Christiane H. Orcel

Christiane H. Orcel is a Lecturer in French at the California Institute of Technology, part of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences. She has been affiliated with Caltech since 1990, initially as an Instructor (1990–1993) before transitioning to Lecturer in 1993. Her expertise spans French language pedagogy, autobiography studies, literary theory, and 20th-century French literature and cinema.

Education: M.A. (Princeton University, 1987) and Ph.D. (Princeton University, 1992).

Teaching focuses on elementary and intermediate French language courses (L 102 abc, L 103 abc), French cinema (L/VC 109), and advanced topics in French culture and literature (L 116, Hum/L 105, L 105). Her research interests integrate literary analysis with cultural contexts, particularly in modern French literature and cinematic representations.

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