• PhD, French language and literature, Princeton University, 1980
• MA, French language and literature, Princeton University, 1978
• BA, French language and literature, Vanderbilt University, 1975

The image of smoking and the smoker in French and francophone culture.

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• FR 211/212: Introduction to French language and culture
• FR 305: Reading French Historians
• FR 350: Modern French Short Story
• FR 525: French for Reading Knowledge
• FR 482: The Image of Smoking and the Smoker in French literature and culture