Associate Professor of French

PhD, University of Virginia, 1992
MA, University of Virginia, 1988
BA, Univeristy of Richmond, 1986

Email - pkirk@vcu.edu
Phone - 804.828.8471
Fax - 804.828.0127

Office - Annex, Rm 203-1/2
            312 N. Shafer St.
            Richmond, VA 23220

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Dr. Kirkpatrick led the creation of VCU's International Newsroom. 2005 he received the Service Excellence Award from the College of Humanities and Sciences. He was also decorated as "Chevliers dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres," France's highest arts honor in the French Legion of Honor, by the French Ambassador to the United States, Jean-David Levitte, during the 2005 French Film Festival. Dr. Kirkpatrick also founded and directed the 12th Annual French Film Festival at VCU, which was the largest and best-attended festival to date.
Dr. Kirkpatrick continues to direct the French Film Festival Internship Program in cooperation with the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Rennes, Audencia Ecole Superieur de Commerce de Nantes, and the Universite de Lille, France. He is also the Secretary-elect of the Faculty Senate and a member of the OIE Advisory Committee. He also serves as a representative for the French Embassy Exchange.