French Faculty
Courtney Glover Associate Director AU Centers Abroad OGIS | AU Abroad
A life-long Francophile, Courtney began her international adventure on a summer study abroad program while she was in high school in Annecy, France. After that experience, she decided to pursue her lo…
Claudia Gotea Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Gotea was born and raised in Brasov, Romania where she earned her BA degree specializing in Eugene Ionesco's theater of the absurd. Right after earning her degree, she went to Penn State to pursue…
Naima Hachad Associate Professor CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Hachad’s research focuses on issues of gender and sexuality, autobiography and testimony, and the representation and memorialization of violence in cultural productions of the Maghreb and the Cari…
Karina Jeronimides Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Professor Karina Jeronimides Krilla was born in South America but was raised in Italy and France. She speaks five languages fluently and has lived and studied in Europe, South America and the United S…
Catherine Kelly Adjunct Instructor CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Elizabeth Lang Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer Emerita
Elizabeth Lang has taught French language courses at AU since 1991 and will retire at the end of AY 2023-2024. Her primary interests are political, economic, social and cultural issues in Francophone …
Gina Masterson Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Zohreh Mirsharif Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Isabel Rivero-Vila Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Isabel Rivero-Vilá is a Senior Professorial Lecturer of French and Spanish at èßäÉçÇøapp University (Washington, D.C) and an independent filmmaker. She has been recently named Chevalier de l’ordre des P…
Christine Van Berten Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Christine van Berten teaches French and Francophone cultures, Literature and French language at university level in Europe and the United States for over 15 years. After a ten-year career as a Profess…
Charly Verstraet Assistant Professor CAS | World Languages and Cultures
Charly Verstraet's research and teaching interests include Caribbean and Indian Ocean Studies, Environmental Studies, Graphic Novels, Soccer and Politics, and Translation. His co-translation of award-…