Sarah B. Buchanan's CV

Sarah Beth Tiede Buchanan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of French

Photo of Prof. Buchanan Photo taken by Frédéric Devulder

Division:	Humanities
Campus Address:	211 Camden Hall
Campus Phone:	(320) 589-6292
E-mail:	buchansb@morris.umn.edu

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Associate Professor of French, Division of the Humanities,University of Minnesota, Morris, May 11, 2006-present
Assistant Professor of French, Division of the Humanities, University of Minnesota, Morris, December 29, 2000-May, 2006
Instructor of French, tenure-track, Division of the Humanities, University of Minnesota, Morris, August, 2000 – December 29, 2000.

Cours de Civilisation Française, niveau supérieur II (Highest level of course offered), Sorbonne, Paris, France, 2005.
Ph.D., with honors. Twentieth Century Francophone Literature and Film, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, December, 2000.

Cours d’Etudes Supérieures. (Highest level of course offered) Institut de Touraine, Tours, France, 1996.
M.A. French Literature, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1995.
B.A., Magna Cum Laude and with Departmental Distinction, French, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, 1988.

Horace T. Morse University of Minnesota Alumni Association Undergraduate Teching Award, and Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 2015.
University of Minnesota, Morris Alumni Association Teaching Award, 2007.

Dissertation Fellowship, $12,000 plus tuition. Graduate School, University of Minnesota. 1999-2000
Harold Leonard Memorial Film Study Fellowship, $9000 plus tuition. Graduate School, University of Minnesota. 1998-99
PEO Scholarship, $7000. PEO Sisterhood, Des Moines, IA. 1998-99
Summer Fellowship, $3000. Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota. Summer of 1998
Marguerite Guinotte Travel Grant, $400. Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota. Summer of 1998
Graduate School Fellowship, $11,500 plus tuition. Graduate School, University of Minnesota. 1996-97
Dee Fellowship, $3000. Department of Languages and Literature, University of Utah. 1994-95

Fulbright Teaching Assistant, approx. $12,000. Institute of International Education, New York, NY. 1988-89
Phi Beta Kappa. St. Olaf College. 1988
Departmental Distinction. Department of Romance Languages, St. Olaf College. 1988
Blue Key Honor Society. St. Olaf College. 1988
Senior Women’s Honor Society. St. Olaf College. 1988

Nouvelles Études Francophones, Dossier spécial: Épistémologies et ontologies environnementales : L’Écocritique autour de l’arbre à palabres, Sarah B. Buchanan, Ed. Vol. 33, no. 1, 2018.

“Introduction: Épistémologies et ontologies environnementales.”Nouvelles Études Francophones, Épistémologies et ontologies environnementales : L’Écocritique autour de l’arbre à palabres, Sarah B. Buchanan, Ed.. Vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 121-126.

“Tremblement de femme-terre dans Pluie et vent sur Télumée miracle de Simone Schwarz-Bart.” L’Afrique noire dans les imaginaires antillais. Françoise Naudillon, Obed Nkunziman, et Christine Rochmann Eds. Paris: Karthala. 2011. 65-81.

“Untraditional Tradition: Gender and Orality in Quartier Mozart.” Article in the book, Cinema and Social Discourse in Cameroon. Alexie Tcheuyap, Ed. Bayreuth, Germany: Bayreuth African Studies. December, 2004. 223-248.

“The ‘Inside Story’ of Bahloul’s Le Thé à la menthe.” Conference proceedings. 2nd Annual International Conference on the Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, HI. Jan., 2004. 549-568.

“The Derailment of Allegory and Creation of Ruins in the Fabliaux.” Tropos. Isabelle Cassagne, Ed. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 1996. 6-19.

“Social Justice as Found in Équitan.” Utah Foreign Language Review. Daren Snider, Ed. Salt Lake City: Montreux Media Editions, 1994. 153-163.

“« Amul Yakar, c’est moi » : Interview avec Mansour Sora Wade.” in Nouvelles Études Francophones, Épistémologies et ontologies environnementales : L’Écocritique autour de l’arbre à palabres. Sarah B. Buchanan, Ed. Vol. 33, no. 1, 2018. pp. 165-177.

