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). In 2025, she co-edited two special issues, one for South Atlantic Review (June 2025) and another for Rocky Mountain Review (December 2025). She is the 2021 recipient of the Louis K. Bell Award and 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 on French for Specific Purposes. She served as Vice-President of Women In French, an international organization and is active nationally, serving on multiple committees that support the profession.

  • NIMEYER@augusta.edu
  • (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

  • 2025 Michael Delahoyde Award for distinguished contributions in editing, Rocky Mountain Review of Languages and Literatures. Rocky Mountain Modern Languages Association, 2025

  • 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

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • FREN 1002

    Elementary French II
  • FREN 4590

    Literature in Translation
  • FREN 3300

    Written Expression 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, Cybersecurity, Business French), Interdisciplinary Humanities: Fractured Families, and rethinking the curriculum

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • , 2025
    Other
  • “Anatomie d’une Chute” . American Association of Teachers of French, July 2025. 179-196. Peer reviewed. , 2025
    Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  • Saving English, World Languages and the Humanities: What and Who Should be Included in the Conversation?, Special double Issue, , 2025
    Other
  • “Communicating Our Value: Strategies to Save French and Francophone Studies.” , 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Teaching Diversity and Inclusion: Examples from a French-Speaking Classroom, 2022
    Book, Scholarly-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
  • Lyceum Committee 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

University Service

  • 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 representatives to the University Faculty Senate Dispute Resolution and Grievance Committee 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • Oversight Team for Health Humanities 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member
  • WGST Symposium--moderator of Session 2017 - Present

    Role: Guest Speaker

Professional Service

  • Elected LLC French and Francophone Nineteenth-Century French Studies Representative, Delegate Assembly, Modern Languages Association, 2025-2028. 2026 - Present

    Role: Member
  • 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 on French for Special Purposes 2019 - Present

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

    Role: Member

Public Service

  • Modern Languages Association 2024 - Present

    Role: Other
  • Foreign Language Alliance of International Rapport (FLAIR) 2020 - Present

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

    Role: Chair
  • Modern Languages Association Member, Modern Languages Association Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Rights and Responsibilities, July 2024-June 2027 2024 - 2027

    Role: Committee Member
  • Modern Languages Association/Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession 2022 - 2024

    Role: Chair