Jordan Bessette
Education
M.A., French & Francophone Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015
B.A., Spanish & French Languages and Literatures, University of Rhode Island, 2012
About Jordan
After finishing his undergraduate studies at the University of Rhode Island in 2012, and then participating in the TAPIF program in Blois France, Jordan came to UNC in 2013. He specialises in nineteenth-century French literature under the supervision of Dr. Jessica Tanner. His current interests include representations of gender, sexuality and the city as depicted in the novel. In particular, Jordan's research examines the relationship(s) between gender, sexuality and the rise of modern Parisian society, with respect to questions of beauty, artificiality, and mobility. While at UNC, Jordan has also held numerous positions on the department’s Graduate Romance Association student organisation, and has also served as a co-organiser for the Carolina Conference on Romance Studies and the Tournées French Film Festival. For the 2016-2017 academic year, Jordan was honoured to receive the “Jacques Hardré Award for Excellence in Teaching French,” a department-wide award based on student nominations. In 2017-2018, Jordan served as an exchange English lecturer at the Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3. Outside of UNC, Jordan has greatly enjoyed teaching French for several summers at the North Carolina Governor’s School, an immersive educational program for advanced high school students from the state of North Carolina.
Conferences
Typical Courses Taught
As Instructor of Record, in collaboration:
FREN 101: Elementary French I
FREN 102: Elementary French II
FREN 105: French for High Beginners
FREN 203: Intermediate French I
Graduate Research Consultant:
ARAB 468: Arab Modernity in Literature and Culture
FREN 371: Littérature française des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles “les modernités” contestés”