Dominic Thomas (academic)
academic and writer on contemporary African and European culture and politics
Dominic Thomas is a British academic. He is the Madeleine L. Letessier Professor and chair of the Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is the author and editor of several books comparative literature and postcolonialism, with a focus on francophone African studies.
Early life
Dominic Thomas graduated from University College London, where he earned a bachelor's degree in French and Philosophy in 1989. He earned a PhD in French from Yale University in 1996.
Career
Thomas was the Dr William M. Scholl Collegiate Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame from 1996 to 2000. He was professor of French, Francophone Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2000 to 2013. Since 2013, he has the Madeleine L. Letessier Professor at UCLA, where he is also the chair of the Department of French and Francophone Studies. He is the author and editor of several books. He became an officer of the Order of Academic Palms in 2016.
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