B.A., Montclair State University; M.A., Ph.D. Rutgers University

Office: 328 Hammond Hall
Telephone: 817.272.5530
E-mail: aip@uta.edu

Her interests include 19th-21st century literatures; literature and the visual arts; psychoanalysis and literature; contemporary theory; Francophone literature and thought of the Middle East. She is currently at work on a book-length project on Rimbaud and Impressionism.

B.A., Houghton College; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Rice University

Office: 312 Hammond Hall
Telephone: 817.272.5534
E-mail: dholder@uta.edu

Medieval and 17th-century literature and culture; comparative literature (French and British); theatre; generalist.

Dr. Holder has studied at the Sorbonne, Middlebury College, and the Detroit Conservatory of Music. She was a lectrice at the Université de Haute Bretagne and served on the editorial staff of Allegorica. Her interests include Scottish Country dancing, opera, her 1904 baby grand piano, travel, biography, and cooking for friends who will try anything once!

B.A., Loyola-Marymount University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

Office: 310 Hammond Hall
Telephone: 817.272.5531
E-mail: amsol@uta.edu

Dr. Sol's Homepage

18th-century literature and culture; authorship; comparative studies; Business French; Francophone literatures and cultures.

Her research interests include: 18th-century French and British women writers; 18th-century translations and adaptations; 18th-century women journalists.

B.A., M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ph.D., Boston University

Office: 309 Hammond Hall
Telephone: 817.272.5532
E-mail: vannoort@uta.edu

20th-century literature and culture; French and European cinema; theoretical approaches to literature and culture; autobiography; Renaissance literature and culture.

Dr. van Noort's research interests include: the literature of collaboration; women playwrights; autobiography and travel literature.

B.A., Greenville College; M.A., University of Texas at Arlington

Office: 317 Hammond Hall
Telephone: 817.272.5529
E-mail: smartin@uta.edu

Sharla Martin's Blog

Ms. Martin studied at the Sorbonne and spent 5 years teaching at Greenville College in Illinois prior to coming to UTA in 1997 to work as supervisor of lower division French. Ms. Martin’s interests include sociolinguistics, language learning, and cultural anthropology. She has lived in Brazil, so she speaks Portuguese and is working on learning Italian.

B.A., Davidson College; Graduate Study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Office: 225 Hammond Hall
Telephone: 817.272.1259
E-mail: blacar@uta.edu

Blake Carpenter's Blog

Mr. Carpenter has studied at the Université de Montpellier and was a lecturer in English at the Université de Nice. He has taught French at both the university and secondary levels and serves as one of the undergraduate advisors for the Modern Language Department. He is also a reviewer and contributing writer for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Publishers.

M.A. in French, University of Texas at Arlington

Office: 012 Trimble Hall
Telephone: 817.272.7479
E-mail: corinne@uta.edu

Corinne Griffin's Blog

Ms. Griffin began studying French as a child in Louisiana. Her interests include 19th–21st century literature, promoting the Québécois culture, and studying abroad. She has participated in the UTA in Paris program and has spent time living in Besançon, Dijon, and Compiègne, France, as well as Montréal, Canada. Currently, she is anxiously awaiting the decisions regarding her Ph.D. applications.

B.B.A., M.A. in French, University of Texas at Arlington

Office: 012 Trimble Hall
Telephone: 817.272.7479
E-mail: soueid@uta.edu

Ms. Soueid returned to UTA for her Master's in French after receiving a B.B.A. in Accounting as an undergraduate. In addition to French, she has studied Latin and Arabic and is currently studying Spanish. She has traveled in both Europe and the Middle East and has taught at the primary, secondary, and university levels.