Faculty Profile
Adeline Soldin
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies (2015)
Contact Information
Bosler Hall Room M7
Bio
Adeline Soldin’s scholarship focuses on textual, sexual and social transgressions in France’s long 19th-Century. She is currently revising her monograph, "Snobs, Inverts, and Jews: Performing and Subverting Identity in Proust's la Recherche.” Her work has appeared in French Studies, MLN, and the The French Review, among other journals. Her research and teaching interests include women’s, gender, and sexuality studies; performance theory; visual culture; food studies; and modernism.
Education
- B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2002
- M.A., Middlebury College in Paris, 2005
- Ph.D., Boston University, 2014
2024-2025 Academic Year
Fall 2024
FREN 201 Intermediate French
Intensive second-year study of French, with attention to grammar review, conversation, reading in a cultural context and some writing.
Prerequisite: 102 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
FREN 232 Professional French
This course prepares students for professional work in international and multilingual contexts, with a particular focus on the francophone world. Students will acquire communication and intercultural skills specific to professional environments. As a WiD class, this course develops students’ written expression through the practice of professional genres such as CVs and cover letters, publicity, memoranda, and business proposals. It further advances students’ linguistic and intercultural proficiency by stressing the use of specialized vocabulary and appropriate registers when conducting business in French and Francophone workplaces. Students will learn about various sectors of the economy, including public health, international relations, and global marketing, with a general emphasis on sustainable business practices. Most importantly, students will have the opportunity to apply what they are studying in the classroom through a service-learning component. Students will complete 20-25 hours of volunteer work interpreting and translating health-related material for migrant workers in the region, allowing them to gain valuable professional skills and experience.