Office: Kauke 206
Tel: 330-263-2400
Fax: 330-263-2693
Spring 2008 office hours: Wednesdays, 2-3, Thursdays, 2:30-3:30, and by appointment
Education
• B.A. in French, Wake Forest University, 1989
• M.A. in French Studies, Institute of French Studies, New
York University, 1996
• Pensionnaire étranger, École Normale Supérieure
(Paris), 1997
• Ph.D. in French Studies, Institute of French Studies,
New York University, 2002
Research interests
My current research projects explore the cultural dimensions of
French colonialism in West Africa, between 1930 and 1960. I am
particularly interested in probing key moments, when France's
colonial project was redefined. My work also investigates the
evolving responses of African elites to the colonial situation.
Recent articles:
“The National Revolution in French West Africa: Dakar-Jeunes and the Shaping of African Opinion,” International Journal of Francophone Studies 10 (1-2) (2007): 85-103.
“The Progress of Peasants: Rural Schools and the Colonial Imaginary in 1930s French West Africa.” Forthcoming in Cahiers d’études africaines.