Curriculum Vitae 
Cynthia Jones
CONTACT______________________________________________________________________________
Cynthia Jones
1376 30th Street
Ogden, UT 84403
315-415-4401
Email: Cynthiajones1@weber.edu
EDUCATION__________________________________________________________________________________________
PhD, French Literature, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, January 2018
Minor field: Theater, Folklore and Fairytales
Dissertation: North Atlantic Monstrosity: Technology and the Cultural Embodiment of Nostalgia and Progress in Nineteenth-Century French and Québécois Literature
Dissertation Committee: Christian Flaugh, David Castillo, François Paré
MA French Literature, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 2010
BA French Studies, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 2006
BFA Musical Theater, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 2002
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2018 -present: Visiting Assistant Professor of French, Weber State University
2017-2018: Full-Time Lecturer of French, State University of New York at Fredonia
2012-2017: Adjunct Instructor of French, State University of New York at Fredonia
2010-2016: Adjunct Instructor of French, State University of New York at Buffalo
2009-2010: Adjunct Instructor of French, Canisius College
2008-2009: Lectrice d’Anglais, Université de Paris VII Denis-Diderot
2007-2009: Graduate Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo
PUBLICATIONS: SUBMITTED AND UNDER REVIEW______________________________________________
“La vengeance du petit chaperon rouge” Cruautés et violences dans le conte et le récit bref. Ed. Xavier Escudero. Éditions Shaker Verlag
PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________________________________________________
“Toxic Fairytales: Cinderella” Toxic Cultures: A Companion. Ed. Simon Bacon. Peter Lang, Oxford: 2022
“Seduced by Satan: Damnation, Salvation and the Plight of Women in Nineteenth Century Quebecois Tales and Legends” Women and the Abuse of Power. Ed. Helen Gavin. Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingly, UK: 2022
“Introduction” Minding the Gap: On Bridges, Breaches, and Borders. Ed. Cynthia Jones, Aubrey Jones Kubiak, Lean Taub Robles. Complemar Print, Buffalo, NY: 2014
“Introduction” Plasticity 3D: Dismantlement, Reconfiguration, and Malleability. Ed. Cynthia Jones, Tanya Farnung, Valerie Hastings, Benjamin Ross. Complemar Print, Buffalo, NY: 2013
“The Werewolf and Modern Woman: The metaphor of the female werewolf as modern-day woman in The Wolf’s Bride by Aino Kallas” Woman as Angel, Woman as Evil: Interrogating the Boundaries, Ed. Andrea Ruthven and Gabriela Madlo. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, UK: 2012
“Little Red Riding Hood: Transition from victim to villain” Villains and Villainy: Embodiments of Evil in Literature, Popular Culture and Media. Ed. Anna Fahraeus and Dikmen Yakali Camoglu. Rodopi, Amsterdam: 2011
“Is the Big Bad Wolf really bad or just Misunderstood?” Uneasy Humanity, Inter-Disciplinary Press ebook: 2010
“Into the Woods: The encounter between Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf” The Domination of Fear Ed. Mikko Canini. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2010
“Re-reading Fear in Fairytales: Little Brave Riding Hood” There be Dragons out there: Confronting Fear Horror and Terror, Eds. Shona Hill and Shalinka Smith, Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2009
COURSES TAUGHT_-FRENCH____________________________________________________________________
Monsters in French and Francophone Literature, Weber State University
French Literature from the Page to the Screen, Weber State University
French for Humanitarian Purposes, Weber State University
Francophone Tales Across the World, Weber State University
La Francophonie: Past, Present, and Future, Weber State University -French Bridge Program
French Culture and Cuisine, Weber State University
Good and Evil in French Fairy Tales, Weber State University
Adventures and Discoveries, Weber State University-French Bridge Program
French phonetics and phonology, Weber State University
French Grammar and Composition, Weber State University
Business French, Weber State University
French for the Professions, Weber State University
Introduction to French Literature, Weber State University
French Composition, SUNY Fredonia
French Drama in Action, SUNY Fredonia
French Translation, SUNY Fredonia
French Enlightenment, SUNY Fredonia
French Plays and Prose, SUNY Fredonia
French Diction and Phonetics, SUNY Fredonia
French Stylistics and Advanced Grammar, SUNY Fredonia
