Maryam Tavakkoli

Maryam Tavakkoli is a doctoral student in French Studies at the University of California, Davis, and holds a teaching assistantship within the department. With over a decade of professional experience in literature, her research centers on French and Francophone literary studies, with a primary focus on spatial theory, geocriticism, ecocriticism, ecopoetics, and trauma studies. Her current academic work explores the intersections of space, slow violence, and environmental degradation in twentieth- and twenty-first-century narratives.

Education

• P.h.D student in Francophone Studies – University of California at Davis (in progress) 
• M.A. II in Francophone Studies University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2026) 
• M.A.I in French Language and Literature at Hakim Sabzevari University of Sabzevar (2020) 
• B.A. in French Language and Literature at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (2018)

Research Interests

• Ecocriticism
• Ecofeminism
• Ecopoetic
• Geocriticism
• Trauma Studies

Selected Publications

• “A Geocritical Study in Reza Ghasemi’s Novel Harmonie Nocturne,” Journal of Research on Fictional Literature, Razi University, 2022.
• “From the Trial of the Body to the Awareness of the World: A Geopoetic Reading of Jean-Christophe Rufin’s Immortelle randonnée,” Accepted for publication, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 2026.

Honors and Awards

• Ambassador of Goodwill Recognition– University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2026)
• Best Lecturer in Tabaran Institute of Higher Education – Teachers’ Day (2023)
• Best Teacher – Fakher Festival (2019)