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Selection Committee appointed for Head, Department of French Studies

Johanne Bénard’s term as Acting Head of the Department of French Studies is scheduled to end on June 30, 2023. The Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) has appointed a Selection Committee to advise on the appointment of the next head. The Selection Committee has the following membership:

Elected Members

• Francesca Fiore, Assistant Professor, Department of French Studies
• Julien Lefort-Favreau, Associate Professor, Department of French Studies
• Michael Reyes, Associate Professor, Department of French Studies
• Isabelle St-Amand, Assistant Professor, Department of French Studies
• Chloé Savoie-Bernard, Assistant Professor, Department of French Studies

Appointed Members

• Christiane Arndt, Cognate Faculty. Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
• Agathe Nicholson, Departmental Administrator
• Joahua Marasigan, Undergraduate Student, Department of French Studies
• Stéfanie von Hlatky (Chair), Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
• Kim Bellefontaine (Secretary) Faculty of Arts and Science

Pursuant to Articles 41.3 and 41.3.6 of the Collective Agreement between Queen’s University Faculty Association and Queen’s University at Kingston, I invite your comments on the present state and future prospects of the Department of French Studies by noon on Jan. 13, 2022.

Names of possible candidates may also be submitted. Please send all comments, in confidence, to the attention of Kim Bellefontaine. All letters will be reviewed by the Selection Committee and will become part of the record of decision-making.

At the request of either the department members or the committee, a meeting can be arranged between the department and the committee to ascertain the department’s views on the qualities of a head. Once a short list has been established, it will be distributed to members of the department for further input on the merits of the respective candidate(s).