FACULTY VITA FORM

Name of Faculty Member: Laurent Déchery

Name of Institution:

 Gustavus Adolphus College                     

Title or Rank: Professor Field:French

Earned Degrees: List date earned, institution, and major and minor/supporting field for each degree earned.

1985  Ph.D. in philosophy (Docteur es Lettres en philosophie),

University of Paris X (Nanterre) France. Dissertation: "George Berkeley: un essai pour une nouvelle théorie de la vision. Introduction, traduction et notes."

1980-1982  Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Semiotics with Professor A.J. Greimas (groupe de recherches en sémio-linguistique).

           Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Comparative Religions with Professor J.-R. Armogathe (seventeenth and eighteenth centuries).

1978       Maîtrise (Masters) in Philosophy with high honors, Université de Paris X. (Masters Thesis on Plato).

Professional Experience: (including preK-12 teaching or administration and college/university experience):

List name, location, dates, and field or function for each professional experience.

1988-present: French at Gustavus Adolphus College

1985-1988  Instructor, Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles. Courses taught: Introduction to Philosophy (12^th grade), French Language and Literature (Advanced Placement level).

1987  Lecturer, Critical Studies Program (Humanities), California Institute of the Arts. Course taught: History of Ideas from Plato to Descartes.

1983-1985  Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and the History of Science, Université  de Compiègne (Oise). Courses taught:  Science and Technology from the Renaissance to the Eighteenth Century; Philosophy of Language.

Assignment:  Fill in percentages for all that apply.

100% Full-Time in Institution                            ____ % Part-Time in Institution

_____% Assignment in Education                    _____% Assignment Outside Education

100% Undergraduate Assignment                 _____% Graduate Assignment

_____% Administration                                    _____% Other (specify)_____________________

Load: (including teaching and administrative assignments):    For Academic Year

List course numbers, titles, and credits for each semester.  Specify whether courses are undergraduate or graduate level.

Fall Semester:

Fall 2004:

FRE 102: Beginning French

FRE 251: French Composition

FRE 361: French Prose

Fall 2005

FRE 101-001: Beginning French

FRE 101-002: Beginning French

FRE 244: French Civilization

Spring Semester:

Spring 2005

FRE 102-001: Beginning French

FRE 102-002: Beginning French

FRE 201: Intermediate French

Interim and/or Summer Sessions:

January Term 2004: French Songs