Kathleen R. Hart

Kathleen Hart (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) has published a book and several articles on the French autobiographical tradition. Her more recent publications draw upon cognitive science and related fields to examine how and why various writers grapple with the notion of an animal-human continuum. Her translations include a new French edition and English translation of George Sand's 1839 dialogic novel Gabriel (with Paul Fenouillet, MLA Texts and Translations Series), and a translation of Benoît Duteurtre’s essay “The Question of the Cow" for Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. 

Prof. Hart incorporates French and Francophone music into courses at all levels, from the chanson réaliste to New French Pop to artists who sing in Creole. She is the recipient of two grants from the Vassar-Williams-Mellon Consortium to develop web-based French-language exercises and teaching material using songs and has lectured on “Musicality in Translation,” the topic of a segment aired on NPR's The Academic Minute.

Prof. Hart has taught for the Environmental Studies Program and guest taught for The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts, and the new multidisciplinary Global Nineteenth Century course.