French

Tel:415 422 5215
clberry@usfca.edu

Christine Berry-Locard

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor, She received her Master's degree and post-graduate degree (Dîplome d'Etudes Approfondies) in French literature and French language from the University of Paris.

Tel:(415) 422-6390
bouwerk@usfca.edu

Karen Bouwer

Professor

Professor and Department Co-Chair, Karen Bouwer enjoys teaching all levels of French and Francophone language, culture and literature as well as classes on African literature and film. Her research interests include Francophone African literature, African cinema and gender.  Her book Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2010.

Tel:415 422 5310
corvaisier@usfca.edu

Gäelle Corvaisier

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor, received her Ph.D. in Francophone studies from the Department of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Paris, France.

Tel:415 422 5310
aadargent@usfca.edu

Aurélie Dargent

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor, began teaching French at the University of San Francisco in 2006. She earned her first Master's Degree in English Language, Literature, and Civilization from the University of Grenoble, with one year spent abroad studying linguistics at the University of California, Irvine. Two years later, she received her second M.A. in French as a Foreign Language.

Tel:415 422 6375
hallierb@usfca.edu

Beatrice Hallier

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor, enjoys teaching language, culture and conversation. She received B.A. and M.A. degrees in French at the University of California Berkeley and completed course work in the doctoral program (ABD) in French Literature at the University of California, Davis.

Tel:
bhauptmann@usfca.edu

Barunka Hauptmann

Adjunct Professor

USF alumna with a BA in English (writing emphasis), French and Spanish who went on to pursue a Master's in French at SFSU and complete her doctoral thesis in French and Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris, Barunka Hauptmann has always enjoyed learning languages and sharing her interests in art, poetry, literature, comics, music, cinéma and advertising coming from France and other cultures that stimulate her imagination. Along with her literary research in Greek mythology, she has also published her poetry and artwork which have been exhibited on several occasions in Paris and in her native San Francisco.

Tel:415 422 2893
alee3@usfca.edu

Annabel Lee

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Professor, graduated from the University of San Francisco with a B.A. in French Literature in 2001 where she was part of programs such as Erasmus and study abroad in Paris. After finishing her M.A. in French Literature at San Francisco State University, she moved to Paris to pursue a D.E.A. (Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies) at the Université de Paris VIII and the Ecole Normale Supérieure. Since Paris, Annabel has been teaching French and pursuing her PhD at the University of California Davis. Her interests are in music and 20th century French literature.

Tel:(415) 422-6359
mairesse@usfca.edu

Anne Mairesse

Professor

Professor, Teaches French and Comparative Literature and Culture, and is Program Director. A graduate student from Columbia University and the University of Paris, she received her Doctorate and Post-Doctoral Accreditation to Direct Research in 2000. Her research specialty is in 20th/21st Century French and Comparative Literature, Poetry, and Film studies.

Tel:415 422 5765
mjmotyka@usfca.edu

Matthew Motyka

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, is the French language coordinator. He has a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from UC Berkeley. He earned an M.A. in Philosophy of Religion from Heythrop College of the University of London, and a M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology at GTU, Berkeley.

Tel:415 422 5298
tpwolcott@usfca.edu

Timothy Wolcott

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor, received his Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, Berkeley. His areas of interest include Second Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Pedagogy, and Discourse Analysis. The title of his dissertation was "American in Paris: A Discourse Analysis of Student Accounts of Study Abroad."