Denis Provencher

About Denis Provencher

Dr. Denis M. Provencher is Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Affairs & Partnerships in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of French & Francophone Studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at North Carolina State University. He also serves as editor-in-chief of the interdisciplinary journals Contemporary French Civilization (CFC) and CFC Intersections, published by Liverpool University Press. He is also a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Language and Sexuality (John Benjamins Publishing) and Contemporary French & Francophone Studies: Sites (Taylor and Francis). Provencher’s research cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries and explores the transnational flow of languages, peoples, texts, and ideas related to gender, sexuality, class, race and religion across North America, Europe, and North Africa. His publications include two single-authored books, two co-edited volumes, and more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on these topics. For example, Dr. Provencher is the author of Queer French: Globalization, Language, and Sexual Citizenship in France (Ashgate/Routledge, 2007) and Queer Maghrebi French: Language, Temporalities, Transfiliations,(Liverpool UP, 2017). Queer Maghrebi French won the 2017 Ruth Benedict Book Prize, Honorable Mention, from the Association of Queer Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association. With Dr. Siham Bouamer, he has co-edited the volume Abdellah Taïa\'s Queer Migrations: Non-Places, Affect, and Temporalities (Lexington Books, 2021). He is currently finishing a new co-edited volume, Queer Realms of Memory: Archiving LGBTQ Sites and Symbols in the French National Narrative (Liverpool UP, under contract), with Dr. Siham Bouamer and Dr. Ryan Schroth where they build on the work of historian Pierre Nora. Dr. Provencher is also conducting fieldwork in Ottawa and Montreal, Canada for a new monograph on Queer Quebec, which is funded in part by the Chaire Moblité Francophone Program at L’Université d’Ottawa. Dr. Provencher is a firm believer in leadership training. He is also an advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as for work-life balance and mental health for faculty, staff, and students. He is the 2022 recipient of the University of Arizona’s Richard Ruiz Diversity Leadership Faculty Award, which is given in recognition to a faculty member working to make the campus a more diverse and inclusive environment.

Experience

1. Editor in Chief, Cfc Intersections

   Liverpool University Press

   Jan 2021 — Present

Education

• Penn State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), French Civilization and Cultural Studies

  1992 — 1998

• University of Vermont

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), French Studies

  1988 — 1992

Skills

• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Outlook
• Public Speaking
• English
• Teaching
• Windows
• Budgets
• Research
• Microsoft Word