Biography
Dr. Ashley Byczkowski teaches all levels of beginner, intermediate, and advanced French, French and Francophone cultural history, and French and Francophone literature and cinema at 欧美视频. In Dr. Byczkowski鈥檚 classroom, students engage with materials and topics that push them to reexamine their place in the world and leave with a better understanding of their cultural identities and the role that culture biases play in their day-to-day experiences.
In her free time, Dr. Byczkowski loves spending time with her partner, Will, and their Great Pyrenees, Dauphine (who is featured ). Being an avid knitter and hiker, on the weekends she鈥檒l either be trail running in the woods or knitting and watching Great British Bake Off or Lord of the Rings.
FOCUS OF TEACHING
- French language acquisition for second language and heritage speakers
- French and Francophone literature and film
- History of the French speaking world
CURRENT RESEARCH
Dr. Byczkowski鈥檚 research stems from an interest in written representations of the self and feminine relationships in women鈥檚 writing from the entire French-speaking world. Her first book project 鈥淔eminine Selfhood: Mothers and Daughters in Francophone Women鈥檚 Life Writing鈥� takes a psychoanalytic and feminist approach to analyzing life writing and examines the psychological role of the mother-daughter relationship on the author鈥檚 construction of self in her life writing.
Recent publications:
- 鈥溾�� Journal of Modern Literature, 46.1 (Fall 2022)
- 鈥溾�� Routledge Encyclopedia of the Renaissance World. New York: Routledge, June 2022.
- 鈥溾�� New York: Fordham University Press.鈥� Penumbr(a): A Journal of Psychoanalysis and Modernity, vol. 1, no. 1 (2020).
CURRENT INVOLVEMENT
- Faculty Liaison, NUSTEP French Program
- Faculty Advisor, French Program
- Committee member, Committee on College Teaching & Learning
- Committee member, Women Studies Committee
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Ph.D. French Language and Literature, State University of New York at Buffalo
- M.A. French Language and Literature, State University of New York at Buffalo
- B.A. French, Spanish Minor, 欧美视频, summa cum laude