Faculty & Staff

We have an extraordinarily distinguished faculty that publishes widely and maintains active ties with the local community. Our graduate programs in Francophone Studies offer courses in every area of the Francophone world, including Louisiana, Canada, France, the Antilles and Haiti, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Maghreb.

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French & Francophone Studies Faculty

	Barry Jean Ancelet, Professor and Granger & Debaillon Endowed Professor in Francophone Studies  (Emeritus) Doctorat de troisième cycle, Université de Provence [Aix-Marseille I]  French Louisiana Folklore, Literature, Oral Tradition, and Music; Ethnolinguistics; Francophone North America  ancelet@louisiana.edu   Office: Griffin 418

	Loic Bourdeau, Assistant Professor  Ph.D., University of California, Davis  Francophone literature and cinema from Quebec, France, and the Maghreb; Feminist and Queer studies; Postcolonial studies; Theories of transgression and marginality.  loic.bourdeau@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 444
	Gaëtan Brulotte, Board of Regents Humanities Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair & Professor of Francophone Studies, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, French and Francophone Studies, U. of South Florida at Tampa Ph.D., École des hautes études en sciences sociales & Université Denis-Diderot (Paris VII) brulotte@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 430 http://languages.usf.edu/people/gbrulotte www.gbrulotte.com
	Fabrice Leroy, Professor  Ph.D., Louisiana State University  19th and 20th Century French Literature; Belgian Francophone Literature; Bande Dessinée; Detective Fiction  Phone: (337) 482-5452 or (337) 482-0195  fleroy@louisiana.edu http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~fil2777/ Office: Griffin 464
	Tamara Lindner, Associate Professor and French Language Program Coordinator Ph.D., Indiana University  Louisiana French; French Linguistics ; Teaching Methodology (337) 482-5442  tlindner@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 432
	Ramona Mielusel, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Toronto  Maghreb and Contemporary France (Beur Literature and Cinema); Migrant French and Francophone Literature and Cinema; Transnational Studies   (337) 482-5451  rxm7433@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 462
	Amadou Ouédraogo, Professor and UL Federal Credit Union II/BORSF Endowed Professor of Francophone Studies  Ph.D., University of Iowa; Doctorat de troisième cycle, Université de Grenoble  Sub-Saharan African Literature and Film; Caribbean Studies  (337) 482-5440  amadou@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 442
	Nathan Rabalais, Assistant Professor and The Joseph P. Montiel Endowed Professor of Francophone Studies Ph.D., Tulane University; Doctorat en lettres et langues, Université de Poitiers   Francophone Louisiana; Acadia; Literature; Oral tradition; Popular culture; Music (337) 482-6811 Nathan.rabalais@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 461
	Monica L. Wright, Department Head and Granger & Debaillon Endowed Professor of French  Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis Medieval Studies; Clothing and Textiles; Arthurian Literature; Carnivalesque Traditions (337) 482-5436 mlwright@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 455

Spanish Faculty

	Antonio Baena, Master Instructor M.A., University of Southern Mississippi Spanish Language and Culture/Spanish Online Second Language Acquisition (337) 482-5435 antoniobp@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 436
	Leslie Bary, Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley Modern Latin American Literature; Comparative Literature (337) 482-6814 lbary@louisiana.edu Website: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~lxb1801/ Office: Griffin 443
	Francisco García Rubio, Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Connecticut Spanish Golden Age Prose and Drama (337) 482-5453 francisco.garcia-rubio@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 463
	Anthony Musacchia, Instructor M.A., University of New Orleans Spanish Language and Culture (337) 482-5715 musacchia@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 440
	Mario Sagastume, Instructor M.A., University of Oregon, 1996 Romance Languages, Spanish & Italian and Ethnic Studies (337) 482-6815 marios@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 459
	Rosalinda Silva-Alemañy, Master Instructor M.A., University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Second Language Acquisition; Language Pedagogy; Spanish Culture (337) 482-5443 alemany@louisiana.edu Office: Griffin 428
	Richard Winters, Assistant Professor of Spanish Ph.D., Indiana University General, Romance, and Hispanic linguistics (337) 482-5439 rwinters@louisiana.edu Website: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~rxw1111/ Office: Griffin 435

German Faculty

Caroline Huey, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Germanic Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Early Modern Studies; Literary Theory; Cinema
(337) 482-6812
Office: Griffin 438
chuey@louisiana.edu  

Arabic Faculty

Ahmed Bekhet, Instructor of Arabic
Ed. D., University of Louisiana (in progress)
Arabic Language and Culture
(337) 482-5450
ahmed.bekhet1@louisiana.edu
Office: Griffin 463

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Denise Marceaux, Master Instructor
M.A., Georgia State University; M.B.A., American Graduate School of International Management
 Applied Linguistics; Teaching of English as a Second Language  
(337) 482-5441
marceaux@louisiana.edu
Office: Griffin 427

Latin American Studies

The Latin American Studies faculty is comprised of all members of the UL Lafayette research faculty, in all departments, whose work has a strong Latin American focus. Additional courses on Latin America that count for the Latin American Studies minor are taught by faculty including Dr. Lisa Graley (English) and Kathleen Espinoza (History and Geography). If you are not listed here and would like to be, please contact las@louisiana.edu.

	Leslie Bary (Modern Languages) Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley Latin American literature and cultural theory. Comparative studies in literature and culture. Andes, Caribbean, Brazil. Avant-garde discourse, critical race theory. office: Griffin Hall 443 (337) 482-6814 lbary@louisiana.edu http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~lxb1801/
	Julia Frederick (Honors) Ph.D. History, Louisiana State University Colonial Latin American history. Office: Judice-Rickels Hall 337-482-6700 julia@louisiana.edu honors.louisiana.edu
	Francisco García-Rubio (Modern Languages) Ph.D. Spanish, University of Connecticut Early modern and colonial literature and culture. Office: Griffin Hall 463 337-482-5453 francisco.garcia-rubio@louisiana.edu

	Richard Winters (Modern Languages) Ph.D. Hispanic Linguistics, Indiana University Hispanic linguistics and dialectology, Latino cultures in the United States. Office: Griffin Hall 435 337-482-5439 rwinters@louisiana.edu http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~rxw1111/

Adjunct Faculty

Deborah Clifton, Adjunct Instructor 
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette 
French-Speaking North America; Vernacular Healing Systems; Library and Archival Science 
(337) 482-5437 
debbi@louisiana.edu   

Affiliated Faculty

	A. David Barry, Professor and Dean Emeritus Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles  20th-Century French Philosophy and Critical Theory; Literatures from Québec, the Antilles, and Sub-Saharan Africa  dbarry@louisiana.edu
	C. Ray Brassieur  Department of Anthropology  brassieur@louisiana.edu
	Jacques Henry  Department of Sociology  jhenry@louisiana.edu
	Jordan Kellman  Professor of History and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts kellman@louisiana.edu
	John Laudun  Department of English  laudun@louisiana.edu

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