French Department Faculty & Staff

Devan Baty, Associate Professor of French, teaches courses of all levels on French language and French and Francophone culture and literature, including Cultures of France and the Francophone World, Francophone Film, Literature and Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, French Medieval Literature, French Renaissance Literature, and Introduction to Literary Analysis in French. Baty's current research focuses are on print culture and female readership in early modern France, the integration of information literacy in foreign language pedagogy, and intercultural mediation by Francophone writers of the Maghreb. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; M.A. and B.A., University of Iowa

Diane Crowder, Professor of French and Women's Studies, teaches a range of courses including beginning and intermediate French, 18th and 19th century literature, French Women Writers in Translation, and two contemporary literature courses: Writing as Political Action and Writing as Psychological Analysis.  Diane's research interests cover a wide variety topics related to feminist literary and cultural criticism. While her published research in French literature has focused largely on two authors -- Monique Wittig and Colette -- she continues to refine her courses through reading criticism and works by new authors, including Québecois literature in connection with Cornell's course in Québec. Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.S.Ed., Texas Christian University

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Rebecca Wines, Assistant Professor of French, teaches a range of courses in French language and French and Francophone literature and culture. Her academic interests include sports studies, Francophone film, postcolonial theory, and gender studies. Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Whitman College