Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Most faculty teaching Reid Hall courses are members of the faculties of various branches of the French university system, research fellows at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) or the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), and/or writers/artists and critics. The professors listed below teach in the undergraduate and/or masters program at Reid Hall.

Vincent Aurora
Vicent Aurora received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1998. His study of the functioning of Surrealist metaphor, Michel Leiris' Failles: immobile in mobili, was published in 2000 and was followed by articles examining particular aspects of Surrealism's especially extreme form of metaphor. His translation of Prince Michael of Greece's L'Impératrice des adieux also came out in 2001, and each year he writes for the Encyclopedia Britannica on the state and trends of contemporary French literature. He is currently working on the unexpected combination of quantum mechanics and Comte's positivism in Houellebecq's Les Particules élémentaires.

Nicolas Baudouin
Teaches Visual Analysis at the Parsons School of Design and history of art at NYU in France. He has organized exhibitions on contemporary artists in Paris, Montreal, and in the Netherlands. He is a painter himself.

Cécile Balavoine
Specializes in late nineteenth-century French literature. She published in 2006 a literary anthology, "Le Goût de Salzbourg" (Mercure de France) on the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. She also works as a translator from French to English.

Dominique Bendelian
Specializes in applied linguistics; teaches grammar and conversation courses in several programs at Reid Hall, notably Southern Methodist University.

Anca Bratu-Minott
Teaches at the University of Amiens and has taught in several universities in the USA and Italy. Specializes in the history of Rumanian art and medieval art. Publications include the following: La Peinture murale des églises en bois de Maramures (Bucarest, 1982); Catalogue des peintures murales de la Roumanie, vol. 1, 14ème-15ème siècles (Bucarest, 1985). Numerous articles.

Mildred Camille-Martin
Currently teaches at the University of Paris XIII and previously taught French language and literature at Barnard College. Specializes in 19th-century poetry; published on Francophone literature.

Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia
Associate Researcher and member of the academic/research management team at the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po (CEVIPOF) where her research focuses on immigration and discrimination issues, extreme right wing parties in Europe, racism, and science and politics, as well as identity and citizenship issues. She was visiting professor at NYU (1999) and at the University of Pittsburgh (2004), and visiting fellow at the Ford Institute for Human Security, Buffet Chair Professor at Northwestern University (2005) and an EU-US Fulbright Fellow (2005-2006). Numerous publications.

Maryse Condé
Maryse Condé was born in Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean. She studied at the Université de Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), where she took her doctorate in Comparative Literature (1975). Her research was on Black stereotypes in Caribbean literature. For twelve years, she lived in West Africa: Guinea, Ghana, Senegal, where she taught French at various levels. She returned to France in 1973 to teach Francophone Literature at Paris VII (Jussieu), X (Nanterre), and III (Sorbonne Nouvelle). Her third novel published in 1984 established her pre-eminent position among contemporaryCaribbean writers. Since then, she has published regularly (ten novels to date) while continuing an academic career which brought her to UC Berkeley, the University of Virginia, the University of Maryland, and Harvard before coming to Columbia in 1995. At Columbia, she chaired the Center for French and Francophone studies from its foundation in 1997 to 2002. Maryse Condé’s novels have been translated into English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese.

François Cusset
Teaches at the Institut d’études politiques (Sciences Po). Author of Queer critics (PUF, 2002) and French Theory: Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze & Cie et la mutation de la vie intellectuelle aux Etats-Unis (La découverte, 2003, éd. poche 2005).

Jean-Michel Dequeker
Agrégé d'histoire. Teaches classes de prépa at different centers for higher education in Paris. Numerous publications on different aspects of French history and institutions in collaboration with Hatier Publishers.

Laurence Duméry
Teaches French language at the University of Paris IV - Sorbonne.

Emmanuelle Farhi
Professional translator and French language teacher, she has taught at Susquehanna University, Boston University, and Simmons College. Academic coordinator for the Boston University program in Paris, where has taught since 1989, she also has worked with the Paris programs of NYU and Pepperdine University.

Nadine Hajouji
Professeur certifié at the University of Paris VII. Specializes in grammar, phonetics, and lexicology. Teaches courses on written and oral expression for both French and foreign students.

Catherine Healey
Holds a Ph.D. from John Hopkins. Speciallizes in French social and cultural history, Franco – American cultural relations and the social history of World War I.

Mathilde Labbé

Dominique Lanni
Cultural anthropologist. "Visiting professor" in summer program at Middlebury College. His publications include, Fureur et barbarie, récits de voyageurs chez la Cafres et les Hottentots 1665-1721 (Cosmopole, 2003).

