SearchLucille Roy-Hewitson, Ph.D.
Humanities Center 216 | Phone: (402) 280-2508 |
PUBLICATIONS - BIOGRAPHY (PDF) - EXTRACTS FROM HER WORKS (TBA)
Interview with Keli Diao (PDF)
CURRICULUM VITAE
DIPLOMAS
Doctorat de Troisième Cycle - (Ph.D.) Université de Bordeaux III, France - "La vie élémentaire dans l'univers poétique d'Anne Hébert" - Director: Jacques Monférier - Grade: très bien, accordée à l'unanimité - 1978
Doctorat ès Lettres (Ph.D.) - Université de Montréal scholarity - La poésie québécoise contemporaine - 1974
Doctorat d'Université - (D.U.) Université de Strasbourg, France - Director: Jacques Roos - Grade: très honorable, accordée à l'unanimité
Honors Bachelors Degree - French and Latin - Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada - with honors and distinction
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006 - Professor and Chair – Creighton University, Omaha, NE – Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Professor of French and Francophone Literatures
2004 - 2006 Advanced Placement Reader for French – Table Leader – Educational Testing Services
2003 - 2005 Professor of French - McGill University, Montreal – Comparative Stylistics of French and English, introduction to translation, intermediate and advanced French courses
2002 - 2003 Visiting Assistant Professor - University of Miami - Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
1973 - 2002 Tenured professor - Dawson College, Montreal - French Department and Humanities Department
Courses given:
Business French
Contemporary French and Francophone Literatures
Contemporary Poetry
Advanced Composition
Creativity and Research
French-Canadian and Quebecois Culture
Specialized French courses for the Sciences
The role of women in the modern world
The shock of rapid evolution and the future
1974-1975 - Lecturer - Concordia University, Montreal - French Department - Introductory courses in literature and composition
1973-1974 - Lecturer - Université de Montréal - French Department - French literature
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Chairperson of the French Department, Dawson College, member of several committees of the Arts, Letters and Social Science Sector, of the College Senate and the Board of Governors - 10 years
Provincial Coordinator of the teaching of French as a second language, leader in the development of French studies for College students – 8 years
Director of the French Learning Center – and Coordinator of French Advanced Intermediate Courses - 4 years
Dean of Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences, Dawson College – 1 year (contract terminated by voluntary leave during pregnancy)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
2007 - « Les forces libératrices de la terre dans la poésie francophone », International Conference on French and Francophone Literature, Texas A & M University, College Station, U.S.
2006 - « Anne Hébert et la littérature québécoise contemporaine », American Association of Teachers of French, Connecticut Chapter, May 2006.
2003 - « La littérature québécoise contemporaine, du Refus global à aujourd’hui », University of Miami, April, 2003.
2002 - « Le kaléidoscope de la lumière hébertienne », Colloque Anne Hébert, University of Toronto, October, 2002.
1996 - « Les jeux de la lumière et de l'eau dans l'univers poétique d'Anne Hébert », Colloque Anne Hébert, Université de Paris, May 1996.
1985 - « Alain Grandbois ou la densité du vide », Colloque Alain Grandbois, University of Toronto, October, 1985.
1980 - « Le thème de l'enfance dans la poésie québécoise », A.L.C.Q. Conference, Montreal, May, 1980.