Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy
Baylor University, Modern Languages & Cultures Division of French & Italian One Bear Place #97392, Waco, TX 76798 [email protected] (Office) 254-710-4425
Education:
Ph.D. in Modern French Studies, May 2007 University of Maryland, College Park Dissertation Director: Dr. Hervé Thomas Campangne Françoise Pascal’s ‘Agathonphile martyr, tragi-comédie’: An Annotated Critical Edition
M.A. in French, May 2001 University of Maryland, College Park
Buffalo State College, Jan 1997−May 1998 Teaching Certificate of Qualification in French
Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne, Sep 1996−Jan 1997 Study abroad through the State University at Oswego in Paris, France
B.A. in French, Jan 1997 University at Buffalo, New York
B.A. in Music Performance, May 1996 University at Buffalo, New York
Academic Employment History:
2020−present Professor of French, Baylor University 2014−2020 Associate Professor of French, Baylor University 2008−2014 Assistant Professor of French, Baylor University 2007−08 Professorial Lecturer, Catholic University & American University 2003−04 Lecturer in English, The University of Nice, France 1999−2003; 2004−07 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Maryland
Refereed Publications:
Book
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. Women’s Deliberation: The Heroine in Early Modern French Women’s Theater (1650–1750). New York: Routledge, 2018. Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 2
Critical Editions
Maintenon, Madame de. Proverbes dramatiques. Eds. Perry Gethner and Theresa Varney Kennedy. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2014.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. Françoise Pascal’s ‘Agathonphile martyr, tragi-comédie’: An annotated critical edition. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, « Biblio 17 », 2008.
Articles and Book Chapters
Jortner, David and Theresa Kennedy. “Corneille versus the French Academy: Teaching Le Cid through Courtroom Drama.” Teaching French Neoclassical Tragedy. Ed. Hélène Bilis and Ellen McClure. New York: Modern Language Association. (Forthcoming 2021).
Kennedy, Theresa. “Women’s Honesty in Molière’s Theater.” L’Honnêteté au Grand Siècle: Belles Manières et Belles Lettres. Ed. Marcella Leopizzi. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, « Biblio 17 » (2020): 365−377.
Kennedy, Theresa. “The Tyrannical Mother in Madame de Staal-Delaunay's Eighteenth-Century Comedy.” Women in French Studies 27 (2019): 89−99.
Kennedy, Theresa. “Early Modern Women’s Mobility in French Women’s Theater.” Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal 14.1. (2019): 119−130.
Kennedy, Theresa. “Revisiting the ‘Woman Question’ in Molière’s Theater.” Molière Re-envisioned. Twenty-first Century Retakes / Renouveau et renouvellement moliéresques. Reprises contemporaines. Ed. Giovanni Dotoli. Paris: Éditions Hermann (2019): 417−441.
Kennedy, Theresa. “Theater and Religious Education: The Case of Madame de Maintenon’s Pedagogical Plays.” Journal of Christianity and World Languages 18 (2017): 21−34.
Kennedy, Theresa. “From Stage to Cloister: Madame de Maintenon’s Classroom Drama.” Guilty Pleasures: Theater, Piety and Morality in 17th-Century France. Ed. Joseph Harris and Julia Prest. Yale French Studies No. 130 (2016): 110–122.
