Education:
Ph.D., Rutgers University
M.A., Columbia University
B.A., Fordham University
Fields of Research:
Francophone Literature and Film; 19th-21st Century Literatures in French, Symbolist Poetry; Caribbean Studies; Ecocriticism; Tidalectics; Postcolonial Theory; Religion; Cinematic Créolité; Poetic Realism; Peripheral Filmmakers; Cinéma du corps; College Writing; Multimedia Composition; Pedagogical Design
Georgette Mitchell is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and World Languages at The United States Military Academy (West Point) and Lecturer in French at Rutgers University. She is also the faculty director of the winter in Aix-en-Provence language immersion program and an international yoga instructor (Yoga Alliance, RYS-200). Her research and teaching interests focus on the intersections of French Symbolist poets and early Afro-Creole poetry of the Americas. Her works encompass poetry’s relations with other art forms, such as film, music, and dance. She has additional expertise in Ecocriticism, Sexuality Studies, Caribbean Studies, and French Cinema.
Recently, Georgette coedited a special issue of L’Esprit Créateur, which honors the impact of Edouard Glissant’s thought on contemporary literature and culture. Her current book project explores a series of maritime interchanges and “correspondences en -yx” between French Symbolists and poets of the Caribbean who formulate a new Parnassian Movement of the Americas. Georgette also received the Rick Lockwood Memorial Prize for her essay entitled,
“Le chant de la bécassine: La Nouvelle Héloïse et le sentiment patriotique.”
Publications:
“His Legacy Relates: Édouard Glissant’s Thought in Literature and Culture,” co-edited with Renée Larrier. L’Esprit Créateur, vol. 61 no. 3, 2021, p. 1-13.
Project MUSE, https://www.espritcreateur.org/issue/his-legacy-relates-edouard-glissants-thought-literature-and-culture
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Program Connections:
Rutgers Global, Winter in Aix-en-Provence (faculty director)
Rutgers in Paris
Cinema Studies
Comparative Literature
Rutgers Writing Program
