People
Department Head
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Faculty
![Marc Authier Marc Authier](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-35-pd5zi18xlo2yzvs6sck779b15yzv34w3behlrj9yhk.jpeg)
Professor of French and Linguistics
(814) 863-9661
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Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and African Studies
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Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
![Emmanuel Bruno Jean-François Emmanuel Bruno Jean-François](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-55-e1631886286126-pd90hrt8jpdtkic1wwmg3m7j6te3huux43o1yjiet4.jpeg)
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, and Comparative Literature
Director of Graduate Studies
![Fabienne Kanor Fabienne Kanor](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-53-pd5zirkex1300ypyinxr52nxsre52nskr0r77a6xuk.jpeg)
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies. Writer and Filmmaker.
2024-2025 Sabbatical
![Heather McCoy Heather McCoy](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-11-pd5zimv7yuwkewwsa3wmalumtu1b069x2dhrswdwls.png)
Teaching Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies
French Republic Award: Chevalier/Ordre des Palmes académiques, 2021
![Bénédicte Monicat Bénédicte Monicat](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-60-e1631886185349-pd90f4vjdfruzw5yb9l4ls5z6we0wfe131s0hlf67m.jpeg)
![Lisa Reed Lisa Reed](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-10-e1631886405294-pd90kvo14zmxy3tkrqz1ubzdvo2rxu6z7hau2gwk7k.png)
Professor of French and Linguistics
2024-2025 Sabbatical
![Tracy Rutler Tracy Rutler](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-7-pd5zh83xpsz2zyyiihyrjynqr0zhgioeve9jvyh5wy.png)
Associate Professor of French and Women's Studies
Affiliated Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
![Kathryn Grossman Kathryn Grossman](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-40-pd5zi7tsxibz95impxel6pn9bo3fl0m7ob204h076y.jpeg)
![Thomas Hale Thomas Hale](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-24-pd5zh9zm3h1nn6vs7is0oy6nxsq7vwvvjnkiuiedia.jpeg)
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of African, French, and Comparative Literature
![Norris Lacy Norris Lacy](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-29-pd5zhpyvbnnj4k8km7oodc5i1cjgirnb9uns07qoey.jpeg)
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of French and Medieval Studies
![Willa Z. Silverman Willa Z. Silverman](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-20-pd5zgypjtgm7rvc61dwhv114t69tbjn3i3qp36v3rw.jpeg)
Malvin E. and Lea P. Bank Professor of French and Jewish Studies
![Allan Stoekl Allan Stoekl](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-63-pd5zjhvw8e3121nq8zbb2w0ufjsf26p26n0sn13wpi.jpeg)
![Jean-Claude Vuillemin Jean-Claude Vuillemin](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-48-e1631886360361-pd90jpdalg11fnj0mqou84nn5bv9bgj21nxzh0n9yq.jpeg)
Liberal Arts Research Professor Professor Emeritus
![Monique Yaari Monique Yaari](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-33-pd5zhuo29ttyqm1qurpt7syt09wal95yyhx7eljpqi.jpeg)
Instructors
![Simon Cottart Simon Cottart](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-8-pd5zheot1n8398oyg2t5jezywq31yeej8aty8w7epe.png)
![Eric Halicki Eric Halicki](https://french.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/elementor/thumbs/image-12-pd5zitg3ap5ko6n87or0a26uzj4vi201fa265u45de.png)
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Assistant Teaching Professor of French and Francophone Studues