Expertise

Professor Toman’s area of research is African women’s writing with a special emphasis on authors from Gabon, Cameroon, and Mali. She also has a secondary interest in women in the Arab world, specifically of the Middle East.

Her current book project is a comparative analysis between Malian women’s writing and Wassoulou music. She continues to research and publish on women writers of Gabon, both the first and second generation of women writers.


Subject Area

  • French
Past Affiliations

Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Director, Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Professor, French and Francophone Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Director, Women's and Gender Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Associate Professor, French and Francophone Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Assistant Professor, French and Francophone Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University (past)

Communities
Language Studies, French
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Interdisciplinary French Studies, 1996
MA, University of Chicago, Linguistics, 1990
MA, University of Illinois at Chicago, French, 1989
BA, University of Illinois at Chicago, French and Russian, 1987
Keywords
africa african languages or literature french language or literature women's studies
Languages
French
Honors

Officier, Ordre des Palmes Academiques, French Government honor, 1-8-20

Associations
Modern Language Association of America
CIEF
WIF