Christina Keppie
Director, Center for Canadian American Studies
About
Christina Keppie is the Director of the Center for Canadian-American Studies as well as a Professor of French. She received her PhD in French from the University of Alberta in 2008 before moving to Bellingham. Christina’ research interests include Acadian identities, diaspora studies, language attitudes, cultural tourism and branding, and Franco-Canadian cultures more broadly. Her published works can be found in leading journals of Canadian and Acadian Studies, such as American Review of Canadian Studies, International Journal of Canadian Studies, British Journal of Canadian Studies, and Port Acadie. Christina’s current research focus is the ethnocultural identity of transboundary Acadians and the impact of cultural tourism on Acadian national consciousness and branding, which she approaches through an ethnographic framework. Christina also currently serves as Past President of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States and Vice President of the American Council for Quebec Studies.