Ruth Hottell is Professor of French at the University of Toledo and Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages. Having published numerous articles on French culture, literature, and film, she has focused in recent years on French and Francophone women filmmakers. She is co-author (with Janis Pallister) of Noteworthy French Speaking Women Filmmakers. A Sequel. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011); French Speaking Women Filmmakers. A Guide. (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005); and Francophone Women Documentarians (Peter Lang Press, 2005).