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Academic Senate

Email: christine.knapp@wayne.edu

Phone: 652-7039

Department: Classical/Modern Lang/Culture Dept

Thru Year: 2026

College/Division: Liberal Arts and Sciences

Elections Committee Note: Member

Student Affairs Committee Note: Member

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department:

 Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Title: Assistant Professor of Teaching and Director of Basic French

Email: christine.knapp@wayne.edu

Office:

 467 Manoogian

Research interest(s)/area of expertise:

-minority francophone poetry and theater

Education – Degrees, Licenses, Certifications: Ph.D., French Studies, Western University (London, Ontario, Canada) M.A., French Studies, Western University (London, Ontario, Canada), 2005 B.A. Honors, French Literature & Linguistics, University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada), 2004

Awards and grants:

-Academic Integrity Award, University of Windsor (2012-2013 & 2013-2014)
-USC Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, Western University (2008-2009)
-Lynne-Lionel Scott Scholarship, Western University (2008-2009)
-Mary Routledge Graduate Research Fellowship (2007-2008 & 2008-2009)
-Graduate Thesis Research Award, Western University (2007-2008)
-Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2005-2006, 2008-2009 & 2009-2010)
-Board of Governors Medal, University of Windsor (2004)
-Dr. Marie Caron Memorial Award, University of Windsor (2003)
-University of Windsor Community Scholar Award (2000)

Selected publications:

Knapp, Christine. « La poésie de Tina Charlebois et le complexe je-tu ». Écrire au féminin au Canada français. Johanne Melançon. Ed. Sudbury : Prise de parole, 2013. 241-259.

Knapp, Christine. « Plurilinguisme et espace francophone dans French Town et L’homme effacé de Michel Ouellette ». Voix plurielles: Revue de l'Association des Professeur-e-s de Français des Universités et Collèges Canadiens (APFUCC) 8.1 (2011): 24-53.

Knapp, Christine. « Les fées ont soif de Denise Boucher : le devenir littéraire d’une pièce censurée ». Revue Boréal: Département de français de l'Université de Victoria 2 (2008): 78-95.

Courses taught by Christine Knapp

Fall Term 2023 (current)

• FRE3200 - French Cafe

Spring-Summer Term 2023

• GLS2700 - Introduction to Global Stories

Winter Term 2023

• FRE5100 - Advanced French Composition and Conversation through Cultural Analysis
• HON4260 - Seminar in Foreign Culture

Fall Term 2022

• FRE3200 - French Cafe

Winter Term 2022

• HON4260 - Seminar in Foreign Culture
• FRE1020 - Beginning French II
• FRE2720 - Introduction to French Civilization II

Fall Term 2021

• FRE1020 - Beginning French II

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