BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Western)
Professor Hannah Fournier is a specialist in 16th-century Renaissance and Reformation literature and in the history of French Women Writers, with a particular interest in Marie de Gournay and Marguerite de Navarre.
BA, MA, PhD (British Columbia)
Professor Gabriel Niccoli is a comparatist specializing in Italian, French and English 16th-century literature.
B.A., M.A. (Dalhousie), Doctorat 3e cycle (Aix-en-Provence)
rwryan@uwaterloo.ca
519-888-4567 x38645
Office: PAS 2418
Professor Ryan is a linguist whose field of specialization is the Acadian speech of Atlantic Canada. He has published two books on the phonology and the verb morphology of Nova Scotian Acadian dialect.
B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Iowa), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Paul Socken is a specialist in French-Canadian literature, particularly in the novel. He has done research on the thematic and stylistic aspects of Gabrielle Roy and is currently publishing in the area of mythology and French-Canadian literature.
