Dr. Irina Armianu - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Dr. Irina Armianu Dr.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies
(956) 665- 8872
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD, Rice University, 2010
Major: French Studies
Dissertation Title: La litteratureet le film, le cas de Jean Cocteau
CERT, Rice University, 2008
Major: The Study of Women and Gender Studies
MA, Rice University, 2008
Major: French Studies
BA, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romania), 2002
Major: Philology (Romanian and French)
Dissertation Title: Poor Ioanide: the modern novel and the aesthetics of irony (analysis
of irony as a rhetorical figure of thinking and writing).
EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor of French and Literature, The Department of Literatures and Cultures Studies
(September 15, 2015 - May 15, 2016)
Visiting Assistant Professor of French , The Department of Romance Languages, The College of
Arts and Sciences (2010 - 2012)
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
Irina Armianu. "Eminescu and the library. A philosophical approach of the Romanian poet Mihai
Eminescu." Vaslui, Romania 2005: (6 pages).
Journal Articles
Irina Armianu. Kenizé Mourad and Early Middle Eastern Feminism’’ The Levantine Review Volume
1 Number 2 (Fall 2012), ISSN: 2164-6678. (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012)
Irina Armianu. ‘‘Le cineaste Cocteau: une conception artistique au Carrefour de la littérature et des
arts visuels’’ . Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, LV: Studia Dramatica. no. 51st B.P.Hasdeu
(2010)
Irina Armianu. ‘‘The fertile and creative elle in Colette’s autofiction Gigi’’.
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Irina Armianu. ‘‘The fertile and creative elle in Colette’s autofiction Gigi’’.
Other
Irina Armianu. Goux, Jen-Joseph. L’art et l’argent, la rupture moderniste, 1860-1920. Paris :
Blusson, 2011. Pp126. ISBN 978-2-907784-21-4. Irina Armianu, University of Texas-Pan American,
a review for Nineteenth-Century French Studies.. (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2014)
Irina Armianu. La création des identités nationales, Europe XVIIIe-XIXe siècle. Paris : Editions du
Seuil (Ed.) (2010): Pp. 307.
Irina Armianu. La littérature et le film, début d’une histoire sans fin. Iasi, Romania : EDINFO
Publishers XXI. (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2010): (217 pages).
Irina Armianu. ‘‘Culture majore, culture minore. Joséphine Baker : une histoire des identités
françaises’’.
Under Submission
Journal Articles
Irina Armianu. ‘‘The fertile and creative elle in Colette’s autofiction Gigi’’.
CONTRACTS, GRANTS AND SPONSORED RESEARCH
Fellowships
Irina Armianu, "Graduate Fellowship," Department of French Studies, (2004 - 2010)
Grants
Irina Armianu, "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Immersive Interfaces for Combat Training," US
Marine Corps Training Systems Program Office; Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport;
RDECOM – STTC Orlando, FL; Bollinger Shipyard; Alelo Software, The University of Texas Rio
Grande Valley, $300.00. (2013 - 2014)
Sponsored Research
Irina Armianu, "‘‘Student’s Posters on Famous French Women’’ ," FESTIBA, The University of
Texas Rio Grande Valley, (2014 - 2014)
AWARDS AND HONORS
Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Graduate scholarship and Summer
scholarship (2008)
Institut d’études françaises d’Avignon, University Scholarship (2007)
Institut d’études françaises d’Avignon, University Scholarship (2006)
“Workshop for Current and Future Teachers” , Certificate in Teaching - Rice University (2006)
‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ , Teaching Certificate - University, Iasi, Romania (2002)
DALF, diplôme approfondie de langue française (B1, B2). (2001)
Computer-assisted language programs certification . (1998)
PRESENTATIONS
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PRESENTATIONS
Irina Armianu. "L'ILLUSIONISTE /THE ILLUSIONIST ," Cultural Forum, University of Oregon,
University of Oregon. (2011)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘The Romanian dimension of existence and the French model’’." The Rocky
Mountain Modern Language Association, Modern Language Association, Scottsdale, Arizona.
(October 8, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘The Romanian dimension of existence and the French model’’." The Rocky
Mountain Modern Language Association, Modern Language Association, Scottsdale, Arizona.
(October 7, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘The Romanian dimension of existence and the French model’’." The Rocky
Mountain Modern Language Association, Modern Language Association, Scottsdale, Arizona.
(October 6, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "Women in French cinematography (Cocteau and Godard)." PCA/ACA
&Southwest/Texas Popular &American Culture Association Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX.
(April 23, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘Revisiting APARTHEID through cinematic lens’’." PCA/ACA &Southwest/Texas
Popular &American Culture Association Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX. (April 23, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "Women in French cinematography (Cocteau and Godard) ." PCA/ACA
&Southwest/Texas Popular &American Culture Association Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX.
(April 22, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘Revisiting APARTHEID through cinematic lens’’." PCA/ACA &Southwest/Texas
Popular &American Culture Association Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX. (April 22, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "Women in French cinematography (Cocteau and Godard) ." PCA/ACA
&Southwest/Texas Popular &American Culture Association Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX.
(April 21, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘Revisiting APARTHEID through cinematic lens’’." PCA/ACA &Southwest/Texas
Popular &American Culture Association Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX. (April 21, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "Women in French cinematography (Cocteau and Godard)." PCA/ACA
&Southwest/Texas Popular &American Culture Association Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX.
(April 20, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘Revisiting APARTHEID through cinematic lens’." PCA/ACA &Southwest/Texas
Popular &American Culture Association Joint Conference, San Antonio, TX. (April 20, 2011)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘The Female subject in cinema’’." 3rd Annual CSWGS Graduate Symposium ‘‘The
Politics of Vulnerability: Subjects, Bodies, Communities’’, Rice University. (March 26, 2010)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘L’identité artistique entre la littérature et le cinema,’’." UT, Austin. (April 4, 2009)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘L’identité artistique entre la littérature et le cinema,’’." UT, Austin. (April 3, 2009)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘L’identité artistique de Cocteau et la symbolisation de l’image poétique’’." 3rd
Annual Graduate Student Conference, Louisiana State University. (January 31, 2009)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘L’identité artistique de Cocteau et la symbolisation de l’image poétique’’." 3rd
Annual Graduate Student Conference, Louisiana State University. (January 30, 2009)
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Irina Armianu. "‘‘Cocteau entre la littérature et le cinéma’’ ." 16th Annual Fraker Conference on
“[De]facing Limits”, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (November 2008)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘Permanence et temporalité dans le mythe d’Oedipe’’ ." Last Words: Annual
University of Pennsylvania Graduate Romantic Association Colloquium, (April 18, 2006)
Irina Armianu. "‘‘La vision artistique’’ ." Vision and Madness: 11th Annual University of
Pennsylvania Graduate Romantic Association Colloquium, (April 19, 2005)
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Beginning French I
Beginning French II
French Civilization II
French Composition I
French Literature II
Intermediate French I
Introduction to French Cinema
SERVICE
University Service
Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate. (October 15, 2015 - May 15, 2016)
Professional Service
Committee Member , Blackboard Advisory Committee ( 2011)
Member , EXCEL-UO ( 2011)
Member , Proposal Review Committee and the Program Planning Committee (June 15, 2011 - June
18, 2011)
Other , Fondren Library, Rice University (2005 - 2010)
Other , Shapiro Award Selection Committee (March 2010)
Professional Memberships
Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques
Modern Language Association
Popular/American Culture Association
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
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