Dr. Denis M. Provencher

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University of Maryland Baltimore County
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Modern Languages and Literatures
Associate Professor of French and Intercultural Communication
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Mailing Address

Modern Languages and Linguistics
University of Maryland
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (410) 455-2636
Fax: (410) 455-1025
provench@umbc.edu

Qualifications

Visiting Scholar in Residence, Nottingham Trent University, 2009.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for 21st-Century Studies, 2002.
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, French Civilization and Cultural Studies, 1998.

Expertise and Research Interests

Denis M. Provencher received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University and taught at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse before arriving at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) where he is associate professor of French and Intercultural Communication and affiliate associate professor of Language, Literacy and Culture. He also completed a UW-System Research Fellowship at the Center for 21st-Century Studies at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee in 2001-02, and was a Visiting Scholar in Residence in the School of Languages and International Studies at Nottingham Trent University (UK) in 2009. He has written on such topics as the French gay press, Jean Genet and his continued influence in 21st-century France, French sexual citizenship and same-sex spaces, teaching masculinity and male citizenship in Third-Republic France, gay beur sexuality in contemporary French cinema, teaching queerness as cultural flexibility in the intercultural classroom, and the NBC sitcom Will and Grace. His work has appeared in French Cultural Studies, Cineaste, Contemporary French Civilization, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, Speaking in Queer Tongues (Illinois, 2004), The Sitcom Reader (SUNY 2005), and Resilience: Queer Professors from the Working Class (SUNY Forthcoming). With Andrew Sobanet, he co-edited a special issue of Contemporary French Civilization (2007) entitled "France, 1940-1944: The Ambiguous Legacy". His book, "Queer French: Globalization, Language and Sexual Citizenship in France," was published by Ashgate (December 2007).

Other Expertise

He is currently working on several new projects. These include "Language and Homophobia in France," "Leading New Models of Citizenship and Straightness out of the Closet," "In and Out in the French Banlieue," and "Language and Urban Renewal in Baltimore, Maryland." He is also currently working on a translation of Rachid O.'s novel Chocolat Chaud (1998) and a new book-length project that will examine the issues of homosexuality and Maghrebi cultures in contemporary France.

Future Research

Future research will also include Québécois Narratives of the Closet and Coming Out.

Industrial Relevance

His research has been funded in part by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) and its Center for the Study of Media and Society. This project discusses the role and responsibility of media executives, television producers, and script writers in the creation of gay and lesbian images on American primetime television.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Foreign Language Education, French Language or Literature, Gay or Lesbian Studies, Gender Issues, Homosexual, Male, Intercultural Communications, Linguistics or Philology, Modern Language or Literature, Popular Culture.

Additional Terms:

Intercultural Communications.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Spanish: (Functional, Functional, Functional)

Memberships

American Anthropological Association
American Association of Teachers of French
Modern Language Association of America

Honors and Awards

2002, Faculty 'Recognition of Excellence' Award for Research, College of Liberal Studies, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
1999, Induction as Honorary Member into Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society), Department of Modern Languages, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
1992, Induction into Phi Beta Kappa, University of Vermont

Previous Positions

2003-2005, (Tenured 2004), University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Modern Languages
2001-2002, UW-System Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for 21st Century Studies
1998-2003, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Modern Languages
1997-1998, French Teacher (Certified K-12), Mount Abraham Union High School, Bristol, Vermont
1992-1997, Graduate Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, Liberal Arts, French

Funding Received

  • GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation): Center for the Study of Media and Society Research Grant, $1,000, Jan 2001 to Jun 2001.
  • University of Wisconsin- La Crosse: University of Wisconsin System Fellow, Center for 21st Century Studies, UW-Milwuakee, $18,131, Aug 2001 to May 2002.
  • French American Cultural Exchange (FACE): Tournées Film Festival Grant, $1800, 2007 to 2007.
  • University of Maryland Baltimore County: DRIF Summer Faculty Fellowship, $2500.00, 2006 to 2006.
  • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: International Faculty Development Grant, $1,700, 2001 to 2001.

