Tags: French


Allonah Ezro-Christy

I'm a second-year Ph.D. student in Romance Language Linguistics and instructor of record for SPAN 2001.  Between completing my M.A. and starting my Ph.D. here at UGA, I was a lecturer for 5 years at SUNY Potsdam in Northern New York teaching Spanish, French, and English for non-native speakers. I also volunteered with AFS as a liaison and orientation coordinator for high school students from abroad studying in the U.S. Study abroad holds…


Brian Boomhower

Brian Boomhower is a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia.  Research Interests: French & francophone graphic novels (bande dessinée). Additional research interests include travel narratives and francophone film.


Marie Irene Joseph

Marie Irene Joseph is a scholar of Hispanic and Italian Studies and a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia.  Her research focuses on the portrayal of the Virgen Mary in the visual arts and literature in both Spain and Italy primarily during the 16th - 18th centuries. As a Marian scholar, she focuses on the connections between Mary of Nazareth as both an earthly figure and an…


Carine Sigaud

Carine Sigaud is a PhD student in Francophone Studies at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on taking a linguistic approach to study literary texts. She is especially interested in the way authors have represented different categories of underrepresented peoples' speech as well as the sociological and philosophical implications of these stylistic choices. She wrote her masters theses on 19th century post realism, with a particular…


Anaïs Jandot

My name is Anaïs Jandot (they/them). I was born in Lyon, France. I am a 28-year old non-binary scholar in arts and humanities. I moved to the US in July 2019 and met my husband Colin a few months later. I am the proud owner of two cats and three greyhounds who make my home the happiest place on earth. I studied at the University of Jean Moulin Lyon III for 5 years and had the pleasure to work with Dr. Lawrence Gasquet on my master’s thesis. At…


Raymond Friedman


Timothy Raser

Tim Raser came to UGA in 1985 after a first job at the University of Tulsa; here he teaches lower-level language courses, undergraduate literature surveys, and graduate courses in French.  His research has to do with 19th-century poetics and æsthetics; his most recent book (2015) is titled "Baudelaire and Photography."  His current project concerns Hugo's writings on the death penalty. 


Bénédicte Beall-Lebéhot

Bénédicte Beall-Lebéhot earned her Ph.D in French from Rutgers University in 2018. Her dissertation, entitled ''Trouver sa voi(e)(x) sur grand écran: les acteurs-chanteurs du cinéma français des années 30 aux années 50'', is a study of actor-singers in French cinema from the 30s to the 50s and the entertaining commercial musicals and operettas in which they performed.


Debbie Bell


Emily Rose Kraus

I am happy to announce that I finished my PhD in French and Italian as well as an MA in German in 2024. I was fortunate enough to be able to complete both degrees simultaneously in 4 years. Starting fall 2024, I am working as a full-time instructor in the Romance Languages Department while pursuing an MA in Spanish. 
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