Department Faculty Profile - Dr. Bonaventure Balla Omgba
| Bonaventure Balla Omgba | |
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Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Literature, Department of World Languages and Cultures Phone: (336) 750-8691 331 Hall-Patterson 601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27110 |
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| Background | |
| • PhD in French and Francophone Literature, Semiotics from Michigan State University • MA in French Literature from Bowling Green State University, OH, and the University of Tours, France • MA in English from the University of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) • BA in French and English from the University of Yaounde, Cameroon • Visiting Professor of French, Francophone Literature, and Translation (French-English), The University of Indianapolis, IN • Visiting Professor of French, Francophone Literature, Phonetics, and Translation, Oakland University • Instructor/TA & Translator, Michigan State University • Graduate Assistant & Translator, Bowling Green State University, OH • Teaching Assistant at the University of Tours, France |
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| Position Responsibilities | |
| • Teaching French language, literature and culture at all levels (Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced); teaching Liberal Learning Seminars (The Brain and Poetry) • Advising and mentoring students • Serving in Departmental and University Committees • Volunteering in Community Services |
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| Credentials | |
| Courses Taught: French 1311, French 2311, The Brain & Poetry (How the brain generates poetry from the left hemisphere and the assistance of the angular gyrus and the limbic system): LLS1(1340-01), LLS2 (1340-02) | |
| Research Interest | |
| My field of expertise is French and Francophone Literature, Translation, with a focus on Semiotics, Poetry. Specifically, my area covers Nineteenth-Century French Literature and Francophone Literature with a special interest in symbolist poetry and synesthesia. | |
| Philosophy | |
| "Lux inestimabilis est" ˜Dr. Bonaventure Ballus "Light is invaluable, priceless" ˜Dr. Bonaventure Balla |
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