Cate Talley

Cate Talley is an Assistant Professor of French at Skidmore College. She holds a Ph.D. in French from the University of California, Berkeley, and specializes in 19th- and 20th-century French literature, cultural history, and aesthetics. Her research examines the intersection of politics, identity, and narrative form in French and Francophone contexts.

Talley's publications explore themes such as authorial subjectivity, racial inequality in transatlantic literature, and postcolonial reinterpretations of canonical texts. Her methodological approach combines close textual analysis with historical and theoretical frameworks.

She maintains an active scholarly profile with publications in journals including French Studies, The Review of Politics, and Nineteenth-Century Contexts.