Julie Huntington
Associate Teaching Professor
Julie Huntington is a college professor and literary translator who lives and works in New York City. Beyond her work in literary translation, her teaching and research interests focus on exploring questions of language, identity, voice, and representation in 20th- and 21st-century West African and Caribbean literature and film. In addition, as an educator, Dr. Huntington specializes in place-based and experiential pedagogies, with a particular emphasis on program and curricular development.
Literary Translation
Bugul, Ken. Felix Faure Street. Translated by Julie Huntington, Vanderbilt UP, 2026.
Monograph
Sounding Off: Rhythm, Music and Identity in West African and Caribbean Francophone Novels. Temple University Press, 2009.
Articles
“Engaging Language Policies and Poetics in an African Literature Classroom.” Incorporating Foreign Language Content in Humanities Courses, edited by Priya Ananth and Leah Tolbert Lyons. Routledge, 2020, pp. 34-42.
“L’imaginaire culinaire-littéraire d’Aminata Sow Fall: Spécificités et Identités dans Un Grain de vie et d’espérance.” Nouvelles Études Francophones, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall 2017, pp. 159-169.
“There is More Than One Way to Make Ceebu-jën: Narrating West African Recipes in Texts.” Writing through the Visual and Virtual: Inscribing Language, Literature, and Culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean, edited by Ouessina Alidou and Renée Larrier. Lexington Books, 2015, pp. 123-138.
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Education
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
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Contact
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Address
151A Nugent Hall. Northeastern University - New York City Campus
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Associations
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Elementary French 1
FRNH 1101
Designed for students with very little or no prior knowledge of French. Provides a lively introduction to basic oral expression, listening comprehension, and elementary reading and writing. Each lesson incorporates helpful information about daily life in France and the varied cultures within the world of French speakers. Laboratory practice complements class work, enables students to work aloud at their own speed, reinforces their acquisition of essential structures, and acquaints them with a vast library of audio-visual resources.
Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 2450
Examines the literature and cultures of postcolonial nations in the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. Designed to familiarize students with the cultural paradigms and transnational experiences of colonialism. Introduces various theories about postcolonialism and decolonization. Focuses on the variety of artistic strategies employed by writers to communicate contemporary postcolonial themes such as neocolonialism, nationalism, global feminisms, and diaspora.
