Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Success' Biography

Dr. Sol holds a bachelor’s degree in French literature from Marymount University, as well as a master’s degree and Ph.D. in French from the University of California, Los Angeles. She brings extensive experience in supporting faculty across all academic roles. She joins us from the University of Texas Arlington, where she served as department chair, chair of the faculty senate, and most recently, vice provost for faculty affairs. A professor of French, her research encompasses both Eighteenth-Century and Contemporary Francophone Literature, with a focus on gender, women’s writing, colonial/postcolonial studies, and cultural studies.

Dr. Sol and her co-author Christopher Conway received the 2023 Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular and American Culture from the National Popular Culture Association for their book The Comic Book Western: New Perspectives on a Global Genre (University of Nebraska Press, 2022). She recently published an edition of Elizabeth Guénard’s Blanche de Ransi (Harmattan, 2024) with co-author Sarah Davies Cordova.

Understanding the challenges faculty face as teachers and researchers, Dr. Sol has maintained her teaching and publishing activities throughout her administrative career. She has also earned a higher education teaching certification from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), with the ACUE program set to launch on our campus this fall.