Overview
Justine Ruyer is a Ph.D. Candidate in Romance Studies (French) at Cornell University. Her research focuses on Francophone Caribbean literature, ecofeminism, and animal studies.
Before her time at Cornell, she completed three years of Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles (Hypokhâgne/Khâgne LSH) at the Lycée Carnot (Dijon, France) while simultaneously earning her B.A. in Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Étrangères et Régionales (anglais) from the Université Bourgogne Europe (Dijon, France). She earned an M.A. in English Studies, also from the Université Bourgogne Europe (2019), and an M.A in French and Francophone studies from Miami University (2021). At Miami, she wrote her master’s thesis, “Voyeurisme et obsession : de la femme-objet de sa réduction au silence dans La Jalousie d’Alain Robbe-Grillet et Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein de Marguerite Duras," on voyeurism, scopophilia, and the silencing of women in two cases of 20th-century French literature.
From 2018-2019, Justine taught English at the Lycée Hippolyte Fontaine (Dijon, France), and from 2019-2021, beginner to advanced French language and culture at Miami University. At Cornell, Justine has taught FREN1210, 1220 and 2090.