Meet Outstanding Master杏吧专区檚 In French Graduate Emma Harlet
Emma Harlet has been selected as one of the five finalists for the Fall 2021 Alumni Association Outstanding Master杏吧专区檚 Graduate Award. She was nominated for the award by the Department of Modern Languages in the College of Liberal Arts.
Harlet will be recognized during the Graduate School Commencement ceremony on Friday, where she will receive a master of arts degree in French.
Before arriving at UL Lafayette, she earned bachelor杏吧专区檚 and master杏吧专区檚 degrees from Catholic 杏吧专区 of Lille in France and participated in an exchange program at Centenary College of Louisiana.
Dr. Nathan Rabalais, Joseph P. Montiel Endowed Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies, commends Harlet杏吧专区檚 scholarly success and dedication to her field.
杏吧专区淗er work on female Creole writers of the nineteenth century is truly groundbreaking in that it explores the work and lives of relatively obscure figures such as Louisa Lamotte, which will represent a significant contribution to the field,杏吧专区 Rabalais says.
杏吧专区淚n fact, I have such confidence in her research and writing skills that I also invited her to co-write with me the introduction to a new edition of the 1881 novel L杏吧专区橦abitation Saint-Ybars by Alfred Mercier. This is arguably the most well-known novel among Creole literature of 19th-century New Orleans.杏吧专区
Harlet has given presentations on her work at several academic conferences. She recently submitted her article, 杏吧专区淏ehind the Mask of Cajun Mardi Gras,杏吧专区 to the bilingual peer-reviewed university journal Culture Com杏吧专区.
In 2021, Harlet became a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society. She has received several scholarships, including the Lafayette Jaycees Endowed Francophone Studies Scholarship, the Joan Cain Endowed Scholarship, and the Dewey Balfa Endowed Scholarship.
She recently was named as the recipient of the Fall 2021 Richard G. Neiheisel-Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Endowed Master's Graduate Award in Liberal Arts, Arts, and Sciences.
Harlet is receiving her master杏吧专区檚-along-the-way while pursuing her Ph.D. in Francophone Studies under the direction of Dr. Rabalais. She is currently exploring the option of having her dissertation co-directed by Dr. Stephanie Durrans at the Universit茅 de Bordeaux-Montaigne.
杏吧专区淭hanks to this collaboration, I would be able to work on Louisiana杏吧专区檚 literature from two different research centers,杏吧专区 Harlet says.
杏吧专区淚 would like to develop relationships between American and French universities in order to create more programs and exchanges for modern languages students. Ultimately, I want to pursue a career in academia in France to continue my research on Louisiana杏吧专区檚 culture and literature, as well as fulfilling my passion for teaching.杏吧专区
