Magali Compan

Magali Compan is an Associate Professor at the College of William & Mary, affiliated with the Decolonizing Humanities Project Faculty Collective. She specializes in Francophone literature and culture, with a focus on postcolonial discourse in the Indian Ocean region. Her research explores cultural identity, colonial history, and decolonial theory through literary analysis.

• Education: Ph.D. in French (University of Michigan), DEA in English (Université de Montpellier)

Her publications include Iles Intimes (2020), analyzing island identities in the Francophone Indian Ocean, and Visualizing Violence (2015), examining representations of violence in Francophone cultures. She is currently co-editing an upcoming volume on Indian Ocean convergences.

Teaching focuses on themes like 'Dreaming of Islands,' 'Cannibalism and Identity,' and cross-cultural perspectives in Francophone contexts.