Dr. Srilata Ravi is Professor of Francophone Literature at the University of Alberta (Campus Saint-Jean). She is the Director of l'Institut Marcelle et Louis Desrochers pour le Patrimoine et les recherches transdisciplinaires en francophonies canadiennes et internationales (IMELDA). Prior to joining the University of Alberta in 2010, she worked at the National University of Singapore (1994-2004) and then at the University of Western Australia (2004-2010).