Assistant Professor of French
Languages and Literatures
Queens campus
St. John Hall, Room, 434 SR
(718) 990-1799
touyae@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
D.E.A., Université de Paris IV, Sorbonne
Ph.D., University of Chicago
I am originally from south-west of France. What I like about
teaching is that I am able to work with students who have diverse
interests in French and Francophone studies. I think that the
knowledge of a foreign language, culture and literature
significantly enhances a college education. In this respect, I
would like to impart to the students a better understanding of
themselves and the world.
My current interests include developing strategies in the
teaching of French language, culture and literature; 20th-, and
21st-century French and Francophone literature and culture,
interdisciplinary approaches to literature, cross-cultural and
international studies.