French Faculty

William G. Allen
Professor
Came to Furman in 1987
B.A. Wake Forest University
M.A. , Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Academic interests: Nineteenth and twentieth century French prose, French poetry, Italian language and culture
Office: FH 235-D
Telephone: 864-294-2954
Email: bill.allen@furman.edu
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Marianne Bessy
Assistant Professor
Came to Furman in 2008
Maîtrise, Université Rennes 2 Haute Bretagne
M.A., University of Limerick
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Academic interests: Francophone literatures, translingual Francophone writers (Vassilis Alexakis), literary bilingualism, self-translation, questions of cultural identity, language memoirs, exile narratives, Haitian Women Writers of the Diaspora, autofiction, spatial/geographical perspectives in literature.
Office: FH 235-P
Telephone: 864-294-2407
Email: marianne.bessy@furman.edu
   

Anne Culberson
Lecturer
Came to Furman in 2005
B.S., Georgetown University
M.A., Brown University

Academic interests: French language and literature, film and culture
Office: FH 212B
Telephone: 864-294-3181
Email: anne.culberson@furman.edu

   
Nancy R. Johnson
Adjunct Instructor
Came to Furman in 1999
B. A.; M. A., Furman University
Academic interests: French language acquisition and civilization; cultural comparisons
Office: FH 235-H
Telephone: 864-294-3108
Email: nancy.johnson@furman.edu

   
Cherie C. Maiden
Professor
Came to Furman in 1983
A.B., M.A., Washington University
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Academic interests: African literature, French language and civilization, twentieth-century French literature
Office: FH 235-Y
Telephone: 864-294-3175
Email: cherie.maiden@furman.edu
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David W. Morgan
Professor
Came to Furman in 1993
B.A., B.S., Wofford College
J.D., Vanderbilt University
M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Academic interests: Renaissance and seventeenth- century French literature.
Office: RH
Telephone: 864-294-3172
Email: david.morgan@furman.edu


   
Harlan R. Patton
Professor
French Language Coordinator
Came to Furman in 1985
B.A., Carroll College
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Academic interests: Nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature
Office: FH 235-J
Telephone: 864-294-3178
Email: harlan.patton@furman.edu
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Patricia L. Pecoy
Professor
Director, Language Resource Center
Came to Furman in 1986
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Academic interests: Eighteenth-century French literature, contemporary and historical French civilization, French cinema, educational technology
Office: Furman Hall 228-A
Telephone: 864-294-3356
Email: pat.pecoy@furman.edu
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Dawn A. Strickland
Lecturer
Came to Furman in 2002
B.A., Furman University
M.A., Middlebury College
Ph.D., Indiana University
Academic interests: romance linguistics, second language acquisition, instructional technology
Office: FH 235-H

Telephone: 864-294-3382
Email: dawn.strickland@furman.edu
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Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | Furman Hall 235 | Furman University | Greenville, SC 29613 | Telephone: 864-294-2108