Dr. Myriam Krepps Assistant Professor of French Pittsburg State University Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures Grubbs Hall Room 408 1701 S. Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762 U.S.A. 620-235-4710 office phone 620-235-4686 fax mkrepps@pittstate.edu

Dr. Myriam Krepps joined the PSU faculty in August 2001 as an Assistant Professor of French. She is originally from Toulouse, France, and is married to ceramic artist Gregory Krepps. Although from France, Dr. Krepps does feel a strong attachment to St. Louis where she lived during her first thirteen years in the United States.

Education
Ph. D. in French Language and Literature, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

M.A., in French Literature, Washington University-St. Louis.

Licence d’anglais, Université de Toulouse le Mirail.

Teaching Emphasis
French language and culture, and poetry from the second half of 19th century.

Hobbies
Dr. Krepps enjoys reading mystery / murder novels, and watching “slice of life” movies. She also enjoys hiking, camping, and traveling. Both Gruyère (her cat) and Gregory (her husband) take a large part of her time, but she enjoys being at a pit-firing, the opening of a kiln, or an art-fair. She participates in the radish-growing contest held yearly in the Spring by a group of artists (thanks to her husband), and is a proud winner of the Nixon Award for the ugliest radish in 2001!

Publications
Enhancing Reading Through Writing to Learn Strategies: WL Assignments in French and Spanish ‘Readings in Literature and Civilization I.’ Writing-Across-the-Curriculum News. WAC News, Academic Affairs No. 16. Pittsburg State University: Spring 2007. 3-5. “Stylistics of the Poetic Text: Reading Visual Elements.” 5th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities Proceedings (Digital—CD publication only). Honolulu, Hawaii: 2007. 2784-95.
Forthcoming publication: “Protesting in Paris. . . Again!” From Paris to the World, Missouri Southern State University Conference Proceedings: Summer / Fall 2007. Article in Lire Rimbaud. Approches critiques.Hommages à James R. Lawler.