My Resumé

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
M.A., Middlebury College Graduate School of French in France
B.A., (French) City College of New York

FRENCH TEACHING
Independent Adult Classes
Boston Center for Adult Education
Phillips Exeter Academy
Harvard University

FRENCH EDITING
D.C. HEATH, HEINE & HEINLE, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, RANDOM HOUSE, McGRAW-HILL
Freelance copyeditor and proofreader      1991 to present

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
Associate Editor, College Textbook Division.
Edited French textbooks and produced tape programs.      1989-1991

FRENCH AUDIO PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Authored Allons-y!
Video Guide, H & H,    1996
Produced Allons-y!
Student Tape Program and Instructor’s Tape Program, H & H,     1991, 1995
Developed Discovering French Interactive CD-ROM
DC Heath,     1994.
Produced Premiers Echanges
H & H,     1993.
Produced Quant à Moi tape program
H & H,     1992.
Notez bien tape program
H & H,     1992
Implemented and narrated Contacts, Qu’est-ce qui se passe?
Découverte et Création, Entre Amis, HMCo, 1989-91.

PUBLICATIONS
French Related Books

  • Random House Webster’s Pocket French Dictionary – Authored Second Edition, 1998
  • Unarmed Against Hitler by Jacques Semelin, 1993.
  • Translated 198-page book for Praeger Publishers
  • On Y Va! Teacher’s Edition. Translated Introduction for CLE International

Interviews

  • “An Interview with Marguerite Duras,” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1975, Volume 1, no. 2, pp. 423-434. ( This academic article appears in Google Scholar with 18 citations, showing that the interview was found useful)
  • “I think “feminine literature” is an organic, translated writing…translated from blackness, from darkness. Women have been in darkness for centuries. They don’t know themselves. Or only poorly…” (M. Duras to SHK)
  • “Marguerite Duras: February 1993,” Visions Magazine, Boston, Spring, 1993.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

  • Regular articles in Back Bay Courant, Boston, Feb.1998-2001.
  • Regular articles in Beacon Hill Paper, Boston, May 1997-Jan.1998.
  • “C’est tout: a Farewell to Marguerite Duras,” Boston Phoenix Literary Supplement, Boston, April 1996, #96.
  • “A Landmark Year for Theodorakis,” Greek American, New York, June 17, 1995.
  • “A Non-Greek’s Journey to Learn the Finer Art of Greek Dancing,” Hellenic Chronicle, Boston, June 16, 1994.
  • “Gabrielle chante la culture française,“ Journal français d’Amérique, San Francisco, 22 Janvier-4 Février 1993.
  • “Les signes de notre temps,” and “Nous serons tous des immigrés,“ (two interviews conducted by SHK) in Les Carnets de la Publicité, Paris, 1990.
  • “L’autre 14 juillet,” Journal français d’Amérique, San Francisco, 24 Août-7 Septembre 1989.
  • “Boston: la ville à l’heure française,” Journal français d’Amérique, San Francisco, 1-31 1989.
  • “Columns of Controversy,” France Today, vol.1, #2, 1987.
  • “The Different Faces of Liberty,” France Today, (idem).
  • “Les Manifestations étudiantes,” Journal français d’Amérique, 16-25 Janvier 1987, (ibid).