Kennedy, Theresa. “Cultivating Their Gardens: Women and the Art of Home Economics in Madame de Maintenon’s Dramatic Proverbs.” Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature XLIII, No. 85 (2016): 363–377.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “‘No Exit’ in Racine’s ‘Phèdre’: The Making of the Anti-Hero.” The French Review 88.1 (2014): 165–178.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “From mauvaise mère to bonne mère: The Making of Republican Mothers in Women’s Pedagogical Theater.” Dalhousie French Studies 102 (Summer 2014): 81–90. Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 3
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “A Mind of Her Own: La Princesse de Clèves and the Making of the Female Hero in Seventeenth-Century Women’s Tragedy.” Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature XLI, No. 81 (2014): 365–378.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “Staging the Impossible femme forte in Maintenon’s Dramatic Conversations.” Women’s Voices: Critical Essays on Francophone Women’s Theater. Ed. Cecilia Beach and Joyce Johnston. Women in French Studies 5 (2014): 62–75.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “Gender performance in 17th-Century Dramatic Dialogue: From the Salon to the Classroom.” Cahiers du Dix-Septième: An Interdisciplinary Journal 15.1 (2013): 1–18.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “Female Playwrights and their filles rebelles in 17th-century France.” Rebelles et criminelles chez les écrivaines d’expression française. Ed Colette Trout and Frédérique Chevillot. Atlanta/Amsterdam: Rodopi, “Faux Titre” (2013): 45−61.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “Madame de Maintenon’s Proverbes Inédits: Words to Live By.” Women in French Studies 18 (2010): 29−42.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “Metatheatricality and Subversion in the Comtesse de Murat’s Voyage de Campagne.” Neophilologus 94.4 (2010): 557−567.
Kennedy, Theresa Varney. “Tragic Irony in Catherine Durand’s Comédies en proverbes.” Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature XXXVII, No. 72 (2010): 117−128.
Book Reviews
Van Elslande, Jean-Pierre. L’Âge des Enfants (XVIe-XVIIe Siècles). French Studies: A Quarterly Review 74.3 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1093/fs/knaa114.
Théâtre et Peuple: De Louis-Sébastien Mercier à Firmin Gémier. Ed. Olivier Bara. Nineteenth- Century French Studies 47.1-2 (2018), http://www.ncfs-journal.org/?q=node/1572.
Théâtre de femmes de l'Ancien Régime: XVIIIe siècle. Ed. Aurore Evain, Perry Gethner, and Henriette Goldwyn. Women in French Studies 25 (2017): 201–203.
Madame de Villedieu, Les Amours des grands hommes. Ed. Nathalie Grande. French Studies: A Quarterly Review 71.3 (2017): 410−411.
Madame de Souza, Eugénie et Mathilde, ou Mémoires de la famille du Comte de Revel. Ed. Kirsty Carpenter. New Zealand Journal of French Studies 36.1 & 2 (2015): 161−162.
Legault, Marianne. Female Intimacies in Seventeenth-Century French Literature. The French Review 88.1 (2014): 234−35.
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Enchanted Eloquence: Fairy Tales by Seventeenth-Century French Women Writers. Ed. and Trans. Lewis C. Seifert & Domna C. Stanton. Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal 7 (2012): 338−339.
Théâtre de femmes de l'Ancien Régime: XVIIe siècle. Ed. Aurore Evain, Perry Gethner, and Henriette Goldwyn. Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature 36.71 (2009): 300−303.
Translation
Redalié, Yann. “‘Working with one’s Hands’: One Model, Many Applications.” Paul and the Heritage of Israel: Paul’s Claim upon Israel’s Legacy in Luke−Acts in the Light of the Pauline Letters. Ed. D. Marguerat, D. P. Moessner, M. Parsons and M. Wolter. Trans. Michael D. Thomas, Alexandre Thiltges, and Theresa Varney Kennedy. Vol. 2. New York: T & T Clark, 2012.
Published Conference Proceeding
Kennedy, Theresa. “La Comédie et la Tragédie à la cour de La Bruyère.” Francographies: Actes du sixième Colloque: Création et Réalité d’Expression Française, N Spécial 4 Nouvelle Série (2002): 83−98.
Work in Progress:
Critical Edition and Translation
Maintenon, Madame de. Madame de Maintenon’s Dramatic Proverbs. Trans. Paige Tierney. Ed. and introduction by Theresa Varney Kennedy. (Placed at # 53 on the list of future volumes at The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series: http://www.othervoiceineme.com/othervoice-toronto.html)
Book Chapter
Kennedy, Theresa. “Enchantment and Disenchantment in Madame de Maintenon’s Pedagogical Theater.” (Under review at Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal).
