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Claudia Gotea Senior Professorial Lecturer World Languages and Cultures
- Additional Positions at AU
- French Program, Associate Director
- Degrees
- PhD, MA, French Literature, Penn State University
DEA, Etudes de Littérature Française, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France <br/> BA, English & French Languages and Literatures, Universitatea Transilvania, Romania - Bio
- Dr. Gotea was born and raised in Brasov, Romania where she earned her BA degree specializing in Eugene Ionesco's theater of the absurd. Right after earning her degree, she went to Penn State to pursue her master’s and PhD degrees. During her master’s program she spent a year in Strasbourg, France, teaching English and pursuing a DEA degree. In order to advance her doctoral research, she did extensive library and archival research in Montpellier, Paris, and Brussels. Dr. Gotea earned her PhD with a thesis titled "Cocteau entre deux guerres : Le Potomak, Les Eugènes de la guerre et La Fin du Potomak." After receiving her PhD, Dr. Gotea worked for a year at American University. After a hiatus from teaching to raise a family, in 2016 she returned to American University where she is now.
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Teaching
Spring 2024
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FREN-322 Advanced French I
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FREN-323 Advanced French II
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FREN-323 Advanced French II
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HNRS-050 Honors Supplement: AU-Sciences Po, Paris
Fall 2024
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FREN-322 Advanced French I
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FREN-433 French Topics: Paris/Sociopolitical Dissent