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Dr. Roxane Petit-Rasselle

Assistant Professor

College of Arts & Humanities - Languages and Cultures

Bio

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Expertise

  • Nineteenth-century French studies
  • Alexandre Dumas père
  • Guignol
  • Semiotics
  • Comparative literature
  • French

Education

  • B.A., Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France
  • M.A., Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France
  • M.A., University of Delaware
  • Ph.D., Penn State University