky Foreign
Language Conference, April 2007.
Visions cauchemardesques et troubles d’identités chez Saint-Amant et Théophile Gautier.
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 2006.
Le lieu du féminin dans la fontaine d’Yvain de Chrétien de Troyes et ses prolongations.
University of Cincinnati. Conference on « L’artifice ». September 2003.
Une étude de deux contes algériens selon V. Propp. Romance Languages Faculty and
Graduate Forum at the University of Florida. October 2001.
PUBLICATION
Articles
L’espace du port : Les représentations de Paimpol et de Brest dans Mon Frère Yves et
Pêcheur d’Islande. Bulletin de l’Association des Amis de Pierre Loti. Paris : Juin 2013,
nº28.
« La prière de Gaud et la croix des veuves de Ploubazlanec dans Pêcheur d’Islande. »
Bulletin de l’Association des Amis de Pierre Loti. Paris : Juin 2013, nº28.
« Le français des affaires : comment préparer les étudiants avancés au diplôme de
français CFP A2 de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris. » 24th
Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference. Duquesne University. Rondas Literarias de
Pittsburgh, August 2013.
« Comment enseigner Un Cœur simple et La Légende Saint-Julien l’hospitalier de
Gustave Flaubert en utilisant les nouvelles technologies. » 24th Pennsylvania Foreign
Language Conference. Duquesne University. Rondas Literarias de Pittsburgh, August
2012.
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« Japonisme et représentations du Japon : Les Cahiers de Pierre Loti et Félix Régamey »
Rondas Literarias de Pittsburgh. Duquesne University 2009-2010, 175-185. Pittsburgh:
Duquesne University Department of Modern Languages, 2011.
« Le Château de la Belle-au-Bois-Dormant: Pierre Loti écologiste avant la lettre ».
Bulletin de l’Association des Amis de Pierre Loti. Paris : Juin, 2010, nº 22, 12-17.
“Le Rêve d’Émile Zola: Une réécriture de La Légende dorée.” Rondas Literarias de
Pittsburgh. Duquesne University 2008-2009, 209-218. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University
Department of Modern Languages, 2010.
« L’espace merveilleux des contes dans Japoneries d’automne de Pierre Loti. » Bulletin
de l’Association des Amis de Pierre Loti. Paris : Juin 2009, nº20.
« La Photographie, un art diabolique pour Pierre Loti ». Rondas Literarias de Pittsburgh
2006-2007, 145-54. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Department of Modern Languages,
2008.
« Écriture, photographie et mémoire chez Pierre Loti. » Bulletin de l’Association des
Amis de Pierre Loti. Paris : Décembre, 2007, nº17, 28-30.
« Le Japon de Pierre Loti: La mise en cadre d’un cliché. » Bulletin de l’Association des
Amis de Pierre Loti. Paris: Juin, 2007, nº16, 9-11.
Book Reviews
Reed, Christopher. “The Chrysanthème Papers. The Pink Notebook of Madame
Chrysanthème and Other documents of French Japonisme.” Honololu: University of
Hawai’i Press, 2010. The French Review volume 85.3
Pierre Taminiaux. “The Paradox of Photography”. Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, 2009.
The French Review volume 84.4 (March 2011).
Robert Ziegler, “The Nothing Machine. The fiction of Octave Mirbeau. » New York and
Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2007. Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. Volume
62: 2 Fall 2008.
Hugh Thomas, “Beaumarchais in Seville”. The Rocky Mountain Review of Language and
Literature. Volume 62: 1 Spring 2008.
Creative work
« Comment je suis devenue lotiste » Bulletin de l’Association des Amis de Pierre Loti.
Juin 2010, nº22, p.18.
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Public Lectures
France and the Fight About Global Warming. Climate Change Forum. International
Perspectives. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. March 30th, 2010.
Intertextuality in the novel Indiana by George Sand (1804-1876). UPJ Faculty Lecture
Series. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. January 26th, 2010
The Value of Languages and Appreciating the Culture of Other Countries. UPJ
International Education Week, September 29th, 2009.
The Importance of Ecology in the Life of Pierre Loti. UPJ Faculty Lecture Series.
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. April 10th 2009.
The Development of the French Educational System: The Importance of the Humanities.
Humanities Colloquia Series 2008-2009: Perspectives on Higher Education. University of
Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 6 November, 2008.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
Member of the Faculty Senate Council (2012-2014)
Member of Marissa Landrigan’s Peer Review Committee
Member of the Climate Change Forum committee (2010-2011)
Interim coordinator of the University Center for International Studies (spring 2010)
Member of the Vannucci Awards Review Committee for 2010
Member of the Vira I Heinz Scholarship Committee 2010
Advisor Student Council of World Affairs
Chair of a session on Algerian Literature at the Pennsylvania Foreign Language
Conference. Duquesne University, 25 September 2010
Chaired a session on the Forbidden in medieval literature for the SAMLA in Atlanta, GA.
6-8 November, 2009
Member of the Welfare Committee (since 2010)
Member of the JPBC Committee (2009-2010)
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Secretary, section on medieval literature at the South Atlantic Modern Language
Association (SAMLA), Louisville, KY, November, 2008
Member of the International Studies Advisory Committee since fall 2008
Co-chair of the WG 4 for the UPJ Task Force on Global Education, spring 2008
Member of the UCIS (University Center for International Studies)
COURSEWORK
Smart Board training, March 2013
Estrada training, November 2008
Blackboard training, August 2007
Certification from the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (C.C.I.P.):
Coursework/practical training in Business French. Université d'été 2007: "Comment
préparer aux examens de la CCIP: CFP1, CFP2, DFA1" (par Maité Bagarry).
AWARDS and GRANTS
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Faculty Research Grant (Summer 2013)
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Faculty Research Grant (Summer 2009)
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Faculty Research Grant (Summer 2008)
UCIS Small Grant (Summer 2008)
Ernest G. Atkin Memorial Endowment Fund, summer, 2004 (University of Florida)
University of Florida Graduate Teaching Award, 2002
Romance Languages Teaching Award, 2002 (University of Florida)
DSR Grinter Supplemental Award Fellowship, 2001/2002 (University of Florida)
LANGUAGES
French: native
Spanish: fluent
Catalan: reading
Italian: reading
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
AATF (American Association of Teachers of French)
Association des Amis de Pierre Loti
MLA (Modern Language Association)
NEMLA (North East Modern Language Association)
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