Mfaboum, Edmond. “Social Cries and Political Silences in the First Films Of Daniel Kamwa and Dikongue Pipa.” Sarah B. Buchanan, Trans. In Alexie Tcheuyap, Ed., Cinema and Social Discourse in Cameroon. Bayreuth African Studies. December, 2004. 83-108.

“Folly, Anne Laure”. Dictionary of African Biography. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Vol. 2, 378-379.

Book-length manuscript: Inside, Outside, Without Walls: The Emergence of Muslim Women’s Voices in French Literature and Film.

“Breaking Through the Walls: (Re)sounding Women’s Voices in Les Silences du palais.” Co-authored with Mary Virginia Winstead.

“Imagining Gender in African Cinema.” Keynote for the Symposium at the 2nd Annual African Movie Festival of Manitoba (AM-FM). Winnipeg, MB, Canada. March 16, 2019.

“Tracing Spaces: Muslim Women in France, the case of Yamina Benguigui’s Inch’Allah Dimanche.” A keynote talk in St. Olaf College’s Global Citizenship Lecture Series, entitled, “Fostering a Global Perspective: Expressing Who We Are Through Language.” April 25th, 2007.

“Routes Rhizomiques dans Le Fou de Shérazade de Leïla Sebbar.” Congrès International d’Etudes Francophones (CIEF). Ottawa, Canada. June 17-23, 2019.

“The Lébou of Senegal: Spirits, African Environmentalism, and Development.” Presentation with Seyni Mbaye. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. March 22, 2018.

“Nationalismes travestis dans Souviens-toi de moi (1996) de Zaïda Ghorab-Volta.” Congrès International d’Etudes Francophones (CIEF). Martinique. June 26-July 2, 2017.

“It’s in Their Nature: Egotism and Environment in Ndeysaan by Mansour Sora Wade” Foreign Language Association of the Red River. April 8, 2017 at North Dakota State University in Fargo.

“C’est dans leur nature : Libre arbitre et destin environnemental dans Ndeysaan de Mansour Sora Wade.” Congrès International d’Etudes Francophones (CIEF). Saly-Portudal, Senegal. May 23-29, 2016.

“The Hills are Alive With the Sounds of Magic: Aural and Ancestral Environments in African Cinema.” South Central Modern Languages Association, Nashville, TN. November 2015.

“Jeli royal: Ajoutant du miel à la réputation griotique au 21e siècle.” Congrès International d’Études Francophones (CIEF). Winnipeg, Canada. June 8-12, 2015.

“Tales of Research and Internships in Madagascar and Reunion Island.” Thursday Afternoon Faculty Seminar (TAFS), UMM, April 3, 2014.

Panelist on the “Professional Panel.” The F-Word Conference on Feminism in Contemporary Society, UMM. March 21, 2014.

“When Magic Meets the Image: Destiny and Independence in Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer. International Francophone Studies Panel, Midwest Modern Language Association Conference. Milwaukee, WI. Nov. 7-10, 2013.

“Quand la magie rencontre l’image: Destin et lutte dans Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer.” Congrès International d’Études Francophones (CIEF). Grand-Baie, Île Maurice, June 9-16, 2013.

“Veiling Secularism: Thoughts About the Hijab Laws in France.” F-Word Conference. March 9, 2013.

TAFS. “Internationalizing Teaching and Curriculum: Let’s Do This!” Presented information about the ITL Cohort program, along with Rebecca Dean and Brook Miller. Mar 7, 2013.

“Jeli Roles: Sweetening the Griot’s Reputation in the 21st Century.” African Literature Association. Dallas, TX, Apr. 11-15, 2012.

Panelist on the “GLBT living and alliances in rural Minnesota” session. Systemwide University of Minnesoeta GLBTA Summit. University of Minnesota, Morris. November 6-7, 2010.

*“Cross-Dressing Nationalism in Zaida Ghorab-Volta’s Souviens-toi de moi.” Panel on “Spaces and Traces of the Nation and the Transnational in Magrebi Literature.” 2009 Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. April 16-18, 2009.

“Intercultural Learning in Study Abroad Experiences: Theory and Self-Assessment.” Co-presented with Fang Du, Assistant Director of the Multi-Ethnic Student Program, UMM. “Internationalizing the Curriculum” Sustainability Retreat. Study Abroad Curriculum Integration. University of Minnesota, Duluth. Mar, 2009.

