Delphine Gras is an Associate Professor in the Department of Language and Literature,
where she teaches a variety of language and literature courses. A dedicated educator,
she has earned FGCU鈥檚 2016 Teaching in Excellence Award and the 2022 Student Success
Champion Award. In her research, Dr. Gras specializes in literature of the Americas
and the African Diaspora. She was a finalist for the 2011 Vanderbilt ICI book competition
on the African Diaspora and has published on various topics including service learning,
Shay Youngblood, Nicol谩s Guill茅n, Toni Morrison, Edwidge Danticat, and Gis猫le Pineau.
Dr. Gras recently coedited Reimagining Resistance in Gis猫le Pineau鈥檚 Works鈥攁 book, which explores the unique ways in which this prominent francophone author
redefines the concept of resistance, particularly as it relates to gender, race, history,
and Antillean identity. Her latest project is a monograph examining the contributions
of francophone, hispanophone, and anglophone Black women writers during the first
half of the twentieth century.
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Education
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- Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle
- M.A. University of Washington, Seattle and Universit茅 Paul Val茅ry, Montpellier
- B.A. Universit茅 Paul Val茅ry, Montpellier
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Specialties
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- Twentieth-century literature of the Americas and the African Diaspora
- French and Francophone culture and Literature
- Critical Race Theory
- Gender Studies
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Publications
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- Connell Lisa and Delphine Gras, eds. Reimagining Resistance in Gis猫le Pineau鈥檚 Works. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2023.
- New World Griottes: A Comparative Study of Black Women Writers during the New Negro
Era. In progress.
- Revisiting the Past in the Age of Posts: Re-memory in the Works of Contemporary African
American and Caribbean Women Writers. In progress.
Book Chapters
- 鈥淣o Inspection, No Outrage: Shifting Moral Cartographies in Edwidge Danticat鈥檚 鈥榃ithout
Inspection.鈥欌 American Fury: Collective Action and the Politics of Moral Outrage. McFarland Press, forthcoming.
- 鈥淢ore Than a Phrase: Fighting Silence and Objectification in Danticat鈥檚 Claire of the Sealight (2013).鈥 Narrating History, Home, and Nation. University Press of Mississippi, 2022: 212-227.
- "How to promote Cultural Awareness Through Service-Learning in a Non-Required Course.鈥
Language Beyond the Classroom: A Guide to Service Learning for World Languages Curriculum. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2018.
- 鈥淚n the Steps of Hughes and Baldwin: Traveling Griots in Shay Youngblood鈥檚 Black Girl in Paris.鈥 Diasporas, Cultures of Mobilities, 鈥楻ace鈥欌 African Americans and the black Diaspora. Montpellier: Presses universitaires de la M茅diterran茅e, 2016: 209-225.
Journal Articles
- Contemporary Women's Writing, Special Issue: Global Morrison 13.3 (2019): 270-286.
- Humanities 2016, 5.4 (2016): 80. Available.
- 鈥El son de los preteridos y los olvidados: Reimagining Blackness in Nicol谩s Guill茅n鈥檚 Early Poetry.鈥 CLR James Journal 21 (Fall 2015): 17-36.
- 鈥淗earing Voices, Writing Music: Shay Youngblood鈥檚 Reconfiguration of the Griot.鈥 JEAL 3 (2013): 96-126.
- 鈥溾業鈥檒l Rise鈥:Rememory, Hope and the Creation of a New Public Sphere in Ben Harper鈥檚
Music.鈥漀AES Ethnic Studies Review 31.1 (Summer 2008): 19-31.
Reviews
- Review of Caribbean Literature and the Public Sphere: From the Plantation to the Postcolonial
by Raphael Dalleo and Radical Moves: Caribbean Migrants and the Politics of Race in
the Jazz Age by Lara Putnam. Kritikon Litterarum 43.3鈥4 (2016).
- Review of Darker than Blue by Paul Gilroy. Kritikon Litterarum 1-2 (2012).
- Review of Black Girl in Paris by Shay Youngblood. Afro-Americans in New York Life and History. Afro-American Historical
Association of the Niagara Frontier, 29.1 (January 2005): 91-94.
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Grants & Awards
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- Student Success Champion Award. Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥 2022.
- Dr. Helen Mamarchev Distinguished Advisor Award Nominee. Florida Gulf Coast University,
Fort Myers 鈥 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022.
- 鈥淓merald Overall Best Course-Based Award.鈥 Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement,
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥 2022, 2021, 2017.
- 鈥淪tanding For Social Justice鈥 Award.鈥 Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement,
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥 2022, 2021.
- "Most Engaged Award." Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement, Florida Gulf
Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥2019.
- Student Associates for a Greener Environment (S.A.G.E.) Mini-grant Program, 2017-2018,
2018-2019 and 2020-2021.
- Diversity and Inclusion Award. Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥 2017, 2018.
- The National Society of Leadership and Success Excellence in Teaching Award 鈥 Florida
Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥 2017.
- "Children Are Our Future Award." Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement,
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥2017.
- "Emerald Overall Best Course-Based Award." Office of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement,
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥2017.
- Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers
鈥 2016.
- Individual Faculty Service Excellence Award. Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers
鈥 2016.
- "Outstanding One Class-One Project" Service Learning Award. Office of Service-Learning
and Civic Engagement, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥 2014.
- Tourn茅es Festival Grant. Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers 鈥 2011-2012, 2012-2013.
- Finalist for the Issues in Critical Investigation: Manuscript Competition. Vanderbilt
University Press with The New Negro Flow: Musical Discourse of the Literary Griots of the Americas鈥 2011.
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