Carolyn Shread

Carolyn Shread is a Senior Lecturer in French at Mount Holyoke College and has taught at Smith College since 2013 as part of a faculty exchange program. She serves on the advisory board of Smith's Translation Studies Concentration and actively participates in Five College Consortium seminars including the Faculty Seminar on Literary Translation and Translate Together! initiative.

• Ph.D., M.A. University of Massachusetts Amherst
• M.A. Sussex University
• B.A. St. Anne's College, Oxford

Her research specializes in translation studies with a focus on feminist and decolonial frameworks. Key areas include:

• Psychoanalytic concepts in translation (e.g., Bracha Ettinger's metramorphosis)
• Francophone literature and marginalized voices
• Eco-translation and environmental approaches to translation
• Catherine Malabou's philosophical works
• Marie Vieux-Chauvet's Haitian literature
• Digital language pedagogy in French instruction

Recent publications explore plasticity theory, eco-translation, and feminist philosophy. Notable recognition includes the 2022 French Voices Award for literary translation. She contributes to academic discourse through international speaking engagements at institutions like Université de Lille and Université de Bordeaux Montaigne.