Mildred Campbell Whiteley

Lucy Whiteley is a Provost Fellow and fourth-year PhD student in French and Francophone Studies, as well as a participant in the Visual Studies Graduate Student Certificate. She received her Bachelors in French and History from Cornell University with distinction in all subjects, and a Master of Studies in History from the University of Oxford in 2019. 

Her work explores the intersections and dialogues between avant-garde film, photography, and literature. She is particularly interested in how space changes and transforms language and imagery, and how the three-dimensional translates to the materials of page, image, and screen. Her dissertation La Zone. The Poetic Imaginary of 20^th Century Paris examines the impact of the peripheral ring around Paris on the avant-garde. 

She has received support from the USC Graduate School, the Department of French and Italian, and the Visual Studies Research Institute. 

• BA , Cornell University
• MS , Oxford University