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NEW Visiting Assistant Professors of French, in 2023-2024!
We are delighted to announce that Professors Chase Cormier and Eric Disbro will be joining us here at Williams in 2023-2024! Read on for more info about their teaching and wonderful new courses and fascinating research. Bienvenue à Williams, Chase Cormier et Eric Disbro!
Chase Cormier
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
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As a heritage speaker of Louisiana French, I have always been passionate about Francophone life and culture. I am interested in literature, cinema, folklore, foodways, linguistics, and postcolonial studies in Acadia, Haiti, Louisiana, and Québec. My Cajun-Creole identity and my passion for sharing knowledge of other cultures have shaped me as an educator and as a researcher. I earned my Ph.D. in Francophone Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where I also began my journey as an instructor. I then taught at Université Sainte-Anne in Church Point, Nova Scotia and at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse before moving here to Williams College. I have published articles on French-Acadian and Louisiana literature and cuisine. I also write poetry and prose in French, and I have published texts in various reviews of creative writing, including Feux Follets and Revue Ancrages. I am currently writing a novel in Louisiana French titled Mal, which is to be published by Éditions Perce-Neige in 2023.
Eric Disbro
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
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As a specialist of global francophone island literatures and cultures, Professor Disbro (he/they) is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research combines queer and trans studies, literary criticism, and maritime philosophy to examine Indigenous and creolized forms of gender identity and expression. Professor Disbro taught for 7 years at the Pennsylvania State University while completing his dual-title Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their writing has appeared in Women in French Studies, The French Review, Verge: Studies in Global Asias, and ASAP/Journal. In addition to his academic work, Professor Disbro enjoys film, live theater and drag, food documentaries, playing the piano, and trivia. They are looking forward to sharing their love of francophone cultures with the Williams community!
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