Anthony Contreras Department of French and Italian Vanderbilt University [email protected]

Education

Vanderbilt University Fall 2017 – Present Expected 2022 PhD in French Studies

Vanderbilt University 2019 Master of Arts in French Studies

The University of Georgia Spring 2017 Master of Arts in French Literature GPA: 3.89 / 4.00

The University of Georgia Spring 2015 Bachelor of Arts in French Graduated Cum Laude

Related Experience

 Vanderbilt University Fall 2018 – Present o Instructor of Record – French 1101 and 1102  Vanderbilt University Spring 2019 o Teaching Assistant – Italian 3640  The Writing Studio, Vanderbilt University Fall 2017 – Present o Writing Consultant  The University of Georgia Fall 2015 – Spring 2017 o Teaching Assistant – Department of Romance Languages o Instructor of Record – French 1110  UGA en France Summer 2016 o Animateur and Teaching Assistant – French 3010  Montpellier, France Fall 2013

o Study Abroad Fall 2013  Le Collège Croix d’Argent, Montpellier, France

o Volunteer Teaching Assistant

Conferences  International Conference on Medievalism, Atlanta, Georgia (September 2019): “Bresson’s Lancelot du lac: a postmodern ‘film de geste’”  International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 2019): “Treason or Duty? The Death of Vassals in the Chanson de Roland and the Charroi de Nîmes according to the Troubadour”  Southeastern Medieval Association, Nassua, Bahamas (November 2018): “The (Magical) Migration of Knights and Love in the Lais of Marie de France”  University of Georgia Crossroads Conference, Athens, GA (February 2018): “Renown renamed: Guillaume d’Orange and Yvain, Le Chevalier au Lion”

Awards and Associations

 University of Georgia Dean’s List Spring 2013  HOPE Scholarship Fall 2012 – Spring 2015  Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society Spring 2015 – Present  ACTFL Member Fall 2017 - Present  Vanderbilt University Graduate Fellowship Fall 2017-Present

Languages

 English – native speaker  French – speak and write with high proficiency  Spanish – heritage speaker  Old French – reading knowledge  Italian – reading knowledge