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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
Professional Record
Date Prepared: October 1990
NAME: Charles J. Stivale Date Revised: February 2017
Social Security No.: Available on request
Office Address: Home Address:
Dept. of Classical and Modern Languages, 5440 Cass Ave., Apt. 1104
Literatures, and Cultures Detroit, MI 48202
487 Manoogian Hall
Telephone: 313-577-0970/3002 Telephone No: 313-833-4743
Fax: 313-577-6243
E-mail:
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DEPARTMENT/COLLEGE: Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures/
Liberal Arts & Sciences
PRESENT RANK & DATE OF RANK: Distinguished Professor; September 21, 2005
WSU APPOINTMENT HISTORY:
Year Appointed/Rank: 1990/Associate Professor
Year Awarded Tenure: 1992
Year Promoted to Full Professor: 1996
Year Appointed to Dept. Chair: 1996-2002, Dept. of Romance Languages &
Literatures, College of Liberal Arts
Interim Chair: 2002-2003, Dept. of Art and Art History, College of
Fine, Performing and Communication Arts
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DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: December 13, 1949; Glen Ridge, NJ
CITIZEN OF: United States
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EDUCATION:
High School: Cascia Hall Preparatory School, Tulsa, OK; 1967
Baccalaureate: Knox College, Galesburg, IL; 1971
M.A.: Sorbonne-Paris IV, Paris, France; 1973
Maîtrise: Sorbonne-Paris IV, Paris, France; 1974
Ph.D.: University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; 1981
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FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS:
Instructor (1980-81), Department of Modern and Classical
Languages, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Assistant Professor (1982-86), Department of French and Italian,
Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Assistant Professor (1986-90), Department of French and Italian,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Adjunct Graduate Faculty (2003-2004), Dept. of Humanities, Michigan Technological
University (on dissertation committee, see below, Supplementary Curriculum Vitae)
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
American Association of Teachers of French
Association Les Amis de Flaubert et de Maupassant
International Association of Philosophy and Literature
Midwest Modern Language Association
Modern Language Association
Société des dix-neuviémistes
Société des études romantiques et dix-neuviémistes
Women in French
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HONORS/AWARDS:
1973-1974: French Government Scholarship, Cultural Attaché, French Consulate
1975-1976: University Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Illinois-Urbana
1983: ACLS Travel Fellowship
1987: Mellon Summer Research Grant, Tulane University
1987: Curriculum Planning Grant, Interdisciplinary Program in Literary Theory,
Tulane University
1988: Summer Research Fellowship, Tulane University
1989-90: Summer Research Grant and Course Development Grant, the Newcomb
Foundation, Newcomb College (Tulane)
1991, 1992, 1993: WSU International Travel Grants
1991,1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996: WSU Small Research Grants
1992, summer: WSU University Research Grant
1993, summer: WSU Educational Development Grant
1993-1994: WSU Career Development Chair
1994, summer: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship
1995, winter: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship
1995, winter: WSU Publication Subvention Support
1998: Feature article, “Songs of the South” by Rose Estioco, in WSU New
Science (vol. 12: 37-38) on research in Cajun dance and music
1999: 1998 Choice (American Library Association) Outstanding Academic Book
award attributed to The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari (see III.A.1.4 below).
1999: Wayne State University Board of Governor’s Faculty Recognition Award for
The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari (see III.A.1.4 below).
2000: Wayne State University Academy of Scholars (induction, October 2000)
2000-2001: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Working Group in the Humanities
and Arts, on “Digital Cultures” (with Corrine Calice, Ron Day, Robert Martin, Barrett Watten)
2000-2001: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the
Humanities and Arts, on “Digital Culture” (with Corrine Calice, Ron Day, Robert Martin, Barrett Watten)
2000-2002: Board of Governors Distinguished Faculty Fellowship (two-year term)
2001-2002: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Working Group in the Humanities
and Arts, on “Digital Culture” (with Ron Day, Richard Grusin, Eric Marshall, Barrett Watten)
2002-2003: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Working Group in the Humanities
and Arts, on “The Fold – Theory and Practice” (with Ron Day, Michael Giordano, Erik Mortenson, John Richardson)
2003: WSU Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award
2003-2004: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Working Group in the Humanities
and Arts, on “The Fold – Theory and Practice” (with Ron Day, Anne Duggan, Michael Giordano, Erik Mortenson, John Richardson)
2003-2004: President, Academy of Scholars, Wayne State University
2004: Acceptance of Freshman Seminar Proposal, FRE 2720, “Why Are The
French So … ?”
