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Sioux Resistance: How the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota People Maintain Their Fight Against the United States for Sovereignty and Land

Name: Natalie Bean Major: History Minor: French and Francophone Studies Advisor: Dr. Jordan Biro Walters This independent study seeks to determine how members of the Sioux Nation resisted […]

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Integrating Communication and Culture in Intermediate French Classes

Name: Libby Malone Majors: French and Education Advisors: Rebecca Grenouilleau-Loescher, Matthew Broda This Independent Study focuses on the importance of communication and culture in […]

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Two Tales of Murder and Intrigue: The Study and Practical Application of Current French Translation Techniques

Name: Joseph Kalmar Major: French and Francophone Studies Minor: History Advisors: Dr. Marion Duval and Dr. Harry Gamble Second Reader: Dr. Laura Burch This […]

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Knots, Nots, and Loops

Name: Leah Wilcox Major: Mathematics Minor: French and Francophone Studies Advisor: Dr. Robert Kelvey Knot theory is a vast branch of mathematics, one that has […]

Brimmer Morrison

Grotesque Cultural Exchange; A Study of Japanese Fashion History

Name: Brimmer Morrison Major: History Minor: French and Francophone Studies Advisors: Madonna Hettinger Focusing first on the importance of Rei Kawakubo in developing her […]

Holly Engel '21

Wooster ’21 graduate pursues doctorate at The Ohio State University

After a year’s worth of writing to complete her Independent Study titled “Sinister Cinema: Depictions of Evil in the WWII and Postwar Thrillers of […]

Ainslee Alem Robson '15

French and philosophy alumna creates virtual reality graphic memoir

Independent Study at Wooster help prepare Ainslee Alem Robson ’15 to take on a creative film project

Annabelle Vosmeier

“The Bliss Of Solitude”: In Search of Fulfilled Single Characters in Seventeenth through Twentieth Century Anglophone and Francophone Literature

Name: Annabelle Vosmeier Majors: English, French and Francophone Studies Advisors: Dr. Claire Eager, Dr. Laura Burch This study analyzes the representations of single women […]

Eliza Cotton

Liberté, Égalité, Paternité: Understanding the French anti-gay and anti-reproductive technology movement, La Manif pour tous

Name: Eliza Cotton Majors: Sociology, French and Francophone Studies Advisors: Dr. Thomas Tierney, Dr. Harry Gamble My IS examines a conservative social movement currently […]

Holly Engel

Sinister Cinema: Depictions of Evil in the WWII and Postwar Thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock and Henri-Georges Clouzot

Name: Holly Engel Major: English, French Minor: Music Advisors: Dr. Marion Duval, Dr. Thomas Prendergast Best Use of Genre Award British/American director Alfred Hitchcock […]

Wooster Science Café

Wooster Science Café resumes this spring beginning Feb. 24

Discussions and insights on current science topics open to the community via Zoom

Mesky Brhane ’89

Liberal arts education prepared English and French alumna for post-graduation achievements

Mesky Brhane ’89 supports vulnerable populations through her role at World Bank

Holly Engel

APEX Fellowship | Holly Engel

Major: English, French & Francophone Studies Class Year: 2021 Faculty Mentor: David McConnell I served as an editorial intern at Ohio Magazine in Cleveland, […]

Alysa Tarrant

Understanding Behavioral and Emotional Responses to Frames Used by Animal Rights Organizations in the United States and France

Student: Alysa Tarrant Majors: French and Francophone Studies, Communication Studies Advisors: Marion Duval, Yi Zhu The purpose of this study was to examine how […]

French Conversations

French Conversations students take to the soccer field for applied experience

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Laura Burch last week brought students and Fulbright Language Teaching Assistants from her French Conversations class to […]

French and Francophone Film Series

FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE FILM SERIES Wednesday, February 27 – 7 p.m. Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center 525 East University Street “Bienvenue chez […]

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French and Francophone Film Series Starts Thursday, Nov. 8

Four acclaimed international films to be screened at The College of Wooster

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French and Francophone Film Series

Four acclaimed international films to be screened at The College of Wooster

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Wooster Faculty Awarded Promotions

Announcement made during recent board of trustees meeting