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Tara Collington
Professor | Department Chair

B.A., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Areas of specialization:
- 20th-century
- Bakhtin Studies
- Cultural Studies
- Theories of Time and Space in Narrative
Nicolas Gauthier
Associate Professor | Associate Chair, Graduate Studies

BA, MA (Montréal), PhD (Montréal et Grenoble 3-Stendhal)Ìý
Elise Lepage
Associate Professor | Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies

Licence (Grenoble 3-Stendhal), MA (Lyon 2), PhD (British Columbia)
Research and teaching interests
- Québec literature and culture
- Poetry
- Geopoetics, theories of landscape
- Ecocriticism, ecofeminism
- Regionality, migrations, tourism, postindustrial places
- Literature and cultural studies of francophone minorities in Canada
- Theories of care and intersectionality; the dynamics of power on minorities or marginalized groups
- Literature and visual arts
Catherine Dubeau
Associate Professor

BA, MA, PhD (Laval)
Areas of specialization:
- 18th century French literature
- manuscripts and critical edition
- preromanticism
- psychoanalytic criticism
- sociology of literature
- Suzanne Necker, GermaineÌýde ³§³Ù²¹Ã«±ô
Valérie Dusaillant-Fernandes
Associate Professor

DEUG (Sorbonne Nouvelle), MA (À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ), PhD (Toronto)
Research and teaching interests
- 20th and 21st French and Francophone literature Ìý
- Novels, Plays, Autobiographical/Autofictional Writing
- Trauma studies / Genocide
- Intergenerational/Transgenerational Transmission
- Psychoanalytic theories
- Postcolonial theories
- Feminist theories and Women’s Writing
- Comic and Graphic Novels
Nicolas Hebbinckuys
Assistant Professor

- Licence ès Lettres modernes, ICES (France) et Université Sainte-Anne (Nouvelle-Écosse), 2004
- Maîtrise en Littérature comparée, ICES (France), 2006
- PhD en Études littéraires, Université de Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick), 2015
Research and Teaching Interests
- Littérature de voyage (XVIe – XVIIe ²õ¾±Ã¨³¦±ô±ð²õ)
- Édition critique des textes anciens
- Enseignement du français langue seconde
- Nouvelles technologies et création de contenus pour les cours en ligne
Svetlana Kaminskaia
Associate Professor

BA, MA (Minsk), MA (Western Ontario), PhD (Western Ontario)
Areas of specialization:
- Rhythm and intonation
- Dialectal variation in French
- French in contact
- General and French phonology
- General and French phonetics
- Sociolinguistics
Christine McWebb
Professor, Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business; Adjunct Professor Department of French Studies (currently Associate Vice-President, Faculty Planning and Policy)

B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Western)
Areas of specialization:
- Digital cultures
- Digital humanities
- Medieval French literature
- Christine de Pizan
- Iconography
- Textual Studies
- Mysticism
- Feminism
- Translation Theory
- Cultural Studies
Nicole Nolette
Associate Professor | Canada Research Chair

- B.A.ÌýUniversity of Alberta, 2006
- M.A.ÌýUniversity of Alberta, 2008
- PhDÌýMcGillÌýUniversity, 2014
Areas of specialization:Ìý
- Literature, culture and theatre by Francophone minorities in Canada
- Québec literature, culture and theatre
- Translation Studies
- Contemporary Theatre
- Comparative and World Literature
Guy Poirier
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

BA (Laval), MA, PhD (McGill), FRSC/MSRC
Areas of specialization:
- French Renaissance literature
- Travel literature
- Québécois & French Canadian literatures
- Renaissance Cultural History
Mikalai Kliashchuk
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream

BA (Minsk), MA (Minsk), MA (Western University)
Areas of specialization:
- Linguistics
Rocky Penate
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream

B.A. (Western), B.Ed. (Brock), PhD (Toronto)
Research and teaching interests
- French for beginners and intermediate learners
- Content-based instruction
- French Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Animal Studies
Alexie Tcheuyap, FRSC
Dean of Arts | Professor

Cynthia Tremblay
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream

Kanstantsin Tsedryk
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream

BA (Minsk), MA,ÌýPhD (Western Ontario)
Areas of specialization:
- Linguistics
Maria Petrescu
Sessional Lecturer

Maria Petrescu a terminé son doctorat à l’Université de À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ avec une thèse sur l’image de la prison dans la littérature française et québécoise, avant d’enseigner des cours de littérature et de français langue seconde dans plusieurs universités ontariennes. À présent, elle se consacre à l'étude deÌýla souffrance dans la littérature carcérale.ÌýMaria s’intéresse aussi à l’image de la femme, de l’amour et du mariage dans la littérature de la Renaissance et a publié plusieurs articles dans le domaine de la linguistique.
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Anne-Sophie Troit
Sessional Lecturer
Claire Newbigging
Administrative Coordinator and Advisor, Undergraduate Studies
** All inquiries related to French Undergraduate studies should be directed to frenchundergrad@uwaterloo.ca
Scarlett van Berkel
Administrative Manager
