She holds a MA in French Literature (2006) and a BA in Political Science and French (2003), and an International Business Certificate (2003). Although she has experience teaching a variety of classes from advanced grammar classes for majors and translations classes for graduate students to basic language and French culture classes, she has also taught a lecture course on the History of Paris at Penn State. Rebecca is currently teaching Business French and Introduction to Reading and Writing in Literature. Her interests are interdisciplinary, ranging from French Immigration Literature and History to Arabic language studies and Colonial/Post-colonial Politics. See her Statement of Research Interests
When she is away from the university setting, she enjoys spending time assisting immigrants in the Iowa City community through ESL tutoring and various leadership activities in conjunction with the University of Iowa Office of International Scholars and Students (OISS). She also promotes cultural understanding among children through French language enrichment courses that she teaches at an area elementary school and working with area high school students. During university breaks, she spends time with family in Marseille and enjoys relaxing in her summer home in Dordogne.
