Assistant Professor of French
University of California, Berkeley
Current Teaching
At UC Berkeley:
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Fall 2023: 103A Sex, Monsters, and the Margins of the Francophone Premodern
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Spring 2024: 210B Affect, Experience, Sensation: Reading Medieval French Literature in Manuscripts
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Spring 2024: FR102 Advanced Reading and Writing in French
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Fall 2024: FR112 Gender, Space, and Diversity in Medieval French Literature
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Spring 2025: FR141 Ecocriticism in French
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Spring 2025: FR102 Advanced Reading and Writing in French
(Please don't hesitate to reach out if you would like to see a syllabus).
Past Teaching
I began teaching in 2012 when I earned a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). Since then, I have taught in schools in the UK (Bristol, London, York), France (Pau, Paris) and Cambodia (Phnom Penh). In 2019, I was recognized as an Associate Fellow by UK Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy). I am passionate about pedagogy and continually developing my teaching practice.
At King's College London between 2017 and 2020, I taught on the following courses:
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4AAFF120 Core French Language
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5AAFF200 Core French Language
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5AAFF238 The Practice of Translation
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5AAFF253 Death & Desire: Love in French Literature before 1700
In 2018 and 2019, I also ran ‘Essay Lab’, a weekly writing workshop for undergraduates in the French department.
At the University of Cambridge between 2021 and 2022, I taught on the following courses:
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FR1 Introduction to French Literature, Film and Thought
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FRB2 Translation from French
