Background
Hale, Jane Alison was born on September 29, 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
French and comparative literature educator
Hale, Jane Alison was born on September 29, 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bachelor in French magna cum laude, College William and Mary, 1970; MST in Education, University of Chicago, 1974; Master of Arts in French, Stanford University, 1981; postgraduate, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Jeunes Filles, Paris, 1981-1982; Doctor of Philosophy with distinction, Stanford University, 1984.
Student teaching supervisor, counselor, Peace Corps Training Program, Fort Archambault, Chad, 1971; teacher French, cross-cultural coordinator, Peace Corps Training Center, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1972; Peace Corps volunteer, teacher English as foreign language, Lycée Franco-Arabe, Abéché, Chad, 1970-1972; teacher 2d grade, Pleasant Grove Union Elementary School, Burlington, North Carolina, 1974-1977; teaching fellow in French, Stanford University, 1982-1983; teacher French, Institute Intensive French, U. Florida, 1986, 87, 88; assistant professor French and comparative literature, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1985-1991; associate professor French and comparative literature, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1991. Presenter in field U. Association Research Scholars at California State University, Sacramento, 1984, 20th-Century Literature Conference at U. Louisville, 1985, Internat.Conf. on television Drama at Michigan State University, 1985, U. Stirling, Scotland, 1986, Stanford University, 1988, American Comparative Literature Association at Brandeis U., 1989, International Colloquium on Raymond Queneau, Thionville, France, 1990,International Vian-Queneau-Prévert Colloquium at U. Victoria, Canada, 1992, International Symposium on Beckett in the 1990s, The Hague, 1992, Modern Language Association, New York City, 1992, West Africa Research Association International Symposium, Dakar, Senegal, 1997.
Member Samuel Beckett Society (executive board directors 1989-1992), Les Amis de Valentin Brû, Phi Beta Kappa.