Jennifer Orth-Veillon
Faculty Director, First Year Study Abroad (FYSA) at Georgia Tech Europe, Adjunct Lecturer
Member Of:
- School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Office Phone: 404-894-2730
Office Location: Skiles
Related Links:
Email Address: jov3@gatech.edu
Overview
Education:
- Emory University — PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in Comparative Literature (2004–2011)
- Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII) — DEA (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies), French and Comparative Literature (2001–2003)
- Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII) — Maîtrise (MA equivalent), Lettres Humaines (1999–2001)
- James Madison University — BA, English / French (1994–1998)
- CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), The British Institute, Paris (2002)
Awards and
Distinctions:
Distinctions:
- Thank a Teacher, Georgia Tech 2013
Interests
Teaching Interests:
My teaching interests lie at the intersection of literature, war and memory studies, human rights, and professional communication. I design interdisciplinary courses that connect American and French cultural contexts, with particular attention to testimony, resistance, ethics, and the role of narrative in shaping public discourse. I am especially interested in multimodal and digital pedagogy, intercultural communication, and preparing students—both humanities and business majors—for thoughtful leadership in global environments.
Research Interests:
My research and creative practice focus on literary journalism and creative nonfiction, with particular attention to war writing, testimony, and the ethics of representing lived experience. I work at the intersection of memory studies, trauma narratives, and transnational cultural history, especially in relation to WWI, WWII, the French Resistance, and the Holocaust. Across my scholarship, editing, translation, and teaching, I explore how narrative form—memoir, reportage, hybrid nonfiction, and digital storytelling—shapes public memory and cultural responsibility in France and the United States.
Research Fields:
- Communication
- French
- Literary and Cultural Studies
Issues:
- Aesthetics and Technology
- Cinema Studies
- Communication
- Community engagement
- Cross-Cultural Engagement
- Digital Communication
- Drama and Theater Studies
- Education
- History more generally
- Intercultural Issues
- Interdisciplinary Learning and Partnering
- International Communication
- Interpretation
- Journalism
- Literary Theory
- Literature
- Media
- Media Production
- Modernity
- Perspectives on technology
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Post-Modernism
- Translation
- World Literature
- Youth Culture
Courses
- ENGL-1101: English Composition I
- ENGL-1102: English Composition II
- LMC-3206: Communication & Culture
- LMC-3234: Creative Writing
- LMC-3306: Science, Tech & Race
- LMC-3318: Biomedicine & Culture
- LMC-3403: Tech Communication
- LMC-3516: Lit & Cultural Modernism
Publications
Selected Publications
Books
- Beyond Their Limits of Longing: Contemporary Writers and Veterans on the Lingering Stories of WWI
Date: November 2022
Journal Articles
- For Some Holocaust Survivors Even Liberation Was Dehumanizing
In: The New York Times Magazine
Date: April 2020
All Publications
Books
- Beyond Their Limits of Longing: Contemporary Writers and Veterans on the Lingering Stories of WWI
Date: November 2022
- "Nathalie Sarraute"
In: Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2004
Journal Articles
- For Some Holocaust Survivors Even Liberation Was Dehumanizing
In: The New York Times Magazine
Date: April 2020
- Ce qui touche à la mémoire by Marianne Hirsch, co-translator
In: Esprit [Peer Reviewed]
Date: October 2017
- Une difficile rencontre
In: Les cahiers du judaïsme [Peer Reviewed]
Date: May 2004
Creative Artifacts
- Marche-en-Famenne
In: The Wrath-Bearing Tree
Date: February 2019
Internet Publications
- How Beate Klarsfeld grappled with Europe’s demons
In: Engelsberg Ideas
Date: March 2024
- “Quietly Heroic”—Journalist Returns to Ukraine with American Veterans to Help Her People
In: The War Horse
Date: July 2022
- From Death Threats to a French Dandy, Afghan Contractors Abandoned by the U.S. Struggle to Find Asylum Abroad
In: The War Horse
Date: June 2021
- Reading Camus’ ‘The Plague’ in 2020: A Dispatch from Lyon, France,
In: The Wrath-Bearing Tree
Date: April 2020
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