CURRICULUM VITAE

Abigail Culpepper
abigail_culpepper@brown.edu

Education
Brown University, Providence, RI
PhD, French Studies Expected May 2025

Miami University, Oxford, OH

MA, French Literature August 2019
Thesis: Towards an Ethics of the Lyric: Taking on the Other in ‘La Mort de Cléopâtre’ by Marie Krysinska
Committee: Dr. Jonathan Strauss (chair), Dr. Audrey Wasser, Dr. Elisabeth Hodges
BA, magna cum laude, Majors: French, Linguistics. Minor: German. University Honors, Phi Beta Kappa. May 2019

Foreign Study
Intensive German Summer Program Summer 2017
Miami University Department of German
A seven-week-long, immersive German-language program organized by Miami University faculty taking place in four
different German cities: Heidelberg, Jena, Dessau, and Berlin.

Université d’Angers, Angers, France Fall 2016

ISEP Exchange
A semester-long exchange program involving a full course load of classes taught in French.

Luxembourg Humanities Summer Research Institute, Differdange, Luxembourg July 2016

Miami University Humanities Center, Miami University Dolibois European Center
A three-week-long workshop on humanities research which examined research methodology along with the origin of the
humanities. My participation culminated in a portfolio summarizing the historic impact and goals of humanities research.

Research Interests
• 19th & 20th century French literature, especially poetry • Representations of madness and hysteria
• Environmental humanities, posthumanism and • The poetry of Marie Krysinska
ecopoetics • Literary ethics
• Feminist approaches to psychoanalysis

Research Experience
Geoffrion Family Undergraduate Fellowship Fall 2017-Spring 2018
Miami University Humanities Center
Most selective humanities fellowship offered at Miami University, awarded to 5-6 undergraduate students per year who
participate, alongside faculty members, in a year-long discussion of a varying annual topic, in addition to completing
individual and collaborative research projects.
Advised by Dr. Jonathan Strauss, Dr. Cathy Wagner, and Dr. Luis Prádanos
Individual Project: “Towards an Ecopoetics of Urban Dwelling”
Collaborative Project: “Building our Urban Futures”

College of Arts and Science Dean’s Scholar Fellowship Fall 2017

Miami University Department of English
Competitive fellowship awarded to 30 students throughout the College of Arts and Science with senior standing for the
completion of an independent research project proposed by the student.
Advised by Dr. Larysa Bobrova
Project: “Metaphors We Love By: A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors of Love in French and
American English”

Independent Study in German Summer 2017

Miami University Department of German, Intensive German Summer Program (Germany)
Advised by Dr. John Jeep
Project: “Translating Heidegger: Translation as Pedagogical Tool for Second Language Learning”
Undergraduate Summer Scholar Summer 2016
Miami University Office of Undergraduate Research
Student scholars receive a tuition waiver and summer stipend to conduct research in close collaboration with a faculty mentor
during the summer term
Advised by Dr. Andrew Hebard
Project: “Reimagining Nature: Ecomanagerialism and the Potential of Nature Writing”

Undergraduate Research Fellow July 2016

Humanities Summer Research Institute, Miami University Dolibois European Center (Luxembourg)
Advised by Dr. Cynthia Klestinec
Project: A Reflective Portfolio on Humanities Research

Languages
French (fluent), German (intermediate), English (native)

Pedagogical Training
Guest Instructor Spring 2016-Present
Miami University Department of French & Italian
Oxford, OH
Planned for and taught introductory French classes (FRE 101, FRE 102) on occasions where the regular instructor was
absent.

Presentations
• “Une femme, une fleur, l’écriture: A Crisis in Poetic Representation,” Feminizing the French Canon: Department of French &
Italian Graduate Student Thesis Presentations, Miami University, 2019.
• “Self-similarity and Literary Production in Samuel Beckett’s Molloy,” Graduate Student Conference, Miami University, 2018.
• “Towards an Ecopoetics of Urban Dwelling,” Altman Symposium: Urban Futures, Miami University, 2018.
• “Poetry as Amber: The Captivating Nature of Mallarmé’s Poetry,” Humanities Now, The University of Cincinnati, 2018.
• “Metaphors We Love By,” Undergraduate Research Forum, Miami University, 2018.

Professional Experience
Undergraduate Student Aide February 2016-May 2019
Miami University Humanities Center
Oxford, OH
• Aid in organization and production of the center's events
• Distribute center publications and advertisements
• Organize and archive the center’s physical and electronic records
• Assist in running the center’s social media and website
• Develop journalistic content covering center programming

Select Scholarships, Honors, and Awards

Libraries Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence, Honorable Mention, Miami University 2018
William Marion Miller Scholarship, Miami University Department of French & Italian 2018
Olive Flower Scholarship, Miami University 2017
Ralph and Joan Hovel Scholarship, Miami University Department of German 2017
Charlotte Crawford Scholarship, Miami University Department of French & Italian 2017
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, U.S. Department of State 2016
College of Arts & Science Scholarship, Miami University 2016
Resor International Exchange Scholarship, Miami University 2016
President's & Dean’s Lists, Miami University 2015-2019
Redhawk Excellence Scholarship, Miami University 2015-2019

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