Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Schaal is an expert on Virginie Despentes's, Claire Legendre's, and Wendy Delorme's work. She also specializes in contemporary French feminisms, contemporary French women writers, and feminist manifestos and essays. Her publications apply concepts to literature (third-wave feminism; hypermodernity) typically used in other fields (history or sociology for instance), provide novel interpretations of women authors or feminists’ work, and explore emerging French and Francophone women writers.
In her scholarship, she strives to bridge gaps and make connections across disciplines and within her fields of expertise, namely French and Francophone Studies and Feminist and Gender Studies. Her research is, therefore, not exclusively rooted in these fields but highlights the many commonalities between what may sometimes seem disconnected branches. Bridging feminism, Gender Studies and literature, Dr. Schaal demonstrates how contemporary feminisms and women writers both have gone either hand in hand or have proposed strikingly similar reflections on modern French society. Hence, her research is fundamentally interdisciplinary drawing on transnational literary theory, cultural studies, gender and feminist studies, sociology, history, philosophy, and contemporary politics.
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About Michèle A. Schaal
Dr. Schaal is an expert on Virginie Despentes's, Claire Legendre's, and Wendy Delorme's work. She also specializes in contemporary French feminisms, contemporary French women writers, and feminist manifestos and essays. Her publications apply concepts to literature (third-wave feminism; hypermodernity) typically used in other fields (history or sociology for instance), provide novel interpretations of women authors or feminists’ work, and explore emerging French and Francophone women writers.
In her scholarship, she strives to bridge gaps and make connections across disciplines and within her fields of expertise, namely French and Francophone Studies and Feminist and Gender Studies. Her research is, therefore, not exclusively rooted in these fields but highlights the many commonalities between what may sometimes seem disconnected branches. Bridging feminism, Gender Studies and literature, Dr. Schaal demonstrates how contemporary feminisms and women writers both have gone either hand in hand or have proposed strikingly similar reflections on modern French society. Hence, her research is fundamentally interdisciplinary drawing on transnational literary theory, cultural studies, gender and feminist studies, sociology, history, philosophy, and contemporary politics.
| Present | Associate Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of World Languages and Cultures | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- 2015 Women’s and Gender Studies – Outstanding Award in Teaching, Iowa State University
- 2014 Women’s and Gender Studies – Director’s Choice Award for Outstanding Service to or Scholarship in the Discipline, Iowa State University
- 2013 Women’s and Gender Studies – Director’s Choice Award for Program Participation, Iowa State University
- 2003 Grace P. Young Graduate Award, in recognition of exceptional achievement in French literary studies, Indiana University Bloomington
- 2003 French Assistant Instructor Award, in recognition of exceptional achievement in undergraduate language teaching, Indiana University Bloomington
- 2017 Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Award
- 2018 LAS Early Achievement in Research Award
- 2022 YWCA’s Women of Achievement Award
Courses
- WGS 425/525: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
- WGS 550: Topics in Women's and Gender Studies
- WS 450: Topics in Women's Studies
- FRNCH 305: French Conversation
- FRNCH 302: Reading and Writing French
- FRNCH 301: French Writing and Grammar
- ENGL 201: Introduction to Literature
- ENGL 250: ISUComm Foundation Communication Course: Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic
- ENGL 349: Multicultural Literatures of the United States
- ENGL 545: Women’s Literature
- WGS 201: Introduction to Women’s Studies
- WGS 401/501: Feminist Theories
| Maîtrise, Université de Strasbourg ‐ Département d'Etudes Anglophones | ||
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| PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington ‐ Department of French and Italian | ||
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| MA, Indiana University, Bloomington ‐ Department of French and Italian | ||
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| Licence, Université de Strasbourg ‐ Département d'Etudes Anglophones | ||
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Links
Contact Information
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505 Morrill Rd
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515-294-4856
Fax: 515-294-9914
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