Anne E. Linton

Anne E. Linton is a Professor of French at San Francisco State University, specializing in interdisciplinary research at the intersections of law, medicine, sexuality, and literature in French during the 19th and 20th centuries. Her work emphasizes literary close readings within broader cultural and historical frameworks.

• PhD in French from Yale University
• MA in French from the University of Wisconsin, Madison
• BA (summa cum laude) in French and International Business from Washington University in St. Louis

Linton’s research focuses on gender and sexuality studies, canonical and marginalized French writers, and historical discourses on intersex and nonbinary sex. Her recent publications include the book Unmaking Sex and the co-edited volume Photography in the Body in Nineteenth-Century France, which explore medical, legal, and literary narratives of bodily sex variations and gender crossings.

She has been recognized with the Marguerite Peyre Prize for best dissertation in French at Yale University. Her articles have appeared in prestigious journals such as Representations, Yale French Studies, and Romanic Review, among others.