She is the Director of French and Francophone Studies at Carleton. Cynthia Shearer specializes in French language and contemporary culture. She continues to bring numerous technological advances in language pedagogy to Northfield, Minnesota. She has been quite active in the formulation of the Mellon grant proposal to enhance language learning at Carleton through technology, and she has also participated in numerous conferences. Dana Strand is coordinator of the Women's and Gender Studies program and project director for Carleton's European Studies initiative.
Strand teaches courses on gender, film, and contemporary French literature.
Cathy Yandell is the W.I. and Hulda F. Daniell Professor of French Literature, Language and Culture. Her teaching interests include French Renaissance literature, autobiography, comparative literature, and the French language. Cathy's research has focused on the body, temporality, poetry, and gender in early modern France. Her current project involves pedagogical discourses, rhetoric, and authority in early modern poetry and dialogue. Annick Fritz-Smead teaches French at Macalester and Carleton College.