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Faculty

Faculty
Name Office/Email Degree Interests
Hakim Abderrezak 351E Folwell
abder002@umn.edu
Ph.D. French, Northwestern University 20th- and 21st-Century French and Francophone Studies, Visual Studies
F.R.P. Akehurst 347B Folwell
akehu001@umn.edu
Ph.D. French, University of Colorado; J.D., University of Minnesota Medieval French and Occitan Language and Literature, Medieval French Law
Daniel Brewer 260A Folwell
dbrewer@umn.edu
Ph.D. French, Johns Hopkins University Ancient Régime Literature and Culture, Critical Theory
Mária Minich Brewer 243 Folwell
mbrewer@umn.edu
Ph.D. French, Yale University 20th-Century French Literature, Culture, and Theatre
Mary Frances Brown 351D Folwell
brow2085@umn.edu
Ph.D Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley Literature and Culture of Medieval France
Bruno Chaouat on sabbatical '08-'09
chaou001@umn.edu
Ph.D. French, Emory University 19th- and 20th-Century French Literature and Thought
Juliette Cherbuliez 236 Folwell
cherbuli@umn.edu
Ph.D. Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania 17th-Century Literature and Culture
Susanna Ferlito on sabbatical '08-'09
ferli001@umn.edu
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles Modern Italian Literature
Betsy Kerr 351C Folwell
bjkerr@umn.edu
Ph.D. French Linguistics, University of Indiana French Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Susan Noakes 341 Folwell
noake001@umn.edu
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, Yale University Late Medieval and Early Renaissance, French and Italian Literature and culture
Judith Preckshot 135 Folwell
preck001@umn.edu
Ph.D. French, University of California, Irvine 20th-Century French Studies and Francophone Literature
Eileen Sivert on sabbatical '08-'09
esivert@umn.edu
Ph.D. French, University of California, Riverside 19th-Century French Literature and Québecois Studies
Christophe Wall-Romana on leave '08-'09
wallr007@umn.edu
Ph.D. French, University of California, Berkeley

19th- and 20th-Century French Poetry
and Cinema Studies

Temporary Assistant Professors
Name Office/Email Degree Interests
Dana Lindaman

351B Folwell
lind0285@umn.edu

PhD, Romance Languages & Literatures, Harvard University 19th and early 20th century expressions of French identity.
Sabrina Ovan

255A Folwell
ovanx001@umn.edu

Ph.D., Comparative Literature, UCLA  
Guillaume Paugam 343 Folwell
guillaume.paugam@gmail.com
   
Emeritus Faculty
Name Interests
Peter Lock 19th-Century French Literature
Maria Paganini 20th-Century French Prose
Armand Renaud 17th-Century French Literature
Peter Robinson 19th-Century French Poetry and Culture
Faculty Associated with the Graduate Program in French Studies
Name Department
Gabriela Ilnitchi Currie Musicology
Michael Gaudio Art History
Njeri Githire African American & African Studies
Ron Greene Communications
Jaime Hanneken Spanish and Portuguese
Rembert Hüser German, Scandinavian and Dutch
Trica Keaton Americans Studies
Institute for Global Studies
Michael Lower History
Patricia Lorcin History
Leslie Morris German, Scandinavian and Dutch
Center for Jewish Studies
John Mowitt Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Joanna O'Connell Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Kathryn Reyerson History
JB Shank History
Shaden Tageldin Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature

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