Peer-Reviewed Book Review
Databases, Revenues, and Repertory: The French Stage Online, 1680-1793 / Données, recettes, & repertoire. La scène en ligne (1680-1793). Ed. by Sylvaine Guyot and Jeffrey S. Ravel. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2020. (Slated to appear in H-France Review)
Conference Papers:
La Folie sur scène: L’angoisse de l’auctorialité chez les femmes dramaturges. International Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 5
Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime on “Femme et folie sous l’Ancien Régime,” L’Université d’Arras, France, Mar 25−26 2021.
Early Modern French Women Playwrights and Authorial Strategies. The Renaissance Society of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Apr 2−4 2020. Conference canceled.
From the Margins to Center Stage: Early Modern French Women Playwrights and Authorial Strategies. 10e Conférence Internationale Women in French “Voix et voies des marges,” Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, May 14−16 2020. Conference canceled.
Children’s Literature in French: A Window into the Seventeenth-Century. Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Oct 10–12 2019.
Enchantment and Disillusion in Madame de Maintenon's Dramatic Proverbs. 49e Congrès de la North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 16–18 2019.
Mlle Huau, Heroines, and The Hague French Comedy. South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio, Texas, Oct 11–14 2018.
Women’s honesty in Molière’s theater. 48e Congrès de la North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy, Jun 27–30 2018.
The Tyrannical Mother in Marguerite-Jeanne de Staal's Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Women in French International Conference, The Winthrop-King Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Feb 8–10 2018.
Women Behaving Badly in the Théâtre de Société of the Early Modern Period. Women in French UK 14th Biennial Conference, Hinsley Hall, Leeds, United Kingdom, May 19–21 2017.
Deliberating the Rational Heroine in Seventeenth-Century French Women’s Theater. Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies Workshop, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, Nov 10–12 2016.
Theater and Religion: The Case of Madame de Maintenon’s Dramatic Proverbs. Christian Association of World Languages, Houghton College, Houghton, New York, Apr 14–16 2015.
Deliberating the Violent Heroine in Seventeenth-Century Women’s Theater. Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Nov 5−7 2015.
The Good, The Bad, and the Thoughtful: The Emergence of the Deliberative Heroine in Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 6
Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century French Women’s Theater. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Sante Fe, New Mexico, Oct 8−10 2015.
Deliberating the Heroine in Seventeenth-Century French Women's Theater. Comparative Drama Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, Mar 26−29 2015.
The role of divertissement in seventeenth-century society. Society for Seventeenth- Century French Studies, Durham Castle, England, Sep 8–10 2014.
A Lesson in Irony: Madame de Maintenon’s Dramatic Proverbs and Conversations. Society for Seventeenth-Century French Studies, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Sep 5−7 2013.
‘No Exit’ in Racine’s ‘Phaedra’: The making of the Anti-hero. 37th Comparative Drama Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, Apr 4−6 2013.
Honor, Shame and the Making and Breaking of the Female Hero in Seventeenth-Century French Theater. 31st Annual Conference, Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, Wellesley College, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov 6−8 2012.
From mauvaise mère to bonne mère: Representation of Mothering in Women’s Theater. Women in French Colloquium, Arizona State University, Feb 24−25 2012.
Gallantry and Gender Performance in 17th-century Dialogue. 30th Annual Conference. Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies. The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Nov 3−5 2011.
Female Friendship in Yamina Benguigui’s Film ‘Inch’Allah dimanche’. Northeast Modern Language Association. Rutgers University, New Jersey, Apr 7−10 2011.
Modeling Women in Dramatic Proverbs and Conversations. Sixteenth Century Society Conference. Montréal, Québec, Oct 14−17 2010.
Madame de Maintenon: Staging a Better Life. Women in French Annual Conference. New York City, Jun 10−13 2010.
Madame de Maintenon: Anti-feminist or Realist: Teaching women through dramatic proverbs. Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. San Francisco State University, Nov 6−7 2009.
The “jeu du miroir” in Racine’s ‘Phèdre.’ South Central Modern Language Association. Baton Rouge, Oct 29−31 2009.
Tragic irony in Catherine Durand’s comédies en proverbes. 27th Annual Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies Conference. Saskatchewan Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 7
University, Canada, Oct 23−25 2008.
