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Catherine Parayre is an Associate Professor in the field of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Brock University. She earned her Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of Georgia, USA. Parayre holds a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the same institution, along with an MA in French Literature from the University of Kansas. Her academic background also includes a DEA in Literatures and Cultures of English-Speaking Countries from Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III, France, and a DEUG in English from the same university. Her research interests focus on themes of representation and the roles of women in contemporary Occitan literature, exploring questions of identity and minority literatures. She analyzes landscape descriptions, photography, and literary texts that delve into the effects of visual arts, disfigurement, and illness in modern French literature. Parayre is also active in Disability Literature, particularly examining the intersections of arts and resistance in her courses.
This entry applies to the general Graduate Studies standard for departments such as English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.