Cheikh M. Ndiaye, assistant professor of French, chaired a panel on "Identité(s) Francophone(s): Espace, Langue, Culture" and presented a paper, "Paradoxe d'un Mythe Original: L'image du ‘Vieil Homme' dans L'esclave Vieil Homme et le Molosse de Patrick Chamoiseau et Nuée Ardente de Raphaël Confiant" at the 60th Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Modern Languages Association in Tucson, Ariz.