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Dr. Jennifer Forrest

  • Professor - Dept of World Languages & Literatures
Portrait of Dr. Jennifer Forrest

Biography and expertise

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 film remakes, sequels, film series, and (re)adaptations. 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. She is currently working on a book on acrobats and early silent French film.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in French

Yale University, 1989

Master's Degree

MA in French

Yale University, 1985

Bachelor's Degree

BA in French

Univ of California-Los Angeles, 1982

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • 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.
  • 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/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.
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  • 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
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  1. Organizer

    The French and History Club

  2. Chair

    French Program Learning Outcomes and Assessments Portfolios, Exit Interviews, and Report

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    Department Website Committee

  4. Member

    Faculty Personnel Committee

  5. Other

    French Program Committee

  6. Organizer

    Le Ciné-club français

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