Biography
Emily was born and raised in Durango, Colorado before going on to complete her bachelor's degree in French and Anthropology at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. After studying and teaching abroad in France for two years, she returned to the US to pursue her Master's Degree in French studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently a doctoral student in French studies at UIUC, with a concentration in 20th and 21st century French literature and a specific focus on autobiography. She is pursuing two graduate minors in Translation/Interpretation and European Union Studies.
Research Interests
20th and 21st century French literature
Autobiography / Photobiography
European Union Studies
Translation and Interpretation
Technology and digital representations of "self"
Education
Ph.D. in French Studies - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (in progress)
M.A. in French Studies - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
Academic year abroad, teaching assistant - Université de Poitiers, 2016-2017
B.A. Honors in French; Honors in Anthropology - University of Puget Sound, 2012
Grants
Knudson Fellowship from the department of French and Italian, 2020
Awards and Honors
Biennial Prize for best essay in French for the paper titled, « Ironiques Lumières: représentations de l’idolâtrie dans Lettres d’une Péruvienne de Françoise de Graffigny », 2020
K.A. Looney Excellence in Teaching Award (junior category), 2016
List of Teachers ranked as Excellent, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Courses Taught
FR 101: Elementary French I
FR 102: Elementary French II
FR 103: Intermediate French I
FR 133: Accel Intermediate French I
FR 211: Introduction to Literary Studies
FR 212: Introduction to Cultural Analysis - French Identities