“Intercultural Learning in Undergraduate Students’ Study Abroad Experiences.” Co-presenting with Fang Du, Assistant Director of the Multi-Ethnic Student Program, UMM. Conference on “Culture Matters: Designing Learning Environments to Foster Cultural Awareness and Intercultural Competence.” The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning. Bloomington, MN, Nov. 21-22, 2008.

“Cross-Dressing Nationalism in Zaida Ghorab-Volta’s Souviens-toi de moi.” The 50th Annual Midwest Modern Language Association Conference. Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 13-16, 2008.

*Guest lecturer in a Francophone Cinema course taught by Joëlle Vitiello at Macalester College, November 20, 2007.

* “Terre traîtresse, Terre maîtresse dans Pluie et vent sur Télumée miracle de Simone Schwarz-Bart.” The 21st Annual International Conference of the Conseil International d’Études Francophones. Cayenne, French Guyana. July 1-8, 2007.

* “Space and Identity in Immigrant Cinema.” Minnesota Humanities Commission Seminar on “The Changing Face of the Republic: Immigrants/Citizens in France.” Minneapolis. February 3, 2007.

* “Immigrant Cinema: Context and History.” Minnesota Humanities Commission Seminar on “The Changing Face of the Republic: Immigrants/Citizens in France.” Minneapolis. February 3, 2007.

* Member of the international jury for the “2nd Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé.” Salé, Morocco. September 5-9, 2006

‘Gender Trouble’ in Adama Drabo’s Taafe Fanga.” The African Literature Association’s 30th Annual International Conference. April 14-18, 2004.

“The ‘Inside Story’ of Bahloul's Le Thé à la menthe.” 2nd Annual International Conference on the Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, HI. Jan., 2004.

“Le ‘Non’ de la mère dans Le Petit chat est mort de Fejria Deliba.” The 16th Annual International Conference of the Conseil International d’Études Francophones. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. May-June, 2002.

* Guest lecturer in Prof. Judith Preckshot’s graduate course entitled, “La Littérature de l’Immigration en France” (Fren 8270). Lectured on Farida Belghoul’s novel, Georgette!. Dept. of French and Italian, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. February 18, 2002.

“Breaking Down the Walls: Fejria Deliba and Filmic Miscegenation.” Thursday Afternoon Faculty Seminar. UMM. February 2002.

“The Politics of Point of View: Representations of North Africa in Cinema.” Foreign Language Association of the Red River conference. Morris, MN. November, 2001.

“Moving Out and Slipping In: Cultural Osmosis in Fejria Deliba's Le Petit chat est mort.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Vancouver, BC. October 2001.

* “Teaching the Maghreb: cinema’s uses in the classroom.” Workshop on the Maghreb, American Association of Teachers of French and the Alliance Française. Minneapolis, MN. March 2001.

* Orality and African cinema: New Uses for an Ancient Genre.” Meeting of the Philanthropic Educational Organization. Willmar, MN. February 2001.

“Exile, Identity, and the Female Body in Calixthe Beyala’s Le Petit Prince de Belleville.” African Women Writers Panel, Women in French International Conference. Macalester and Carleton Colleges, MN. April 2000.

“Breaking through the Walls: (Re)sounding Women’s Voices in Les Silences du Palais.” Co-authored and presented with May Virginia Winstead. Women in French International Conference. Macalester and Carleton Colleges, MN. April 2000.

“Silence and Song: Resistance in Les Silences du Palais.” Viv’ Jeudi, Department of Afro-American and African Studies. University of Minnesota, MN. May 6, 1999. (Presented together with Mary Winstead, co-author).

* “Untraditional Tradition: Oral Tradition and the Subversion of Gender Codes in Quartier Mozart.” Discourses of Ethnicity and Film panel, Third Annual Graduate Symposium in Romance Studies. University of Minnesota, MN. March 10, 1999.

“Untraditional Tradition: Oral Tradition and the Subversion of Gender Codes in Quartier Mozart.” Emergent Cinemas Panel, Midwest Modern Language Association Convention. St. Louis, MO. November 7, 1998.