French, Fourth semester, Weber State University
French, First semester, SUNY at Buffalo, SUNY Fredonia, Weber State University
French, Second semester, SUNY at Buffalo, Weber State University
French, First semester, Online Course, Canisius College
Advanced Beginner French, SUNY at Buffalo
Intermediate French, First Semester, SUNY at Buffalo, Canisius College
Intermediate French, Second Semester, Canisius College
COURSES TAUGHT_-WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES / CROSS-LISTED________________________
Introduction to Women and Gender Studies, Weber State University
Revolutionary Theater in Europe (blended language class in English, French, German, & Spanish), Weber State University
French Civilization and Culture, SUNY Fredonia
Monsters in French Literature, SUNY Fredonia
Women in French Literature, SUNY Fredonia
COURSES TAUGHT_-ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
English Conversation, Université de Paris 7
English Phonetics and Prononciation, Université de Paris 7
English for Teachers of Elementary School, Université de Paris 7
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS ____________________________________________________________________
Programs that I have created, organized, taught, and successfully run abroad through the institutions listed:
French Cuisine and Viniculture: French language & Food in Bordeaux & Paris
Weber State University, June 26-July 17, 2022
Monsters and Freaks in Paris
State University of New York at Fredonia, May 31st-June 29th, 2016
State University of New York at Fredonia, May 26th-June 15th, 2015
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION____________________________________________________________________
“Healing Blood and Stealing Blood: Blood in Medical Practices and in Literature from
the Nineteenth Century, and Its Effects on Contemporary Ideology” Co-presenter: Justin Rhees
International Medical Humanities conference
London, UK March 12-13, 2022
“La vengeance du Petit Chaperon Rouge”
Colloque international et pluridisciplinaire: Cruatés et violences dans le conte et dans le récit bref
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Sept. 30 – Oct 2, 2020
“Task Based Learning through the Business Case in French for the Professions”
5th International Symposium on Languages for Specific Purposes and Centers for International Business Education and Research
Charlotte, NC March 5-7, 2020
“Maximizing Target Language Exposure via Live Video Conferencing” co-presenter Dr. Aubrey Jones
Utah Foreign Language Association Conference
Ogden, Utah Feb 14, 2019
“Seduced by Satan: Damnation, Salvation and the Plight of Women in Nineteenth Century Quebecois Tales and Legends”
1st Annual Conference on Evil Women: Women and Evil
Vienna, Austria Dec 1-2, 2018
“[Pro]creation and a Monstrous Reversal of Roles in Rachilde’s Monsieur Venus”
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Bellingham Washington Nov 10-11, 2018
“I love the devil: Forbidden love in les contes Quebecois”
Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Las Vegas, Nevada October 18-21, 2017
“The Transforming Body of the Loup-Garou and the Creation of the Quebecois Identity”
Framing the Self(ie)- Heterogeneity of Identities in (non)spaces
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
State University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY March 31- April 1, 2016
“The devil’s body: The Intruder and Disintegrating Corporeality in Quebecois legends about the Beau-danseur”
Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Las Vegas, Nevada October 14-17, 2015
“Monstrous Creator/ Monstrous Mother in Rachilde’s Monsieur Venus”
7th Annual Global Conference on Evil, Women and the Feminine
Dubrovnik, Croatia May 6-8, 2015
“Mini Immersion: The Mini-Travel Course”
2nd Annual Conference on Foreign Language Teaching: Modernizing Modern Language Teaching
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NY September 20-21, 2014
“Lurking Specters, Heteropias and Distopias in Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera (1910)”
2nd Global Conference: Monstrous Geographies: Places and Spaces of Monstrosity
Prague, Czech Republic May 15-17, 2013
“The Role of the Wolf in Alexandre Dumas’ Le meneur de loups”
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Boulder, CO October 11-13, 2012
“Embracing the Beast Within: Understanding Man’s Monstrous Nature in Alexandre Dumas’ The Wolf Leader (1857)”
10th Global Conference: Monsters and the Monstrous
Oxford, United Kingdom September 10-12, 2012
“Croisement et métissage des monstres dans les contes de la vallée de l’Outaouais”
