2017 Liberal Arts Faculty Updates

Elizabeth Poe
Professor of French

Professor Beth Poe came to Tulane in 1977 after receiving her PhD from Princeton University in French Literature. She is the author of Compilatio: Lyric Texts and Prose Commentaries in Troubadour Manuscript H and From Poetry to Prose in Old Provencal as well as nearly fifty articles and essays. She has excelled at service to the department and the university, having served as both departmental chair for two terms and as graduate advisor, as well as on numerous school committees. In 2012, she was recognized for her outstanding service as the recipient of the SLA Faculty Service Award.

Associate Professor Felipe Smith came to the Department of English at Tulane in 1988, after receiving his PhD in English literature from LSU. An expert on African-American literature, he is the author of American Body Politics: Race Gender and Black Literary Renaissanceand Global Circuits of Blackness: Race, Citizenship and Modern Subjectivities as well as numerous articles and book chapters. As the director of African and African Diaspora Studies from 1993-1996 and 1997-2008, he was instrumental in shaping this important program.