David
A. Fein Professor of French
UNCG Department of Romance Languages
Office:
2320 Moore Humanities and Research Administration
Phone:
336-334-3955
FAX:
336-334-5358
Email:
dafein@uncg.edu
Education | Awards,Grants.. | Employment | Courses | Research | Scholarship | Personal Statement
Education
- B.A., Brown University, 1971
- Ph.D. Cornell University, 1976
Awards, Grants, Special Appointments
- Phi Beta Kappa
- "Teacher of the Year" (North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French)
- NEH Summer Institute Fellowship
- UNCG Research Assignment
- UNCG Research Council Grant
- UNCG Summer Research Excellence Award
- Kohler Grant (International Program Center, UNCG)
- Dean's Merit Award for Teaching
- Dean's Merit Award for Research
- Member of UNCG Team in NEH/MLA Teacher Education Project
- Reader for AP French Exam (appointed by ETS)
- President, North Carolina Chapter of American Association of Teachers of French
- Head, Department of Romance Languages
- Coordinator, UNCG Graduate Language Institute in French (sponsored by NEH)
- Director, Language Lab, Department of Romance Languages (UNCG)
- Co-Director, UNCG/Guilford Summer-in-France
- Co-Director, UNCG/ASU Summer Program in Angers
- Professor (1990- )
- Head, Department of Romance Languages (1996-2000)
- Associate Professor (1982-1990)
- Assistant Professor (1977-1982)
- Instructor (1976-1977)
Courses Taught (Selective List)
- Introductory French
- Intermediate French
- French Conversation
- Advanced French
- French Composition and Advanced Grammar
- Introduction to French Literature
- Medieval French Literature
- Seminars on François Villon, Marie de France, 15th-Century French Literature
- Virgins and Whores: Images of Women in Medieval French Literature
- Honors Course ("Courtly Love")
- Freshman Seminar ("Visions of Hell")
- Teaching French Through French Literature (also in online format)
Elementary
Spanish- Intermediate Spanish
- Medieval French Literature
- Fifteenth-Century French Literature
- François Villon
- Teaching Language Through Literature
- Books
- Charles d'Orléans (Twayne, 1983)
- A Reading of Villon's Testament (Summa,1984)
- François Villon and His Reader (Wayne State Univ., 1989)
- François Villon Revisited (Twayne, 1997)
- Architextes (Harcourt Brace, 1997)
- Displacements of Power: Readings from
the Cent Nouvelles nouvelles (University Press of America,
2003)
- Other Publications
- Over 20 articles in French Review, Romance Philology, Romance Notes, Fifteenth-Century Studies, Neophilologus, New Zealand Journal of French Studies, and other journals
- Numerous book reviews in French Review,
Choice, French Studies, and Romance Philology
- Most recent publication: "Villon’s Disgusting Recipe for Fried Tongue" forthcoming in French Review (Dec. 2007).
- Conference Papers
- Papers delivered at South Atlantic Modern Language Association, International Congress of Medieval Studies, South Central Modern Language Association, Southeast Medieval Association, Texas Medieval Association, Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association, Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association, and other conferences
I consider it a privilege to serve on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The most rewarding aspect of my career has been the opportunity to establish personal contact with other faculty and with students at every level of study. My ultimate goal as a teacher is to instill in my students the willingness and desire to set high personal standards, to take on difficult academic challenges even at the risk of failure, and to accept their limitations without compromising their aspirations. I view the acquisition of language skills as a lifelong process.