2004: Wayne State University Board of Governor’s Faculty Recognition Award for
Disenchanting Les Bons Temps: Identity and Authenticity in Cajun Music
and Dance (see III.A.1.5 below).
2004-2005: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Working Group in the Humanities
and Arts, on “The Fold – Theory and Practice” (with Ron Day, Anne Duggan, Michael Giordano, Erik Mortenson, John Richardson, Steven Shaviro)
2004-2005: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the
Humanities and Arts, on “Diasporic Avant Gardes” (with Barrett Watten and Carla Harryman)
2005: Appointment by Board of Governors to Distinguished Professor rank
2006-2007: WSU Humanities Center Resident Scholar
2007: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the
Humanities and Arts, on “Revisioning Authors: Colloquia on Modernists and Postmodern Authorship” (with Barrett Watten and Carla Harryman) 2007-2008: WSU Humanities Center Resident Scholar
2008: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the
Humanities and Arts, “Regions of Practice: Poetics Across Languages” (with Barrett Watten and Carla Harryman)
2009: Wayne State University Board of Governor’s Faculty Recognition Award for
Gilles Deleuze’s ABCs: The Folds of Friendship (see III.A.1.6 below).
2009: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the
Humanities and Arts, “Regions of Practice: Poetics Across Languages” (with Barrett Watten and Carla Harryman)
2010-2011: WSU Humanities Center Resident Scholar
2010: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the
Humanities and Arts, “Regions of Practice: Poetics Across Languages” (with Barrett Watten, Annie Higgins, Lisa Hock)
2011-2012: WSU Humanities Center Resident Scholar
BIOGRAPHICAL CITATIONS (National/Regional or Professional Directories):
MARQUIS'S WHO'S WHO IN THE MIDWEST (New Providence, NJ), vol. 24
1994/95): 748; vol. 25 (1996/97): 614.
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I. TEACHING
A. Years at Wayne State: 1990-2014 (current)
B. Years at Other Colleges/Universities:
Western Michigan University: 1980-1981
Franklin & Marshall College: 1982-1986
Tulane University: 1986-1990
C. Courses Taught at Wayne State (last five years)
2. Undergraduate:
Anguish and Commitment: European Existentialist Literature (FRE 2700, team-
taught): Winter 2012
The Contemporary French (FRE 2720): Winter 2012, Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Fall
2013, Winter 2014. Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Winter 2016, Fall 2016
Introduction to Reading of French and Francophone Literature (FRE 3300): Fall 2010,
Winter 2014
Introduction to Literary Analysis (FRE 4610): Fall 2013
Advanced Composition (FRE 5100): Winter 2016
Undergraduate & Graduate:
Contemporary French Society and Institutions (FRE 6470): Fall 2012, Fall 2016
Nineteenth-Century French Novel (FRE 6810): Winter 2013, Fall 2014
Credit-by-Examinations Directed:
FRE 2720 – Angela Neda (30 July 2003)
FRE 3610 – Helen Friedman (7 December 2001)
Kim Jacobs (11 December 2001)
FRE 6450 -- Leila Sloan (6 April 1993)
Todd Henderson (26 May 1993)
Linda Di Laura (30 August 1993)
Joelle Mortazavian (2 December 1993)
Laura Welch-Rinzler (8 December 1994)
David Young (15 December 1994)
Amy Whiting (5 January 1995)
Jean-Daniel Ostertag (25 August 1995)
Gretchen Seamons (25 September 1996)
Crystal Bleyer (3 March 1998)
Aliza Sosne (7 May 1998)
Jennifer Labowski (20 April 1999)
Alla Mikhneva (April 2000)
Adriana Vidican (August 2005)
Sarah Di Bartolomeo (December 2005)
Erin Matusiewicz (December 2005)
FRE 6470 -- Kim-Van Keppler (8 January 1998)
Nancy-Chantale Soulière (23 January 1998)
Heather Bozimowski (June-July 2001)
Richard Munoz (14 December 2001)
Jennifer Hoyle (December 2002)
Mary Szerszen (December 2005)
3. Graduate Courses:
French Seminar in Nineteenth-Century French Literature (FRE 8740), Fall 2015
D. Essays/Theses/Dissertations Directed [See also Supplemental C.V., attached]:
1. Directed Studies
Undergraduate:
Letitia James (French Language) Winter 1992
Crystal Bleyer (19th Century French Novel) Winter 1996
Ann Marie Zelenak (French Civilization) Spring/Summer 1996
Maria Raica (French Civilization) Winter 1997