Publications

  • Murray Pratt, and Denis M. Provencher (2010) "Screening Sami Bouajila: A (Male) Model of Integration, Belonging, and Citizenship", In Eds. Sylive Durmelat and Vinay Swamy, Screening Immigration and Integration in Contemporary France, Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, In Press (bookchapter)
  • Denis M. Provencher (2009) "I Dislike Politicians and Homosexuals: Language and Homophobia in Contemporary France", Gender and Language, In Press
  • Denis M. Provencher (2008) "One in Ten: Teaching Tolerance for (Class) Difference, Ambiguity and Queerness in the Culture Classroom,", In Eds. Richard Johnson III and Kenneth Oldfield, Resilience: Queer Professors from the Working Class, Albany, SUNY Press, 63-81 pages (bookchapter)
  • Denis M. Provencher (2008) "Tracing Sexual Citizenship and Queerness in Drôle de Félix (2000) and Tarik el hob (2001)", Contemporary French & Francophone Studies (SITES): Special Issue on Post-queer?, 12 (1), 51-61
  • Denis M. Provencher (2007) "Maghrebi-French Sexual Citizens In and Out on the Big Screen", Cineaste, XXXIII (1), 47-51
  • Denis M. Provencher (2007) Queer French: Globalization, Language, and Sexual Citizenship in Contemporary France, Aldershot, Hampshire (UK), Ashgate Publishing
  • Denis M. Provencher, "Entretien avec Henry Rousso: Un regard actuel sur l'importance de la Shoah en France", Contemporary French Civilization, 31(2), 289-307, 2007
  • Denis M. Provencher, and Andrew Sobanet (2007) Special Issue: "France, 1940-1944: The Ambiguous Legacy", Contemporary French Civilization, 31 (2)
  • Denis M. Provencher, and Luke L. Eilderts (2007) "The Nation According to Lavisse: Teaching Masculinity and Male Citizenship in Third Republic France", French Cultural Studies, 18 (1), 31-57
  • Denis M. Provencher (2007) "Mapping Gay Paris: Language, Space and Belonging in the Marais", Contemporary French & Francophone Studies (SITES), 11 (1), 37-46
  • Denis M. Provencher (2005) "Sealed With a Kiss: Heteronormative Narrative Strategies in NBC's Will & Grace", In Eds. Mary Dalton and Laura Linder, The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed and Skewed, Albany, SUNY Press, 177-189 pages (bookchapter)
  • Denis M. Provencher (2004) "Vague English Creole: (Gay English) Cooperative Discourse in the French Gay Press", In Eds. William Leap and Thomas Boellstorff, Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language, Chicago and Urbana, U Illinois Press, 23-45 pages (bookchapter)
  • Denis M. Provencher (2003) "Queer Studies in France", Contemporary French Civilization, 27 (2), 406-416
  • Denis M. Provencher (2003) "Press", In Ed. Hugh Dauncey, French Popular Culture: An Introduction, Arnold / Oxford UP, 34-47 pages (bookchapter)
  • Denis M. Provencher (2002) "The Next Gene(t)ration: `Authenticity' and (Homo) Sexual Citizenship in Contemporary French Gay Culture", Contemporary French Civilization, 26 (2), 335-346
  • Denis M. Provencher (2002) "Vague English Creole: (Gay English) Cooperative Discourse in the French Gay Press", Contemporary French Civilization, 26 (1), 86-110
  • Barbara E. Bullock, and Denis M. Provencher (2001) "The Linguistic Representation of Femininity and Masculinity in Jean Genet's Notre-Dame des Fleurs", French Cultural Studies, 12 (1), 43-58
  • Marie G. Geno, and Denis M. Provencher (2000) Manuel d'exercices pour accompagner A la francaise, Lanham, Maryland, University Press of America

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Last Updated: 6/3/2009

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