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Kathryn Haklin is a Lecturer in French at Washington University in St. Louis, teaching courses in French language, literature, and culture at all levels. She coordinates French 307D (Cultural Expression) and advises WashU’s La Table Francophone student conversation group, while preparing to direct the WashU Healthcare in France study abroad program in Nice during Summer 2025.
Her educational qualifications include:
- PhD in French, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Haklin’s research spans nineteenth-century French literature, visual culture, and medical humanities, with specialized focus on spatial confinement, claustrophobia, fashion history, and gender studies. Her work examines literary representations within historical contexts of medicine, exhibitions, and consumer culture, particularly analyzing how enclosed spaces reflect psychological and societal dynamics in works by Zola, Baudelaire, and Hugo.
Her recent publications consistently explore 19th-century French literature through interdisciplinary lenses, emphasizing spatial humanities and ecocriticism. Articles investigate claustrophobia in literary settings, visual culture in exhibitions, and medical discourses, revealing connections between literary form and historical contexts like department stores, aquariums, and cholera epidemics.
Dr. Haklin has not received major scientific awards or fellowships.
As an educator, she mentors students through La Table Francophone and develops innovative courses such as 'Fashioning a Revolution' and 'From Cholera to the Coronavirus.' She secured a $35,000 grant from IES Abroad for the WashU Healthcare in France program, demonstrating leadership in international education and curriculum development focused on medical humanities.
Dr. Haklin contributes to academic discourse through editorial roles, co-editing special issues of L'Esprit Créateur and MLN, and leads the WashU Healthcare in France program, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between literature, medicine, and cultural studies.
