Amanda French

Current

• Digital Curriculum Specialist at New York University

Past

• Coordinator of E-Learning at Emory University
• Teaching Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University
• Council on Library and Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellow at NCSU Libraries

see less...

Education

• University of Virginia
• University of Colorado at Boulder

Recommended

1 person has recommended Amanda

Connections

82 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Website

Amanda French’s Summary

PhD in English Language and Literature with a specialty in poetry and poetic form, 19th- and 20th-century British and Irish literature, and digital humanities.

Amanda French’s Specialties:

Poetic form, XML markup, user-centered design

Amanda French’s Experience

• Digital Curriculum Specialist

  New York University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  In this grant-funded position, I am helping the Archives and Public History program at NYU incorporate digital technologies throughout its curriculum and internship programs.

• Coordinator of E-Learning

  Emory University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

  In this position, I managed the open source software project ReservesDirect, coordinated content collection for the iTunes U project, performed usability tests on library websites, and participated in several other initiatives related to teaching and learning with technology.

• Teaching Assistant Professor

  North Carolina State University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

  I taught 6 graduate and undergraduate courses in this full-time temporary position: the undergraduate courses "History of English Literature II" and "The Victorian Period"; the Honors seminars "Literary Scandals" and "Academic Research Skills and Issues"; and the graduate courses "Victorian Poetry and Poetics" and "Bibliography and Methodology."

• Council on Library and Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellow

  NCSU Libraries

  (Higher Education industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

  Studied issues in academic librarianship that urgently affect humanities scholarship; attended seminars with prominent librarians, university administrators, and foundation officials; co-taught an undergraduate honors seminar on information skills and issues, served on library committees, conducted website usability tests and designed web pages; and managed a major scholarly digital project.

Amanda French’s Education

• University of Virginia

  Ph.D. , English , 1993 — 2004

• University of Colorado at Boulder

  1987 — 1992

Additional Information

Amanda French’s Websites:

• My Website

Amanda French’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch