Dr. Edwards specializes in twentieth-century women's writing in French, particularly in autobiography and Francophone studies.  She has published articles on Hélène Cixous, Simone de Beauvoir, Paule Constant, Ken Bugul, Buchi Emecheta and Aminata Sow Fall.  She has given conference presentations in a variety of symposia including in Australia, Ireland, the UK, the USA, Canada and North Africa.  She is co-editor (with Christopher Hogarth) of Gender and Displacement; "Home" in Contemporary Francophone Women's Autobiography, and is currently completing a book manuscript entitled Shifting Subjects: Plural Subjectivity in Francophone Women's Autobiography.  She is also the Director of French Language and Literatures in the North East Modern Languages Association (NeMLA), one of the six regional associations of the MLA.  At Wagner College, she is presently the Coordinator of French Studies.  She teaches all levels of French language, introduction to French literature, classes in nineteenth and twentieth-century literature, a film class that surveys the medium from its invention to the present day, and civilization classes.  She also teaches a course that includes a trip to Paris in the Winter Intersession.

Parker Hall Room 115

Phone # 718.390.3371

Email: natalie.edwards@wagner.edu  

Fall Semester 2008

Office Hours

Tuesday and Thursday 1:30-2:30, Monday and Wednesday 4:15-5:15

Class Schedule