Adjunct Professor of French
Karina Penkethman, M.A. earned a Masters in French from the University of Arizona with an emphasis in Francophone literature. She spent her college summers working in France, Belgium, and French-speaking Switzerland, eventually moving to Finland where she lived and worked for several years. Karina began teaching French at Westmont in 2020-2021, teaching introductory through intermediate levels and Francophone literature. She returned to Westmont in the Fall of 2024. Karina’s interests include communicative teaching approaches and the diverse literature, culture, and history of the francophone world. In addition to French, she is fluent in Finnish. In her free time, Karina enjoys the outdoors, good books, writing, painting, and playing piano.