Alexandre Leupin Alexandre Leupin, a native of Geneva, Switzerland, is Gregorie Professor in French at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, where he teaches French literature, art, epistemology, and psychoanalysis. In addition to numerous articles, his works include Le Graal et la littèrature, Barbarolexis, Fiction and Incarnation, La Passion des idoles, and Phallophanies.