DR. RONALD W. TOBIN
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs
Professor of French

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
2150 Kerr Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106–3200
(805) 893-2419
(805) 893-4184 (FAX)
E-mail: tobin@oap.ucsb.edu

FRENCH & ITALIAN DEPARTMENT
5315 Phelps Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4140
805/893-3461
Fax: 805/893-8826
E-Mail: rwtobin@french-ital.ucsb.edu
http://www.french-ital.ucsb.edu/

EDUCATION/ETUDES:
Princeton University, 1960–1961, Ph.D. (Romance Languages), 1962
Université de Lille, France, 1959–1960
Princeton University, 1957–1959, M.A. (French), 1959
St. Peter's College, 1953–1957, B.A. magna cum laude, 1957

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS/FONCTIONS:
Professor of French, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969–
Chair, 1969–1971; 1975–1980; Acting Chair, 2000
Assistant Dean, 1985–1987
Associate Vice Chancellor, 1989–
Visiting Professor, UCLA, summers 1973, 1980, 1981
Visiting Professor, Claremont Graduate School, summer 1972
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, 1963–1965; Associate Professor, 1965–1969; Chair, 1965–1969
Instructor, Williams College, 1961–1963

HONORS/DISTINCTIONS
Grand Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises, awarded by the Académie française, Nov. 2007; Commandeur, Ordre des Palmes Académiques, 2005; Festschrift: Theatrum Mundi: Studies in Honor of Ronald W. Tobin, eds. Carlin and Wine, 2003; Elected Member of the Société d'Histoire Littéraire de la France, 2004; Elected Honorary Member of the Seminario di Filologia francese (Rome), 2000; Awarded Honorary (Lifetime) Membership in the American Association of Teachers of French, 2000; Vice-President, Société Racine (1996-); President, North-American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature (1974, 1994, 1999); Membre, Ordre des francophones
d’Amérique (Québec), 1999; Chevalier, Palmes Académiques (1972), Officier (1987); Chevalier, Ordre National du Mérite (1984); Chevalier, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1999); Professor of the Year, UCSB (1984); Editor in Chief, French Review, 1986-98; CELJ: Distinguished Retiring Editor, 1998; Fellowships: ACLS, NEH, American Philosophical Society, Fulbright, Woodrow Wilson; invited lectures at Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Paris, Lille, Nice, Grenoble, Rome, Palermo, Princeton, Stanford, USC, Maryland, Washington, Oregon, Pomona, British Columbia, among others.

PUBLICATIONS/RECHERCHES:
Books and Editions/Livres et éditions:
Racine et/ou le classicisme (2000)
Jean Racine Revisited (1999)
Tarte à la crème: commedia e gastronomia nel teatro di Molière (1999)
Le Corps au XVIIe siècle (1995)
Lectures d’Amérique (1993)
Tarte à la crème: Comedy and Gastronomy in Molière's Theater (1990)
Littérature et gastronomie (1985)
Thème et thématique de la tragédie (1980)
Myth and Mythology in 17th-Century French Literature (1976)
Esthétique et société au 17e siècle (1976)
Racine and Seneca (1971)
Paths to Freedom: Essays in Honor of E.B.O. Borgerhoff (1971)

Selected Articles and Chapters/Articles et chapitres choisis:
“Andromaque's Choice,” Orbis Litterarum,“Qu'est-ce que la gastrocritique?”, Dix-Septième Siècle, “Civilité et convivialité dans Le Misanthrope et ses suites,” Le Nouveau Moliériste; “Molière entre le cru et le cuit,” Micromégas; “Jean Racine,” Encyclopaedia Britannica; “Racine,” Cabeen Bibliography Supplement; “Tartuffe, texte sacré,” Mélanges Scherer; “Sqanarelle, ou Molière de l'Italie à la France,” La France et l’Italie au temps de Mazarin;
“Le Chasseur enchassé: la mise en abyme dans Les Fâcheux,” Cahiers de Littérature du 17e siècle; “Les Mets et les mots: gastronomie et sémiotique dans L’Ecole des femmes,” Semiotica; “Néron et Junie: fantasme et tragédie,” PFSCL; “Le Mythe d’Hercule au 17e siècle,” La Mythologie au 17e siècle; “Le Sentiment d'incomplétude chez les personnages de Racine,” CAIEF; “Racine, Sénèque et l’Académie Lamoignon,” Critique et création littéraires au 17e siècle; “Le Sacrifice et Polyeucte,” Revue des Sciences Humaines; “Tragedy and Catastrophe in Seneca's Theater,” Classical Journal.

MAJOR RECENT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS/ COMITÉS IMPORTANTS:
Chair, UCTV Committee, 2003–; Special Assistant for Library Affairs to the Executive Vice Chancellor, 1998–99; Chair, Committee on Internationalization, 1995–97; Chair, Classroom Renovation Committee, 1989–; Member, University of California Committee on Intercampus Networking and Instructional Technology, 1995-96; Member, Academic Planning Council, 1993–94; Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Liaison Officer for UCSB, 1991–. Member, Advisory Board, Penn State Romance Studies, 2005–.

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