Department of French and Francophone Studies Job Placement Record

The Department of French and Francophone Studies at Brown University has a very strong placement record for its graduates: of the 65 students who were granted doctorates between 1990 and 2015, 40 currently hold full-time academic positions at the college and university level in the US, Canada, and Europe: this includes 30 tenure-track appointments. Other graduates have made their careers in related academic or professional fields.

French and Francophone Studies Ph.D. Placement 1990-present

 

Marie Larose, Ph.D. 2021

Assistant Professor of French and Africana Studies

University of North Florida

 

Benjamin Fancy, Ph.D. 2020

Writing Center Coordinator, Princeton University

Brigitte Stepanov, Ph.D. 2020

Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Georgia Institute of Technology

Christopher Robison, Ph.D. 2019

Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Swarthmore College

Sonja Stojanović, Ph.D. 2017

Assistant Professor of French, University of Notre Dame 

Anne-Caroline Sieffert, Ph.D. 2016

Visiting Assistant Professor, Alfred University

Valentine Balguerie, Ph.D. 2015 

Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Randolph-Macon College

Sarah Bernthal, Ph.D. 2015 

Lecturer, Fresno State University 

Sylvain Montalbano, Ph.D. 2014 

French Teacher, Newton Country Day School 

Joshua Blaylock, Ph.D. 2014 

Independent Scholar 

Yuri Kondratiev, Ph.D. 2014 

French Teacher, The French-American School of Rhode Island

Michael Clinton "Clint" Bruce, Ph.D. 2013 

Professeur adjoint, Département des sciences humaines, Université Sainte-Anne, Canada

Allison Fong, Ph.D. 2011 

Lecturer, Department of Language, Literature and Culture, Clark University

Pauline De Tholozany, Ph.D. 2011 

Assistant Professor of French, Clemson University 

Maria Moreno, Ph.D. 2010

Associate Professor of French, Mars Hill University 

 

Kathryn Chenoweth, Ph.D. 2009 

Associate Professor of French, Princeton University  

Sharon Larson, Ph.D. 2009 

Associate Professor of French, Christopher Newport University  

Elizabeth Ferreira, Ph.D. 2009 

Elected Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives 

Dorothy (Pendleton Helm) Arthur, Ph.D. 2008 

Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto  

Shahrzad Zahedi, Ph.D. 2008 

Associate French Faculty, MiraCosta College 

Adele Parker, Ph.D. 2008 

Visiting Assistant Professor of French, College of the Holy Cross  

Claudia Esposito, Ph.D. 2007 

Associate Professor of French, University of Massachusetts, Boston  

Jean François Fournier, Ph.D. 2007 

Associate Professor of French, Appalachian State University  

Heidi Brevik-Zender, Ph.D. 2006 

Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of California at Riverside 

Meadow (Dibble-Dieng) Hilley, Ph.D. 2006 

Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University 

Katharine Harrington, Ph.D. 2005 

Associate Professor of French, Plymouth State University  

Jean-Frédéric Hennuy, Ph.D. 2004 

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), University of Chester, UK  

Nanette Fornabai, Ph.D. 2003 

Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers  

Lisa Walters, Ph.D. 2003 

Adjunct faculty, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

  

Heather McCoy, Ph.D. 2003 

Teaching Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Pennsylvania State University  

Aaron Prevots, Ph.D. 2002 

Associate Professor of French, Southwestern University  

Marie-Chantal Killeen, Ph.D. 2001 

Professor of French Literature, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, UK  

Nadia Sahely, Ph.D. 2001 

Professor of French and Francophone Literature, Baldwin Wallace University  

Eduardo Antonio Febles, Ph.D. 2000 

Associate Professor, Modern Languages & Literatures, Simmons University 

Christine Marie Gaspar, Ph.D. 2000 

French Teacher, Reading, Connecticut 

Ran-E Hong, Ph.D. 2000 

Educator, South Korea 

Seth Adam Whidden, Ph.D. 2000 

Professor, Queen's College, Oxford University, UK 

 

Thomas Armbrecht, Ph.D. 1999 

Associate Professor of French, University of Wisconsin-Madison  

Deborah Julie Hahn, Ph.D. 1999 

Teacher of French, Newton High School, Newton, MA  

Jacinta Wright, Ph.D. 1999 In Memoriam 

Lecturer, Dublin City University, Ireland  

Laurence Huughe, Ph.D. 1998 

Teacher of French, Milton Academy 

Robyn Brothers, Ph.D. 1997 

Laura M. Knowlton, Ph.D. 1997  

Anne Richardot, Ph.D. 1997 

Maître de conferences, Université de Lille 3, France

  

Valerie Key Orlando, Ph.D. 1996 

Professor of French and Francophone Literature, University of Maryland, College Park  

Angelina Overvold, Ph.D. 1996 

Associate Director of the School of World Studies and Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

Marjorie Salvodon, Ph.D. 1996 

Associate Professor of French, Suffolk University

  

Lucie Ashraf, Ph.D. 1995 

Adult Education Teacher, Study Hall LLC  

Jennifer Gage, Ph.D. 1994 

Professional Translator  

Felicia Kirk, Ph.D. 1994 

Headmistress, St Mary's School, Calne, Wiltshire, UK

  

Jody McQuillan, Ph.D. 1994 

Modern Language Faculty, Noble and Greenough School Dedham, MA  

T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, Ph.D. 1994 

Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of French and African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University  

Anna Klosowska Roberts, Ph.D. 1994 

Professor of French, Miami University, Ohio  

Eileen Angelini, Ph.D. 1993 

Professor of French, Canisius College  

Annabelle Cone, Ph.D. 1993 

Senior Lecturer of French, Dartmouth College 

 

Nathalie Rogers, Ph.D. 1993 In Memoriam 

Professor of French, Wellesley College 

Annie K. Smart, Ph.D. 1993 

Professor of French, Saint Louis University  

Debra Terzian, Ph.D. 1993 

Director of Academic Affairs, Office of Study Abroad, Boston University  

Carol Lee (Wilson) Slater, Ph.D. 1993 

Senior Lecturer of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Old Dominion University 

Marie-Dominique Boyce, Ph.D. 1992 

Lecturer of French, Fairfield University 

Sylvia Hatcher-Smith, Ph.D. 1992 

Ana-Maria Ramirez, Ph.D. 1992  

Scott R. Russell, Ph.D. 1992 

Micro Beer Brewer, Lebanon, NH  

Laurent Ditmann, Ph.D. 1991 

Assistant Professor of French, Georgia Perimeter College of Georgia State University  

Les Essif, Ph.D. 1991 

Professor of French Studies, University of Tennessee  

Deborah Jean Lee, Ph.D. 1991 

Lecturer of French, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth  

Chiara Leone Ph.D. 1991 

Barbara Miskell, Ph.D. 1991 

Mary Snider, Ph.D. 1991  

Marie Lathers Ph.D. 1990 

Treuhaft Professor of French and Humanities, Case Western University

Gerard Lavatori, Ph.D. 1990 

Professor of French, University of La Verne, CA

 

Other Alumni

Michèle Respaut, Ph.D. 1979 

Professor of French Emerita, Wellesley College  

Gerald Prince, Ph.D. 1968 

Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania