Hédi A. Jaouad is a Professor emeritus of French and Francophone Studies at Skidmore College. His areas of specialization include francophone literature, twentieth-century French literature, history and theory of criticism, comparative literature and African film. He is the author of six books and serves as editor-in-chief of Revue CELAAN, a biannual journal on North African literature, published by the Center for the Studies of the Literatures and Arts of North Africa. He lives in New York.