Rachel Gabara, an associate professor in the department of Romance languages, has won the SAMLA Studies Award from the South Atlantic Modern Language Association for her book, From Split to Screened Selves: French and Francophone Autobiography in the Third Person (Stanford University Press, 2006). The award will be formally presented at the group’s conference in Atlanta this month. The award honors the author of an outstanding scholarly book published during the previous calendar year. It provides a $1,000 honorarium to the author and a complimentary convention registration for the year when the award is to be given.