* “Crusades, Christianity and Community: A Nascent National Ideology in La Chanson d’Antioche.” Medieval Cultures in contact panel, Second Annual Graduate Symposium in Romance Studies, University of Minnesota, MN. April 18, 1998.

“Crusades, Christianity and Community: A Nascent National Ideology in La Chanson d’Antioche.” Symposium in Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Studies. University of Miami. February 21, 1998.

“Allegory Undone: The Refusal of Metaphor in the Fabliaux.” Division on French Medieval Literature, Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Convention. Utah State University, Logan, UT. May 1995.

“Derailment of Fulfillment: The Fabliaux as Anti-Allegory.” Cultural Studies Forum, Department of Languages and Literature. University of Utah. February 1995.

Traveled to Senegal to research the film Ndeyssan. Iinterviewed Lebou spiritual leaders on beliefs in totemism and ancestry, consulted the archives at the West African Research Center (WARC), and interviewed Mansour Sora Wade (the film director). May 2016.

Traveled to Madagascar to research a film. Interviewed a local shaman and the film director, and retraced parts of the protagonist’s journey. June 2013.

Traveled to Mali to interview groups of griots. Conducted interviews of four different ethnic groups, including one of a large group of jeli (more than 20). June 2011.

Faculty Research Enhancement Fund, Category II, to transcribe and translate interviews conducted with Lébou spiritual leaders. “Spirits, Spirituality, and Nature: The Lébou Speak for Themselves.” $1000. 2017.

In-State Travel Funds to present at the FLARR conference at North Dakota State University, $150. 2017.

Faculty Research Enhancement Fund, Category IIIi, to present at the CIEF conference in Martinique, $1200. 2017.

Imagine Grant for Coming Out: The Emergence of Muslim Women’s Voices in French Literature and Film. $5000. 2016-2017.

Grant-in-Aid for “The Sounds of the Spirits in The Price of Forgiveness (Ndeysaan, 2001, Mansour Sora Wade, Senegal)” for research in Senegal. $10,450. 2016.

Faculty Research Enhancement Fund Grant to present at the CIEF conference in Dakar, Senegal, $1200. 2016.

Faculty Research Enhancement Fund Grant to present at the CIEF conference in Winnipeg, Canada, $1200. 2015.

Faculty Research Enhancement Fund Grant to support research in France, $1200. 2015.

Faculty Research Enhancement Fund Grant to support travel to the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, $400. November 2013.

Faculty Research Enhancement Fund Grant, Category I, to support research in Madagascar, $4000. May 2013.

Imagine Grant to support research in Madagascar and attending the CIEF conference on Mauritius Island, $5000. May 2013.

Educational Development Fund (EDF) Grant to support a site-visit to develop internships on Reunion Island. $3000, May 2013.

GPS International Travel Grant for research in Madagascar, setting up internships on Reunion Island and travel to the CIEF Conference on Mauritius Island. $2000. May 2013.

Member of the Cohort for Internationalizing Teaching and Learning, $1500, January 2013.

International Programs Grant (IPC) for the purchase of African films, $1500. 2012.

Imagine Grant to support research on the jeli (griots) and orality in Mali . $5000. University of Minnesota, 2011.

Faculty Research Enhancement Fund Grant to support travel to the Kentucky Foreign Language conference April 16-18, 2009. $250, January 2009.

Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies Collaborative in Transnational Film and Media Studies. Jason McGrath, organizer. University of Minnesota, 2008-2009.

In-State Travel Grant to support travel to Bloomington, MN to present at the “Culture Matters Conference.” $150. November 2008.

In-State Travel Grant to support travel to St. Paul to present at the Minnesota Humanities Commission Seminar on Immigration in France in February 2007. $150, January, 2007.

Grant from Chancellor Sam Schuman to support the development of a study abroad program to Morocco. $1000, Spring/2004.

Emersion Grant, to support the development of a study abroad program to Morocco. International Programs Committee, $1250. Spring/2004.

Commission on Women Grant, to purchase films for the Women's Studies film collection. $1000. Spring/2004

Commission on Women Grant, to support travel to the African Literature Association Conference. $200. Spring/2004

Grant-in-Aid, University of Minnesota, Graduate School, to support the final research to complete my book project, "Inside-Out: Gender and Nationalism in French Immigration Literature and Film." $13,027, 7/2003.

