D. A. Kress
Professor of French

EDUCATION

        —Ph.D in French, Vanderbilt University, December, 1992.
            Dissertation: Ariosto in France From the Revolution to the End of the Nineteenth Century.
        —Exchange student, Rome, 1983-84.
        —Scuola di Lingua e Cultura Italiana per Stranieri, Siena, Italy, 1983.
        —B.A. in Art History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1976.

TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

    2004-:     —Elected to the executive committee of the Discussion Group on Literature of the
                       United States in Languages Other Than English, Modern Language Association.
    2003-:     —Chair, Department of Ancient and Modern Languages.
    2003-:     —Editor-in-Chief, Les Éditions Tintamarre — Les Cahiers du Tintamarre.
    2003-:     —Professor of French.
    2003-:     —Global Partners Taskforce.
    2002-:     —State Administrator, The National French Exam, AATF.
    1999-02: —President CODOFIL Consortium of Universities.
    1999-02: —Faculty Personnel Committee.
    1998-:     —Associate Professor of French.
    1996-:     —Conseiller de la Direction, Le Tintamarre.
    1995-:     —Associate Curator of the Meadows Museum of Art.
    1992-98: —Assistant Professor of French, Centenary College of Louisiana.
    1987-88: —Peer Consultant, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University.

AWARDS, HONORS, AND GRANTS

    2003:     —Major grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents Undergraduate Enhancement Fund:
                      “Enhancing Louisiana’s Cultural Legacy: Discovery and Publication of Lost/Forgotten
                      Treasures of Louisiana’s Literary Heritage in French, German, and Spanish.” Creation
                      of a French/German/Spanish language university press in Louisiana
    2002:     —Louisiana Board of Regents Research Professorship in Humanities. Research project
                     with Jonathan Vidrine: “Sidonie de la Houssaye: The Untouched Manuscripts.”
    2001:     —Student-Faculty Research Grant with Clint Bruce: “In Search of the Creole Literature
                     of Louisiana.”
                  —LAICU Student-Faculty Research Grant, Jennifer Gipson: “La Louisiane Oubliée:
                      Discovering the Literature of Francophone African-American Writers of Nineteenth-
                      Century Louisiana.”
    2000:     —Named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
                  —Prix de Louisiane, Fondation CODOFIL.
    1999:     —Louisiana: Bought and Sold: A Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
                     Summer Teacher Institute.
                  —Institut d’Immersion Française, 2000. French Cultural Services.
                  —Projet Tintamarre. French Cultural Services.
                  —Grant to Support French Department Projects. Vanguard Charitable Endowment
                      Program.
    1998:     —Louisiana Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
                      Teaching and the Counci for Advancement and Support of Education.
                  —Special Humanities Award, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
    1997:     —Outstanding Teacher Award, Centenary College Alumni Association.
                  —Received a major grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.
                  —Recognized in Louisiane, a Belgian periodical.
                  —Recognized in L’Année francophone international, published under the auspices of the
                      Communauté Française de Belgique, the Ministère des Affaires Extérieurs du Canada,
                      the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, and the Département fédéral des Affaires
                      étrangères (Suisse).
                  —Recognized in People magazine.
    1996:     —Appointed to the state Francofête Taskforce by Lieutenant Governor Kathleen
                      Babineaux Blanco.
                  —Selected as representative to the ACS Teaching Workshop at Rollins College.
    1989:     —Received the Outstanding Teacher Award, Vanderbilt University.
 

EXPOSITIONS CURATED

    1997: —“French Colonial Realism: Indochina in the Camera’s Eye,” Sept. 7 - Dec. 31, 1997.
                  Meadows Museum of Art.
 

BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND MUSEUM BROCHURES

    2003: —Louisiana. By Armand Garreau. Édition critique by D. A. Kress. Éditions Tintamarre.
              —“Ludovico Ariosto.” Literature Criticism from 1400-1800. Vol. 87. (A reprint of portions
                 of The Orlando Legend in Nineteenth-Century French Literature.
    2000: —“A Week in Hell: The World War I Sketchbook and Journal of Jean Despujols.” At The
                  Journal of the Great War Society: www.worldwar1.com/france/kressart.htm.
              —La Bibliothèque Tintamarre: Louisiana Literature Online. Editor.
    1997: —“French Indochina Through the Camera’s Eye.” Louisiana Cultural Vistas.
                  Fall 1997: 26-37.
              —“French Colonial Realism: Indochina in the Camera’s Eye.” Meadows Museum of Art,
                  Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA.
              —“Le Réalisme colonial français: l’Indochine à travers photographies.” French translation
                  of   “French Colonial Realism: Indochina in the Camera’s Eye.” Meadows Museum of
                  Art, Shreveport, LA.
              —“Portraits of Indochina: Jean Despujols.” Vietnam. July/August 1997.
              —“Jean Despujols.” Curator. Americam Museum of Natural History. March 1997: 17.
    1996: —The Orlando Legend in Nineteenth-Century French Literature. New York: Peter Lang
                  Publishing.
              —“Discovering Despujols.” Louisiana Cultural Vistas. Summer 1996: 8-19.
              —“Sacred and Profane: The Taboo Collection of Jean Despujols.” Louisiana Cultural
                  Vistas. Fall 1996: 24-33.
    1995:  —“Jean Despujols: Travels of a Philosopher King.” in Jean Despujols: Indochina Odyssey.
                  Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI.
 

PAPERS, CONFERENCES AND MUSEUM LECTURES

    2003: —“The Literature of 19th Century Louisiana’s Créoles de Couleur: Historical Perspectives
                  on Engagement and Émigration.” Modern Language Association. San Diego, CA.
                  Dec. 27-30.
              —“American History: Creole Historians.” University of Louisiane, Monroe, Nov. 13, 2003.
              —“The Centenary College Heritage Language Project.” Louisiana Book Festival, Baton
                  Rouge. Nov. 8.
              —“The Comptes Rendus de l’Athénée louisianais and the Development of Naturalism in
                  Creole Louisiana.” AIZEN. San Antonio, TX. Oct 8-11.
    2002: —“Cajun, Frenchmen, and Good Writers.” Moderator, Tennessee Williams Literary
                  Festival, New Orleans, LA.
    2001: —“George Dessommes en Classiques Pélican: l’état présent du français en Louisiane.”
                  Modern Language Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, Louisiana.
    1997: —“Jean Despujols: The Indochina Connection.” Alliance Française de Houston,
                  TX. Feb. 27.
    1996: —“The Secret Worlds of Jean Despujols.” Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College of
                  Louisiana.
    1995: —“Revelations of a Rebellious Pilgrim: Jean Despujols’ Secret Indochina.” Leigh Yawkey
                  Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI.
              —“Jean Despujols: Painting French Indochina in the 1930s.” Third World Studies
                  Conference, Omaha, Nebraska.
              —“Antecedents to French Existentialism: Jean Despujols, 1928.” Mt. Interstate Foreign
                  Language Conference, Radford, Virginia.
    1994: —“Unleashing the Other: Ariosto and Nerval,” Mt. Interstate Foreign Language
                  Conference, Knoxville, TN.
              —“Discovering Despujols: 1914-1939,” Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA.
    1989: —“The Grotte de Thétis and the Versailles Fêtes,” Mt. Interstate Foreign Language
                  Conference, Richmond, VA.
    1988: —“Musset: Des Beaux Arts à l’art du beau.” Mt. Interstate Foreign Language Conference,
                  Knoxville, TN.