Dr. Carmen McCarron has been teaching French language, literature and translation in the King’s French Program since 2019. She previously taught at Western, Huron, Brescia, The University of Calgary and Mount Royal College.
Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, Dr. McCarron developed Western’s first-ever course on French-Language Indigenous Literature and Culture in 2017, in collaboration with Indigenous knowledge-keepers and scholars. The course is now an integral part of the French program at King’s.
Dr. McCarron was nominated for the King’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 and has received multiple Excellence in Teaching distinctions at Western and Brescia.
Education
- Ph.D., French Studies, Western University
- M.A., French Literature, University of Calgary
- B.A. Honors, French Language and Literature, University of Alberta
Teaching
- French 3900 Language, Advanced Level III
- French 3760 French-Language Indigenous Literature and Culture in Canada
- French 3720 Culture and Literature in Society: Quebec and French-Canada
- French 3600/3601 Culture and Literature in Society: 20th-Century France
- French 3305 Translation Practice
- French 2900, Language, Advanced Level II
- French 2606, Reading Literature in French: Modernity to Post-Modernity
- French 1910, Language Advanced Level I
- French 1010, Intermediate French
Research
Dr. McCarron’s areas of interest include 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone literatures and cultures; Holocaust and genocide survivor testimony; French-Language Indigenous literature; Sociocriticism; Technological advances in translation and teaching (AI); Uncovering the “Hidden Curriculum” in post-secondary teaching and learning.
Research
- Typology of non-Indigenous human characters in French-Language Indigenous novels
- Contrastive analysis of human vs. AI translation between French and English
- Formalizing the “hidden curriculum” as an essential but often overlooked area of language study for undergraduate French students
Selected Publications
“Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum/Découvrir le programme caché” (Lead Author), Western University and e-Campus Ontario, 2022 ; Gold award recipient from the Brandon Hall Group in the Category of Best Professional Development Resource in August, 2023.
“Littérature et culture autochtones en langue française au Canada / French-language Indigenous Literature and Culture in Canada”, Western University and e-Campus Ontario, 2018.
“‘Mais Juif c’est quoi ?’ : La découverte de l’identité juive dans les témoignages des enfants cachés de la Shoah ” In Jacques Ch. Lemaire (ed), Bruxelles : La Pensée et les hommes, 59e année, no. 98, Judaïsme, littérature et éthique, 2015.