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Office Hours:<\/strong> Mon.\/Wed. 13:15 to 14:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frenand L\u00e9ger holds academic credentials in Education Sciences, Linguistics, and Literature. He earned a master\u2019s degree in applied linguistics from Indiana University in 2005, a PhD from the University of Toronto in 2016 and joined Carleton University’s Department of French that same year. He is a founding member of the Akademi Krey\u00f2l Ayisyen and currently serves as a visiting professor of Haitian Studies at Florida International University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His research spans three primary fields (literature, educational linguistics, & sociolinguistic) and takes an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach. He explores the intersections of language, culture, ideology, identity, and politics in Haiti and other former Caribbean colonies. His literary research centers on issues of language, identity, and orality in fictional narratives from the Francophone Caribbean. L\u00e9ger\u2019s forthcoming book on Francophone literature analyzes works by key Haitian novelists and short story writers from the 19th century to today. The book aims to highlight the impact of Haitian literature on Francophone writers from the global South, especially in the Caribbean and Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has published numerous scholarly articles on Haiti\u2019s sociolinguistic landscape and Haitian literature. His work has appeared in journals and edited volumes published by leading academic presses such as Cambridge University Press, University of Toronto Press, Laval University Press, and University Press of Florida. He is also the sole author and co-author of a series of French and Haitian-Creole language textbooks for higher education that aligns with the Council of Europe\u2019s action-oriented approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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