About
Research Areas
- Franco-Asian literary, socio-cultural, and filmic intersections (France and Japan, China, Vietnam)
- Japanology
- Critical French literary theory (Semiotics, (Post)Structuralism, Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Posthumanism)
- Philosophy of language
- Gender and Sexuality studies
- Medieval French literature (12th-13th centuries)
Education
A.B., Davidson College (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum laude); French Literature (High Honors), East Asian Studies
Universté Paris IV-Sorbonne
Université Paris VII-Diderot (Bi-cursus Lettres modernes/Japonais)
Honors Thesis: “Sous le Soleil Levant coule la Seine: échanges littéraires, socioculturels et filmiques entre la France et le Japon de 1615 à nos jours”
Publications
“Amélie Nothomb’s Distorted Truths: Birth, Identity, and Stupeur et tremblements.” New Zealand Journal of French Studies. 33.1 (2012): 135-156.
Conferences
“Queer Werewolves and Straight Werefoxes: Medieval France Meets Classical Japanese Folklore.” NEMLA - Theory and Literary Criticism. Tufts University. Boston, Massachusetts. March 21-24, 2013.
“Amélie Nothomb: Identity, Abject, and Franco-Japanese Intertextuality in Stupeur et tremblements.” RMMLA - Women in French: Francophone Women and the Asian Experience. Boulder, Colorado. October 11, 2012.