Greg Mann
Gregory Mann, associate professor, specializes in the history of francophone West Africa . He is currently working on two projects: a history of political belonging in the Sahel (1946-1978); and a study of political discourse on colonial history in African post-colonies. He is the author of Native Sons: West African Veterans and France in the 20th Century (2006), which was co-winner of the David Pinkney prize of the Society for French Historical Studies for the best book in French history published in North America in 2006 and a finalist for the Melville J. Herskovits prize for the best book in African Studies, awarded by the African Studies Association. His articles have appeared in the American Historical Review, Politique Africaine, Comparative Studies in Society and History, and the Journal of African History. Professor Mann received his B.A. from the University of Georgia (1993) and his Ph.D. from Northwestern (2000).

Catherine Marcangeli
Holds a doctorate from the the Université de Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle and an Agrégation in English. Has been an assistant curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Rockefeller Wing, African Art department). Specializes in contemporary art and has published numerous articles. Teaches at the Université de Paris VII.

Daniel Maximin
Poet, novelist and essayist, his latest work, Tu, C’est L’enfance (Gallimard, 2004), received the Grand Prix de l’Académie Française 2004 Maurice Genevoix in December 2004.

Edwy Plenel
Political journalist. Former editor-in-chief of Le Monde. Author of numerous publications, including: Le Journaliste et le Président (Stock, 2006).

Christophe Prochasson
Historian and director of studies at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), he is also guest professor at New York University, Duke University, Cornell University, Bryn Mawr College. Numerous publications.

Claude Rouquette
Professor of French language at the Institut Catholique.

Antoine Sabbagh
Professor at the University of Paris III and director of educational services at the Archives nationales in Paris. Author and editor of numerous publications, including Lettres de Drancy (Ed. Tallandier, 2002).

Alain Salomon
Architect. Faculty member of Columbia University's School of Architecture. Teaches courses in the Paris Architecture program. His projects have been published in numerous French and international magazines and journals.

Audrey Stavrevitch
Teaches courses on French grammar and conversation. Her teaching and research interest also include contemporary French theater. Directs the Paris programs of Hollins College and is a free-lance writer for French magazines.

Christelle Taraud
Writer and a documentary filmmaker, she also teaches at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes (EHESS). She has published numerous essays on the Maghreb and sub-saharian African colonization, including, La Prostitution coloniale. Algérie, Tunisie, Maroc 1830-1962, Paris, Payot & Rivages, 2003. In 2004, the book received the Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize from the French Colonial Historical Society (Washington DC).

François Thuillier
Linguist and professor of French language.

Danielle Van de Velde

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Reid Hall Staff

Danielle Haase-Dubosc, Ph.D., Associate Provost, Executive Director of Reid Hall, and Adjunct Professor of French and Romance Philology, Columbia University
Dr. Haase-Dubosc has worked with the programs for over 30 years and is also Director of Columbia University's Institute for Scholars as well as the academic advisor for the M.A. in French Cultural Studies. Specializes in seventeenth-century comparative literature (French/English), gender studies, and contemporary French literature.

Brunhilde Biebuyck, Ph.D., Director of Studies and Director of Reid Hall
Dr. Biebuyck has worked with the programs for over 20 years and is also Director of Columbia University's M.A. in French Cultural Studies. Specializes in oral tradition, narrative strategies, urban folklore, and African studies. She is a member of the following editorial boards: Cahiers de littérature orale and Classiques africains.

Christine Valero, Academic Coordinator
Ms. Valero organizes all aspects of language instruction, including tutorials. She also assists program students with the general transition into the French university system and oversees tutorials on French academic customs and methods for students taking courses in the sciences, social sciences, philosophy, and music. She has taught for numerous study abroad programs in Paris and in the Middlebury College Summer Schools and specializes in French language and rhetoric.

Laurence Gallu, Academic Coordinator
Ms. Gallu organizes the content courses taken at Reid Hall. She also assists program students with the general transition into the French university system and oversees tutorials on French academic customs and methods for students taking courses in art history and literature. She has taught at McGill University, NYU and Smith College in the U.S. and specialized in 19th and 20th century literature.

Christine Babef, Student Affairs Coordinator
Ms. Babef organizes student workshops, internships, homestays, activities, and trips. She also assists students with their visas and cartes de séjour.

Susannah Mowris, Administrative Coordinator
Ms. Mowris serves as administrative and financial coordinator for the program.

Marie-Pierre Chatras, Business Manager of Reid Hall

Fatou Sangaré, Administrative Assistant

Jean-Luc Berthommier, Webmaster

Jérôme Combes, Network Administrator

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Tutors

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