Faculty & Staff

Faculty and Staff contact information for the French Department.

French

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About
Foreign-language courses allow entry into the subjectivity of the target language on its own cultural and linguistic grounds.
- Intensive French Program in Martinique
Degree Requirements
Courses
Alumni & Careers
Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Christine Armstrong

Professor

armstrong@denison.edu

740-587-6450

Isabelle Choquet

Associate Professor

Coordinator of French

choqueti@denison.edu

740-587-5497

Yvonne-Marie Mokam

Associate Professor

mokamy@denison.edu

740-587-8631

Staff

Liz Barringer-Smith

Academic Program Coordinator, Modern Languages

barringerl@denison.edu

740-587-6643

Emeriti Faculty

Judy P. Cochran

Professor Emeritus

cochran@denison.edu

Charlie O'Keefe

Professor of French Emeritus

okeefe@denison.edu

740-587-6393

Spotlights

Where We Go

Wide open possibilities

When Tima Kaba ’19 returned from a post-graduate fellowship in Tanzania, she was unemployed and uncertain of the future. Today, she is in her dream job.

Jeannie Goldstein ’88 and Emily Marguerite ’15

Where We Go

Paying it Forward Through Denison Connecting

Jeannie Goldstein ’88 got her start in business through Denison alumni - and now she's paying it forward to a recent Denison graduate.

Where We Go

How do dogs bark in France?

Curtis Plowgian '06 took an unlikely route to a career in veterinary medicine

How We Learn

French connections

Connecting to France, in English.

Where We Go

Inside the French Embassy

For Courtney Vinopal ’13, working for the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., is more than writing and editing.

How We Learn

Charles O'Keefe, on the Nobel Prize

When NPR’s Lynn Neary wanted insight on the latest Nobel Prize for Literature, she called Charles O’Keefe, professor emeritus of French.

What's Happening

Awards & Honors

A President’s Medal, a mad dash in heels, and Friday night lights

Live blog: Senior Send-Off 2025!

Denison fencers earn sumptuous athletic (and culinary) rewards

Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Christine Armstrong

Isabelle Choquet

Yvonne-Marie Mokam

Staff

Liz Barringer-Smith

Emeriti Faculty

Judy P. Cochran

Charlie O'Keefe

Spotlights

Wide open possibilities

Paying it Forward Through Denison Connecting

How do dogs bark in France?

French connections

Inside the French Embassy

Charles O'Keefe, on the Nobel Prize

What's Happening

Oliver Gignoux ’23: President’s Medalist

Mitchell Kreuch '88 leads Twitter in Southeast Asia

2021 President's Medalist: Fatimah AlZahraa Elghazawi