Gabriella Gui (French Civilization) Spring/Summer 1997
Jodie Barker (Women's Studies/19th Century French Poetry) Fall 1997
Elias Khalil (Contemporary French Culture) Spring-Summer 1998
Suzette Hubert (Contemporary French Culture) Spring-Summer 2001
Sophia Henry (Contemporary French Culture) Winter 2012
Graduate:
Kim Porterfield (Nineteenth-Century French Literature) Fall 1991
Norma Ott (Nineteenth-Century Novel) Winter 1993
Paul Michaelson (Nineteenth-Century Decadence) Winter 1994-Winter 1995
Vicki Van Roste (French Civilization) Winter 1996
Caroline Jumel (Cinema Theory) Winter 1998
Christine Soper (Nineteenth-Century Novel) Spring-Summer 1998
Caroline Jumel (Nineteenth-Century Novel) Spring-Summer 1998
Corinne Calice (Twentieth-Century Women’s Writing) Winter 1999
Susan Kirwin (19th Century French Novel/George Sand) Spring-Summer 1999
Cheryl Lapat (French Civilization) Spring-Summer 2000
Maria Raica (19th Century French Novel) Spring-Summer 2003
Melissa Samluck (French Civilization) Spring-Summer-Fall 2004
2. Masters Essays/Thesis directed:
Salwa Travis (Thesis, Comparative Literature) Fall/Winter 1992
Gabriella Eschrich (Essay, Nineteenth-Century French Literature) Fall/Winter 1992-1993
Irini S. Cary (French) 1992-1994
Nancy-Chantal Soulière (Nineteenth-Century French Poetry) Winter 1999
John Barnes (Twentieth-Century French Studies), Winter 2002
3. Dissertations directed
Caroline Jumel (French) 2000-2003 (defense, October 20, 2003)
Theresa Jordan (French) 2007-2008 (terminated)
E. Course or Curriculum Development:
Franklin & Marshall College (1982-1986):
1. Intermediate French (Oral and Written Expression): overall course revision
including choice of new text, development of practical composition component.
2. French Culture and Civilization (two semesters): creation of supplemental reading
material corresponding to each section (origins - 1789; 1789 - present).
3. Surveys of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century French Literature, Seminar in
Classical Theater: revision of existing courses with text selection and direction
of oral and written assignments.
4. Senior Seminar, "Structuralism & Semiotics": creation and direction of advanced
study of recent French critical theory.
Tulane University (1986-1990):
1. Review of French Grammar: overall revision of syllabus, choice of texts and
examination procedure; served as coordinator of multi-section course for six
semesters.
2. Senior Seminar, "Narrative Desire": creation of theme-oriented course, selection of
texts, direction of oral presentations and written textual analyses.
3. Concepts of Literary Theory: revision of existing course with text selection and
extensive supplementary readings.
4. Honors Colloquium, "Semiotics and Society," and Women's Studies Colloquium,
"Women's Textualities": creation and direction of two interdisciplinary courses
reviewed and selected, respectively, by the Honors Committee and the
curriculum committee of the Center for Research on Women.
5. Graduate Seminar in Nineteenth-Century French Studies, "L'Irréel du Réalisme": creation
and direction of thematic study of selected works of French realism and naturalism.
WSU (1990- ):
1. Intermediate French Conversation, Composition and Cultural Readings (FRE 4100):
choice of text and development of oral and composition course formats.
2. French Civilization (FRE 6450): Developed series of Study Questions in conjunction with
HyperCard software "Gavroche".
3. Pro-Seminar on Modern Language Profession: With John Eipper (winter 1993),
developed four meeting discussion on professional issues related to modern language
teaching and research. Extended the format to eight ninety-minute sessions to complement graduate French literature seminar (fall 1994).
Repeated with eight sessions and three outside speakers to complement graduate seminar on cultural studies and literary analysis (winter 1996).
4. Support and development of Masters of Arts in Language Learning Program through
consultation with proposal authors, with New Program and Program Review Committee
(Graduate Council), and with Academic Affairs (1997-1998; approved by Board of
Governors, 1999 for introduction starting fall 1999).
