Dr. Dennis-Bay, who came to University of the Cumberlands in 2001, is a member of the Modern Language Association, the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, Women in French, and the American Council on the Teaching of foreign Languages.
“War Within, War Without: Reflections and Metaphors of War in Au revoir les Enfants.” International Conference on Arms and Letters in Literature andthe Visual Arts, Including Cinema. 2005.
Review of Selected Letters, Orations and Rhetorical Dilagoues of Madeleine de Scudėry. Ed. and trans. Jane Donawerth and Julie Strongson, Women in French Studies. 2006
“World War II Meets French 331: Using Au revoir les enfants to discuss Religion, Ethics and Values.” Journal of Christianity and Froeign Languages. 2006.
”Adaptation: A Course on Literature in Film.” Women in French Studies. 2005.
“Cour, Culte et Culture in Two Works by Madame de Lafayette.” NACFLA Cnference on Language and Literature in Context: Faith, Word, and Culture. 2005.
“French Film in the Christian Classroom: My Experiences at Cumberland College.” NACFLA Conference on Language and Literature in Context: Faith, Word, and Culture. 2004.
“He Who Laughs Best . . . or is it She? The Rise of La Vielle in Early Modern French Satire.” International Conference on Silence and Laughter in Literature and the Visual Arts, Including Cinema. 2003.
Contributing editor for French 17: An annual Descriptive Bibliography of French 17th Century Studies. (2000- present).
Entries for Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution: 1600-1720. Ed Christopher Baker. 2002.
“Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers: My Experiences with Indiana University’s Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship Program.” MLA Annual Convention. 2001.
“La sorcière et le Diable: Aspects of the Occult in Sigogne.” Annual Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies. 2001.
Dr. Laura Dennis-Bay graduated from Nazareth College of Rochester in 1993. She moved on to Indiana University, where she served as an associate instructor while earning an MA in French Literature, followed by a PhD in French Literature, completed in 1995 and 2000, respectively.