Kat Haklin

Kat Haklin is a Lecturer in French at Washington University in St. Louis, specializing in 19th-century French literature, visual culture, and medical humanities. She holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on spatial confinement in literature and its intersections with medicine and visual studies.

Key research interests include Modern French Literature, Medical Humanities, and Environmental Humanities. Her book project, *Writing Claustrophobia*, examines enclosed spaces in pre-1879 French literature. She has published widely in journals like *L’Esprit Créateur* and *MLN*, and co-edited special issues on character studies and poetry.

Haklin teaches courses on French language, literature, and culture, coordinating French 307D (Cultural Expression) and advising WashU’s La Table Francophone. She directs the WashU Healthcare in France program in Nice, which recently received a $35,000 grant from IES Abroad.