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Courses and evaluations

French 441: Junior/Senior Seminar

Spring 2017: "Mediating the Postcolonial in Francophone Texts and Contexts"

This course examines representations of post/colonial contexts in visual culture (graphic novels, film, and paintings), literature, and cultural studies, through theories of the gaze.

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Spring 2016: Monsters, Hybrids, and the Infected: Dehumanizing Society in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century French-Language Literature and Visual Culture

This course examines representations of monstrous figures, such as the zombie or human-animal hybrids, in contemporary literature and visual culture of the francophone world. Students will read and view texts by writers and filmmakers from the Caribbean (Haiti), French-speaking Africa (Senegal and Rwanda), as well as France and Belgium, to study how these entities are used to interrogate historical, social, and political divisions.

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French 101: Beginning French I

This course introduces students to the basic skills of speaking, listening, writing and reading in French.

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Interdisciplinary Studies 174: Global Senegal: Alternative Modernities

Study away course to Senegal co-led with Prof. Wendy Wilson Fall. There were no course evaluations for this class.

French 211: Advanced French

Grammar review with emphasis on areas of greatest difficulty. Enrichment of written expression with emphasis on style and vocabulary building. Examination of cultural and contemporary issues and discussion of cultural and literary texts.

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French 324: French Civilization since 1789

This course explores key cultural and political changes following 1789 through visual culture, historical documents and literature. Topics discussed include: the French and Haitian Revolutions; slavery and abolition; Romanticism; the Haussmannization of Paris; the Third Republic; the Dreyfus affair; World Wars I and II; the Algerian War; contemporary France and Charlie Hebdo. In addition to asking how France’s past has shaped its present, this course explores how the texts studied represent historical events. It also asks students to interrogate the traditional boundaries of French history and civilization.

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French 112: Intermediate French II

Review and expansion of the basic grammar and vocabulary of the language. Attention to developing reading and conversational skills and a deeper understanding of French and other Francophone countries.

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Courses taught & evaluations

University of arizona

assistant professor

fall 2018

French 301: Pronunciation and Conversation

French 160A1: The French-Speaking World

Lafayette college

Visiting assistant professor

fall 2015-spring 2018

Teaching Documents

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holding the marquis de lafayette's sword during a class visit to special collections, lafayette college

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First Year Seminar 016: Zombies! From Slaves to Cannibals

This seminar examines the zombie’s migration from Caribbean folklore to the popular culture of the United States from an interdisciplinary perspective as a means of developing students' critical thinking, writing and speaking skills.

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