Chantal Richard

Chantal Richard is Full Professor in the Department of French at the University of New Brunswick, specializing in Acadian literature and cultural identity. With a PhD from Université de Moncton, she has developed research programs examining language contact phenomena and identity discourses in Francophone Canadian contexts.

Key research areas:

• Acadian literature (Renaissance to contemporary)
• Francophone migrant literature
• Cultural identity formation
• Digital humanities applications

Her interdisciplinary approach combines literary theory with linguistics and digital methods. Recent funded projects include creating the Vocabulaires Identitaires database analyzing Acadian texts from New Brunswick newspapers. She currently directs the French Resource Centre and chairs the Department of French Studies.