Background
Thomas, Jean-Jacques Robert was born on January 20, 1948 in Mirecourt, Vosges, France. Son of Jean-Robert and Yvonne Marie-Rose Thomas.
Thomas, Jean-Jacques Robert was born on January 20, 1948 in Mirecourt, Vosges, France. Son of Jean-Robert and Yvonne Marie-Rose Thomas.
License, University Lille, France, 1968. Master, University Lille, France, 1969. Diplome in language Orientales, University Paris, France, 1972.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Paris, France, 1972.
Teaching assistant, U. Paris, 1969-1971; assistant researcher, U. Paris, 1971-1972; lecturer, University of Michigan, 1972-1975; assistant professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1975-1981; associate professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1981-1987; professor, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, since 1989; chairman romance studies, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1989-1994; president, Educo, Paris, 1988-1989, 95-96; director Institute French Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1991. Board directors Studies in Twenty-Century Literature, Lincoln, Nebraska, Palmes Académiques, 1994.
Member Modern Language Association (chairman division 1980-1981, 86-87, 93-95), Northeast Modern Language Association (chairman section 1982-1983), Semiotic Society of America.
Married Mary Lorene Hammial, August 21, 1976. Children: Dominick, Robert.