Teaching Literature Communicatively. American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages 2008 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Orlando, Florida, Nov 21−23 2008.
‘Agathonphile martyr’: Une tragi-comédie chrétienne galante? The Seventh Annual International Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime on “Femmes, rhétorique et éloquence sous l’Ancien Régime.” Université du Québec, Rimouski, Sep 13−15 2007.
Françoise Pascal’s ‘Agathonphile martyr’: Women and Empowerment in the Religious Sphere. 24th Annual Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies Conference. Bowdoin College, Maine, Oct 6−8 2005.
Japrisot’s ‘A Very Long Engagement’: A Hybrid Novel. 23rd Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Cincinnati, May 15−17 2003.
La Comédie et la Tragédie à la cour de La Bruyère. Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique Sixième Colloque International. Fordham University, New York, Mar 22 2002.
La Bruyère: Humble Painter or Rebel Writer? First Annual Graduate Conference on Literatures and Cross Cultural Studies. College Park, Maryland, Nov 15 2001.
Use of Multimedia in the Classroom. Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Languages. Georgetown, District of Columbia, Mar 29−Apr 1 2001.
Chaired Panels:
SCMLA. Little Rock, Arkansas, Oct 24–26 2019. • French II: Literature 1600–1800
Women in French International Conference. FSU, Florida, Feb 8–10 2018. • Enlightened Voices
SCMLA. Dallas, Texas, Nov 3–5 2016. • Women in French Session I: Pre-Twentieth Century Writers • Women in French Session II: Contemporary Writers
SCMLA. Austin, Texas, Oct 18–22 2014. • Women in French Session I: Women in Society • Session II: Women's Bodies
SCMLA. New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct 3−5 2013. Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 8
• Early Modern French Women and their Transnational World I • Women in French Session I: Francophone Women Novelists • Women in French Session II: Women Masked and Unmasked
SCMLA. Hot Springs, Arkansas, Oct 27−29 2011. • Women in French Session I: Francophone Women Writers • Women in French Session II: Female Heroes/Heroines in novels and plays
PAMLA. San Francisco, California, Nov 6−7 2009. • Women in Literature Session II: Women Transformed
Presentations:
Deliberating the Heroine in Early Modern French Women’s Theater, Internal Faculty Colloquium, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Baylor University, April 19 2017.
Creating an Ambiance of Trust in the College Classroom, Provost’s Faculty Forum “Good Talk about Good Teaching,” Baylor University, Oct 27 2015.
Collegiality and Publication: Some thoughts for 2015 Summer Faculty Institute, Co-presented with Dr. Beth Allison Barr, Baylor University, May 31 2015.
From the Salon to the Classroom: 17th-century Amateur Female Playwrights, Internal Faculty Colloquium, Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Baylor University, Nov 22 2011.
University Teaching Experience:
Baylor University, Waco TX Associate Professor, August 2008−present
FRE 2310, Intermediate French FRE 2320, Intermediate French/Passport to the French-Speaking World FRE 3302, Conversational French FRE 3310, Introduction to French Literature FRE 3312, Children’s Literature in French FRE 3315, Panorama of French Theater FRE 3348, A Moveable Feast: An Exploration of Paris and Its Culture FRE 4331 & 4332, French Writers and Ideas I & II FRE 4V90, Madame de Maintenon’s Proverbs in Translation
Course Lectures:
Beauty and the Beast: The Original Story. Honors Colloquium, Honors College, Baylor University, Mar 8 2021. Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 9
French Feminism: A History, PHI 3320 Philosophical Issues in Feminism, Philosophy Department, Baylor University, Jan 19 2016.
Madame de Graffigny’s Letters of a Peruvian Woman: An Epistolary Novel. Honors Colloquium, Honors College, Baylor University, Mar 31 2014.
The ‘Princesse de Clèves’: Unhappily Ever After? Honors Colloquium, Honors College, Baylor University, Mar 4 2013.
Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ or How to Make your Garden Grow. Honors Colloquium, Honors College, Baylor University, Oct 8 2012.
The Princesse de Clèves, Inimitable Example of Virtue or Modernity? Honors Colloquium, Honors College, Baylor University, Mar 19 2012.
