Magdala Lissa Jeudy

Magdala Lissa Jeudy serves as an Assistant Professor of French in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She holds a Ph.D. in Romance Studies from Cornell University with specialized expertise in nineteenth-century French literary traditions.

Her educational background:

• Ph.D. in Romance Studies, Cornell University

Dr. Jeudy's research interrogates how French realist and naturalist novels transmit medical narratives that complicate modern conceptions of normalcy in healthcare. She develops critical care theory frameworks to address healthcare disparities while tracing historical lineages of reproductive and maternal labor to dismantle medical constructs of disability, gender, and race. Her pedagogy emphasizes accessible learning through inquiry-based methods that challenge assumptions about normalcy and foster celebration of human diversity, reflecting her perspective as a Haitian American first-generation scholar.