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Curriculum Vitae Barbara A. Klaw

Work Address World Languages and Literatures Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 41099 859 572-5515 e-mail: [email protected] Professional Experience: Professor of French, Northern Kentucky University, 2001Associate Professor of French, Northern Kentucky University, 1996-2001 Assistant Professor of French, Northern Kentucky University, 1990-1996 Research Assistant, Penn-in-Tours Program, Faculté des Lettres, Tours, France, Summer 1988. Lecturer, French language, University of Pennsylvania, 1987-88. Lecturer of English, Université de Dijon, Dijon, France, 198586. Teaching Assistant, French language, University of Pennsylvania, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87. Teaching Assistant, French language, Northwestern University, 1982-83.

Education: University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. in French, 1990. Specialization in 20th Century Literature. Dissertation: "Men, Women, Power, and Narrative in the Novels of Simone de Beauvoir." Director, Dr. Gerald Prince. M.A. in French Literature, 1985. Université de Laval, Québec Studies in French language and Québécois culture, Summer 1983. Northwestern University Graduate studies in French literature and culture, 1982-83. Northern Illinois University B.A. in French, 1979. Graduated Cum Laude. Major in Business and Translation French. Minor in International Affairs.

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Honors and Awards: Research: Invited Keynote Speaker presenting "Reading Simone de Beauvoir Through Virginia Woolf: Men, Women, and Lived Experience in Beauvoir's Writings," 20th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference: Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, Literature and the Humanities. Oslo, Norway, 22 June 2012. Northern Kentucky University Faculty Excellence Award for Scholarly Project, 2007.

Teaching: Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 1984-85. Undergraduate Teaching Internship in French Award, Northern Illinois University, 1977.

Service: Elected President of the Alliance Française of Cincinnati, May 2006-2008.

Overall: Nominee for the Frank Sinton Milburn Outstanding Professor Award, 2008, 2010, 2011,2012 Northern Kentucky University. Listed in Who’s Who in American Women, 2007 Nominee for Outstanding Junior Faculty of the Arts and Sciences Award, Northern Kentucky University, 1993-1994; 1994-1995. Listed in Who's Who in the South and the Southwest.

Grants Received: NEH three-year collaborative grant (2001-2004) for my part of The Beauvoir Series project: the continued transcription, English translation, and annotation with scholarly introduction of Beauvoir’s early unpublished diaries from 1926-1930. Volumes to be published with University of Illinois Press.

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Southern Regional Education Board Small Grants Award 2001 for continuing translation, annotation, and eventual publication of Beauvoir's early unpublished diaries at la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). NKU Project Grant 2000 for continuing translation, annotation, and eventual publication of Beauvoir's early unpublished diaries at la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). NKU Summer Fellowship 2000 for continuing translation, annotation and eventual publication of Beauvoir's early unpublished diaries at la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). American Philosophical Society Grant for continuing transcription and eventual translation and publication of Beauvoir's early unpublished diaries at the Salle des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). Granted $4900. NKU Project Grant 1997 for continuing transcription and eventual translation and publication of Beauvoir's early unpublished diaries at the Salle des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). NKU Summer Fellowship 1997 for continuing transcription and eventual translation and publication of Beauvoir's early unpublished diaries at the Salle des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). Southern Regional Education Board Small Grants Award 1996 to study Simone de Beauvoir's unpublished diaries at the Salle des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). Northern Kentucky University Project Grant 1996 to prepare a course "Paris as Myth and Reality" and audio and slide show presentations on Paris. Northern Kentucky University Travel Grant 1996 to prepare a course "Paris as Myth and Reality" and audio and slide show presentations on Paris. Northern Kentucky University Travel Grant 1995 to study the unpublished correspondence between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir at the Salle des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris).

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Northern Kentucky University Summer Fellowship 1994 for work on Simone de Beauvoir's unpublished diaries at the Salle des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). Northern Kentucky University Travel Grant 1994 for work on Simone de Beauvoir's unpublished diaries at the Salle des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris). Northern Kentucky University Summer Fellowship 1991 for research and development of parts of my dissertation on Beauvoir into articles.

Publications: Books: Annotator, Editor, Transcriber and Translator, Diary of a Philosophy Student, 1926-27, vol. 1 by Simone de Beauvoir. University of Illinois Press, December 2006.

Le Paris de Beauvoir.

Paris: Syllepse, Jan. 1999.

