Short self-introduction: I've been working in academia for nearly 20 years, after periods as a professional athlete in Portugal and musician in the U.K. and Boston. I have studied at institutions of higher learning in the U.S., Portugal and France. Here at Carnegie Mellon, where I am in my fourteenth year, I teach French and Computer-Assisted Language Learning and direct the Modern Language Resource Center.

I have often been asked to consult, speak and evaluate on language technology issues over the last few years. I have also been involved in various courseware development projects with colleagues from both within and outside of CMU, including a text-book/ CD-ROM produced for Holt, Rinehart, and the on-going Language Online project at CMU. My most recent interest in French and francophone studies concerns Quebec, especially the social and cultural dynamic manifest in the evolution of popular song.

Details on most of these items can be gleaned from my C.V., on-line versions of papers and syllabi, and project descriptions, all reachable from the links at the top of this page. Any further questions should be addressed to me via one of the conventional means of communication listed above.

A bit of family history: I have been married to Linda Benedict-Jones for 38 years, and we have two sons, Tanner (a CMU grad about finishing a Masters in Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh) and Maxwell (a graduate of Bishop's University in Quebec now teaching English in Taiwan). Linda is Executive Director of the Silver Eye Center for Photography on Pittsburgh's South Side.