Alicia Hilaire

Alicia M. Hilaire holds a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies. Her interdisciplinary research examines literary adaptation, sound, visual culture, and representations of women’s agency in Francophone African literature and cinema. Drawing on postcolonial studies, feminist film theory, and Black Atlantic cultural production, her scholarship explores how identity, language, culture, and gender are represented and transformed across media. Hilaire holds bachelor’s degrees in French from Oregon State University and Fashion Marketing Management from the Art Institute of Atlanta. She also earned an M.A. in French Studies and an M.B.A. from Georgia State University. Beyond academia, she is an artist and creative writer whose interests span fiction and nonfiction.