Shanaaz Mohammed

Assistant Professor of French

Bio

Dr. Shanaaz Mohammed works in the field of Francophone Caribbean Studies. Her research focuses on representations of the South Asian diaspora in Francophone literature, and her essay 鈥�Coralization: Coral Materiality in Khal Torabully鈥檚 Poetry鈥� recently received the 2022 Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Postcolonial Essay Award.

In the language classroom, she enjoys integrating modern technologies to introduce students to innovative and exciting ways of using French. She is always eager to expose students to the rich diversity of the French-speaking world, which moves beyond the borders of France and extends to countries in Africa and the Americas, Caribbean, and Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is her hope that students leave her class with new perspectives on culture, greater confidence in their ability to communicate, and a more nuanced, enlarged sense of the world and the place of French in it.

Education

PhD, Florida State University
MA, Florida State University
BA, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Research Interests/ Areas of Focus

Francophone Caribbean Literature and Cinema, South Asian Diaspora, Technology Enhanced Learning

Selected Publications

鈥淩e-imagining the Aapravasi Ghat: Khal Torabully鈥檚 Poetry and the Indentured Diaspora.鈥� Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies 4.2 (2021): 118-143.

鈥凄颈蝉补谤迟颈肠耻濒补迟颈苍驳&苍产蝉辫;滨苍诲颈补苍颈迟茅: Re-imagining the Motherland in Ernest Moutoussamy鈥檚 Chacha et Sosso.鈥� Romance Notes 57.2 (2017): 221-232.

Selected Presentations

鈥淓诲耻迟补颈苍颈苍驳 in the French Language Classroom.鈥�  Northeast Modern Language Association. Buffalo, New York (2023).

鈥淗enry Sidambarom and the South Asian Diaspora鈥檚 Pursuit for Citizenship in the French Caribbean.鈥� Northeast Modern Language Association. Baltimore, Maryland (2022).

鈥淭he Aapravasi Ghat: A Postcolonial Site of (Dis)Unity.鈥� Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. Virtual (2021).

鈥淏eyond the Rhizome: Toward a Coral Poetics and Coral Paradox.鈥� Northeast Modern Language Association. Virtual (2021).

鈥淲hat Do You Meme? Digital Upgrades to the French Language-learning Classroom.鈥� Soci茅t茅 des Professeurs fran莽ais et francophones d鈥橝m茅rique. New York, New York (2019).

鈥淐辞辞濒颈迟耻诲别 and the Symbolic Significance of the Aapravasi Ghat in Khal Torabully鈥檚 Voices from the Aapravasi Ghat: Indentured Imaginaries.鈥� Center for Interdisciplinary Area Studies, Martin-Luther University. Halle (Saale), Germany (2019).

Awards and Honors

Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Postcolonial Essay Award, 2022.

Shanaaz Mohammed

Contact Information

Academic School

School of Liberal Arts

Office

Fontaine 333

Email

shanaaz.mohammed@marist.edu

Phone

(845) 575-3000 ext. 2316