Cristina Robu

Visiting Assistant Professor of Film & Francophone Studies

Biographical Sketch:
Cris(tina) Robu is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Film & Francophone Studies at the Department of World Languages, Cultures & Media of St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. They hold a Ph.D. in Literary Theory from Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2018) and a second one in French/Francophone Studies from Indiana University-Bloomington (2022). Their research focuses on the narrativization of the sick body in contemporary Québécois fiction and it explores the pain narratives in Quebec literature and cinema. They have several publications in the areas of Medical Humanities, Quebec studies, literary and critical theory. Their research interests include Cinema Studies and Critical Theory.