Anthony Nicolas Radoiu, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Office
Location
MH 222B
Hours
Spring 2025: Mondays, Wednesdays 1:00-2:30pm or by appointment.
Contact
About
Anthony Nicolas Radoiu teaches undergraduate French language, literature, and culture courses at Western Washington University. He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned a PhD in French from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Maîtrise in French Language and Linguistics from the Université Paris-Sorbonne IV and a double B.A. in French and International Studies from Virginia Tech. He was also previously a language assistant with the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) in the Orléans-Tours region and with the Université Paris-Sorbonne IV. His research focuses on French poetry composed in prison during the middle ages and beyond, examining the relationship between confinement or marginalization and poetic creativity and production.
Research Interests
- Medieval and Early Modern literature and history
- French poetry
- prison writing
- marginalized writing
- strategies of resistance
Current Courses
Fall 2023: French 201, French 201, French 340
Winter 2024: French 341, French 331, French 460
Spring 2024: French 203, French 203
Fall 2024: French 101, French 301
Spring 2025: French 102, French 331