Eric Wistrom

EDUCATION

• M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017
• B.S., with Honors in the Major, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014

RESEARCH INTERESTS

20^th and 21^st century French and Francophone literature, immigration and multiculturalism, linguistic and cultural hybridity, textual and media studies

DISSERTATION TITLE

L’évolution de l’hybridité dans l’expression arabo-francophone postcoloniale et postmigrante

COURSES TAUGHT

• Biology 3380: Biochemistry Laboratory (University of Texas at Dallas)
• French 271: Introduction to Literary Analysis (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• French 203: Third Semester French (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• French 102: Second Semester French (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• French 101: First Semester French (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Over 20 since 2016, to include the Conseil International d’Études Francophones, the Hermes Consortium for Literary and Cultural Studies, the Mediterranean Studies Association, the Midwest Modern Language Association, and the Northeast Modern Language Association

PUBLICATIONS

• Eric Wistrom. “Affective facts and politics of enmity: fracturing the looking glass of social (re)presentation in Y.B.’s Allah superstar (2003).” Accepted pending revisions, Hermes Consortium/UCL Press (December 20, 2022).
• Eric Wistrom. “Thirdspace and hospitality: migratory passage and the labyrinth of national (in)difference in Rachid Boudjedra’s Topographie idéale pour une agression caractérisée (1975).” In Passages: Moving Beyond Liminality in the Study of Literature and Culture. Ed. Elizabeth Kovach, Jens Kugele, and Ansgar Nünning. London: UCL Press, 2022. pp. 237-256. (PR)
• Eric Wistrom*, Rebecca Chase, Patrick Smith, and Zachary Campbell. “A compendium of validated pain genes.” WIREs Mechanisms of Disease, vol. 14, no. 6, 2022, e1570. doi: 1002/wsbm.1570. (PR)
• Eric Wistrom. “Therapeutic Applications of Ciné-théâtre in Reframing Trauma Narratives and Attenuating Posttraumatic Distress in the Survivors of Sexual Violence: Koffi Kwahulé’s Les Recluses.” Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 25-50. doi: 1353/jlt.2019.0001. (PR)

AWARDS

• “Bill Berg and Laurey Martin-Berg Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian. April 2022.
• “Larkin Burl Price Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian. April 2022.
• “Pre-Doctoral Scholarship Award for Research Support.” University of Texas at Dallas Department of Biological Sciences. Funded by the National Institute of Health. Fall 2021.
• “GAFIS Leadership Award.” Graduate Association of French and Italian Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. April 2021.
• “Chancellor’s Fellowship.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School and the Department of French and Italian. Funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Spring 2021.
• “Alfred Glauser Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian. April 2019.
• “Student Research Grants Competition for Conference Presentation Funds.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School. Funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the Vilas Trust. March 2019.
• “George Hefke Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian. May 2018.
• “Mary Josephine Walker-Wolff Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian. May 2017.
• “Alfred and Isabella Panzini-Galpin Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian. May 2016.
• “George Hefke Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian. May 2016.
• “Germaine Mercier Award for Department Distinction.” University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian. May 2014.