Dr. Erica Schauer (University of Virginia, 2014) is an Assistant Professor of Practice of French in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She teaches intermediate grammar courses, French creative writing, historical representations and expressions of French queerness, history and literature leading up to and following the French Revolution, and 19th century French literature to upperclassmen and graduate students. Her research interests include queer theory, transgender studies, ritual studies, girls' education, prostitution and the body.