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Alain-Philippe Durand is Dorrance Dean of the College of Humanities, Professor of French, Professor of Applied Intercultural Arts Research, and affiliated faculty in Africana Studies, Latin American Studies, LGBT Studies, and Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona. His research interests include French and Brazilian literatures, French Cinema, Hip-Hop, and the promotion of the Humanities disciplines in the professions. He is the author and editor of six books: Black, Blanc, Beur. Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World; Un Monde Techno. Nouveaux espaces électroniques dans le roman français des années 1980 et 1990; Novels of the Contemporary Extreme (co-edited with Naomi Mandel), Frédéric Beigbeder et ses doubles, Hip-Hop en français. An Exploration of Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World, and The Entrepreneurial Humanities. The Crucial Role of the Humanities in Enterprise and the Economy (co-edited with Christine Henseler). He is Associate Editor of the journal Contemporary French Civilization. The French Government awarded Durand the Palmes Académiques at the rank of Officer. The French publication France-Amérique named him among its list of fifty French talents living in the United States. Dean Durand has served on the Arizona Humanities’ Board of Directors, and he currently serves on the American College of the Mediterranean’s Board of Trustees, the University of Arizona’s Eller Executive Education Board of Directors (Chair), on the Arizona Senior Academy’s Board of Directors, and is an elected member of the Modern Language Association's Executive Council (2025-2029).