Isaac Joslin

Isaac Joslin grew up speaking French, first in Besançon, France, and later in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. With a background in French and Continental philosophy he earned his PhD in 2010 from the university of Minnesota, focusing on colonial and postcolonial francophone African literatures, cinemas, and cultures. He has travelled for research to Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Rwanda, and Burundi, and has taught a variety of courses on Francophone literatures and cultures. Currently Assistant Professor of French at Arizona State University, his research interests include Francophone African literatures and cinemas, aesthetics and theories of representation, theories of cultural hybridity, gender studies, youth and childhood studies, diaspora studies, and pedagogical approaches for teaching African literatures and cultures. He has published scholarly articles in The International Journal of Francophone Studies, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, African Literature Today, The French Review,Oeuvres et Critiques, Nouvelles Études Francophones, and The Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, and his current research project is a monograph entitled Future Tense: Rethinking development discourse through African Humanities.

Aside from his professional pursuits, teaching and researching in the areas of Francophone and African Studies, he enjoys travelling to different parts of the world, speaking French with his family, dabbling in creative writing and piano playing, as well as enjoying the outdoors.