The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Ottawa, Ontario November 16-20, 2011
“Disintegrating Borders: Representations of Monstrosity in Québécois Folklore in the Face of Shifting Geographical and Political Borders”
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Scottsdale, Arizona October 6-8, 2011
“Demonic Representations of Women in the works of Rachilde”
North Eastern Modern Language Association
New Brunswick, NJ April 6-10, 2011
“The Female Werewolf: The Wilder Side of Women”
Evil, Women and the Feminine: 2nd Global Conference
Prague, Czech Republic, May 2-5, 2010
“The Sacrificial Female Body in The Handless Maiden”
Forming and De-forming the Human Body: Graduate Association of French and Italian Studies
University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 16-17, 2010
“Being in the Liminal Space”
Storytelling: Romance Studies Colloquium
Montclair State University, New Jersey, October 1-3, 2009
“Liberating the man from the beast: Werewolves in Quebecois folklore”
Fear Horror and Terror: 3rd Global Conference
Oxford, United Kingdom, September 19 -21, 2009
“Little Red Riding Hood: Not so Innocent-Rewriting Fairytales: the wolf’s point of view”
Villains and Villainy
Oxford, United Kingdom, September 19 -21, 2009
“Bad Girls: Fear of Women in the tales of Charles Perrault”
Evil, Women and the Feminine
Budapest, Hungary, May1-3, 2009
“Is the Big Bad Wolf really bad or just misunderstood?”
Perspectives on Evil: 10th Global Conference
Salzburg, Austria, March 16 -19, 2009
“Re-reading Fear in Fairy Tales: Little Brave Riding Hood”
Fear Horror and Terror: 2nd Global Conference
Oxford, United Kingdom, September 3-6, 2008
UNIVERSITY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SERVICE________________________________________________
Committee member, Interdisciplinary committee for the Masters in Development, Peace, and Sustainable Transformation, Weber State University (2021-present)
Committee member, Engaged Learning Series, Weber State University (2020-present)
Committee member, Steering Committee for the Storytelling Festival, Weber State University (2020-present)
COLLEGE SERVICE________________________________________________________
Committee member, HURST Artist in Residence and Browning Presents Committee, Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities, Weber State University (2020-present)
Committee member, Curriculum Committee, Lindquist College of Arts and Humanities, Weber State University (2020-present)
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE________________________________________________________
Chair, Hurst Artist in Residence Committee (department committee), Weber State University (2020-present)
Chair, Curriculum Committee, Department of Foreign Languages at Weber State University (2020-present, member 2018-2020)
Advisor for French Club at Weber State University (2018-present)
Committee member, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Department of Foreign Languages, Weber State University (2021-present)
Committee member, High Impact Educational Experiences Committee, Department of Foreign Languages, Weber State University (2022-present)
Coach for French team at BYU Business Language Case Competition, Weber State University (2018-present)
Dreaming in Languages: Department and Curriculum Development Committee, SUNY Fredonia (2013-2018)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
American Association for Teachers of French- Utah Chapter, Secretary (2019-2021), Member (2022-present)
Professors Group for Localization, Translation Commons (2018-2019)
UUP Teacher Education Advisory Group, Fredonia (2013-2018)
Research Mentor for State University of New York Distance Mentored Undergraduate Research (2012-2017)
Co-editor, Graduate Romance Studies Journal, University at Buffalo (2013-2014)
President, Romance Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Association, State University of New York at Buffalo (2010-2014)
Member of Graduate Student Association Finance Committee (2011-2012)
Member of Mark Diamond Research Fund Review Committee (2011)
Conference organizing committee, Chair: “Humanities at the Limit,” Romance Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Conference, State University of New York at Buffalo (2010-2011)
Conference Organizing Committee, Chair: “(R)evolution”, Romance Languages and Literatures Graduate Conference, State University of New York at Buffalo (2009-2010)
Steering Group, Evil Women and the Feminine Conference, Inter-Disciplinary.net (2009-2017)
