Jen Westmoreland Bouchard

An avid traveler and Francophile, Jen holds a B.A. in French and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts with a minor in Dance from St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota). In 2000, she received a Diplôme de Deuxième Degré in French Studies from L’Université Haute Bretagne- Rennes II (Rennes, France). She earned her M.A. in French and Francophone Studies from University of California-Los Angeles in 2005. Jen has taught at the secondary and post-secondary levels in both France and the U.S. and is currently a faculty member in the World Languages Department at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota and a French instructor at Holy Family Catholic High School in Victoria, Minnesota. Her recent writings on French language, culture and literature have appeared in The Journal of African Literature and Culture, The Journal of Pan African Studies, Migrations and Identities (Liverpool University Press), Global Woman Magazine and in myriad anthologies and reference volumes published through Gale Cengage Learning, Pencraft International Press, Diversion Press, Greenwood Press, M.E. Sharpe, Wiley-Blackwell, ABC-CLIO, Handel African Books Network, and Facts on File. She is the owner of a freelance writing, editing and translation company, Lucidité Writing, LLC (www.luciditewriting.com).