Professor of French and Spanish

JUNE KNIGHT LAVAL

Professor of French and Spanish

Department of Foreign Languages

KennesawStateUniversity

UNIVERSITY DEGREES:

1973Ph.D. - EmoryUniversity

Spanish

1967M.A. - MiddleburyCollege

French

1965M.A. - University of Tennessee

Spanish

1962B.A. - University of Tennessee

Spanish and French

OTHER PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING

Spring 1983Studies in the teaching of Foreign Languages at DartmouthCollege, John Rassias method.

June -August 1963University of Paris: Institut de Phonétique, Certificate of study, (Mention très bien)

1962 - 1963University of Madrid, Spanish Language and Literature, Diploma of Hispanic Studies.

June - August 1962Institut d'Etudes Françaises: Université de Bordeaux, Certificate of Study.

1958 - 1960Escuela Normal, Mexico City, Mexico, Education courses and practice teaching in the elementary schools.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2005 to presentKennesaw State University. Associate Professor of French and Spanish.

1989 to 2005KennesawStateUniversity. Associate Professor of French and Spanish.

1974 - 1989Mercer University in Atlanta. Associate Professor of Spanish and French.

1981 - 1982Fulbright exchange teacher at the Lycée de l'Empéri, Salon-de-Provence, France.

1973 - 1974Emory University. Instructor in Spanish and Coordinator

1968 – 1969of firstand second year Spanish classes including observation andevaluation of Teaching Assistants.

1965 - 1967University of Tennessee. Instructor in Spanish and French.

1964 - 1965Miami Palmetto Senior High School. Spanish teacher.

MiamiSenior High School. French teacher for evening school program.

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

2004Antique French Textiles, Schiffer Publishing Limited, Atglen, PA, 2004.

1999Class textbook: Consulting editor for the Revised Edition of Medical Spanish, A Conversational Approach, Holt, Reinhart and Winston.

1976Tres imágenes de José Cadalso: El crítico, el moralista, el creador, Sevilla, Spain: Publicaciones de la Universidad, 1976. (Doctoral dissertation.)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Grants

2000KSU Master Scholarship with Dr. Annette Bairan, Professor of Nursing. Project title: “Latina Women’s Knowledge, Attitudes and Feelings about Menopause and its Treatment”.

Presentations

2002Chaired panel on “Latin American Literature” at the Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham Southern College, April 2002.

2001Chaired a panel on “Experiential and Transcultural Elements in Cross-National Nursing Programs” at the Conference on the Americas at ArmstrongAtlanticStateUniversity in Savannah, Georgia, March 30-31, 2001.

2001Read a paper with Dr. Annette Bairan entitled “Latina American Women’s Knowledge, Attitudes and Feelings about Menopause and its Treatment” in a session on Latin American Women at the SECOLAS conference, Vera Cruz Mexico, March 1-3, 2001.

2000Poster presentation with Dr. Annette Bairan and Kathleen Smith: “Latina Women’s Knowledge, Attitude and Feelings about Menopause and its Treatment”, at the Cultural Competence and Practice conference at KennesawStateUniversity, October 27, 2000.

2000Read Paper entitled “Student Presentations: from the Classroom to the Conference” at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Georgia Chapter conference, at GeorgiaStateUniversity, September 23, 2000.

2000Chaired panel at the Conference on the Americas at ArmstrongAtlanticStateUniversity in Savannah, Georgia, April 14-15, 2000.

2000Chaired panel on “Feminist Representation” at the Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham Southern College, March 17 – 18 2000.

1999Chaired panel on Cuban politics and culture Seventh Annual Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham-SouthernCollege, April 23 – 24, 1999.

1999Chaired panel on Latin American Studies at the Council of the Americas Conference in Savannah, April 17, 1999.

1998Chaired panel on “Indigenous Literature” at the Sixth Annual Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham-SouthernCollege, April 17, 1998.

1998With Dr. Carol Holtz and Annette Bairan, presented an exhibit on the Oaxaca Summer Nursing Practicum at the First Annual May Day Celebration of Faculty Scholars and Artists, KennesawStateUniversity, 1998.

1997Chaired panel on Latin American Culture and Literature at the Fifth Annual Latin American Studies Symposium at Birmingham-SouthernCollege, April 10, 1997.

1997With Dr. Carol Holtz, presented a paper on the Oaxaca Nursing Practicum at the South Eastern Council on Latin American Studies Conference in San José, Costa Rica, February, 1997.

1996Presentation on the Short Story “Espuma y nada más”, on a four member panel for KSULeadershipAcademy, 1996.

1995With Dr. Philippe Laval, “Around Paris by Computer”, Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching, KennesawState College, April 28, 1995.

1993With Dr. Elaine McAllister, “Spanish for the Nursing Profession”, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 4 - 6, 1993.

1992With Dr. Joan Dominick, "Student Presentations in French and Spanish", High School Mega Conference, Cobb County Schools/Kennesaw State College, Sprayberry High School, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2nd 1992.

1991"Foods of Latin America." Latin American Workshop, KennesawState College, June 12-14, 1991.

1991Participation in "Joint Research Project in Cross-Cultural Communications" with the TokyoUniversity of Foreign Studies. Individual project with Hiroko Saito: "Perception of Phonemes", March 13 - 25, 1991, Tokyo, Japan.

1991"Foreign Language Instruction Through the Study of Literary Texts." Modern Language Group Meeting, OglethorpeUniversity, Atlanta, Georgia, January, 1991.

1990Presider: "Le Français en Contexte: Les Impressionnistes." Foreign Language Association of Georgia, Annual Conference, Macon, Georgia, November 2-4, 1990.

Papers

1994“La mujer animal en dos cuentos zoológicos de Arévalo-Martínez”. Segundo Congreso Internacional de Literatura Centroamericana, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras and Florida State University, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, February 23 - 25, 1994.

1990"El soñador y el soñado en Las ruinas circulares y Niebla." Instituto de Investigaciones Humanísticas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico,

July 26-28, 1990.

1990"Juan Pablo Forner y su manuscrito sobre la tortura." Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 16-18, 1990.

CURRENT RESEARCH

• History of French tapestry cartoons.
• Nantes and theIndiennes de traite.
• "Nuevas consideraciones sobre la perplejidad de la tortura" by Juan Pablo Forner, Transcription, preparation and critical annotation of this unpublished manuscript for publication.