Dr. Ossia holds a Ph.D. in French studies, with a doctoral focus on Francophone-Maghrebi literature from Rice University. Go Owls!

She obtained her master's degree (maîtrise) in Anglophone Cultures and History from the Sorbonne University in Paris, where she grew up. In 2020, she received her Master of Arts in Teaching with a special emphasis in Second Language Education from Boston University.

Before joining Rice University as a Lecturer, Prof. Ossia taught intermediate and advanced French courses at the University of Houston. She also holds a Teaching Licence from Massachusetts, where she was a high school teacher for four years. Prof. Ossia is particularly interested in connecting second-language instruction with the socio-historical contexts of the French-speaking communities.