5. Development of revised Undergraduate Major and Minor in French through co-authoring
proposals (with Theresa Antes), consultation with the French Area, preparation of
documentation and follow-through (1997-1999; approved in fall 1999 for
introduction starting fall 2000).
6. Development of World Wide Web site in support of FRE 6450 (French Civilization, 1995,
revised 1999):
http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/Romance/FRE6450/FRE6450surv.html.
7. Development of World Wide Web site in support of FRE 6470 (Contemporary French
Society and Institutions, 1996):
http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/Romance/FRE647/FRE647Plan.html.
8. Development of BlackBoard.com Web site for FRE 6450 (French Civilization, Fall 2002).
9. Development of Freshman Seminar, FRE 2720, The Contemporary French, “Why Are
The French So …?”; development of BlackBoard.com Web site for FRE 2720 (Winter
2004).
10. Office of Teaching Learning Teaching and Technology Institute, August 16-20, 2004
11. Development of FRE 2710, Introduction to French Culture (Winter 2010).
F. Course Materials (Unpublished)
Tulane University
1. Course packets of supplementary readings for Concepts in Literary Theory, the Honors
Colloquium and the Women's Studies Colloquium.
WSU
1. Course packet of civilization and cultural material for French Civilization (6450).
2. Developed initial version of HyperCard computer software, "Gavroche, A Survey of
French Civilization," for French Civilization (6450), 1992-1993. Continued 1993-94.
3. Developed handouts relating to library research, academic conferencing, job search
strategies, and literary critical issues for aforementioned Pro-Seminar on Modern Language Profession.
4. "Gavroche" Hypercard program converted to HTML format for
World Wide Web access: http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/Gavroche/Gavroche.html
5. Developed online materials on the Blackboard teaching platform for FRE 2720, FRE
6450, FRE 6470
II. RESEARCH
A. Research in Progress, Not Funded:
Chapters in Volumes:
1. “Hannibal ‘aux aguets’: On the Lookout for New Refrains.” In Deleuze and the Animal,
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (eds. Patricia MacCormack and Colin Gardner, forthcoming).
C. Fellowships/Grants/Special Awards in Last Five Years:
Awards
2009: Wayne State University Board of Governor’s Faculty Recognition Award for Gilles
Deleuze’s ABCs: The Folds of Friendship
2009: Designated representative of the Academy of Scholars (mace bearer) at College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences Commencement
2009: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the Humanities
and Arts, on “Regions of Practice: Poetics Across Languages” (with Barrett Watten and Carla Harryman)
2010-2011: WSU Humanities Center Resident Scholar
2010: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the Humanities and
Arts, “Regions of Practice: Poetics Across Languages” (with Barrett Watten, Annie Higgins, Lisa Hock)
2011-2012: WSU Humanities Center Resident Scholar
Grants and Fellowships:
Internal
2009: WSU Humanities Center Fellowship for Innovative Projects in the Humanities and
Arts, on “Regions of Practice: Poetics Across Languages” (with Barrett Watten and Carla Harryman) ($2,000)
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III. PUBLICATIONS
A. Scholarly Books Published:
1. Authored:
1. Oeuvre de Sentiment, Oeuvre de Combat: La Trilogie de Jules Vallès. Lyon:
Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 1988.
2. La Temporalité Romanesque chez Stendhal: "L'Echafaudage de la Bâtisse".
Birmingham, AL: Summa Publications, 1989.
3. "The Art of Rupture": Narrative Desire and Duplicity in the Tales of Guy de Maupassant.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.
4. The Two-Fold Thought of Deleuze and Guattari: Intersections and Animations.
New York: Guilford Publications, 1998.
5. Disenchanting Les Bons Temps: Identity and Authenticity in Cajun Music and Dance.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003.
6. Gilles Deleuze’s ABC’s: The Folds of Friendship. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins
University Press, 2008.
B. Chapters Published
1. Authored
1. Six biographical profiles (the Arguments group, 44-44; Kostas Axelos, 46-48;
François Châtelet, 95-97; Jean Duvignaud, 128-129; Pierre Fougeyrollas, 146-148; Edgar Morin, 312-314). Biographical Dictionary of Neo-Marxism. Ed.
Robert A. Gorman. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
2. "Le Plissement and la fêlure: The Paris Commune in Vallès's L'Insurgé and
Zola's La Débâcle." In Modernity and Revolution in Late Nineteenth-Century France. Eds. Barbara T. Cooper and Mary Donaldson-Evans. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 1992. 143-154.