E. Nicole Meyer

Professor

E. Nicole Meyer

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of English & World Languages

Bio

E. Nicole Meyer is Professor of French and Women’s and Gender Studies at Augusta University, having Chaired the Department of English and Foreign Languages. Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques, she is currently completing Fractured Families in French and Francophone Women’s Autobiography. Her co-edited volume Teaching Diversity and Inclusion: Examples from a French Classroom (Routledge 2022) appeared in July 2021, and follows her co-edited volume, Rethinking the French Classroom: New Approaches to Teaching Contemporary French and Francophone Women (Routledge 2019). 2021 recipient of the Louis K. Bell she publishes on a wide array of topics from French and Francophone women’s autobiography to Flaubert, French for Specific Purposes, Service-Learning, contemporary French cinema and 19th-, 20th- and 21st- century French and Francophone literature. She is editor of French, Francophone and Comparative Literatures for the Rocky Mountain Review and Chair of the national AATF Commission, French for Specific Purposes. She served as Vice-President of Women In French, an international organization.

  • (706) 667-4447
  • AH E343

Education

  • Ph.D., Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other University of Pennsylvania, 1988

  • MA, Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other University of Pennsylvania, 1983

  • BA, French Language and Literature University of Wisconsin - Madi, 1980

Awards & Honors

  • Amos Distinguished Chair Sponsorship Award for South Atlantic Modern Languages 2023 Conference Panel, Pandemic Impacts: Reflections on Saving French Programs, November 11, 2023. South Atlantic Modern Languages Association, 2023

  • Louis K. Bell Research Award (2021) Augusta University, 2021

  • Pamplin College Research Award, 2021. Nominated [awarded, May 2021]. Pamplin College (Augusta University), 2021

  • Chevalier dans l'Ordre des palmes académiques République Française, 2021

  • Boundless Teaching Award, Center for Instructional Innovation Augusta University, 2020

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • FREN 4300

    Advanced Written Expression
  • CURS 2990

    Undergrad Research I
  • FREN 3300

    Written Expression in French
  • FREN 1002

    Elementary French II
  • FREN 4950

    Selected Topics in French

Teaching Interests

French and Francophone Contemporary Women’s Autobiographies, Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Novel, Representation of the Body in French Literature, French for Specific Purposes (French for Health and Medical Professions, Business French), Interdisciplinary Humanities: Fractured Families, Questions of Race and Ethnicity

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Penfornis, Jean-Luc. Français.com. Français professionnel. Niveau débutant A1-A2. Third edition. , 2021
    Book Review
  • Toumi, Alek Baylee. AmericCamus 1959: Albert Camus en Amérique maccarthyste. , 2021
    Book Review
  • , 2021
    Book, Scholarly-New
  • “Essential Reads" (Appendix), 2021
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • “Introduction", 2021
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New

Research Interests

French and Francophone Contemporary Women’s Autobiographies, Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Novel, Representation of the Body in French Literature, French for Specific Purposes (French for Health and Medical Professions, Business French), Interdisciplinary Humanities: Fractured Families, Questions of Race and Ethnicity, Deaf Studies and Cinema / Disability Studies

Department Service

  • Faculty Research and Development Committee 2019 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Creative Writing Hire, EFL attendee of meetings 2018 - Present

    Role: Attendee, Meeting
  • Curriculum Mapping committee of 3 2016 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Portfolio advisor 2016 - Present

    Role: Faculty Advisor
  • Selection committee, Alpha Mu Gamma Student Award 2016 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • Humanities Curriculum Committee 2015 - Present

    Role: Attendee, Meeting
  • WGST Executive Committee, Pamplin College 2015 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • FLAIR Foreign Language Alliance for International Relations Steering Committee 2014 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Search Committee at Georgia Regents University (Assistant Dean) 2014 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Teaching Mentor, Julie Sibley, Art 2017 - 2017

    Role: Mentor

University Service

  • Augusta University Faculty Senate Faculty Development Committee 2020 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Augusta U Representative / Director /of Foreign Language Alliance for International Rapport (FLAIR) at Augusta University, August 2019-present 2019 - Present

  • Director of Foreign Language Alliance for International Rapport (FLAIR) at Augusta University, 2019 - Present

    Role: Other
  • college representative, Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee – 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • college representatives to the University Senate and Senate committees Dispute Resolution and Grievance Committee 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • External Evaluator, tenure; research; prizes, etc. 2019 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Reviewer, 2018 American Association of Teachers of French Convention Proceedings, Spring 2019. 2019 - Present

    Role: Reviewer
  • Chair, American Association of Teachers of French, National Commission, French for Special Purposes 2019 - Present

    Role: Chairperson
  • Cinema Commission of the American Association of Teachers of French 2019 - Present

    Role: Member
  • Honorary Membership Committee / South Atlantic Modern Language Association 2019 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

Public Service

  • Modern Languages Association 2024 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Director, Foreign Language Alliance of International Rapport (CSRA) 2019 - Present

    Role: Chair
  • JCCFA/Chair Governing Documents Committee/Policies and Procedures Committees 2021 - 2023

    Role: Chair
  • conversation stimulation in French of Alzheimer's patient who is French 2017 - 2019

    Role: Other
  • Interview Committee, Executive Director Search 2017 - 2018

    Role: Committee Member