Associate Professor of French 

410.617.5607
hsbrown@loyola.edu
MH 351-I

Education

• The Ohio State University, MA, PhD
• Bucknell University, BA

Research and Teaching Interests

• 20th century Francophone Literatures and Cultures
• Trauma Studies
• Postcolonial Studies
• Second Language Acquisition: French Language (all levels)

Recent Courses Taught at Loyola

• FR 380 Special Topics: The Algerian War 1954-1962
• FR 380 Special Topics: Caribbean Identities in Movement
• FR 332 Trauma and Testimony: Representations of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
• FR 331 Savoring Francophone Literature
• FR 216 Introduction to French and Francophone Studies
• FR 201 French Conversation and Composition
• FR 162 Comprehensive Intermediate French
• FR 161 Comprehensive Beginning French
• FR 104 Intermediate French II
• FR 103 Intermediate French I
• FR 102 Introductory French II

Presentations at Conferences

• “Savoring Francophone Literature: Léonora Miano’s Soulfood Equatoriale” (Pacific Modern Languages Association Conference, November 2018)
• “From Sensation to Representation: Torture in the Algerian War” (International Colloquium on Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French and Francophone Studies, April 2017)
• “Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt’s Linguistic Positioning and Identity Formation in World War II” (Forging Linguistic Identities, Towson University, March 2017)
• “Teaching War, Genocide, and Trauma in the Francophone world” co-presented with Dr. Angèle Kingué (Bucknell University), American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (2015)
• “Invasions of Self: Psychological Trauma in Journal by Hélène Berr,” Chimères Conference, University of Kansas (2013)

Publications

Articles

• Brown, Heidi. “Mort-Vivant: Physical, Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Death in Génocidé by Révérien Rurangwa” French Studies (forthcoming). 
• Brown, Heidi. "Trauma, Language, and Literature: Psycholinguistic Dynamics in Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt's Autobiographical Writing in Response to World War II." French Forum 44.3 (2019): 389-403.
• Brown, Heidi. “From Sensation to Representation: The Torture of Djamila Boupacha during the Algerian War.” Women in French 26 (2018): 83-95.
• Brown, Heidi. “From a Death of Self to a Rebirth of Community: Yolande Mukagasana’s ‘Connective’ Testimonies in Response to the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda.” International Journal of Francophone Studies 21.1-2 (2018): 31-52.
• Brown, Heidi and Angèle Kingué. “Teaching War, Genocide, and Trauma in Francophone African Literature.” French Review 91.1 (2017): 133-146.
• Brown, Heidi. “Negotiating Identity: Codeswitching in Hélène Berr’s Journal.” French Review 90.2 (2016): 130-142.

Book Reviews

• Brown, Heidi. Review of Traces of War: Interpreting Ethics and Trauma in Twentieth-Century French Writing by Colin Davis. H-France Review 18 (2018): 1-4.
• Brown, Heidi. Review of Le Regard étranger: L’image du Burundi dans les littératures belge et française by Juvénal Ngorwanubusa. H-France Review 15 (2015): 1-4. 

Service Activities, Memberships in Academic Societies

Service

• Departmental Representative, Academic Senate (2015-2016, 2020-2021) 
• Peace and Justice Committee (2017-present)
• National Fellowships Committee (2016-present)
• Moderator, French Club (Spring 2015-Autumn 2017)
• Co-moderator, Rendez-vous Haiti (Autumn 2015-Autumn 2017)

Memberships

• Modern Language Association 
• American Association of Teachers of French 
• Women in French