
French Faculty


Solange Garnier-Fox Professorial Lecturer CAS - World Languages and Cultures
I was born and raised in Southern France, and I completed my education in the beautiful town of Montpellier. At a very early age, I developed a passion for travels, a natural curiosity for immersion i…

Claudia Gotea Professorial Lecturer CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Gotea was born and raised in Brasov, Romania where she earned her BA degree specializing in Eugene Ionesco's theater of the absurd. Right after earning her degree, she went to Penn State to pursue…

Valerie Guyen Croquez Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Instructor Bio: Born from a vietnamese father and a french mother, I was raised in France, 5 kilometers outside Paris. I am an alumni of Sciences Po Paris. I worked for 8 years in financial departmen…

Naima Hachad Associate Professor CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Hachad’s research focuses on issues of language, gender and sexuality, autobiography and testimony, and the representation and memorialization of violence in cultural productions of the Maghreb an…

Karina Jeronimides Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Professor Karina Jeronimides Krilla was born in South America but was raised in Italy and France. She speaks five languages fluently and has lived and studied in Europe, South America and the United S…
Elizabeth Lang Hurst Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Elizabeth Lang has taught French language courses at AU since 1991. Her primary interest is in political, economic, social and cultural issues in Francophone Africa, and international development. She…


Courtney Pollack Adjunct Instructor AU Abroad
A life-long Francophile, Courtney began her international adventure on a summer study abroad program while she was in high school in Annecy, France. After that experience, she decided to pursue her lo…

Daniele Rodamar Associate Professor CAS - World Languages and Cultures
A native speaker of French, Professor Rodamar's research interests include 16th- and 17th-century French literature, the history of ideas, international studies, and language teaching and methodology.…

Christine Van Berten Sr Professorial Lecturer CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Christine van Berten teaches French and Francophone cultures, Literature and French language at university level in Europe and the United States for over 15 years. After a ten-year career as a Profess…