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Carolyn Durham - Inez K. Gaylord Professor of French Language and Literature
(330) 263-2401 / cdurham@wooster.edu
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B.A. Wellesley 1969; M.A., Ph.D. Chicago 1972, 1976.

Prof. Durham is a specialist in the 20th century novel, film studies, and literary theory and criticism. Her most recent work centers on the cross-cultural comparison of contemporary France and the United States, both in fiction and film.


Harry Gamble - Assistant Professor of French
(330) 263-2400 / hgamble@wooster.edu
Professor Gamble's faculty page

B.A. Wake Forest 1989; M.A., Ph.D. New York 1996, 2002.

Prof. Gamble specializes in the literatures and cultures of West Africa and the Maghreb; French colonialism and decolonization; immigrant cultures in France, and the history of education in France and West Africa.


Sharon L. Shelly - Associate Professor of French
(330) 263-2562 / sshelly@wooster.edu
Professor Shelly's faculty page

B.A. Case Western Reserve 1979; M.A. North Carolina (Chapel Hill) 1981; Ph.D. Harvard 1989.

Prof. Shelly specializes in the structure and history of the French language; French and Francophone language policy; and foreign language pedagogy.


Jaye Puckett - Visiting Assistant Professor of French
(330) 263-2292 / jpuckett@wooster.edu

B. A. Ohio State University; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

Professor Puckett specializes in the literature of the Middle Ages.  Her research focuses on the lyric poetry of the troubadours and she is also interested in medieval women's literature and romance.