Jean-Francois Gounard

Background

Gounard, Jean-Francois was born on January 17, 1939 in Rabat, French Morocco. Son of Robert and Germaine Gounard. came to the United States, 1964.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, University Bordeaux, France, 1960. Master English, University Bordeaux, France, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, University Bordeaux, France, 1979.

Career

Fulbright lecturer in French, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1964-1966; lecturer in French, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1966-1967; assistant professor classics and Romance languages, U. Waterloo, Canada, 1967-1970; adjunct assistant professor American studies, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1973; director international student affairs, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1978. Board directors International Institute of Buffalo, Inc., since 1993, Buffalo-Western New York Council for International Visitors, Inc. Member Buffalo Council on World Affairs.

Member State University of New York Council on International Students and Scholars. Lecturer in French on Afro-American literature and American higher education United States Information Agency, Morocco and Burundi, 1989, Zaire, Gabon and Tunisia, 1986, by invitation Martinique, since 1990, France, since 1990. State University of New York representative to Senegal, Cameroon, Gabon and France, 1985.

Guest Ministry Education, Taiwan, 1985.

Achievements

• Jean-Francois Gounard has been listed as a noteworthy American studies educator, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Le probleme noir dans les oeuvres de Richard Wright et de James Baldwin (Collection Theses ou recherches) (French Edition)
  • (The Racial Problem in the Works of Richard Wright and James Baldwin) Author: Jean-Francois Gounard published on (March, 1993)

Membership

Executive director New York State Citizens' Committee for Bicentennial of the French Revolution, 1989. Member Modern Language Association, American Studies Association, Society for Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, Canada Association for American Studies, Association Française d'Etudes Américaines, National Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research, Association Student Personnel Administrators, College Student Personnel Association New York State, Inc., National Association for Foreign Student Advisers Association International Educators (chair Special Interest Group on the Francophone World since 1992), Buffalo-Lille Association, Inc. (President since 1989), Rotary (ex-officio member international services committee).

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, biking, walking, reading.

Connections

Children: Anne-Marie Christine Antoinette, Emilie Sarah Marie.

Father:

Robert Gounard

Mother:

Germaine Gounard

child:

Anne-Marie Christine Antoinette Gounard

child:

Emilie Sarah Marie Gounard