Michele Chossat is Associate Professor of French at Seton Hill University, a small Liberal Arts university south west of Pittsburgh. She teaches French as well as elementary Spanish. She is also the Coordinator of the Modern Language program and Study Abroad advisor. Her latest research interests deal with Francophone literature and culture related to Southeast Asia. She is the author of Ernaux, Redonnet, Bâ et Ben Jelloun: Le personnage féminin à l’aube du XXIème siècle (Peter Lang, 2002), and articles that deal with daily life and identity.