EDUCATION
1977-81 B.Sc. (Biology)
Georgetown University, 1981
1981-82 D.E.A. (Oceanology)
Université d'Aix-Marseille II, 1982
(Thesis: Contribution à l’étude des mécanismes physiologiques permettant le contrôle du volume
cellulaire en rapport avec l’osmorégulation de Salmo gairdneri)
1982-85 Docteur ès Sciences (Oceanology)
Université d'Aix-Marseille II, 1985
(Dissertation: Le contrôle du volume cellulaire provoqué par les modifications de
l’environnement: étude sur l’érthryocyte de truite, Salmo gairdneri)
1986-87 M.A. (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
University of Chicago, 1987
(Thesis: The Transaction of Language and Desire in Genji monogatari)
1987-92 Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
University of Chicago, 1992
(Diss: Pain, Filth and Stupefaction: Forms of Authority and Mediation in the Late Meiji Novel)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007- Professor, East Asian Studies & Associate, Art History and Communication Studies
2001-2004 Chair, Department of East Asian Studies; Director, Centre for East Asian Research
1997-2007 Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University
1992-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University
1990-91 Coordinator, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago
1987-88 Assistant Instructor, East Asian Civilizations, University of Chicago.
1984-87 Project Leader, Marketing, Research and Development, Nalco Chemical Company
1981-84 Research Scientist, Commissariat à l’Énérgie Atomique, Laboratoire Jean Maetz
