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education:
- PhD in Medieval Comparative Literature from
the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Licence en Philologie Germanique
(in English & Dutch) and Agrégation from
the Université de Liège,
Belgium.
professional
experience:
- Assistant-Professor of French, Murray State
University, KY (current)
- French Language and Culture Consultant for
Business (1999-2000)
- Director of the French Program at the Lauder
Institute of Management and International Studies/The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania (1997-1999)
- Assistant Professor of French at the
University of Texas at Austin 1990 - 1997 and previously Lecturer and
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Modern Languages Dept, University of Strathclyde Scotland.
- Vice-President of the Franco-American
Business Association (FABA) in Austin, TX from 1991 to 1996.
Sample publications
- “‘Le Carnaval de Binche’:
symbole d’une identité régionale”, French Review 81 (2008):1154-1173.
- “Lieux Communs, Xavier Hanotte”,
AATF Bulletin 33.4 (2008):17-20 ; "Nous sommes tous des playmobiles, Nicolas Ancion",AATF
Bulletin 33.2(2007):17-19; “Belgique", AATF Bulletin 33.1(2007):21.
· "French for Green Business". Global Business Languages 11 (2006):113-140
- “French
for Green Business: a case in
postcolonial entrepreneurship”, JOLIB/Journal for Languages and Business 17.1(2006):
43-74.
- “Teaching
Bio-and Cultural Diversity in French: Ethno-pharmacology in Martinique”. Eds. Galloway and Cothran. Language and Culture Out of
Bounds: Discipline-Blurred Perspectives on the Foreign Language
Classroom. AATSP - American Association of Teachers of Spanish and
Portuguese,
Professional
Development Series Handbook, Vol.6 (2006):108-133.
- “Developing
Cultural Awareness with International Business Students: A Look at
Empathy breakdown", Global Business Languages 6(2000):61-75.
- "Business
and the semiotics of Food: American and French cultural
perspectives", Global Business Languages 2 (1997):119-128.
- "Le Mariage de Sire Gauvain et Dame Ragnelle".
Patrimoine Littéraire Européen. Anthologie en Langue
Française, vol. 6. Ed.J-Cl.Polet. Bruxelles :
DeBoeck Université(1995):211-214.
- Les Ballades
anglaises et écossaises: La Reine d'Ecosse;
Le Garçon et le Manteau; Le Roi Orfée; Le
Roi Henri". Patrimoine Littéraire Européen. Anthologie
en Langue Française, vol. 6. Ed.J-Cl.Polet.
Bruxelles: DeBoeck
Université,1995.14-23.
- "Robert Thornton: Sire Percyvell de Gales
". Patrimoine Littéraire Européen. Anthologie en Langue
Française, vol 5. Ed.J-Cl.Polet. Bruxelles:DeBoeck Université,1995.671-675.
- "A Forgotten
Heroine in Medieval English Literature", in A Wyf There Was in Honour
of Professor P. Mertens-Fonck. Ed.Juliette Dor. Liège Language and Literature,1993. 247-255.
- "L'Au-delà celtique. Quelques témoignages d'après les sagas
anciennes, la littérature arthurienne et la tradition orale", in Les
Témoins de l' Au-delà II, Tradition Wallonne 10 (1993):117-132.
Developed a
Web-based course: French for Business and
Culture (©1999). http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/therese.saintpaul/FrenchCultureResources.htm
Co-authored and
developed a French for Business Multi-Media
Training Package for Managers and
MBA students at the University of Strathclyde
(Glasgow Scotland, ©1990) which won the British National Languages for
Export Award in 1994.
interests and
hobbies
- Teaches yoga and enjoys dance,
video-photography, swimming and running in nature.
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