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Laura M Florand

Title: Senior Lecturing Fellow; Coordinator, Intermediate French
Office Location: 02 Languages Building
Office Phone: 919-660-3128
Email Address: laura.florand@duke.edu
Web Page: www.lauraflorand.com
A former Fulbright Scholar to French Polynesia (Tahiti), Laura Florand has focused intensely on the experience of other cultures. Her essays on French Polynesia, France, and Spain, as well as the broader issues involved in travel and living abroad, have appeared in multiple publications. Her first book, BLAME IT ON PARIS, a comic memoir of the Franco-American experience, will appear from Forge Books in October 2006, a major national mainstream release.
Office Hours:

Monday: 2:30pm - 3:30pm, Wednesday: 9:00am - 10:00am, and by appointment.
Teaching (Fall, 2009):

  • FRENCH 63.04, INTERMED FRENCH LANG/CUL
    Allen 318, MWF 11:55 AM-12:55 PM
  • FRENCH 76.02, ADV INTERMED FR LANG/CUL
    Languages 207, MWF 10:20 AM-11:20 AM
  • FRENCH 76.04, ADV INTERMED FR LANG/CUL
    Social Sciences 311, MWF 01:30 PM-02:30 PM
Education:

  1. M.A. in Romance Studies Duke University 2000

Recent Articles and Books

  1.  Blame It on Paris. Forge Books, October, October, 2006.
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