Marie-Pascale Pieretti
CHAIR OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN, PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE FRENCH PROGRAM
Education: PhD in Comparative Literature – New York University, Maîtrise and Licence – Université de Lille III, France.
Teaching: Advanced Conversation and Composition (current events, media, stylistics), 17th- and 18th-century Literature, 20th and 21st-century theater, Women’s literature survey, Children and Youth Literature.
Research interests: Women’s writings of the early modern period in Europe; Translation practices and textual strategies of 18th-century and 19th-century French women writers; Youth and Children Literature; Pedagogy.
Publications: Her publications include articles on women translators, women in the academies and female epistolary writers in 18th-century France, and on pedagogy (experiential learning).
Contact: Embury Hall 208, Ext. 3506; [email protected]
Muriel Placet-Kouassi
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FRENCH
Education: PhD in French, Louisiana State University
Teaching: French language (at all levels), advanced courses on 20th and 21st century French and Francophone literatures, films and cultures.
Research interests: Francophone literatures and cultures (West Africa). She was part of the New York African Film Festival from 2002 to 2013. Lived in Burkina Faso and in Niger in past years
Publications: French Berlitz Essential (2nd Edition, Berlitz Publishing, 2009), a self-study course textbook.
Contact: Embury Hall 202, Ext. 3545; [email protected]
Stefania Britt
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR OF FRENCH
Education: Masters of Arts in French Literature, Rutgers University
Teaching: Elementary French, Intermediate French
Research interests: Literature from the 12th to the 20th century, cinema, and Francophone literature (particular interest in the works of André Gide, Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre)
Contact: Embury Hall 201, Ext. 8455; [email protected]
John McFaul
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR OF FRENCH
Education: MA, French Language and Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara; BA, French Language and Literature/College of Letters, Wesleyan University
Teaching: Elementary French, Intermediate French
Interests: Second language acquisition, 18th century Enlightenment and 20th century French/Francophone literature
Contact: Embury Hall 207; [email protected]
Deborah Hess
PROFESSOR EMERITA
Education: PhD, French, minor in Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MA, French, University of Chicago
Teaching: Introduction to French Literature and Culture, Poetry-writing seminars (followed by the publication of original student poetry in Mélanges, the French Department poetry journal), The French Novel since World War II, Caribbean Francophone literature, North African Francophone literature
Research Interests: The study of the relation between language and its cultural context; the development of a cultural approach to literary studies; Caribbean Francophone literature; North African Francophone literature and society; West African literature
Publications: Her publications include numerous articles and the following books: Maryse Condé : Mythe, parabole et complexité. Critiques Littéraires Series. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2011; Palimpsestes dans la poésie: Roubaud, du Bouchet, etc… Études Littéraires Series. Paris: Éditions L’Harmattan, 2011; La poétique de renversement chez Maryse Condé, Massa Makan Diabaté et Édouard Glissant. Paris: Éditions L’Harmattan, 2006; Politics and Literature: The Case of Maurice Blanchot (1999);Complexity in Maurice Blanchot’s Fiction: Relations between Science and Literature (1999); and Tournants: Conversation en Culture, Prentice-Hall (1993). (Conversation textbook which presents French conversation through discussion of contemporary French culture and society).
Contact: [email protected]