Vice President, Romance Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Association, State University of New York at Buffalo (2007-2008, 2009-2010)
Treasurer, Alliance Française de Buffalo (Fall 2007)
CONFERENCE PANEL ORGANIZER
Chair “Re-invigoration of language (part 1)” Panel
The Biggest Comebacks: Tenacious Resurgence of Cultural Topoi
Romance Languages and Literatures Graduate Student Conference
SUNY at Buffalo, March 28, 2015
Chair “Defining the Monster: Understanding Monstrosity across Time and Culture” Panel
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Vancouver, WA October 10-12, 2013
Chair “Defining the Monster: Understanding Monstrosity across Time and Culture” Panel
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Boulder, CO October 11-13, 2012
Chair “The Big Bad Werewolf: Understanding the Beast” Panel
Northeastern Modern Language Association
Rochester, NY March 15-18, 2012
HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS_________________________________________________________________
Hemmingway Collaborative Award, 2022
Business Language Development Grant (Business Training in Tahiti, French Polynesia)
Spring 2022
Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Grant (Funding for Humanitarian training
in French), Spring 2021
CARES funding to develop online content for FRCH1010, Fall 2020
Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Grant (Conference Travel), Spring 2020
Professional Development Grant through the Dean of Arts and Humanities, Spring 2020
NEH Business Language Development Grant (Course development and Conference travel),
2018
Professional Development Grant through the Dean of Arts and Humanities, Fall 2018
Talk Abroad Grant, Fall 2018
Adjunct Spotlight: Recognizing Contingent Faculty at SUNY Fredonia, October 2014
Romance Languages and Literature Teaching Fellowship, August 2013- May2014
Romance Languages and Literature Teaching Fellowship, August 2007- May 2011
Goethe Institute Stipendium, July 2009
Dean’s List, every semester, undergraduate, August 1998-May2002, Aug 2005-May 2006
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ABROAD ________________________
May 2022, Tahiti, French Polynesia: Business French Course (face to face) at Horizons
Francophones
May 2022, Lyon, France (online): Course -Découvrir l’action humanitaire from Bioforce
July 2018, Paris, France: Archival Research at the Bibliothèque National de France
June 2015, Paris, France: Archival Research at the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal
July 2009, Gottingen, Germany: Studied German language at the Goethe Institute.
September2008-June 2009 Paris, France: conducted research on folklore and storytelling,
Attended seminars by Bernadette Bricout and various performances by storytellers and theater troupes, also participated as an actor with Falaises et Plateaux
June-July 2007, Kassel, Germany: Studied German language at Europa Kolleg
November 2005- February 2006, Adelaide, Australia: work and travel program
September 2003-May 2004, Paris, France: Studied French Language at the Sorbonne:
Cours de Civilisation et Culture en Français
Summer 2002, Paris, France: Studied French Language at the Sorbonne:
Cours de Civilisation et Culture en Français
Spring 2001, London, United Kingdom:
Studied Acting and Theater at the British American Drama Academy
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ________________________
Micro-credentials and Badges-training, Office of Continuing Education (October 2022)
ISLSP-CIBER Conference, attended (April 2022)
Webinar: Customize your Canvas (Advanced), Weber State University (August 2020)
Webinar: TV5 monde & Technology to enhance Teaching (August 2020)
Webinar: Using Video Content to Support Teaching & Learning in Canvas (August 2020)
Webinar: Designing Mobile Friendly Courses, Weber State University (August 2020)
Teacher Training, French Bridge Program, University of Utah (August 2020)
Utah Foreign Language Associated Conference, attended (February 2020)
Teacher Training, French Bridge Program, University of Utah (August 2019)
Canvas Training: Navigating and Creating Content, Weber State University (August 2018)
LANGUAGES__________________________________________________________________________________________
French: near native fluency
German: intermediate-low
Spanish: reading knowledge
English: native tongue
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS____________________________________________________________________
Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages
American Association for Teachers of French
Alliance Française de Salt Lake City
Translation Commons
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