Emma Chebinou is a Visiting Professor of French Studies at Allegheny College. Dr. Chebinou’s academic interests are wide-ranging, from societal issues such as urban problems, violence, discrimination/freedom and civil rights, to urban literature, cinema, pop culture, and African (North and Sub-Saharan)/Caribbean literature. She also has research interests in gender and religious identity; second- and third-generation immigrants and diaspora in literature and cinema; 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone studies; Postcolonial studies and African-American studies.