Faculty & Staff

Department Contacts

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Faculty

Madeline Bedecarré

  • Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • African Literature
  • Sociology of Literature
  • Contemporary French Literature
  • Sociology of Culture
  • Postcolonial Studies
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Florin Beschea

  • Chair & Associate Professor of the Practice in French & Francophone Studies
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Caroline Fache

  • Professor of French & Francophone Studies

cafache@davidson.edu

On leave 2024-2025

Caroline Fache

Carole Kruger

  • Professor of French & Francophone Studies
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Cristina (Cris) Robu

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Québec Studies
  • Medical Humanities
  • Literary Theory
  • Film Studies
  • Gender Studies

crrobu@davidson.edu

704-894-2733

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Cris Robu

Sylvia Simard-Newman

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • French Language and Literature
  • Francophone Literature
  • Women Writers in French and Francophone Literature
  • Global Education

synewman@davidson.edu

704–894–2257

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Sylvia Simard-Newman

Ninon Vessier

  • Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental Humanities
  • African Literature
  • The Mediterranean
  • Visual Art

nivessier@davidson.edu

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Ninon Vessier

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Staff

Susan Archer

  • Department Coordinator

suarcher@davidson.edu

704-894-3109

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