John S. Bak is Professeur des universités at the Université de Lorraine (site de Nancy). He teaches courses in research methodology, American literature, and literary journalism. He was twice nominated Chaire Franco-Brésilienne (São Paulo) at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2017 & 2018), and co-headed the ECOS Sud research project with CONICYT (Chile) "CRONICA: Comparative Reportages: An Ontology of French Narrative Journalistic Influences and Dialogue in Chile and Argentina” (2019-22).