Neo-Classical France and the ‘Cid’ Controversy, THEA 5308 Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Theater Department, Baylor University, Fall 2009–2019
Simone de Beauvoir and ‘Le Deuxième Sexe’, Senior Capstone Seminar in French, Department of Modern Languages & Cultures, Baylor University, Spring 2017, 2018
The History of French Music, Senior Capstone Seminar in French, Department of Modern Languages & Cultures, Baylor University, Spring 2009–2016, 2018, 2019
American University, Washington D.C. Professorial Lecturer, Aug 2007−Dec 2007
Intermediate French, Spring 2008 Étude du roman québécois, Fall 2007 Advanced French grammar, Fall 2007
The Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. Professorial Lecturer, Aug 2007−May 2007
French for Reading Comprehension, Spring 2008 Business French, Fall 2007
University of Maryland, College Park Graduate Teaching Assistant, Aug 1999−May 2003; Aug 2004−May 2006
French Reading and Conversation, Spring 2006 French Masterworks in Translation, Fall 2004, Fall 2005 French Grammar & Composition, Spring 2005, Summer 2005, 2006 Readings in French Literature, Spring 2003 French 101, 102, and 203, Fall 1999−Spring 2002
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University of Nice, Nice, France Lectrice, Sep 2003−Jun 2004
Related Teaching Experience:
Wellwood International School, Pikesville, Maryland French Immersion Instructor, Aug 1998−Jun 1999
Teaching Development:
• Baylor Department of Modern Languages and Cultures Mini-Sabbatical, “Following Molière’s Footsteps,” Festival Molière, Pézenas, France, Jun 2019 • Baylor Fellow, Academy for Teaching and Learning, 2015−2016 • TFLA Summer Institute: Pathway to Proficiency, Baylor University, Jul 2015 • Baylor Department of Modern Foreign Languages Mini-Sabbatical, Avignon Theater Festival, France, Jul 2013 • Baylor Summer Faculty Institute, Baylor University, Jun 2012
Solicited External Funding:
• Madame de Maintenon’s Dramatic Proverbs (translation), Sponsored by Renaissance Society of America, Rejected 2021, Funding Requested: $2000 • Québec Government Grant for the development of courses on Québec, Awarded May/Jun 2014, Funding Requested: $3000
Solicited Internal Funding:
• Fall Semester Research Leave, Baylor University, Awarded 2016 • Arts & Humanities Grant, Baylor University, Awarded 2015−2016 • Academy for Teaching and Learning, University Teaching Grant, Awarded 2014, Funding Requested: $1500 • Baylor University Summer Sabbatical, Awarded 2010 & 2009 • Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Maryland, Dept of French & Italian, Awarded 2007
Honors and Awards:
• Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland 2000−2001 • Chancellor’s Award, one of two students selected from the State College at Buffalo, May 1998 • Dean’s List, State University College at Buffalo, May 1997 and Jan 1998 • Pi Delta Phi, French National Honor Society, State University College at Buffalo, inducted May 1997 • Alliance Française Concours National, placed seventh in the nation, State University College at Buffalo, May 1997 Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 11
• Linda Rock Memorial Scholarship, State University at Buffalo French Department, May 1996 • Garahee Music Scholarship, State University at Buffalo Music Department, May 1996
Certification:
University Teaching and Learning program certification Academic Year 2002−2003 The Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland
Provisional Certificate French grades N−12, Jul 1998−Jul 1999 Maryland State Department of Education
Certificate of Qualification French grades 7−12, Sep 1998 The University of the State of New York, State Education Department
Academic Service to Baylor University:
My service to the Modern Languages & Cultures Department includes the following: 1. Serving as Interim Division Director for French and Italian 2017–2018 • Scheduling for the fall, spring, and summer semesters • Ordering textbooks for beginning and intermediate-level courses • Writing faculty activity reports and evaluating instructors • Submitting reports for under enrolled courses • Monitoring enrollment and class rolls • Scheduling division meetings twice a year • Approving Course Equivalency requests • Advising majors, secondary majors, and minors 2. Serving as Coordinator for the Caen Exchange (2009-present) and IAU College Aix-en- Provence (2014-2020) Study Abroad Programs • Meeting individually with prospective study-abroad students • Preparing and mentoring study-abroad students (filling out applications, equivalency sheets, emailing students information, etc.) • Participating at the Study Abroad Fair in the Barfield Drawing Room • Organizing informational meetings for Baylor students • Hosting annual Spring reception for Baylor students and exchange students • Maintaining the Caen Exchange Program group page on Face book • Approving grade equivalencies • Meeting regularly with program directors both abroad and at Baylor • Establishing contact with and visiting a potential study abroad program site in Aix- en-Provence, France, 2013 • Inviting Baylor students and Caen exchange students to my home, 2012, 2011 • Attending meetings for coordinators in the Center for Global Engagement 3. Serving as Assistant Director of Baylor in Paris Study abroad program, 2021−2022, 2015−2016, 2010−2011 4. Serving on Teaching Observation Team, 2019–2020, 2015–2016 Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 12
5. Serving on Committees and Task Forces: • Ad hoc By Laws Committee, 2021 • FRE 2320 Passport to the French-Speaking World Working Group, 2019 • Ad hoc MLC Planning Committee, 2014 • French Scholarship Committee, 2012 • Textbook Selection Committee, 2009 6. Chairing Search Committee • Regular Lecturer in Italian, 2017–2018 7. Participating on Search Committees: • French Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Search Committee, 2019–2020 • iMLC Director/Lecturer Search Committee, 2018–2019 • Regular Lecturer in Swahili Search Committee, 2015–2016 • Arabic Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Search Committee, 2012–2013 • French Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Search Committee, 2009–2010 8. Serving as New Faculty Mentor to Dr. Gabrielle Miller, 2016–2017 • Attending dinner-discussions sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences 9. Performing exit interviews for French majors as well as fourth-semester French students, 2008–present 10. Acting as Faculty mentor for Global Community Living-Learning Center French conversation group, 2008–2012 11. Caroling with the Global Community Living-Learning Center for Christmas on 5th Street, 2010−2017 12. Writing student recommendation letters for French majors and minors, as well as for former students 13. Participating in New Faculty Mentoring Meetings, 2008–2009 14. Participating in New Faculty Orientation, 2008 15. Participating in Baylor’s Parent-Teacher Coffee, 2008−present 16. Representing the French & Italian Division at the annual Day of Languages event, 2018 17. Supporting and Attending the World Cinema series in the Modern Foreign Languages Department, 2008–present 18. Hosting the Baylor in Paris reunion in my home, 2011 19. Participating in a discussion group on the future of teaching French in the United States with other French division members, 2013 20. Co-organizing a field trip to visit the Getty Center Exhibition in Houston to expose students to aristocratic life in Paris during the mid-eighteenth century, 2011 21. Supporting and Attending the Global BU Vision singing competition, 2013 22. Representing French at the Majors Fair, 2013 23. Regularly attending the Faculty Colloquia Series given in the Modern Languages & Cultures Department
Service to the University My service to the university includes: 1. Serving as Director of Women’s and Gender Studies 2021–2024 2. Participating in Women’s Faculty Writing Program organized by Lisa Shaver, 2018– 2020 • Serving as WFWP Facilitator 2019–2020 Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 13
• Speaking at WFWP Brown Bag Virtual Session on Promotion, Oct 16, 2020 3. Participating in Mentoring Women Leaders pilot program led by Dr. Robyn Driskell, 2016–2018 • Attending Texas Women in Higher Education (TWHE) Conference, 2018, 2017 4. Serving on Gender Studies Advisory Council, 2015–present 5. Chairing the Outstanding Faculty Nominating Committee for Arts & Sciences, 2020, 2019, 2018 6. Leading the COACHE Faculty Satisfaction Working Group on Mid-Career Uncertainty, 2021 7. Serving on Committees: • Committee on Committees, 2019–2020 • Outstanding Faculty Nominating Committee for Arts & Sciences, 2015–present • Ad Hoc selection committee for the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor award, 2016 • Steering Committee for the Quality Enhancement Plan, 