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Astou Gueye is an Assistant Professor in the Department of French & Italian at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on contemporary African literatures, cinema, and popular culture, with an emphasis on how cultural productions shape social identities in Africa and its diaspora. She holds a Ph.D. in African Cultural Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2022), an M.A. in Comparative Literature from Université Gaston Berger de Saint Louis, and a B.A. in English and Anglophone Studies from Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Senegal.
- Education:
- Ph.D., African Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2022), with a minor in Gender and Women’s Studies
- M.A., Comparative Literature, Université Gaston Berger de Saint Louis
- B.A., English and Anglophone Studies, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Senegal
Her current book project examines Senegalese femininities through the cultural practice of jongé, exploring intersections of agency, power, and pleasure. Additional research interests include feminist discourse, aesthetics in the African and Black diaspora, and ethnography.
No awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided text. She is affiliated with the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS) program at the University of Pittsburgh and contributes to research networks like Film and Media, Gender and Sexuality, Nation/Transnation, and Environment.
