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French graduate students

Britta Bergstrom
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French and Francophone World Studies
Britta is a graduate student in French and Francophone World Studies at the University of Iowa.

Marie Culpepper
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Marie is a French and English scholar pursuing a PhD at Iowa. She loves hiking, cooking, music, and books.

Hasan Degerli
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French and Francophone World Studies
Hasan Degerli is a graduate teaching assistant within the field of French at the University of Iowa.

Nkem Dike
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Arts in French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Nkem Dike is a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

Katharine Gilbert
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Katie is a PhD student exploring community and representation in Caribbean and Indian Ocean cultures through literature, film, and translation.


Anna Magavern
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Anna is an MFA/MA student in translation and French, focused on political texts, translator agency, and literature’s role in shaping historical memory.

Dominique Mbao
Title/Position
Graduate Student, Masters of Arts in French
Graduate Diversity Scholarship
Dominique Mbao is a graduate student within the field of French at the University of Iowa.

Lilia Messaoudi
Title/Position
PhD Candidate
Lilia Messaoudi is a graduate student and PhD candidate at the University of Iowa.

Samuel Nsoh Afanabah
Title/Position
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French and Francophone World Studies
Samuel is a PhD candidate in French and Francophone World Studies from the University of Iowa.

Ike Okoro Ikechukwu
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Ike Okoro Ikechukwu is a PhD Candidate and teaching assistant at the University of Iowa.

William Osei-Aborah
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Osei-Aborah is a PhD student in French studying literature, politics, and identity, with a focus on social justice, colonialism, and cultural history.

Sokhna Thiaw
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Teaching Assistant, French
Sokhna Thiaw is a PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Iowa.

Kodjo Tovor
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Graduate Fellow, French
Kodjo Tovor is a PhD Candidate and Graduate Fellow within the field of French at the University of Iowa.

Emily Wieder, MA
Title/Position
PhD Candidate, French
Emily Wieder researches women Surrealists, teaches French, edits Dance Research Journal, and studied in Pau, France.