French BA(Hons): Who teaches this course

Find out more here about the Faculty or School where you will be taught and about some of the key teaching staff for this course.

A team of language experts, all active researchers in their field, will teach you. They include:

Noelle Brick
Noelle specialises in French and English linguistics and sociolinguistics. She is particularly interested in language and gender and varieties of French.

Dr Catherine O'Brien
Catherine specialises in comparative literature, French film and gender studies.

Gordon Phillips
Gordon specialises in contemporary French politics. He is particularly interested in the Front National and language teaching methodology.

Devyani Vyas
Devyani specialises in:

• politics during the Vth Republic;
• terrorism in France;
• the Algerian War; and
• the events of May '68.

Dr Clarissa Wilks
Clarissa specialises in:

• sociolinguistics;
• language and gender psycholinguistics; and
• second language acquisition.