International Programs Committee Grant to support the development of a new course, entitled, "Immigrant Imaginary: Literaure and Film of Immigrants in France." $1500, 4/2003.

Single Semester Leave, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean, Fall, 2003.

University of Minnesota Summer & McKnight Grants, $10,000, Summer, 2003. My Summer Grant proposal was selected as “one of very few exemplary proposals” from the entire University system to be posted on the Graduate School web site as examples (http://www.grad.umn.edu/faculty-staff/funding/dean/fsr/examples/). “The purpose of this tradition is to provide new applicants, particularly junior faculty, with a starting framework that they could use as auseful guide in writing their own proposals.” (Email from Esam E. El-Fakahany, Assistant Vice President for Research and Associate Dean of the Graduate School, January 10, 2003).

Participant in Bush Grant for Instructional Technology. Seminar organized by Chris Cole and supported by Bert Ahern of the Faculty Teaching Center. $500. 8/2002.

Faculty Enrichment Project Grant (Mentorship program). Faculty Center for Learning and Teaching. Mentor is Janet Schrunk Ericksen. $300, 4/2002.

Educational Development Grant for the development of Humanities course, “The History of West African Cinema.” $1665.50, 3/2001.

International Programs Committee Grant for the acquisition of African films. $1470, 2/2001.

“July in Paris”: July 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2018
“Festival du Voyageur” (French Club's Trip to Winnipeg, MB): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
“Morocco: Myth, Stories, History”: 2006, 2011
“Egypt: Pyramids and Politics on the Nile”: May 2010. I was Prof. Sheri Breen’s assistant for this program.

“LGBT in African Cinema” with a GWSS major, Spring, 2014.
Internship on researching and managing the Resource Center of Gender Women and Sexuality Studies, 2013-2014.
Capstone project in World Languages AOC, chair of panel of 3 faculty, 2013-2014.
“The History of Paris” with 7 students on the “July in Paris” program, Summer 2012.
“Moroccan Art” and “Moroccan Historical Figures” with 4 students on the “Morocco: History, Story, Myth” program, Summer 2011.
“French Cinema” with 1 student, Fall 2009.
“The History of Paris” with 6 students on the “July in Paris” program, Summer 2008.
“Beginning French Grammar,” Fall 2006
“The History of Paris” with 10 participants on the “July in Paris” program, 2005.
“The History of Cinema,” Summer 2005
“Intermediate French grammar,” Spring 2005
“Literary Analysis,” Spring 2005
“Beginning French Grammar,” Spring 2004.
“Intermediate French Grammar,” Spring 2003.
“French Theater,” Fall 2002.
“Nationalism and Feminism,” Fall 2002.
“French Theater,” Summer 2002.
“French Grammar,” Spring 2002..

2017-2018, Directed a student's UROP project on “Silence and Screams in Maghrebian Cinema.”

2013-2014, Directed study with a student research queer identity in African cinema.

2013-2014, Internship on researching and managing the Resource Center of Gender Women and Sexuality Studies.

2013-2014, Capstone project in World Languages Area of Concentration, chair of panel of 3 faculty.

2009-2010, Morris Academic Partnership (MAP). I assisted a student with his capstone project for his Film Studies Area of Concentration (Design your own major). He made a publicity film for the French Discipline at UMM.

2009-2010, Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) project. Directed a student's resesarch on the representations of Berber populations in North African film and novels.

Co-Directed, with Prof. Tammy Berberi, a student’s Senior Honor’s Project. She worked on translation theory and did four different translations of an African folktale, based on the different theories. 2006-2007.

Co-Directed, with Prof. Matthew Senior, a student’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) project, “African Aesop: Animal Symbolism in African and French Folktales.” 2006-2007.

Directed a student’s Minority Mentorship Project (MMP) comparing British and French colonial styles: “Colonialist Manifesto: Differences in Colonial Styles between French and British West Africa.” 2005-2006.

Directed a student’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity (UROP) project on the effects of Rap and Hip Hop music on French national identity: “Piaf to Rap: French Music and Lyrics as Instruments of Cultural Critique.” 2004-2005.

National Scholarship Committee; Co-Chair with Paula O’Laughlin for the Fulbright Fellowships, 2002-present. Chaired interviewing committee to assess the students for the Fulbright Foundation.

