Biography and education
Carole Martin is a professor of French at Texas State University. Author of a monograph on utopias during the Age of Absolutism, Imposture utopique et procès colonial: Denis Veiras—Robert Challe, Martin has widely published in the major, peer-reviewed journals of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century studies and participated in numerous collective works, notably on the proto-philosophe Robert Challe and on the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Thanks to several FACE foundation grants, she has organized five international film festivals and symposia at Texas State University, with topics ranging from Filmmaking and Civic Responsibility to Consent to the 2024 iteration on Celebrity: Between Fame and Infamy.
Featured grants
- Martin, Carole F. Albertine Cinémathèque Festival Grant, FACE Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate. (Submitted: 2021, Funded: 2022). Grant.
- Martin, Carole F. Tournées Film Festival Grant, French American Cultural Exchange (FACE). (Funded: 2012). Grant.
- Martin, Carole F. Tournées Film Festival Grant, FACE. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
- Martin, Carole F. Tournées Film Festival Grant, FACE. (Funded: 2007). Grant.
- Martin, Carole F. University Lecturers Committee Grant, Texas State University. (Submitted: 2021, Funded: 2022). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Martin, C. F. (2024). Arrêt sur la scène quichottienne: des parodies de Cervantès aux troublantes machines de Robert Challe. In G. Artigas-Menant, C. Martin, & M.-A. Bernier (Eds.), Challe et l’aventure (pp. 109–126). Paris, France: Classiques Garnier.
- Martin, C. F. (2024). Instrumentalizing the Black Legend, or: How Don Quixote’s Dis/Enchantment Set the French Enlightenment in Motion. In C. M. Jaffe & K. Stolley (Eds.), The Black Legend of Spain and its Empire in the Eighteenth Century: Constructing National Identities (pp. 129–159). United Kingdom: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment.
- Martin, C. F. (2022). La “Promenade Vernet”, ou le paysage parlant. Diderot Studies, 38, 35–58.
- Martin, C. F. (2021). La fabrique du spectacle intérieur. In P. Knee & T. Belleguic (Eds.), Le sentiment de l’existence. Lectures des “Rêveries du promeneur solitaire” de Rousseau (pp. 159–179). Paris, France: Hermann.
- Martin, C. F. (2019). Le portrait chez deux voyageurs de la fin du XVIIe siècle. In M. Hersant & C. Ramond (Eds.), Les Portraits dans les récits factuels et fictionnels de l’époque classique (pp. 219–229). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill / Rodopi.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts, TXST. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National Honor Society, TXST. 2014
- Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Committee Member, National Commemoration for the Tercentenary of Les Illustres Françaises, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in collaboration with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Université Paris-Sorbonne. 2013
- Award / Honor Nominee: The Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts, TXST. 2008
- Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Development Leave, TXST. 2023 - Present
Featured service activities
- Prepare / Grade Certification Exams
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris Ile de France
- Organizer
International Film Festival, Symposium, and Art Exhibition on Celebrity
Senate Liaison, Department of Modern Languages, TXST
- Member
Presidential Work Life Advisory Council, TXST
- Chair
ASECS Travel Fellowships Committee
- Reviewer / Referee
French Studies