Articles: In Books and Collections of Essays: “Simone de Beauvoir, Cousin Jacques du journal intime aux Mémoires.” In (Re)découvrir l’œuvre de Simone de Beauvoir: Du “Deuxième Sexe” à “La cérémonie des adieux.” Ed. Julia Kristeva, Pascale Fautrier, Pierre-Louis Fort, Anne Strasser. Paris: Le Bord de L’eau, 2008, 84-91. “The Literary and Historical Context of Beauvoir’s Early Writings: 1926-27. In Diary of a Philosophy Student, 7-28. "Simone de Beauvoir: du journal intime aux Mémoires." In Genèse du 'Je': Manuscrits et autobiographie". Ed. Philippe Lejeune et Catherine Viollet. Paris: Editions du CNRS, 2000: 169-179. "Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren: Self-Creation, SelfContradiction, and the Erotic, Exotic, Feminist Other." In Contingent Loves. Ed. Melanie Hawthorne. Univ. Press of VA, 2000:117-152. "Sexuality in Simone de Beauvoir's Les Mandarins." In Feminist Interpretations of Simone de Beauvoir. Ed. Margaret Simons. Penn State Press, 1995: 193-221.

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In Juried Periodicals: "Dancing with Desire: The Rewriting of Sexual Identity from Colette's Chéri to Beauvoir's L'Invitée." Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 21, 2004-2005: 77-92. “Dance in North Africa and the Middle East and Its Survival in French and American Culture.” in Critical Perspectives on French and Francophone Women. Women In French Studies: Special Volume 2004: 31-42 “Update on Simone de Beauvoir.” Women in French Studies, 9, 2001: 253-68. "Simone de Beauvoir and the Other Woman: A Philosophy of the Jealous." Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 16, 1999-2000:20-32. "Mariama Bâ's Une Si Longue Lettre and Subverting a Mythology of Sex-based Oppression."Research in African Literatures: 31.2 (Summer 2000): 132-150. "Intertextuality and Destroying the Myth of Woman in Simone de Beauvoir's Tous les hommes sont mortels." Romanic Review: 89.4 (November 1998): 549-566. "Desire, Ambiguity, and Contingent Love: Simone de Beauvoir, Sexuality, and Self-Creation or What Good is a Man Anyway?" Symposium: 51.2 (Summer 1997): 110-123. "Subverting the Dominant Order: Narrative as Weapon in Simone de Beauvoir's Tous les hommes sont mortels." Studies in 20th Century Literature 20.2 (Summer 1996): 467-490. "L'Invitée Castrated: Sex, Simone de Beauvoir, and Getting Published or Why Must a Woman Hide Her Sexuality?" Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 12 (1995): 126-138. "Silencing the Opposite Sex: Attributive Discourse and Kinesics in Simone de Beauvoir's Les Belles Images." Essays in French Literature, 29 (Nov. 1992): 134-147. "Les Mandarins: Gender, Ideology, and War." Studies, 9 (1992): 10-16.

Simone de Beauvoir

"Le Sang des autres: A Narratologic Approach to Gender and Power." Cincinnati Romance Review, XI (1992): 69-78.

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"L'Invitée: A Sociolinguistic Approach to Speech Acts, Gender, and Power." Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 8 (1991): 123-130.

Book Reviews: Rev. of Surprised in Translation by Mary Ann Caws. Women in French Studies, 15 (2007): 140-141. Rev. of Simone de Beauvoir Writing the Self: Philosophy Becomes Autobiography by Jo-Ann Pilardi. Biography 23.2 (Spring 2000): 379-84. Rev. of Simone de Beauvoir by Terry Keefe. 73.2 (December 1999): 358-9.

French Review

Translations of Articles: "A Fall of the Base of the Tongue Considered as a New Cause of Nasopharyngeal Respiratory Impairment: Pierre Robin Sequence, a Translation." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 93:6 (May 1994): 1301-1303.

Sound Recordings: Barbara Klaw and others interviewed by Philip Turle, "Rendez-vous: Simone de Beauvoir", Radio France Internationale , Paris: part 2, 23 Jan. 2008.

Offices Held in Professional Organizations: Boards: Executive Board, Alliance Française de Cincinnati, May 20052006; May 2009-May 2012. Advisory Board, Simone de Beauvoir Studies, September 2002Editorial Board, Women In French Studies, January 1999President, Alliance Française de Cincinnati, May 2006-May 2008. Treasurer, Women In French, January 1993- December 1997.

Conferences Organized and Chaired: Invited Advisor, International advisory board for Cinquantenaire du Deuxième Sexe/50th Anniversary of The Second Sex International Conference, Paris, France 21-23 Jan 1999.

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Organizer and Chair, Simone de Beauvoir Witness to a Century Conference. Northern Kentucky University April 19-20, 1997.

