Laura Florand is a former Fulbright Scholar to French Polynesia (Tahiti) who has focused intensely on the experience of other cultures. Her essays on French
Polynesia, France, and Spain, as well as the broader issues involved in travel and living abroad, have appeared in multiple publications. Her first book, Blame it on Paris, a comic memoir of the Franco-American experience, appeared from Tor Forge Books in October 2006. She received her M.A. from Duke University, where she is now a Senior Lecturing Fellow. She coordinates French 76.

Eric Halicki completed his undergraduate work in French at St. Joseph's University (BA 2000), and later earned an M.A. in French Linguistics from Indiana University (2002) where he continues his doctoral work with research interests in Romance phonology/morphology. He taught beginning French courses at Indiana University for a period of five years while a graduate student. He then lived in Strasbourg, France where he taught conversational English as a lecteur d'anglais at both the Universite Marc Bloch and the Institut National des Sciences Appliquees. He was also fortunate enough to teach part-time in English for the Ecole Nationale d'Administration and in French for St. Joseph's University Semester in Strasbourg program. A Lecturing Fellow at Duke since August 2007, Eric also serves as the FLP French Tutor and the French Hall Cultural Advisor.

Shannon Halicki received her B.A. in Linguistics and in French from the University of Iowa in 1999.  She is currently completing a Ph.D at Indiana University.  Her research interests include second language phonology, and language and identity in contemporary France.  She has taught French at Indiana University and has taught with and directed a study abroad program for St. Joseph's University.  She has also taught English courses at Marc Bloch University, at Louis Pasteur University, and at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (l'ENA). A Lecturing Fellow at Duke since August 2007, Shannon coordinates French 104, French for Current Affairs.

Robert Kilpatrick is a PhD candidate in French Literature from Indiana University and Senior Lecturing Fellow of French at Duke University.  His dissertation focuses on the development of the adage in 16th century literature, with particular attention given to its theorization in Erasmus at the beginning of the century and Montaigne's novel use of the adage and related forms in his essays.  His research interests include the influence of the work of Erasmus in
the sixteenth century French literature, the history of the book, relationships between mise en page and reading in Early Modern literature and the editing/revision of renaissance texts.  Robert directed the Indiana University Study Abroad Program in St Brieuc, France for five summers and has lived in Aix-en-Provence as well as Angers.

Deb Reisinger is Assistant Director of the French Language Program, Coordinator of the French 100 course, and Visiting Assistant Professor at Duke University. She received her BA in French and East Asian Studies from the University of Kansas, and completed her master's and doctoral degrees at the University of North Carolina in 20th-century French Literature and Culture Studies. Reisinger is author of Crime and Media in Contemporary France (Purdue 2007) and has published articles on theatre, pedagogy, and the uses of technology in second language acquisition.  She directs the Duke in Paris summer program.