2016 • National and International Scholarships Committee, 2015–2016, 2014–2015, 2010–2011 • Arts & Sciences Technology Committee, 2015–2016 8. Serving as URSA scholar faculty mentor for Cimarron Parker, 2014 9. Serving as URSA Scholars Week judge for Best Oral Presentation Competition, 2019, 2016 10. Participating as panelist in the Center for International Education seminar “Faculty, Staff, and International Student Interactions: 5 Questions You Didn’t Know to Ask,” 2014 11. French pronunciation advisor to theater students during stage productions: • Mnemonic, 2019 • Mary Stuart, 2016 • The Learned Ladies, 2014 12. Establishing and participating in a tri-weekly Writing Group with Drs. Allison Beth Barr (History), Kara Poe Alexander (English), and Leslie Hahner (Communications), 2010– present 13. Undergraduate Student Honors Thesis Director • Delaney Pollard, 2019–2020 • Kayla Allen, 2009–2010 14. Serving as Commencement Ceremony Marshal, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 15. Participating in Faculty Retreat sponsored by the Institute for Faith and Learning, 2012, 2009 16. Teaching University 1000, 2009 17. Participating as external reader for Undergraduate Student Honors Theses: • Hannah Boman, English, 2015 • Niharika Pereira, Music, 2014 • Collin Huse, Theater, 2014 • Laura Oliver, History, 2010 18. Serving as external reader for Graduate Theses: • Chad Kennedy, Theater, 2019−2020 • Autumn Scott, Music, 2019−2020 Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 14
19. Serving on exit interview committees for Honors College students: • Deborah Hanagan, 2019 • Kirsten Hardin, 2021 20. Participating in Invitation to Excellence student recruitment dinners 2014, 2012, 2011 21. Hosting Dean’s lunch with parents at A&S Distinguished Scholars Day, 2017 22. Representing Modern Languages & Cultures Department at the Arts & Sciences Academic Open House, 2018, 2017 23. Applying to be a Faculty in Residence, 2011 24. Participating in BU Women’s Colloquium, 2013–present • Presenting on “Collaborative Teaching and Research,” 2018 • Presenting on “Journey to Tenure,” 2014 25. Organizing lectures in the Modern Languages & Cultures Department: • Dr. Andrea Jonsson, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University, “French Pop Verse: Poetic Influences in Contemporary French Culture and Music from Slam to Stromae,” 2018 • Dr. Perry Gethner, Professor, Oklahoma State University, “Early Modern Female Playwrights and the Struggle for Center Stage,” 2012 26. Attending the grant writing workshops hosted and organized by the Office of Vice Provost for Research, 2018
Service to the Larger Academic Profession My service to the larger academic profession of French literature and language includes: 1. Co-editor of the Journal of Christianity and World Languages (JCWL), 2020–present 2. Serving as Representative for South Central states for the Women in French Association, 2018–2020, 2012–2013 • Organizing and chairing Women in French panels at the South Central Modern Language Association • Recruiting Women in French members to attend the SCMLA conference • Planning a reception for the Women in French panelists and participants at the SCMLA conference hotel, 2013 3. Serving as Secretary for the professional organization Women in French, 2014–2017 • Maintaining the membership database of 450 members • Communicating with members about their membership • Sending out renewal reminders • Processing renewals through checks and PayPal • Processing address changes and new memberships • Uploading member emails to the voting place website for elections 4. Serving as reviewer for peer-reviewed journals and publishing houses, including: • University of Nebraska Press • Journal of Christianity & World Languages • Romance Notes 5. Participating in several professional organizations, including: • Women in French • Society for Early Modern French Studies • North American Society for Seventeenth Century French Literature Dr. Theresa Varney Kennedy 15
• The South Central Modern Language Association • The Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies • Société Internationale pour l'Etude des Femmes de l'Ancien Régime • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages • Renaissance Society of America 6. Serving as external reviewer for tenure candidate, Judy H. Park, at Loyola Marymount University, (successfully tenured and promoted August 2016)