Selected Presentations: "Translating Beauvoir's Style in Diary of a Philosophy Student," 19th International Conference of the Simone de Beauvoir Society, Eugene, OR, 15 June 2011. "Virginia Woolf's Influence on the Writings of Simone de Beauvoir," 31st Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, OH. 8 May 2011. "Simone de Beauvoir and Virginia Woolf: Traces of Orlando in the Writings of Beauvoir," Modern Language Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 6 January 2011. "Troublesome Translations and Elusive Allusions in Beauvoir's Diary of a Philosophy Student," 18th Simone de Beauvoir International Society Conference, Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy), 24 June 2010. "Teaching Contemporary Paris Through French Films," 30th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, OH. 7 May 2010. "Teaching Beauvoir through the Making of the Beauvoir Exhibit." 17th International Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference, San José State University, San José, CA. 18 June 2009. "Ending Beauvoir's L'Invitée: Teaching Literature through Rewriting." 29th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, OH. 7 May 2009. "Teaching Beauvoir in 2008." 16th International Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle, England, 15 June 2008. “Translating, Annotating, and Co-editing Diary of a Philosophy Student by Simone de Beauvoir: Lessons in Creating a Scholarly Edition,” 28th Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, OH. 8 May 2008.

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“Simone de Beauvoir, Cousin Jacques du journal intime aux Mémoires,” Le Centenaire de l’anniversaire de Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, France. 9 January 2008. (invited) “The Making of Simone de Beauvoir’s Diary of a Philosophy Student: Presentation, Reading, and Book Signing,” Joseph Beth Booksellers, Hyde Park, OH, 6 Sept 2007. “Teaching French Literature Can Lead of Self, Culture and Nations: A Annual Cincinnati Conference on Literatures, Cincinnati, OH. 12

to a Broader Understanding Pedagogical Approach,” 27th Romance Languages and May 2007.

“Translating Translations in Simone de Beauvoir’s 1926-1927 Diary,” Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Philological Association, Highland Heights, KY. 4 March 2005. “Dance in North Africa and the Middle East and Its Survival in French and American Culture,” International Women in French Conference, Scripps College. Ontario, CA. 22 April 2004. Speaker in a "Roundtable Discussion of the Simone de Beauvoir Series Translation Project," American Translators Association 44th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, November 8, 2003. (invited) “The Birth of Le Deuxième Sexe: Beauvoir and her diary from 1926-1930,” Ninth International Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference, St. John’s College, Oxford, England. 21 July 2001. "La Danse orientale et la Francophonie: histoire, culture, forme, spectacle" First International Women in French Conference. Macalester College, St. Paul,MN. 7 April 2000 "Beauvoir's Paris"(slide show and talk). Cold Spring Public Library. Cold Spring, KY 12 October 1998. (invited) "Les carnets de jeunesse de Simone de Beauvoir" Journée d'étude "Genèse et autobiographie," Maison des Ecrivains, Paris, France. 30 June 1998. (invited) "Le Castor Castrated: Beauvoir and Sartre's Unpublished Letters," Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference, Northern Kentucky University, 20 April 1997.

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"La danse orientale et la Francophonie: Histoire, culture, forme, spectacle" Journée Fête des arts. American Association of Teachers of French, Kentucky. 18 March 1996. "L'Invitée Castrated: Sex, Simone de Beauvoir and Getting Published or Why Must a Woman Hide Her Sexuality?" Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference. Palo Alto, CA 25 Feb 1995. "Subverting a Mythology of Oppression: Reading Mariama Bâ's Une si longue lettre through Roland Barthes". MLA Conference. San Diego. 27 December 1994. "Freedom, Sex and Self-disclosure: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre, or Why the Beaver Chose the Buffoon" Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT., Women's Studies and European Institute Programs. 26 October 1994 (invited) "Desire, Ambiguity, and Contingent Love: Simone de Beauvoir, Sexuality, and Self-Creation or What Good is a Man Anyway?" Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Cincinnati. 14 May 1994. "Rewriting the Feminine in Myths and Fables: Intertextuality in Simone de Beauvoir's Tous les hommes sont mortels." French Feminist Writers Symposium. Hofstra University. Hempstead, NY. 21 April 1994. "Simone de Beauvoir and Nelson Algren: Fact or Fiction, Realism or Romanesque?" "Simone de Beauvoir and the North American Connection." MLA Conference. Toronto, Camada. 30 Dec. 1993. "Rabelais and Feminism: Signs, Sex, and Truth According to Panurge." Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. 13 May 1993. "Dancing with Desire: The Rewriting of Sexual Identity from Colette's Chéri to Beauvoir's L'Invitée." Simone de Beauvoir and Women Writers Throughout the Centuries Conference. Palo Alto, CA. 24 Jan. 1993. "Sexuality in Simone de Beauvoir's Les Mandarins." "Simone de Beauvoir and Sexuality." MLA Conference. New York. 30 Dec. 1992. "George Sand's Lélia," "Writing the Women's Question: Literature and Sexual Politics in 19th-Century France," M/MLA Conference. St. Louis. 5 Nov. 1992.

