Kodjo Adabra
Professor
Welles 209A
(585)245-5247
adabra@geneseo.edu
Kodjo Adabra has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2010. His primary research deals with sub-Saharan Francophone African literature from Post-colonial Africa, with a focus on diasporic literature, literary transnationalism, migration, identity and exile. He extensively worked on the journalistic work in PNPA (Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains) by Franco-Cameroonian author Alexandre Biyidi-Awala, alias Mongo Beti. He also developed secondary research interests in African cinema and sociolinguistics. He has authored four books (include a memoir), and received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2020.
Office Hours: FALL 2025
Curriculum Vitae
Education
– Ph.D., Francophone Literatures, University of Tennessee
– M.A., French Studies, North Carolina State University
– M.S., Management, Université de Lomé, Togo
– B.S., Management, Université de Lomé, Togo
Affiliations
Elected CUR Representative in the Arts and Humanities Division (CUR: Council on Undergraduate Research).
Member of :
– ALA (African Literature Association)
– CIEF (Conseil International d’Etudes Francophones)
– AATF (American Association of Teachers of French)
– NeMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association)
Proceedings Reviewer at NCUR (National Conference on Undergraduate Research)