Department of French Studies Job Placement Record
The Department of French 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 Studies Ph.D. Placement 1990-present
Benjamin Fancy, Ph.D. 2020
Writing Center Coordinator, Princeton University
Brigitte Stepanov, Ph.D. 2020
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Grinnell College
Christopher Robison, Ph.D. 2019
Visting Assistant Professor, Brown University
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