Mary Anne Garnett, chair of the department of international and second languages studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been elected president of Women in French (WIF). The organization is allied with the Modern Language Association and serves to promote scholarship among women authors who write in French. The organization publishes the peer-reviewed journal, Women in French Studies.
A native of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Professor Garnett has taught at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock since 1992. Previously, she taught at the University of South Dakota.
Dr. Garnett is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. She holds a master’s degree in English from the University of Memphis, as well as a second master’s degree and a Ph.D. in French from the University of Wisconsin.