Guided a student through her application for the Walter Jensen Scholarship for Study Abroad, funded by the American Association of Teachers of French, Spring 2004. She was the first runner-up for this award.

Guided a student through her successful application for the Walter Jensen Scholarship for Study Abroad, funded by the American Association of Teachers of French, Spring, 2002.

Guided a student through the process of applying for a Fulbright scholarship, Fall, 2001.

Assisted a student with her application for the Katherine Sullivan Scholarship, spring, 2002.

University of Virginia
I am an unofficial external reader on the dissertation committee for a doctoral student in Francophone African Cinema, who will be defending in January 2016.

French 1104, Intermediate French I, Fall 1997.
French 1105, Intermediate French II, Winter 1998.
French 1106, Intermediate French III, Spring 1998.
Honors Colloquium 1020, Spring, 2000. A Course for Honors Freshmen. My course was on immigration and national identity in literature.
French 3513, French Civilization, Spring 1999: I was the secondary instructor, under Professor Judith Preckshot.
Engl 3920/Afro 3654, Introduction to African film, Fall 1998: I was a guest lecturer for this class, taught by Prof. Charles Sugnet.

French 101, Beginning French I, Fall 1993, Fall 1994
French 102, Beginning French II, Winter 1994, Winter 1995
French 103, Beginning French III, Spring 1994, Spring 1995
Languages 340, Foreign Language Teaching Methods, Spring 1995

Taught English conversation classes for students preparing for their baccalauréat.

President of the double panel, “Épistémologies et ontologies environnementales : L’Écocritique autour de l’arbre à palabres.” Congrès International d’Études Francophones (CIEF). Dakar, Senegal. May 23-29, 2016.

President of the panel on “Le Griot multi-inter-trans au 21e siècle.” Congès International d’Etudes Francophones (CIEF). Winnipeg, Canada. June 8-12, 2015.

Member of the Fulbright National Screening Committee: English Language Teaching Assistantships. Denver, 2008-2010.

External reviewer as an expert in the field for a colleague up for Full Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Sept, 2009.

Chair of “The Fractures of Immigration” panel. 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, “Séismes / Seismic Shifts”. Minneapolis, MN March 26-28, 2009.

Co-chair and co-moderator of “Narrating Nationalism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, panels A and B”, The 50th Annual Midwest Modern Language Association Conference. Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 13-16, 2008.

Chair, Interdisciplinary panel on the Arts and Humanities. Second Annual International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI. January 9, 2004.

Chair, French III panel: “Representations of Nationhood and Gender in Film.” Midwest Modern Language Association conference. Minneapolis, MN. November, 2002.

Chair and organizer of Film Panel, “Moving Peoples in Moving Pictures: (Im)migration in and of Film.” Midwest Modern Language Association. Minneapolis, MN. November 6, 1999.

Member of Steering Committee for the inaugural year of the Faculty and Graduate Francophone Exploratory Research Group at the University of Minnesota and Macalester College, sponsored by the Humanities Institute. Co-wrote the proposal for funding, 1999-2000.

Co-Chair, Reading Committee and Housing Committee for the Fourth Annual Symposium in Romance Studies, 1999-2000.

Chair of FRITSWIP (French and Italian Student Works in Progress). I was in charge of organizing lectures by graduate students or professors who present research on which they are currently working. Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota, 1997-2000.

Co-Chair, Plenary Speaker Committee for the Third Annual Graduate Symposium in Romance Studies. I successfully solicited Prof. Homi K. Bhabha’s participation, 1998-99.

Housing Co-Chair for the First and Second Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Romance Languages. Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota, 1996-99.

University of Minnesota-Morocco Event Planning Committee, 2014-2016.
International Programs Committee, All-U of MN, 2012-2013
Bush Grant Committee for the Internationalization of the Curriculum, 2001-2002.

