Robert Kilpatrick, Ph.D.

Professor of French and Director of the School of Humanities
School of Humanities College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

678-839-5960
rkilpatr@westga.ecoYJ7e6AXrV9du

Boyd Building - Room 208A
Office Hours
TR:10-11:00 am
and by appointment.

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Robert Kilpatrick, Ph.D.

Robert Kilpatrick received his B.A. from Truman State University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University. Before coming to the University of West Georgia, he taught French and Italian at IU and French at Duke University. He directed the IU Study Abroad Program in St Brieuc, France for five summers, and has also lived extensively in Aix-en-Provence and Angers, France. He has also served as co-director of the UWG study abroad program in Tours, France several times. His research focuses on Renaissance French and Neo-Latin literature, humanism and early modern theories of rhetoric and imitation. In the field of language pedagogy, his research interests include the development of proficiency-based assessment tools and the use of instructional technologies to enhance language learning. He teaches courses on French language, culture and literature.

  • B.A., French and History, Truman State University, 1999
  • M.A., French Literature, Indiana University, 2001
  • Ph.D., French Literature, Indiana University, 2009
  • Ph.D. Minor, Italian Literature, Indiana University, 2009

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