Academic Degrees

• A. B. cum laude, Smith College, 1966. Field of Specialization: French Literature. Phi Beta Kappa, 1966.
• Ph.D. in Romance Languages - Harvard University 1973,
  Dissertation: "Nerval et le roman historique." Director:
  Professor Paul Bénichou

Professional Experience

• Williams College, Preston S. Parish '41 Third Century Professor in the Arts and Humanities, 1973 to present
• Wellesley College, Instructor, 1971-1973
• Harvard University, Extension Division, Instructor, 1970-1973
  
• Harvard University, Teaching Fellow, 1967-1970

Honors And Fellowships

• Fellow of the Society of American Historians

• Senior Fellowship for College Teachers, National Endowment
  for the Humanities, calendar year 1997
• Associate in the University Seminar on Eighteenth-Century
  European Culture at Columbia University, 1991
• Senior Fellowship for College Teachers, National Endowment
  for the Humanities, calendar year 1990
• Visiting Scholar, Institute on Western Europe,
  Columbia University, 1985-86
• American Philosophical Society Research Grant, 1985-1986
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Travel Grant,
  1985
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer
  Stipend, 1985
• Camargo Foundation, Fellow in Residence, Cassis,
  France, 1981
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in
  Residence at Princeton University, 1975-1976
• Various Research Grants, Williams College
• Mellon Funded Released Time, Williams College,
  Spring, 1979
• Scholarships from Harvard University and Radcliffe
  College, 1968-1971
• Phi Beta Kappa, Smith College, 1966