I graduated with PhD in French Civilization and Cultural Studies fom the University of Virginia, where I went after a one-year stint teaching and researching social psychology, at the University of Lausanne. I also hold an European Doctorate attained at the LLSETI (University of Grenoble-Alpes) in joint supervision with Larpsydis (University of Lausanne).

My research is centred primarily on how literature, politics, and philosophy intersect to stimulate the thinking process on the future of our interconnected world. I mostly research the arts, thought and theoretical approaches in African and Afrosporic settings. Much of this research is being conducted with Nathalie Muller Mirza, from University of Geneva.
My training, teaching and service at Lausanne, Grenoble, Virginia, Ohio, and New York cover psychology, intercultural communication, and all major fields in French and Francophone studies, including courses at all levels of the language sequence. My expertise in African Francophone cultures as well as the French Overseas Departments and Territories are evidenced by my extensive experience working and writing for medias and publishers. All of this work helps inform my research as much as it does my teaching. Areas of interest include: Sociolinguistics, Literary theory, Postcolonial Theory, and Research Methods in humanities, Migration, Identity dynamics, Creative writing, Decoloniality, Counter-utopia, Afrofuturism and the intersection between them.

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