Barbara Abrams, PhD

Biography

Barbara Abrams is Professor of French and Women's and Gender Studies and Chair for the Department of Global Humanities: History, Language, Global Culture and Philosophy. Her work focuses on the French language, 18th-century French literature, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Global Women’s Fiction. Most recently, she published Forensic Storytelling and the Literary Roots of Early Modern Feminism: ReSisters, an archival research project which examines women cloistered against their will in 18th century France. Professor Abrams is also the Director of Global and Cultural Studies Major Program as well as its honors coordinator. She also serves as the academic liaison for the Suffolk/CAVILAM intensive French program in Vichy, France and the Co-Director of the Suffolk University Study Abroad Program at Paris IV. Professor Abrams is also on the Executive Board of the American Society of Eighteenth Century Studies and the Editorial Board of Oxford University Studies in the Eighteenth Century.