research overview
- Audrey Burba, Ph.D., is an Assistant Teaching Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of French and Italian and the Humanities Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has extensive experience teaching French and Francophone language, culture, and literature at all levels, with a focus on engaging students in literary, cultural, and critical analysis. In addition to her work in French and Francophone studies, Professor Burba’s teaching interests center on medical humanities, where she examines the literary and cultural representations of the body, with a particular emphasis on the sick feminine body, femininity, and death. Her courses explore the intersections of gender, cultural identity, and health, drawing connections between literary, cultural, and medical narratives about the body. Through both areas of her teaching, she encourages students to think deeply about how language, literature, and culture shape our understanding of the human experience.