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Rachael Criso |
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Areas
Business French, French Summer Internship Program; 20th Century French Literature: WWII Literature, Narratology, Nouveau Roman, Editions de Minuit Interests and Current Work The majority of my formal training is in French Literature and although I continue to pursue this area of study, my current passion is seeking a practical application for our graduates in French. Although many will go on to teach French, a large number aim to work in the private sector, hopefully using their foreign language skills. With a view to preparing students for such a career, the Business French sequence offers Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Business French (the latter taught in conjunction with the Ross School of Business). Taking this line of study one step further, I have developed a summer internship for credit class that places students in 6-12 week internship positions in Francophone countries. In 2002, 2003 and 2004 between 10-15 students worked in either: France, Belgium, Quebec or Morocco to earn UM credit. Recent and Selected Publications "Coca-Colanization? Americanization-Globalization-Cultural Imperialism." The Journal of Language for International Business (Arizona: Thunderbird Publishing Group, 2004) Volume 15, Number 1: 75-89. Co-author: Ria Smet (University of Antwerp). "Renault: Crash Test Dummy for French Integration into a Globalized Economy." 20th/21st Century French Colloquium, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL: 3/2003. "Sense and Censor-Ability: Nazi Imputation of Wartime Texts." 20th Century French Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA: 3/2000. "Vichy and its Vices." CLIFF Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: 2/2000.
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