Marjorie Salvodon, PhD

Education

• PhD, Brown University
• MA, Brown University
• BA, Mount Holyoke College

Research Interests

My academic work focuses on twentieth and twenty-first century literature and film. I'm especially interested in the representation of exile, immigration, gender, race, and sexuality in the Caribbean, Europe, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching focuses not simply on the accumulation of knowledge, but especially on the iterative process of questioning, learning, and developing new ways for thinking about the world. I appreciate learning from my students as much as I appreciate teaching them!

Professional Activities and Affiliations

Member, American Literary Translators Association
Member, The Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Member, Haitian Studies Association
Member, American Association of Teachers of French
Certificate in Community Interpretation (2022)

Honors and Recognitions

Finalist, Désirée Congo, The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation (2025)
Nominated, Tomboy, Lewis Galantière Award in Literary Translation (2008)

Publications

Salvodon, M. (Translator). (2024). Désirée Congo. University of Virginia Press.
Salvodon, M. (Translator). (2013). The Infamous Rosalie. University of Nebraska Press.
Salvodon, M. (2019). One Word at a Time: Sifting through the Ruins of Memory. Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International, ed. A. Joseph-Gabriel.
Salvodon, M., & Gavarini, J.-M. (2007). Tomboy. University of Nebraska Press.
Salvodon, M. (2014). Mélopées de langue. Napoli Racconta, ed. Giovanna de Fusco.

Personal Websites

Interview on Désirée Congo: Author's Corner @ UVA Press
Commissioned Artwork on Reparations