Rate My Professor Cynthia Laborde

Laborde's research centers on twentieth-century French studies, with an exclusive focus on comics books, particularly autobiographical bande dessinée addressing health, intimacy, and identity. Her monograph, Santé, intimité, et identité dans la bande dessinée autobiographique de tradition franco-belge, was published by Purdue University Press in 2024. She has authored peer-reviewed articles including 'Le 13 novembre 2015 en bande dessinée: Traumatisme et témoignage' in European Comic Art (2020) and 'Existentialist Comics “Bande Dessinée” and the Art of Living Authentically' (2023). Additional publications comprise book chapters on French classics and lesser-known nonfiction works. Laborde has led pedagogical workshops on bandes dessinées and delivered invited lectures, such as 'Making a Splash: Women Cartoonists in France' at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has organized academic conferences, including the Cultural Constructions Conference at UTA, contributing to the scholarly discourse on French literature and visual culture.