COURSES
CA 350 - Introduction to Film
CA 455 - French Film
CA 613 - European New Waves
CA 613 - Women and Film
CA 956 - The French New Wave

DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
My research interests include French film of all eras, women's history and gender studies, and the intersections between film and other forms of popular culture. Currently I am writing a book on Agnès Varda's key films, her working methods, and her films' reception. Another ongoing book project is a study of 1950s French film culture.

Every June, I teach a three-week study abroad seminar in Paris sponsored by the UW International Academic Programs. Students stay in a residence in the Bastille neighborhood and attend class each morning on the history of French film. in the afternoons, we take advantage of the rich array of films screeened in the cinemas of Paris, including classic Hollywood, silent, avant-garde and international cinema. We also enjoy class visits by people working in the industry, such as critics, directors, and exhibitors.

In 2005 the group spent a morning talking with director Agnès Varda at her production company.

• Ph.D, Department of Film and Television, UCLA, 1999
  
• DEA, Etudes Cinematographiques et Audiovisuelles, Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, (Paris III), 1992
  
• MA, Department of Communication Studies (Film Studies), University of Iowa, 1988
  
• BA, English, Carleton College, 1986

HONORS/AWARDS
Charles Boyer Award, 1990


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"A New Wave of Spectators: Contemporary Responses to Cleo from 5 to 7," Film Quarterly 61, no. 1 (Fall 2007): 38-47.

Chanteuse in the City: The Realist Singer in French Film. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.

“L’Inhumaine.” Entry in Dizionario critico dei film, one volume of the Enciclopedia del Cinema. Forthcoming, Cineteca del Comune di Bologna and Treccani.

“Diva in the Spotlight: Music Hall to Cinema.” In Gender and French Cinema, edited by James S. Williams and Alex Hughes. Oxford: Berg, 2001. 35-61.

“Flower of the Asphalt: The Chanteuse Réaliste in 1930s French Cinema.” In Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music, edited by Pamela Robertson and Arthur Knight. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2001. 134-160.

"Les 'goualeuses' de l'écran," Le cinéma au rendez-vous des arts: France, années 20 et 30, edited by Emmanuelle Toulet, Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de Paris, 1995. 162-171.