French and Francophone Studies Faculty and Instructional Staff
Carina Yervasi
Associate Professor
Executive Director, Global Engagement
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Global Engagement
Global Studies
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Jean-Vincent Blanchard
Professor
Section Head, French & Francophone Studies
On Leave - Spring
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
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Alexandra Gueydan-Turek
Associate Professor
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Comparative Literature
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Interests: Postcolonial Theory; Francophone Literature of the Maghreb and the Mashreq; Comics and Graphic Novels in the Arab World; Local Publishing Markets in North Africa; (Neo)colonial representations; Representations of Islam in France.
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Marshall Smith
Assistant Professor
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Black Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
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Interests: Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, African Diaspora Studies, Visual and Material Cultures, Critical Theory, Black Geographies, Africana Philosophy, and Queer Studies.
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Christopher Robison
Visiting Assistant Professor
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
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Interests: 19th-century French literature and culture (the Naturalist and Decadent novel in particular); animal studies/animal ethics; history of the life sciences from the Enlightenment onwards; 18th- and 19th-century philosophy and religion.
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Arnaud Courgey
Lecturer
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
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Anne-Sophie Jubin
Language Lecturer
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
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French and Francophone Studies Administrative Staff
Jessica Bawgus
Administrative Assistant II, Modern Languages; Administrative Assistant, Division Chair Support, Modern Languages
Spanish
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Modern Languages & Literatures-Arabic