Maurice Tetne
- Assistant Professor // SLC
- Assistant Professor // French // SLC
- Assistant Professor // African American Studies // SIS
- Affiliated Faculty // American Studies // SIS
Research Focus
Explores how Regional Variants of French Shape Literary and Cinematic Expressions
Office and Contact
Room: STON 335
Email: mtetne@purdue.edu
Maurice Tetne is a specialist in Francophone literature, cinema, and cultural studies, with a focus on language, identity, and migration in Francophone Africa and Louisiana. His research explores how regional variants of French shape literary and cinematic expressions, particularly through narratives of displacement, resistance, and cultural memory. Maurice has published with the University Press of Montreal and has a forthcoming article in the Revue Internationale des Francophonies. As a committed educator, Maurice designs and teaches interdisciplinary courses on African literature, immigration, and Francophone Louisiana, particularly its abolitionist movements and cultural legacies.