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Laura Florand

Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


Florand's current main interests are contemporary French language and culture and gastronomy. As a Fulbright Fellow, she also studied the ways language, dance, and literature were being used as part of a cultural renaissance in French Polynesia (Tahiti). She is an award-winning, international bestselling writer of a memoir and multiple novels set in France. Recently, NPR selected her fiction for their list of the Top 100 Romances, a list spanning a time period from Jane Austen to today. Translated into nine languages, her works have also been nominated for Reviewers Choice Best Book of the Year, received the RT Seal of Excellence, and multiple starred reviews from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies · 2017 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Coordinator of the French Language Program · 2018 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Director of the French Language Program · 2022 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies · 2023 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2000 M.A.