French Program
Bonjour, et bienvenue sur le site web de notre département! We pride ourselves on excellent language instruction, small and individualized classes, and a variety of courses at the advanced level. Once students have reached proficiency in French, they choose between two orientations: one focuses on French society, politics and business (recommended for students seeking careers in business, international law, or the non-profit sector); the other focuses on French literature, history and culture (recommended for students going on to careers in secondary and higher education).
We recognize that today's students are concerned not only with what they study but how it will contribute to their eventual career path. In the French program, we seek to give students a degree in French that prepares them for professional life in the 21st century. Many French majors at Gonzaga have prepared second majors. They have successfully integrated their study of French with degrees in biology, business, public relations, or international studies in order to pursue careers in business, medicine, or law. Other graduates of our French program have served as Peace Corps volunteers in French-speaking countries, have entered into the teaching profession, or have continued on to obtain graduate degrees.
We also offer a semester or a full year in Paris through the Paris Program!
French Program Faculty
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Benjamin Semple
Associate Professor and Chair
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Gonzaga University
Department of Modern Languages
E. 502 Boone Ave., AD Box 44
Spokane, WA 99258-6721
(509) 313-6721; semple@calvin.gonzaga.edu
Office location: 511 E. Sharp Ave.
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Francoise Kuester,
Associate Professor
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Gonzaga University
Department of Modern Languages
E. 502 Boone Ave., AD Box 44
Spokane, WA 99258-6721
(509) 313-6724; kuester@gem.gonzaga.edu
Office location: E. 511 Sharp Ave.
A native French, Professor Kuester holds baccalaureate degrees in Philosophy, English and German from the University of Nancy, a degree from Hampstead Garden Institute in London, England and an M.F.A in Translation from Eastern Washington University. Professor Kuester has taught at Gonzaga since 1981, was Chair of the department for fifteen years and twice Chair of the International Studies Program. While Chair she received an NEH grant to expand the Japanese program. In 1988, Professor Kuester received a grant from the Carthusian Order to research Romanesque and Gothic influences on the development of French Civilization and Literature. Professor Kuester is the Director of the Gonzaga-in-Paris Program which she organized and implemented in 1986. Professor Kuester has translated and published several French poems in International Poetry Review, Willow Springs and Stand. In 1996 she received the Excellence in Teaching award from Gonzaga University. Professor Kuester teaches all level of language classes and Medieval through Eighteenth Century literature classes.
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Candice Nicolas, Lecturer
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Gonzaga University
Department of Modern Languages
E. 502 Boone Ave., AD Box 44
Spokane, WA 99258-6721
(509) 313-3962; Nicolas@gem.gonzaga.edu
Office Location:511 E. Sharp Ave
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Leslie Norman,
Adjunct
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Gonzaga University
Department of Modern Languages
E. 502 Boone Ave., AD Box 44
Spokane, WA 99258-6721
Email: Norman@gem.gonzaga.edu
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