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Bill Beauchamp received his PhD from Columbia University and taught there for several years before joining the faculty of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Methodist University in 1974, where he designed and taught courses on French language and literature, gender studies, and religious and philosophical thought. He pioneered the study of gay literature at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, teaching the first course in the 1980s. He served as French Area Chair for many years and as chair of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s Department of World Languages and Literatures from 1995 to 2000. In 1993, he received ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s Perrine Prize for outstanding teaching and scholarship, and in 2006 he was named an Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. He retired from ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ in 2013 and passed away in 2018.