Nadège Dufort
Henderson Fellow
Henderson Fellow
Romance Languages
Nadège Dufort Henderson Fellowship, Department of Romance Languages, was born and raised in Martinique. She received her Ph.D. in Francophone Studies from the University of Louisiana, at Lafayette in Spring 2009 with a specialization in insular literatures. She earned an M.A. in Foreign Languages and Pedagogy at the University of Delaware in Spring 2005. She also earned a Maîtrise de Français Langue Etrangère (F.L.E.), (M.A. in French as a Foreign Language) at the Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Francophones (I.S.E.F.), University of Antilles and French Guiana, Martinique, September 2001. She was a recipient of the Regional Council of Martinique grant for her dissertation.
Her research interests center on the comparison between French Caribbean and Indian Ocean Literatures around the concepts of Créolité, Créolisation, and Coolitude. She did extensive research and presentations at conferences (C.I.E.F) on Indian Ocean and French Caribbean authors such as Ananda Devi, Jean Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Nathacha Appanah, Khal Torabully, Edouard Glissant, Raphaël Confiant, Gisèle Pineau and Maryse Condé. She is currently working on articles that compare and contrast Quebec and French Caribbean literatures, Indian Ocean and French Caribbean literatures, and designing cultural-based syllabi on Louisiana, French Caribbean and Indian Ocean Literatures and cultures. She has six years of experience teaching French and Francophone cultures at various levels in the United States, Martinique, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. At UVM, she looks forward to exploring the Francophone migrant literature in Montréal and deepening her research on insular literatures and cultures, colonial and postcolonial theories, and globalization theory.
During her spare time, she enjoys traveling through the country, dancing, eating ethnic food, reading, and listening to music from around the world. She has a deep interest in France and U.S diplomacy in Latin America. Her dream is to visit India and the Mascarene islands.
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