Dr. D. Brian Mann: C.V. "en capsule."

Current Position:: Interim Department Head of Language & Literature and Associate Professor of French & Spanish

Education:

Ph.D. in Modern Languages (French), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 1999.

• Major field: 20th-century French narratives and the work of Raymond Queneau.
• Minor fields: French Renaissance studies, 20th century Latin-American narrative, and Comparative literature.
• Dissertation:  Constructive Criticism; the Poetics of Space and Enclosure in Selected Novels of  Raymond Queneau.  Director: Dr. Jordan Stump.

M.A. in French, University of North Texas, December 1986.

• Major field of study: French literature.
• Minor fields of study: Foreign-language pedagogy, 19th century Peninsular literature, and Mexican-American literature. Concentration in French pedagogy.

B.A. in French, University of North Texas, December 1983.

• Major: French
• Minor fields of study: Spanish and secondary-school teaching.

Publications:

• Refereed Journal Film Collection Review/Essay: “The Battle of Algiers (La Bataille d’Alger + interviews & other ancilliary materials; 3 DVD’s).” Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo. 1966. Rialto Pictures, 2004.  The French Review 79.1 (October 2005): 180-82.
• Interactive Teaching Workshop: “Les Signes diacritiques de français: un exercice intégral de rédaction.” Dialogues et Cultures: Actes du XIe congrès mondial de la F.I.P.F. / A.A.T.F., 19-23 juin, 2004 (Proc. of the 11th Joint World Congress of the International Federation of French Professors and the American Association of Teachers of French. Roland Delronche, Ed. Invited submission, manuscript submitted 10/27/04.
• Article: "Soldiers, Scribes, and Stalkers: Invading and Liberating Public Spaces in the Pulp Fiction of Raymond Queneau." Dalhousie French Studies 67.2 (Summer 2004: 101-11).
• Book Review: "Spang, Rebecca L. The Invention of the Restaurant: Paris and Modern Gastronomic Culture." The French Review 76.5 (April 2003) 1017-19.
• Mann, D. Brian. "Typing Characters from Foreign Languages on the Computer: An Integrative Assignment." MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and On-line Teaching). http://www.merlot.org/artifact/PedagogyDetail.po?pdgOid=1010000000000022716 (February, 2002)
• Creative Work: "Exercice de Grammaire." Mountain Laurels 7 (2001): 36-37. 
• Translation: "A French Perspective on George Elliot Howard’s A History of Matrimonial Institutions." Sociological Origins 2.2 (Winter 2000) 81-86.
• Article: “Walled from the Wild: (Sub)urban Enclosure in Raymond Queneau’s Le Chiendent and other novels”  International Fiction Review 26.1-2 (1999): 46-57.
• Dissertation: "Constructive Criticism; the Poetics of Space and Enclosure in Selected Novels of Raymond Queneau." Diss. U of Nebraska, 1999.

Conference Papers and Presentations:

• “From the City to the Country through the Nowhere in Between: Representations of Agrophobia, Metrophilia, and Movement in the works of Raymond Queneau” paper accepted for presentation at the interdisciplinary conference: “In the City and on the Road: Stasis and Mobility in the Twentieth Century,” Department of English, University of South Carolina, Columbia March 25 - 26, 2006.
• 60-minute teaching demonstration & workshop: “Les Signes diacritiques de français :  un exercice intégral de redaction.” XI^e Congrès mondial des professeurs de français. 11^th Worldwide Congress of French Professors, Atlanta, GA, July 19-23, 2004.
• "The Tópos, the Trópos, and the Parody of Culture in Raymond Queneau's Saint Glinglin." 14th annual Romance Languages & Literatures conference "Tropology: Text & Context," March 21 & 22, 2003, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY.
• Presenter/Trainer at a Collaborative workshop on "Incorporating MERLOT into Instruction." Presentation team: Dr. Simon Grist, Floyd College Dr. Missy Cody, Georgia State University, Dr. Brian Mann, North Georgia College & State University, Ms. Amy Willis, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, Georgia, February 21, 2002, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by Advanced Learning Technologies, University System of Georgia.
• Presenter/Trainer at: "Teaching and Learning with Advanced Technologies," a collaborative workshop on "Incorporating MERLOT into Instruction." April 1 & 2, 2002, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Presentation team: Dr. Missy Cody, Georgia State University, Dr. Brian Mann, North Georgia College & State University. Sponsored by Advanced Learning Technologies, University System of Georgia.
• 75-minute teaching demonstration entitled "Écoute-Radio: an Interactive Exercise for Improving All Four of the Basic Language Skills" International Convention for the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) in Denver, CO on July 5-8, 2001.
• "Item, a Maistre Raymond de Queneau…": François Villon makes another visit to Rueil." Blue Ridge International Conference on the Humanities and the Arts (BRICHA), Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 26-28 April, 2001.
• "Rewriting the Past: François Villon's Unexpected Visit to Raymond Queneau's Paris."  Conference on "Time, Memory, Text," S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, March 23-24, 2001.
• “On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes: the Invasion of a Public Space.” Conference on “The Poetics of Space,” S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, March 10-11, 2000.
• Teaching Demonstration: “Écoute-Radio: an exercise for improving all four of the basic language skills,” Foreign Language Association of Georgia 2000 Conference, Macon, GA, February 11-12, 2000.
• “Walled from the Wild: (Sub)urban Enclosure in Raymond Queneau’s Le Chiendent and other novels,” 4th Annual Carolina Conference on Romance Languages, Chapel Hill, NC, March 19-21, 1998.
• "Invitación al viaje: el camino baudelariano en El Reino de este mundo de Alejo Carpentier, 23rd Annual 20th Century Literature conference, Louisville, KY, February 23-25, 1995.
• "La roue de la tradition: les manifestations des trois unités dans Le Chiendent de Raymond Queneau," 14th Annual Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, OH, May 12-14, 1994.

• Instructor of French, Department of Continuing Education, NGCSU
• Instructor of Spanish, Southeast Community College, Lincoln, NE.
• Coordinator of Elementary French, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
• Instructor of French and Spanish, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO.
• Instructor of French, Boulder Country Day School, Grades K-6 and preschool.
• Instructor of French, The Selwyn School, Denton TX.
• Instructor of French, Department of Continuing Education, University of North Texas, Denton TX.
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas.
• Instructor of English, Centre d'Etudes Franco-Américain, Lisieux, France.

• Modern Language Association
• American Association of Teachers of French (National and Georgia chapters)
• Foreign Language Association of Georgia (FLAG)
• Member, Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society)  President of the Denton, TX Chapter, 1985-86
• Member Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish Honor Society)
• American Numismatic Association

• English: Native language; taught courses in English at the Centre d'études Franco-Américain in Lisieux, France
• French: High level of fluency in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and teaching.
• Spanish: High level of fluency in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and teaching.
• Italian: Literacy and basic speaking skills.

• Director for NGCSU's Joint-Enrollment Study-Abroad program in Toulouse, France, 1999-present
• Extensive dissertation research in Belgium
• Interpreter and GSE Team member for Rotary International Group Study Exchange to Mexico.
• Summer Work-Study Abroad Program, Centre d'Etudes Franco-Américain, Lisieux, France.
• Extensive personal travel in Europe and Latin America, 1980-2003.

• Comprehensive experience in computers, multimedia, electronics, and other high-technology applications.
• Extensive experience in applied engineering, auto mechanics, and exercise physiology.
• Broad knowledge of music, food science, and nutrition.