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Heidi Shaker serves as Associate Professor of French and Director of the Office of Peace and Justice Education at Bucknell University, teaching courses from introductory French to advanced seminars on the Algerian War, Caribbean identities, and genocide representations in Francophone literature.
Her academic credentials include a BA from Bucknell University and MA/PhD degrees from The Ohio State University.
Shaker's research centers on 20th century Francophone literatures through trauma studies and postcolonial frameworks, examining how literature processes historical atrocities like the Rwandan Genocide and Algerian War with focus on gender, identity, and testimonial forms. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates psycholinguistic and intersectional analyses of trauma representation.
Recent publications analyze Rwandan Genocide testimonies, Algerian War torture narratives, and WWII trauma literature, revealing consistent patterns in how language mediates memory across cultural contexts while addressing mass rape, community rebuilding, and psychosocial dimensions of violence.
No scientific awards or fellowships are documented in the source material despite her significant scholarly contributions to genocide and trauma studies.
Details regarding graduate student advising and externally funded research grants remain unspecified in the available biographical information.
Shaker actively contributes to academic governance as Departmental Representative to the Academic Senate, Peace and Justice Committee member, and National Fellowships Committee participant, while fostering student engagement through French Club moderation and co-leading Rendez-vous Haiti initiatives.