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"Narrative as Weapon in Simone de Beauvoir's Tous les hommes sont mortels." Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Cincinnati. 14 May 1992. "Silencing the Opposite Sex: Attributive Discourse and Kinesics in Simone de Beauvoir's Les Belles images." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. 25 April 1992. "Les Mandarins: Gender, Ideology, and War." "Gender and War in the Writings of Simone de Beauvoir." Simone de Beauvoir Society. MLA Conference. San Francisco. 28 Dec. 1991. "Le Sang des autres: A Narratologic Approach to Gender and Power." Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Cincinnati. 15 May 1991. "L'Invitée: A Sociolinguistic Approach to Conversation, Gender, and Power." Twentieth-Century Literature Conference. University of Louisville. 22 Feb. 1991. "L'Invitée: A Sociolinguistic Approach to Speech Acts, Gender, and Power." "The Legacy of Simone de Beauvoir and JeanPaul Sartre." Simone de Beauvoir Society. Palo Alto, CA. 20 Jan. 1991.

Sessions Organized and Chaired: "Simone de Beauvoir and Intertextuality." French Feminist Writers Symposium. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. 21 April 1994. "Simone de Beauvoir and Cinema." French Feminist Writers Symposium. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. 21 April 1994. "Women and War in the Twentieth Century." Ninth International Colloquium in Twentieth Century French Studies. The University of Pennsylvania. 14 March 1992. "Gender and War in the Writings of Simone de Beauvoir."Simone de Beauvoir Society. MLA Conference. San Francisco. 28 Dec. 1991.

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Selected Sessions Chaired: Chair,"Beauvoir and the World of Gender," Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference. 25 Feb. 1995. Chair, "20th-Century Francophone Women Writers." Simone de Beauvoir Society Conference. Palo Alto, CA. 24 Jan. 1993. Chair, "Espace(s) Littéraire(s)." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. 27 April 1991.

Membership in Professional Associations: Alliance Française de Cincinnati Kentucky World Languages Association Modern Language Association Simone de Beauvoir Society Southern Atlantic Modern Language Association American Association of Teachers of French Women in French

Courses Taught: (at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) • • • •

Elementary and Intermediate French French for Reading Knowledge Honors Intensive Immersion Elementary and Intermediate French Pre-Advanced French Conversation and Composition

(at Université de Dijon, Dijon, France) • • •

English Pronunciation/Lab and Conversation (for the French) English Reading Comprehension/Writing (for the French) Translation from French to English (for the French)

(at Northern Kentucky University) Classes with Linguistic Focus: • • • •

Elementary French I and II Intermediate French I and II Advanced Composition and Conversation French Phonetics and Pronunciation

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Classes with Linguistic and Literary Focus: • • • • • • •

Introduction to French Prose Fiction Survey of French Literature Heroines and Society: Simone de Beauvoir and the Changing Face of Human Values (Honors Course) Simone de Beauvoir/Planning an International Conference Simone de Beauvoir/Preparing an Exhibit French Women Writers Survey of French Theater

Classes with Linguistic and Cultural Focus: • • • • • • • •

Business French French Culture and Society Today French Culture and Society Today Through French Film Paris: Myth/Reality (Honors Course) Paris: Literature, Contemporary Events, Historic Sites Paris by District Translation I: French to English/English to French Women in Francophone Culture

Independent Studies Directed: Advanced Business French Advanced Business French II French Autobiography Simone de Beauvoir Simone de Beauvoir and Translation Composition and Conversation Translation from English to French

Discipline-Oriented Service: Committees Chaired: Departmental Chair, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, World Languages and Literatures Dept., Fall 2011. Chair, Promotion Committee, World Languages and Literatures Dept., 2008. Chair, Search for Chair of World Languages and Literatures Dept., 2007-2008. Chair, Search for Spanish Assistant Professor, 2005-2006 Chair, Full Professor Committee, Fall 2003. Chair, Committee on Students, Fall 2002.

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Chair, Departmental Committee on Students, Fall 1994-Spring 1997. Chair, Departmental Ad hoc Space Committee, Spring 1997.

University-wide: Chair, Faculty Benefits Summer Fellowship Committee, Fall 1992. Chair, Faculty Senate Scholarship Subcommittee, Spring 1993.

