Academic Employment
I 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) |