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Frances Egan is a Lecturer in Intercultural Studies in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University. She holds a PhD in French Studies from the University of Melbourne, awarded on 18 December 2019, and a Doctorat in French Studies/Monde Anglophone from Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, awarded on 18 June 2019, as part of a joint program focused on French literature and translation. Prior to this, she completed a Master of Translation Studies at Monash University in 2014. Her academic career at Monash began as a Teaching Associate from 2019 to 2021, following her role as Teaching Associate in French Studies at the University of Melbourne from 2016 to 2019. Since 2021, she has served as Lecturer in Global Studies within the Monash Intercultural Lab.

Egan's research lies at the intersection of Translation Studies, French and Francophone Literature, Transnational Identities, and Gender Studies. Central to her work is the study of identity in relation to gender, place, and language, particularly in writings by women that cross linguistic and cultural borders. She contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals including Gender Equality, Reduced Inequalities, and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Notable publications include her forthcoming translation of Colette's "The Vagabond" for Oxford University Press's Oxford World's Classics series (2025), "Rewriting French Feminisms: Muslim Women and Intersectional Storytelling with Fatima Daas and Faïza Guène" in the Journal of Intercultural Studies (2024), "Teaching Gender in and Through Uncertainty" in the Journal of Sociology (2024), and "Making Space for Queer Muslim Women: (Dis)orientation in Fatima Daas’s La Petite Dernière" in the Australian Journal of French Studies (2023). She has also translated works such as "Peggy" by Nelly Arcan and "Halle Berry and Me" by Chloé Savoie-Bernard. As Chief Investigator, she leads the project "Engaging in Intercultural Dialogue to Address Global Challenges: Developing a Toolkit for Capacity Building in Online Intercultural Exchange Programs" (2023-2024). Egan has undertaken a visiting researcher residency at the Association pour la promotion de la traduction littéraire (ATLAS) in 2023 and contributes to public discourse through media reviews and articles in The Conversation.