Ramsay, Raylene

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RAMSAY, Raylene

RAMSAY, Raylene. New Zealander, b. 1945. Genres: Language/Linguistics, Women's studies and issues. Career: Universite de Toulouse-le-Mirail, Tou- louse, France, lecturer, 1972-74; Girton College, Cambridge University, fellow, 1975-76; Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, lecturer, 1977-81, senior lecturer, 1981-86; Tufts University, Medford, MA, visiting assistant professor, 1986-87; Clark University, Worcester, MA, assistant professor, 1987-89; Simmons College, Boston, MA, associate professor of French, 1989-94; University of Auckland, New Zealand, professor of French and head of School of European Languages & Literatures, 1994-. Brown University, visiting lecturer, 1989; teacher of English as a second language, Universite d'ete de Pau, 1972-74, and Bell School of Languages, 1976-77. Noumea Summer Schools, teacher and administrator of New Caledonia summer schools, 1979-83. Pacific Conference of Churches, official interpreter, 1966; translator. Publications: Robbe-Grillet and Modernity: Science, Sexuality, and Subversion, 1992; The French New Autobiographies: Robbe- Grillet, Sarraute, Duras, 1996; (trans.) D. Gorode and N. Kurtovitch, Dire le vrai/To Tell the Truth, 1999; French Women in Politics, 2003. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and many reviews to journals. Address: Department of French, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. Online address: [email protected]