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Bryson

Devin Bryson

Professor of Global Studies - French, Department Chair
Center for Global Studies, Room 007
217.245.3439
devin.bryson@ic.edu
Research Interests
Devin Bryson's academic interests include Francophone African literature, music, and cinema; minority cultures in France; postcolonialism in Francophone countries; and migration within the Francophone world. His primary research area is currently the intersection of the arts and social engagement in Senegal.
Primary Study Area
Senegalese art and culture
Education
University of Pennsylvania | Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania | M.A.
University of Utah-Salt Lake City | B.A.
Bio

Devin Bryson received his Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. He has been a professor of Global Studies at Illinois College since 2011. His research area is African Studies, particularly contemporary Senegal and its cultural productions. He has published in African Studies Quarterly, African Studies Review, Research in African Literatures, The Journal of the African Literature Association, The Journal of African Cinemas, and Black Camera: A Journal of Black Film Studies. His co-authored book, Projections of Dakar: (Re)Imagining Urban Senegal Through Cinema was published in October 2024 with Ohio University Press. He has also contributed to grant projects on Caribbean Studies, French and Francophone cinema, and African-American Studies.

What do you enjoy most about working with students?

I love introducing students to new, challenging, life altering ideas. It's a pleasure to guide them in understanding the world and themselves in a new way.