Michelle Scatton-Tessier
Senior Associate Dean
Michelle Scatton-Tessier is a professor of French in the Department of World Languages and Cultures. Michelle oversees Faculty Affairs, Graduate Education, and Enrollment Management in the College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts. She has served in a variety of administrative roles at UNCW since 2009 and is celebrating her 20th year at the institution this year. She is completing her monograph on filmmakers and comics aficionados Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet with Amsterdam University Press. Most recently, her article, “The Tarot’s Tower in Agnès Varda’s Cléo de 5 7” appeared in French Screen Studies (June 2024). She enjoys cooking, reading, and sewing all kinds of things.
Education
Ph.D. in French Film and Literature, The University of Iowa
M.A. in French, The Ohio State University
B.A. in French, The Pennsylvania State University
L’École française, Middlebury College
Specialization in Teaching
French Screen and Cinema, French for the Professions, and Gender Studies
Research Interests
French Screen and Cinema, French Women Writers, French Studies
Honors & Awards
New Hanover County Commission for Women Inspiration Award, 2023
The Kathleen Berkeley Inconvenient Woman Award, for continued courageous advocacy to improve our university community, 2016
Awarded Title IX Champion by American Association of University Women (AAUW), 2014