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Biography:
Having grown up partly in Canada, Switzerland, and France as part of a childhood on the move, I am fascinated by intercultural expressions and implications. My current research focuses on the literature, culture and history of Francophone Canada, most recently centering on the Métis population. A U.S.-based independent scholar and writer (Ph.D., MFA), my previous work in ecocriticism centered on representations of the Canadian coureur de bois figure as a symbol of the need for accepting compromise and imperfection in the search for sustainable environmental solutions. My most recent academic publications are “‘Minor’ literature of an itinerant culture: Goulet, Campbell, and the Canadian Métis,” Contemporary French Civilization 45, no. 2 (2020), 143–64; and “Writing and Art in Activist Collaboration: A Métis Story of Resistance and Change,” The Independent Scholar 6 (Feb. 2020): 32–38. Among the books I have authored are Backwoodsmen As Ecocritical Motif in French Canadian Literature: Connecting Worlds in the Wilds (Lexington Books, 2016) and The Apocalypse Is Everywhere: A Popular History of America’s Favorite Nightmare (Praeger/ABC-CLIO 2010). My translations include Jean Chalon’s book Thérèse of Lisieux: A Life of Love (Ligouri Books, 1997).
Current research areas:
Literature, culture and history of Francophone Canada: intercultural, inter-lingual encounters. Translations as used in literary works.
Recent scholarly activity:
Métis literature and art. Differing concepts of "frontier" in French Canada and the British American colonies.
Recent publications:
“‘Minor’ literature of an itinerant culture: Goulet, Campbell, and the Canadian Métis,” Contemporary French Civilization 45, no. 2 (2020), 143–64.
“Writing and Art in Activist Collaboration: A Métis Story of Resistance and Change,” The Independent Scholar 6 (Feb. 2020): 32–38
Forthcoming research:
Multilingual uses in Canadian literature: translations as they are and have been used in Canadian literary works.
Other activities:
NCIS activities: serve on the NCIS board and the editorial board, as NCIS secretary, and as an associate editor for The Independent Scholar. Also coordinate the Writers and Translators page.