Academic Employment
Academic EmploymentI have been a faculty member at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Geneseo since 2010. My primary research deals with sub-Saharan Francophone African literatures from Post-colonial Africa, with a focus on diasporic literature, literary transnationalism, migration, identity and exile. I extensively worked on the journalistic work in PNPA (Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains) by Franco-Cameroonian author Alexandre Biyidi-Awala, alias Mongo Beti. I also developed secondary research interests in African cinema, nego-feminism and sociolinguistics. |
Fall 2024 - present: | Full Professor |
State University of New York, at Geneseo Department of Global Languages & Cultures |
Fall 2016 - Summer 2024: | Associate Professor |
State University of New York, at Geneseo Department of Global Languages & Cultures |
Fall 2010 - Summer 2016: | Assistant Professor |
State University of New York, at Geneseo Department of Global Languages & Cultures |
Fall 2007 - Spring 2010: |
Graduate Teaching Associate |
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages & Literature |
Summer 2008 & Summer 2009 |
Instructor/Assistant Director |
University of Tennessee in Paris, France Study Abroad Program |
Spring 2007 | Lecturer |
Durham Technical Community College, Durham NC Foreign Languages |
Fall 2006 | Adjunct Lecturer |
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures |
Spring 2006 | French Tutor |
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC Case Athletic Center |
Fall 2005 | Teaching Assistant |
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC Dept. of Foreign Languages & Literatures (FL507) |
1999-2000: | Professor of Economics |
EETI Business School Lome/Togo (Francophone country) |