Collegiate Affiliation
French & Italian

PhD Candidate in French, with a minor in Feminist and Critical Sexuality Studies (GWSS Department)

Dissertation (provisional title): Political Ugliness and Feminist Gateways – New Epistemes in Contemporary French Feminist Comics (Cases politiques et passerelles féministes – Les Nouveaux Épistèmes de la Bande Dessinée Féministe Française)

Other areas of interest: new forms and ethics of digital activism; transnational feminism; film studies; comparative literature. 

Educational Background & Specialties
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Educational Background

  • PhD: French Studies , University of Minnesota, expected graduation Spring 2026.
  • Master of Arts: French, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2021
  • Master Degree: English Studies, Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, September 2020
  • Bachelor of Arts: English Studies, Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot, 2017

Specialties

  • French Studies
  • Feminist Studies
  • Francophone Comic Studies
  • French and English Literature (19th-21st C)
  • 20th and 21st Century Francophone and Anglophone Literature and Cinema
  • Intermediality in adaptation and activism (literature, cinema, bande dessinée, and social media)
  • Aesthetics, spatiality and temporality of activism