Selected Committees Served: Departmental: Assessment Committee, World Languages and Literatures, 2009-10. Search for Assistant Professor of Spanish Committee, World Languages and Literatures, Fall 2009- Spring 2010. Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, World Languages and Literatures Department, 2008-2011. Language and Linguistics Committee, Department of Literature and Language, Northern Kentucky University, Fall 1990- present. Literature and Language Departmental Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, 2000-2004. Curriculum Committee, Department of Literature and Language, Northern Kentucky University. Fall 1993-Spring 1994. Departmental R P & T Guidelines Committee, 1993-1994.

University-wide World Languages and Literatures Department Faculty Senator, August 2008-May 2010 World Languages and Literatures Departmental representative on Faculty Senate Budget Committee, August 2008-May 2009; Fall 2010. Celebration of Faculty Excellence Awards selection committee, 2008. Faculty Task Force, Spring 2000. Bookstore Review Committee, Spring 2000. Reassigned Time Review Committee, Fall 1999. University Curriculum Committee, Fall 1996- Fall 1997. Honors Council. July 1992- Spring 1996 Faculty Benefits Committee. Northern Kentucky University. Fall 1991-Spring 1993. Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee, Spring 1992. NKU Representative to the Nancy/Cincinnati Sister City Project, Fall 1991-Fall 1992.

Community Service:

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Committees: Education Committee of Alliance Française of Cincinnati, 20052012.

Cultural Programs Organized to Promote Global Diversity: Organizer and Host of French Folkdance Workshop by Maureen Motsinger on November 6, 2010. Organizer and Host of Tim Mooney Performance of "Molière Than Thou" (220 in attendance) and Workshop on the Classical Theater, 26 October 2010. Recruited $1300 in additional monies to help NKU's Department of World Languages and Literatures offer fund this event. Donors included the Alliance Française of Cincinnati, the American Association of Teachers of French, Grant provided by Kirsten Moomey Merilo, NKU's Department of Theater and Dance, NKU's Department of English, NKU's International Center, and NKU's College of Business. Organizer and Host of Fall lecture, "French American crosscultural experiences" by Alix Pitra, NKU, 27 August, 2010. Co-organizer and co-host of weekly French Conversation Hour, Northern Kentucky University, 1990-present. Co-organizer and co-host of National French Week activities including French films, guest speakers, theatrical performances, and student presentations, Northern Kentucky University, 2004-2010. Co-organizer and co-host of Edufest: Celebration of Francophonie, March 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and April 2011 in the Cincinnati region. Arranged for Frenchspeaking NKU students and professors and others to do presentations on Francophone countries and culture for Edufest. Recruited area high school teachers of French to involve their students in Edufest. Offered Continuing Education Credit to area high school teachers who attended this day-long festival. Co-organized with Florence Dwyer French lecture by Gérard Briant "Sur la route de Compostelle," Landrum Building 506, Northern Kentucky University, 8 July 2008.

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Organized and hosted French film series co-sponsored by the Alliance Française of Cincinnati and NKU, Northern Kentucky University, 2007-2008. Organized and hosted lecture by international student from Tchad, Moussa Hamedi, “Les relations entre le Tchad et la France,” Landrum Building 506, Northern Kentucky University, 24 Aug 2007. Co-organizer and co-host of French Film night, Northern Kentucky University, 2003-2004.

Community Service to Promote Global Diversity Judge, Northern Kentucky Foreign Language Festival, 1990-1997; 1999-2002; 2004-2009. Invited entertainer to promote the understanding of Arab and Francophone culture, "Emerald: Art Culture World," Cincinnati Art Museum, 6 May 2009. Invited entertainer to promote the understanding of Arab and Francophone culture at the NKU International Potluck dinner, 12 April 2008. Volunteer worker for the French American Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati Annual Gala Fundraising Dinner, 5 May 2005 and 4 May 2006. Volunteer entertainer at Summerfair in Cincinnati, promoting the understanding of Arab and Francophone Arab culture, 2001, 2003-2010. Volunteer entertainer at EgyptFest 2004, Cincinnati, promoting the understanding of Arab and Francophone Arab culture. Volunteer entertainer at Belly Boo Bash, a charity production whose proceeds are donated to Friends of Felines to provide care for homeless cats, and to Voice of Roma to buy goats to feed starving Rumanian families, also promoting the understanding of Arab and Francophone Arab culture 29 October, 2004.

International Activities as Faculty Mentor and Advisor: Faculty Advisor and Teacher, Belly Dance Club. Northern Kentucky University, Fall 2006.

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Faculty Advisor, International Student Union. Northern Kentucky University. 1991-Spring 1997.