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MONTY RAY LAYCOX
EDUCATION
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Ph.D. in French, December 2004
Dissertation: “‘Ce n’estoit nyant’: Allegory and Subversion in Le Livre du Cuer d’Amours espris by René d’Anjou”
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
M.A. in French Education, May 1996
Thesis: “Subjectivity and Desire in Selected Lais of Marie de France”
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
M.S. in Physics, December 1989
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
B.S. in Physics, May 1984
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Instructor of French, 2006-present
· Teaching: all levels of beginning French and the following upper-division courses: Civilization and Literature (Middle Ages through 17th century), Civilization and Literature (18th century through the present), Advanced Conversation, Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages to students seeking certification to teach languages in the public schools (the majority of which students were graduate MAT students), Twentieth-Century French Literature. Organized 2006 Summer abroad program to the Université d’Angers for students at UCM, Missouri Western State University, and Southeast Missouri State University.
· Service to department and university: Faculty mentor to French club; activities include: weekly meetings at the student union, occasional French Movie Night, visit to a local winery, Fondue night at a local restaurant. Served on Dean’s Advisory Council. Academic advisor to French majors and minors. Contact person with the Admissions Office to meet with incoming students wishing to major in French. Attended American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) information session on Oral Performance Interviews in Nashville, TN. Member of College Curriculum Committee. Organize cadre of French tutors available to all French students.
· Scholarship: Forthcoming book by the Edwin Mellen Press—An Intertextual Study of the Livre du Cuer d’Amours espris by Fifteenth-Century French Author René d’Anjou. Collaborating with philosophy professor on an English translation of the French correspondance in Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon. Presented a paper on René d’Anjou at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) convention in November, 2007. Chaired session of International Courtly Literature Society at 2006 Convention of SAMLA in Charlotte, NC.
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA
Temporary Assistant Professor of French, 2005- 2006
Taught all levels of language courses and an upper-division Introduction to Literature course. Faculty liaison to French club: assist with fund-raising activities and presentation of French Movie Night on campus.
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Instructor of French, 2004-2005
Taught first and second-year beginning French courses, and French Grammar and Composition to upper-division students. Faculty liaison with French club: assist with organizing Poetry nights and conversation groups. Organized and accompanied students going to a local Atlanta elementary school to assist French teachers in their classes.
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Teaching Assistant, 2002-2004; 1997-2000
Taught first-year French to true beginners. Taught first-year French to false beginning language learners (those who have had previous French courses, but did not place into a second-year course). For summer school, devised syllabus incorporating lectures, language lab activities, student oral presentations and film viewing. Taught second-year beginning French.
Université de Lyon 3 Jean Moulin, Lyon, France
Maître de langues, 2000-2002
Taught a variety of English grammar, translation and oral comprehension classes to French university students. Also taught American Civilization to students working for the Maîtrise degree.
Western Piedmont Community College, Morganton, NC
Instructor, 1990-1997
Taught first-year French, physics and astronomy courses to college-transfer students. Devised all syllabi, lecture and lab activities.
Carolina Friends School, Durham, NC
Teacher, 1989-1990
Taught a range of high school math classes from algebra to pre-calculus. Team-taught a course in French film.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Teaching Assistant, 1984-1989
Taught laboratory section for the introductory astronomy course.
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
University-Wide Fellowship, 1998-2000
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Nominated to French National Honor Society
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
Nominated to Phi Beta Kappa
PUBLICATIONS
An Intertextual Study of the Livre du Cuer d’Amours espris by Fifteenth-Century French Author René d’Anjou. Forthcoming from the Edwin Mellen Press.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2007 SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association) Conference, Atlanta, GA
Title of Paper: “Framing the Story: the Frame Narratives in René d’Anjou’s Livre du Cuer d’Amours espris”
2006 SAMLA Conference, Charlotte, NC
Organize and preside over a session sponsored by the International Courtly Literature Society
40th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May, 2005
Title of paper: “The Wanton Ways of Bel Acueil”
Southeastern Medieval Association, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, October 2003
Title of paper: “Hairy Naked Women: Parc Fac and Caritas in René d’Anjou’s Livre du Cuer d’Amours espris”
38th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2003
Title of Paper: “Meaningful but Pointless: Dreams in René d’Anjou’s Livre du Cuer d’Amours espris”
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2000
Title of Paper: “Love, Fortune and Destiny in René d’Anjou’s Livre du Cuer d’Amours espris”
34th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1999
Title of Paper: “Androgyny and Paradise in Guigemar and Yonec”
46th Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, October 1996
Title of Paper: “Subjectivity and Desire in Marie de France’s Eliduc”
31st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1996
Title of Paper: “Subjectivity and Desire in Le Chaitivel”
RELATED ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
In November 2006, attended the Oral Proficiency Interview Familiarization Workshop.
Educational Testing Service
Summer 2006 and 2007. Reader for the French Advanced Placement Exam. Will read Summer 2008.
University of Georgia
· Tutored students in French grammar and composition.
· Participated in the French Table, a weekly informal gathering where French native speakers, faculty, instructors and undergraduate students meet over coffee to speak French.
Université de Lyon 3 Jean Moulin
Acted in a student production of Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman. Assisted with direction and pronunciation.
Western Piedmont Community College
· Conducted field trips for astronomy students to the observatory at Appalachian State University.
· Hosted evening sessions of star gazing for students on the Western Piedmont campus and for the general public in conjunction with the rangers at Lake Charles State Park in Marion, NC
· Organized public lectures of professional astronomers under the auspices of the Shapley Lectureship Program of the National Science Foundation.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
· Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel
· Proficiency with language laboratory equipment
LANGUAGES
· Near-native fluency in French
· Basic reading knowledge of Italian