Pascale Barthe is a Professor of French. At UNCW, she teaches all levels of language as well as French literature and culture courses. Her research focuses on the early modern Mediterranean, with an emphasis on contacts between the French court and the Ottoman Empire. Her current research project deals with inter-imperial encounters. She is particularly interested in cross-cultural exchanges between the Safavids, the Mughals, and the French, as well as in pre-colonial relations—commercial and diplomatic—between Morocco and France. A native of France, she has traveled to and lived in Muslim countries (Turkey, UAE, Pakistan, Morocco). She led the UNCW Marseille summer program in 2005 and 2006 and co-directed the first UNCW “Summer in Morocco” program in 2017.
Contact: barthep@uncw.edu or 962-3595
As a lecturer in International Studies, Lesley Daspit teaches upper-level courses with concentrations in globalization, the environment, development, and Africa. Her research focuses on wildlife consumption and environmental protection in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the receipt of her M.S. (experimental psychology and primate behavior) and Ph.D. (anthropology), Dr. Daspit conducted fieldwork in the Central African Republic on issues of wildlife, indigenous knowledge, diet, trade, and global conservation policy and practice. Dr. Daspit’s combined academic, teaching, and research experiences are well-suited to imparting knowledge on African cultures and global connections through a holistic, interdisciplinary lens.
Contact: daspitl@uncw.edu or 962-3109
Mike Turner is an Assistant Professor of Arabic who teaches courses in Arabic and International Studies at UNCW. His research focuses on the history of the Arabic language and grammatical descriptions of modern Arabic dialects. Originally from Elizabeth City in northeastern North Carolina, he has spent over five years in Morocco, where he served in the Peace Corps and later taught study abroad Arabic courses at the Arab American Language Institute in Meknes and the University of New England's satellite campus in Tangier. He has published articles on the grammar of Moroccan Arabic and pedagogical approaches to teaching the dialect in university-level courses.
Contact: turnerml@uncw.edu or 962-3048