Rebecca Monger
Rebecca Monger, Ph.D.
Chair, World Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Associate Professor, French
As director of the French program at Elmhurst University, Dr. Monger teaches all levels of literature, language and culture and leads study abroad. Dr. Monger is also the vice president of the Chicago chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), a role in which she directs professional development and continuing education programming for K-12 teachers in the Chicago area.
With a focus on Francophone world studies, her research interests are interdisciplinary across the social sciences and the humanities and center around multiculturalism in contemporary France, with particular attention to postcolonial migration as it is popularly depicted and represented in literature, film and the media. Her book project, Mon père, l’Etranger: représentations et stéréotypes des immigrés algériens en France, explores urban and youth cultures among minorities in contemporary France, analyzing representations of North African immigration in the media and popular cultural productions since the 1980s. She is also researching a corollary study focusing on fatherhood in North African immigrant and refugee communities.
Education
- Ph.D., French and Francophone World Studies, University of Iowa
- M.A., French Literature, University of Iowa
- Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and French, University of Iowa
- FRN 452 Directed Reading: French in North America
- FRN 336 French/Francophone Literature in Context II
- FRN 335 French/Francophone Literature in Context I
- FRN 302 Advanced Conversation and Composition
- FRN 314 Cultural Heritage of France II
- FRN 301 Conversation and Composition
- FRN 305 Business French
- FRN 101 Elementary French I
- FRN 102 Elementary French II
- FRN 201 Intermediate French I
- FRN 202 Intermediate French II
- BID 332 Cultures of Slavery: Retracing Colonial Histories in the French Caribbean
- FRN 315/215 Paris: Experiencing the City as Living History
- FYS 100 Exploring Stereotypes in Societies
- WL 451 Senior Research Capstone
- WL 209 World Literature in English
- HON 350 Honors Directed Readings
- HON 404 Honors Capstone Seminar
- Teaching Multicultural France: Historical Constants and New Challenges,” CSCTFL Report (forthcoming)
- “Mère malgré moi: Redefining Adolescence and Motherhood for Harki Daughters,” French Review (October 2016).
- “Française de deuxième génération: Constructions of Girlhood in Banlieue Literature and Film.” French Literature Series. (July 2015)
- “Motherhood in Exil: Myths and Representations of Franco-Algerian Post-War Maternity.” Women in French Studies. (March 2015)
- “Cultivating Cultural Capital in French through Composition and Conversation,” AATF Selected Proceedings (forthcoming).
- Vice President, American Association of Teachers of French, Chicago/Northern Illinois Chapter
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Midwest Modern Language Association
- Conseil International d’Études Francophones
- Alliance Française, DuPage County
- Women in French