Dr. Michelle Masse

Professor

English

260 Allen Hall

Tel: (225)578-2989

E-Mail: mmasse@lsu.edu

Michelle Masse

  Background:

Michelle Massé is a Professor in the Department of English and the Founding Director of Women's and Gender Studies. Her fields of expertise are theory of the novel, psychoanalytic theory, and feminist theory.

  Education:

Ph.D., English (Theory of the Novel), Brown University

B.A., English and Comparative Literature, Ann Maria College

  Research Interests:

Feminist, psychoanalytic, and critical theory; 19th and 20th century British and American novels

  Selected Publications:

Masse, M. In the Name of Love: Women, Masochism, and the Gothic (Cornell 1992).

  Selected Courses Taught:

• WGS 2500 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
• WGS 4500 Psychologies of Gender
• ENGL 2593 Reading Gendered Language