Dr. Marie-Magdeleine Chirol’s office is located in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Room 116, Deihl Hall.
She enjoys teaching a wide range of courses in French language, literature, and cinema. Over the course of her career, she has taught subjects ranging from elementary French to stylistics, from Business French and French for International Relations to French and African cinema, and from introductory literature courses to advanced literary seminars. Her research interests include the artistic and literary motif of ruins in 20th- and 21st-century literature and cinema, as well as French and African cinema. She also has a strong interest in foreign language pedagogy and computer-assisted language learning. See bibliography.
Professor Chirol was named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Knight in the Order of Academic Palms) by the French government in 2012. The following year, she was appointed the Hazel Cooper Jordan Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities, a position she held from 2013 to 2019 (link). Nominated by her students, she received Whittier College’s Presidential Award for Inspiring Faculty-Student Collaborations in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity in 2015. In 2019, she received the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) Dorothy S. Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award at the post-secondary level (link). In 2026, she was awarded the Harry W. Nerhood Teaching Excellence Award by Whittier College.
Address :
Dr. Marie-Magdeleine Chirol, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Whittier College, 13406 Philadelphia Street, P.O. Box 634, Whittier, California 90608.
E-mail address: mmchirol@whittier.edu
Telephone number: (562) 464-4523
