Richard Watts

Richard Watts is an Associate Professor of French in the Department of French and Italian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. He co-created the Environments, Cultures, and Values minor and founded the Translation Studies Hub. His work bridges postcolonial studies and environmental humanities, focusing on Francophone literatures and cultural production.

Research interests include decolonial movements, literary history, translation, and resource decolonization. He explores how environmental crises reshape symbolism in francophone arts and media. Current projects analyze water scarcity, pollution, and privatization in cultural contexts.

His documentaries include mARTinique: Art in a Poisoned Land (2023), examining ecological crises in Martinique, and Repair the World (2023), engaging with climate narratives. Upcoming work includes Tambass (2025) and Scenes of Translation, studying multilingual mediators in migrant texts.

No scientific awards are listed. Advising focuses on CHID Thesis projects. The Translation Studies Hub fosters interdisciplinary collaboration in translation research.