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Sarah Beth Tiede Buchanan
Associate Professor of French

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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.

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.

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

“L’intertextualité géopolitique dans Le Petit chat est mort de Fejria Deliba.” A sollicited article for a special edition of Présence Francophone under the direction of Alexie Tcheuyap: Du texte au(x) texte(s): Dynamiques littéraires et filmiques au Maghreb. No 65 (2005), 68-93.

“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. pp. 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.

“A Nascent National Identity in La Chanson d'Antioche.” The French Review. Vol. 76, No. 5. April, 2003. 918-932.

“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.

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. pp. 83-108.

“Terre traîtresse, Terre maîtresse dans Pluie et vent sur Télumée miracle de Simone Schwarz-Bart.” Submitted to Nouvelles Études Francophones, Jan 7, 2008.

“Breaking Through the Walls: (Re)sounding Women’s Voices in Les Silences du palais.” Co-authored with Mary Virginia Winstead. Submitted to the Publication of the Modern Language Association. Mar 31, 2008.

“Interview with Moufida Tlatli” Co-authored with Mary Virginia Winstead. Submitted to the Publication of the Modern Language Association. Mar 31, 2008.

Revision of book-length manuscript: Inside-Out: Gender and Nationalism in French Immigration Literature and Film.

Article on the French film, Cléo de 5 à 7, using Deleuze's theory of the Time Image.

*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.

* “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.

* “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.

Recipient of the University of Minnesota Morris Alumni Association Teaching Award, 2007.

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.

Recipient of the University of Minnesota Morris Alumni Association Teaching Award, 2007.

Fren 1001, “Beginning French I,” Fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
Fren 1002, “Beginning French II,” Spring 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008
Fren 1302, Hum 1302, “French Cinema,” Fall 2006
Fren 1311, Fren 1311H, Hum 1311, Hum 1311H, “West African Francophone Cinema” (was Fren/Hum 3401), Fall 2004, Spring 2008
Fren 2001, “Intermediate French I,” Fall 2006
Fren 2002, “Intermediate French II,” Spring 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Fren 3011, “Introduction to the Analysis of Texts,” Spring 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
Fren 3021, “Contemporary France,” Fall 2000
Fren 3041, “Francophone Worlds,” Fall 2001, 2005
Fren 3042, “Contes francophones,” Spring 2006
Fren 3401, Fren 3401H, Hum 3401 and Hum 3401H, “West African Francophone Cinema,” Fall 2002
Fren 4021, “Reader’s Theater," Spring 2001
Fren 4901, “Senior Seminar,” Spring 2004
IS 1001, “First Year Seminar: Stereotypes in Film,” Fall 2002
WoSt 4101, “Feminist Theory,” Spring 2005.

“Morocco: Myth, Stories, History,” May, 2006.
“July in Paris,” Summer, 2002, 2005, 2008.

History of Paris with 10 students on the “July in Paris” program, Summer 2005
Intermediate French grammar with Kirsten Carlson, Spring 2005
Analysis of texts with Chandra Hutchens, Spring 2005
Beginning French grammar with Stephanie Dick, Spring 2002
French theater with Luke Walther, Anna Goldenstein and Manzaler Toweh, Summer 2002
French theater with Jana Infanger, Fall 2002
Nationalism and Feminism with Jennifer Falzerano, Fall 2002
Intermediate French grammar with Chandra Hutchens, Spring 2003.

Co-Directed with Prof. Matthew Senior Herman Stanislas Koutouan’s UROP project, “African Aesop: Animal Symbolism in African and French Folktales.” 2006-2007.

Directed Nii Anyetei Akofio-Soweh’s MMP project comparing British and French colonial styles: “Colonialist Manifesto: Differences in Colonial Styles between French and British West Africa.” 2005-2006.

Directed Anna Harrington’s 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.

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

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

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

Assisted Jennifer Falzerano with her application for the Katherine Sullivan Scholarship, spring, 2002.

National Scholarship Committee; Co-Chair with Paula O’Laughlin for the Fulbright Fellowships, 2002-2003. Chaired interviewing committee to assess the students for the Fulbright Foundation.

French 1104, Intermediate French I, Fall 1997.
French 1105, Intermediate French II, Winter 1998.
French 1106, Intermediate French III, Spring 1998.
Honor's Colloquium 1020, Spring, 2000. A Course for Honor's 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.

Executive Committee, 2008-
Member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Group, 2007-
Mentor to Prof. Becca Gerckens, 2006-2007
Coordinator of the French Discipline, 2004-2006
Minority Experience Committee, 2002-2003; 2004-2006
Member of the Early Alert Committee, 2004-present
Member of the “Deciding Project,” 2004-present
National Scholarship Committee; Co-Chair with Paula O’Laughlin for the Fulbright Fellowships, 2002-present.
Member of Foreign Language subcommittee on the recruitment and retention of students, 2001-present.
Faculty Facilitator for the Minority Student Leadership Retreat, January 2003.
Humanities Division Advisory Committee, 2001-2002.
International Programs Committee, Fall, 2001.
Bush Grant Committee for the Internationalization of the Curriculum, 2001-2002.
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.

French Search Committee, 2006-2007
Chancellor Search Committee, 2005-2006
Philosophy Search Commititee, Summer 2004
French Search Committee, 2001-2002.
Chair, French Search Committee, summer 2001.

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.

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

France (including the French Guiana)
Morocco
Senegal
Côte d'Ivoire
Belgium
Switzerland

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

Member of Job Search Committee. Department of French and Italian, University of Minnesota, 1999-2000.

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

Modern Language Association, 1994 – present
American Association of Teachers of French, 1994 - present
Midwest Modern Language Association, 1996 - present
Women in French, 2000 - present
African Literature Association, 2000 – present
Conseil International d’Études Francophones, 2002-present