LACAS Faculty


LACAS Staff

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Robyn Cope

Associate Professor of French; Director of LACAS

Romance Languages and Literatures; Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program

Research Interests

  • French Caribbean literature and culture
  • Anglo- and Francophone Caribbean women's writing
  • Caribbean feminism(s)
  • Maronnage

Teaching Interests

  • Literatures of migration, including questions of authenticity, assimilation and the quest for individual self-actualization
  • Post-colonial literatures, including the legacy of racialized slavery, forms of neocolonialism and Afro-diasporic peoples’ ongoing freedom struggle
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Affiliated Faculty

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Sandra Casanova-Vizcaino

Associate Professor of Spanish; TRIP Courtesy Title; Affiliated Faculty

Romance Languages and Literatures; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP); Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
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