Dr. Elodie Tantet is an Instructional Assistant Professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Mississippi. She is the Director of the Basic French Program.
Research Interests
Dr. Tantet’s research interests are in 18th Century French Literature and Franco-Scottish Enlightenment, Spatial and Performing Theories, as well as Second Language Acquisition. She continues her scholarly work in her domain as well as exploring esoterism during the Enlightenment.
Biography
Dr. Tantet is originally from Lyon, France. After studying Linguistics (B.A) and French as a Foreign and Second Language (M.A) at the Université Lumière II in Lyon, she continued onto an M.A in French at the University of Memphis. In 2018, she started her Ph.D in French at Washington University in St Louis where she specialized in 18th Century literature and certified in Language Instruction. She defended her dissertation entitled “Streetwalkers, to each their own stage : Prostitutes & Philosophers” and graduated in August 2023.
Her teaching interests lie in pedagogy as well as assuring mental health for students. She has been a Mental Health First Aider (with MHA) since 2022.
Courses Taught
- FR111 Intensive Elementary French
- FR303 Conversation & Composition I
- FR304 Conversation & Composition II
- FR331 Into to Lit/Literary Analysis in French
- FR399 Special Topics
- FR578 Survey of French Literature II
- FR599 Special Topics
Education
Ph.D. French, Washington University in St. Louis (2023)