Faculty Profile for Dr. Jennifer Forrest

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Dr. Jennifer Forrest
Professor — Dept of World Languages & Literatures
CENT 214
phone: (512) 245-2493
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Jennifer Forrest is professor of French at Texas State University. She is the author of Decadent Aesthetics and the Acrobat in Fin-de-Siècle France (Routledge 2019); co-editor of Dead Ringers: The Remake in Theory and Practice (SUNY 2002), the editor of The Legend Returns and Dies Harder Another Day: Essays on Film Series (McFarland 2008), and co-editor of the double-issue of Dix-Neuf (2017) Matter Pools: Fluidity and Containment in French Decadent Literature: Essays in Honour of Robert Ziegler. She is the author of articles on remakes, sequels, and film series. She is also the author of studies on French fin-de-siècle literature and popular mediums, in particular in their relation to the cult and culture of the circus.

Teaching Interests

 Literature: the Fantastic, the Science-Fiction Novel, the Graphic Novel, the Short Story; French Film History, Film Analysis; Civilization

Research Interests

 Decadent Literature (France); the Circus in 19th-Century France; French Film; American Film ; Film and Television Remakes, Film Series, and Film Reboots

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Forrest, J. (2021). Cinematic Time Keeper: Bertrand Tavernier and L’Horloger de Saint-Paul. French Forum, 46(1), 103–116.
  • Forrest, J. (2021). Re-forming La Maternelle: Social-Cultural Continuity and the Remake. In European Film Remakes (pp. 89–101). Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Forrest, J. (2019). Decadent Aesthetics and the Acrobat in Fin-de-Siècle France. London and New York, United Kingdom and United States: Routledge. Retrieved from https://www.routledge.com/Decadent-Aesthetics-and-the-Acrobat-in-French-Fin-de-siecle-1st-Edition/Forrest/p/book/9780367358143
  • Forrest, J., & Emery, E. N. (Eds.). (2017). Matter Pools: Fluidity and Containment in French Decadent Literature: Essays in Honour of Robert Ziegler. Dix-Neuf (2nd–3rd ed., Vol. 21). United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/14787318.2017.1386881
  • Forrest, J. (Ed.). (2008). The Legend Returns and Dies Harder Another Day: Essays on Film Series. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, Center for International Studies Honorary Professors Naming Committee. January 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TEACHING AWARD OF HONOR, Texas State University Alumni Association. September 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts, Achievement in Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Liberal Art. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society “Favorite Professor”, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Development Leave, Texas State University. January 2021 - May 2021

Selected Grants

  • Forrest, Jennifer. South Central Modern Language Association Travel Stipend, $750. (Funded: 2001). Grant.
  • Forrest, Jennifer. Alkek Library Research Grant, $1424. (Funded: 2001). Grant.
  • Forrest, Jennifer. Alkek Library Research Grant, $1041. (Funded: 1999). Grant.
  • Forrest, Jennifer. Research Enhancement Grant, $8000. (Funded: 1997). Grant.
  • Forrest, Jennifer. Research Enhancement Grant, $6000. (Funded: 1994). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Chair
French Program Learning Outcomes and Assessments Portfolios, Exit Interviews, and Report
September 2016-Present
Member
Department Website Committee
2007-Present
Member
Faculty Personnel Committee
2002-Present
Coordinator
French Program Committee
1996-Present
Organizer
Le Ciné-club français
1992-Present