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Didier Chanal

Adjunct Faculty - Teaching
French and Italian

3133 JFSB - Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Biography

Didier Chanal is an adjunct faculty member of the French and Italian Department at Brigham Young University. He earned a Juris Doctor in 1994 from the University of Auvergne in France. He subsequently held the positions of territorial attaché, city manager and director of ‘La Fondation pour l’Enfance’ (The Children’s Foundation).
He moved to Utah in 2013 and became a French and Dual Language Immersion teacher.
In 2024 he began teaching Advanced French and Contemporary France courses at BYU.

Research Interests

French grammar
Modern history
Contemporary France

Teaching Interests

Constitutional law, administrative law, family law, modern history, the benefits of Dual Language.

Courses Taught