FACULTY

The faculty in French is committed to teaching and to scholarship. The members of the section have all earned the Ph.D. at major U.S. research institutions. They have considerable expertise in teaching, and they will help you achieve proficiency in French. The French faculty pursues various research interests, including theatre, film, narrative prose and civilization. At all levels of the curriculum, they regularly introduce new methods, materials, and topics, ensuring the highest quality instruction.


Wendy

Jolene
Amine
Wendy Allen, Chair

Jolene Barjasteh
Amine Bekhechi
Kimberley Anderson

B.A., Connecticut College;
M.A., Ph.D. Indiana Univeristy

17th century French literature; contemporary France; second language acquisition and pedagogy

Office Hours:
MWF 10:45-12:00;
1:00-2:30
T 1:00-2:00
or by appointment

Office Ph: 507-786-3247

Office location: Tomson 329

wallen@stolaf.edu

Professor Allen's Homepage

(On sabbatical Sem. I)

B.A., M.A. Illinois State University; Ph.D. University of Illinois

19th century French literature; the short story;
autobiography; French cinema

Office Hours:


Office Ph: 507-786-3274

Office Location: Tomson 330


barjaste@stolaf.edu

D.E.A., Université de Montpellier I, France
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

20th century French literature; Francophonie; the literature of the Maghreb

Office Hours:

Office Ph: 507-786-8043

Office Location: Tomson 327

bekhechi@stolaf.edu

B.A.., St. Olaf College
M.A., Middlebury School of French;

Office Hours:

MW 2:00-3:00
or by appointment

Office Ph: 507-786-8636

Office Location: Tomson 371

anderskr@stolaf.edu


Mary
Jean Eudes Biem
Mary Cisar
Serving as Registrar
Lise Hoy Clare Mather
Professor Emeritus

B.A., University of Yaoundé; M.A., University of Oregon;
M.A., Harvard University

Office Hours:
MWF 12:45-1:45; 3:00
W 3:00-4:00 or by appointment

Office Ph: 507-786-3428

Office Location: Tomson 328

biem@stolaf.edu

 

 

 

B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.A., Ph.D. Brown University

18th century French literature; French feminism and feminist literary criticism; second language acquisition and pedagogy

cisar@stolaf.edu

 

 


B.A., University of Minnesota;
M.A., Ph.D. University of
WI-Madison

19th century and early 20th
century narrative;imagination
in French literature; art and fin-de-siècle literature; gastronomy in French literature

Office Hours: MW 1:00-2:00
T 1:30-2:30

Office Ph: 507-786-3980

Office Location: Tomson 326

hoyl@stolaf.edu

 


B.A., Hamline University; M.A.,
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-
Madison

Quebec theatre and immigrant
literature; francophone theater; pedagogy; issues of
student engagement

mather@stolaf.edu