Graduate Student in French
Originally from Orem, Utah, and now a proud Bay Stater for the past 8 years, Haleigh Burgon is a fourth-year PhD candidate in French at Boston University. She is studying under the direction of Professor Rachel Mesch and Professor Odile Cazenave. Her dissertation investigates how French and Francophone women writers and artists—including Daniel Lesueur, Colette Yver, Camille Claudel, Agnès Varda, and Maryse Condé— use representations of motherhood and memory to exercise resilience and articulate creative agency.
Before joining Boston University, Haleigh taught French at Brigham Young University and interned for the dean of the Université Catholique de Lille. Her master’s thesis explored the theme of redemption in the life and work of sculptor Camille Claudel. She has presented her research at national and international conferences and published academic book reviews on nineteenth-century French women authors. She is currently pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Pedagogy through BU.