Severine Bates

Severine Bates is an Assistant Professor at Gustavus Adolphus College, affiliated with multiple departments including Modern Languages, Literature, and Cultures; African Studies; Comparative Literature; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; and LALACS. Her work bridges French and Francophone studies with interdisciplinary perspectives on race, gender, and cultural identities.

• Education: Maitrise (Master) in History from France; MA in French; PhD in French and Francophone Studies from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Her research focuses on race relations in France, Black French studies, and French Caribbean cultures, with a strong emphasis on Afrofeminism and Francophone migrant literature. Her teaching includes courses on French language, Francophone cultures, and topics related to France’s minorities. She has taught courses like FRE-101 French I and FRE-216 French Caribbean, with a consistent focus on race, gender, and postcolonial identities in Europe and the Francophone world.