Consultative Committee, 2017-present (Chair 2018-present)
Working to advance a faculty exchange with the Universities I and III in Lille, France. 2014-present.
African and Black American Studies Board Member, 2010-present.
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Advisory Board, 2006-present.
Member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Group, 2007-2017.
International Programs Committee, 2012-2014; 2015-2016
Coordinator of the French Discipline, 2004-2006; 2008-2010. 2015-2017.
Faculty Coordinator for Study Abroad, 2012-2014; 2015-2016
Member of the Great Lakes Advising Project, 2013-2014.
Consultative Committee, 2011.
Humanities Division Grievance Officer, 2008-2013.
Member of the “Deciding Project,” 2004-2014.
National Scholarship Committee; Co-Chair with Paula O’Laughlin for the Fulbright Fellowships, 2002-2013.
Member of Foreign Language subcommittee on the recruitment and retention of students, 2001-2012.
Executive Committee, 2008-2010.
Member of the Edith R. Farrell Research Award Selection Committee, 2007.
Mentor to Prof. Becca Gerckens, 2006-2007
Minority Experience Committee, 2002-2003; 2004-2006
Member of the Early Alert Committee, 2004-2007
Faculty Facilitator for the Minority Student Leadership Retreat, January 2003.
Humanities Division Advisory Committee, 2001-2002.
International Programs Committee, Fall, 2001.
Advisor for the Entre Nous French club, 2000-2002; Fall, 2006
Organizer for the annual Edith R. Farrell Poetry Reading Contest.
Chair, Barber Lecture Committee, Spring 2001 – Fall 2001. (Invited Prof. Trinh T. Minh-ha to campus)
Faculty Advisor of the pilot teaching program which allows French majors to teach French in the Morris Area Elementary School, 2000-01.
Assisted Kristine Butler plan the French film series, 2000-2001.

Chair, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Facilities Search Committee, 2018
Chancellor Search Committee, 2016
Pre- and Post-Award Grants Coordinator Position, Grants Development Office, 2015.
Chair, French tenure-line search, 2013-2014
Chair, German tenure-line search, 2011-2012.
French two-year position search, 2011-2012.
German two-year position search, 2009-2010.
French Search Committee, 2006-2007
Chancellor Search Committee, 2005-2006
Admissions Counselor Search, 2006.
Philosophy Search Commititee, Summer 2004
French Search Committee, 2001-2002.
Chair, French Search Committee, summer 2001.
Graduate Student Representative, French Search Committee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1999-2000.
Graduate Student Representative, French Search Committee, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1994-1995.

Led a discussion on the French film, Délicatessen for the Alexandria Community Education Program. September 7, 2015.
American Heart Association Neighborhood Fundraiser, 1994-2009; 2012.
Organized service work for students on the “Morocco: History, Story, Myth” program. We planted an herbal garden at the Dar Taliba school for girls, and a grove of trees at the Collège Abdelmoumen in Marrakech, 2011.
Organized a group of UMM French students and faculty who volunteered in the Morris Area Elementary School to help two young Haitian girls adopted by a Morris family while they adjusted to their new educational and linguistic environment. Spring 2010.
Member of Lutheran Campus Ministries Council, 2006-2009.
Member of the Pastoral Call Committee, First Lutheran Church, 2005.

I have spent time living, researching, teaching and/or traveling in the following French-speaking countries:

Belgium
Côte d'Ivoire
France (including the French Guiana, Martinique, and Reunion Island)
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritius Island
Morocco
Senegal
Switzerland

Canada (English-speaking)
Denmark
England
Germany
Luxemburg
The Netherlands
Mexico
Norway
Sweden

Participant in the “Tenure Tracking” Seminar organized by Tom Turner and Janet Schrunk Ericksen, 2001-2002.

Graduate Student Representative. Elected by other graduate students to represent their interests at faculty meetings. Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota, 1996-97.

“Master Teacher,” French. Supervisor and Coordinator of other Teaching Assistants. Department of Languages and Literature, University of Utah, 1994-95.

Vice Chair and Special Events Coordinator, Senior Speaker Selection Committee. St. Olaf College, 1987-88

American Association of Teachers of French, 1994 - 2006; 2009-present
Conseil International d’Études Francophones, 2002-present
Women in French, 2000 - 2006, 2010-present
African Literature Association, 2000 – 2016
Modern Language Association, 1994 – 2015
Midwest Modern Language Association, 1996 - 2014

English:	Native speaker
French:	Near-native
Spanish:	Intermediate low
Old French:	Advanced reading abilities
Latin:	Basic reading abilities