Curriculum Vitae

Mary B. Vogl
Assistant Professor of French, Colorado State University

EDUCATION

1998 Ph.D. in French. Indiana University. Minors: African Studies; Near Eastern Languages & Cultures. 

1991 M.A. in French. Indiana University. 

1989 B.A. in French. Oberlin College. 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• 2004-present Associate Professor, French, Colorado State University.
• 1999-2004 Assistant Professor, French, Colorado State University.
• 1998-1999 Assistant Professor, French, Millikin University. 
• 1995-1998 Visiting Lecturer, Course Coordinator, French, Indiana University. 
• 1994-1995 Associate Instructor, Comparative Literature, Indiana University.
• 1993-1994 Maître de Langues, English, Université de Lille III, France. 
• 1993-1994 Instructor, English, IUT B, Université de Lille III, France. 
• 1993, 1995 Associate Instructor, English as a Second Language, Indiana University. 
• 1989-1993 Associate Instructor, French, Indiana University.
• 1987-1988 Teaching Assistant, English and French, Oberlin College.

TEACHING (at Colorado State University) 

• L250 French Language, Literature & Culture in Translation 
• L301 Oral Communication 
• L310 Approaches to French Lit.
• L335 Issues in French Culture 
• L400 Advanced Communication Skills 
• L433A Advanced Francophone Cultures 
• L433B Adv. Francophone Cultures: Maghreb/France
• L433B Adv. Francophone Cultures: Issues of Dvpt Through African Cinema 
• L492 Undergraduate Seminar: Language, Literature & Culture 
• L495 Independent Study
• L552 Genre Studies: Short Story & Tale
• L554 Topic Studies: Exoticism
• L692 Graduate Seminar 
• L510 Graduate Research Methods in Foreign Languages
• L535 Graduate Studies in Civilization (Cultural Studies)

TEACHING (at Millikin University) 

• FR 103 Beginning French I; FR 114 Beginning French II
• FR 223 Intermediate French I
• FR 301 Advanced French I; FR 302 Advanced French II 
• FR 321 French Literature Survey 

TEACHING (at Indiana University) (+ supervision of multisection course)

• F200 Third Semester French; F250 Fourth Semester French
• F100 First Semester French; F150 Second Semester French

OTHER COURSES TAUGHT

• Gypsies: Fact, Fiction and Fantasy
• English as a Second Language: Writing
• English as a Second Language: Research Papers
• Advanced Translation
• English Grammar

PUBLISHED WORKS

Books: 

Vogl, Mary B., 2002, Picturing the Maghreb: Literature, Photography, (Re)presentation. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 240pp.

Reviews of Picturing the Maghreb: 

• Forthcoming. French Review. October 2006. 
• McCullough, Mary. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 25.1. 2005, pp. 259-262.
• O'Brien, David. Contemporary French Civilisation. 29.2 Summer/Fall 2005.
• Tissières, Hélène. Research in African Literatures. 35.3 Fall 2004, pp. 189-190.
• Grant, Charlene. CELAAN Review. 3.1-2 Fall 2004.
• O’Riley, Michael. Etudes Francophones. 18.2 Autumn 2003.

Refereed Journal Articles:

Vogl, Mary B. 2006. “Le Clézio en noir et blanc: la photographie dans L’Africain.” Nouvelles études francophones 21.1. 

Vogl, Mary B., 2003, “It Was and It Was Not So: Edmond Amran El Maleh Remembers Morocco,” International Journal of Francophone Studies 6.2, 71-85.

Vogl, Mary B., 2003, “Clin d’œil: Intertextuality in Tahar Ben Jelloun’s Les Yeux baissés,” International Journal of Francophone Studies 5.3, 165-172.

Vogl, Mary B., 2003, “Using the Arts to Teach Assia Djebar’s Women of Algiers in their Apartment,” The French Review 76.4, 690-718. 

Vogl, Mary B., 2001, “La Querelle des Images: image, verbe et représentation dans l’œuvre d’Abdelfattah Kilito,” La Revue Française 11, 111-122.

Refereed Chapters in Books:

Vogl, Mary B., forthcoming 2006, “The Outsider Within and the Insider Without: Azouz Begag’s Les Chiens aussi and Fouad Laroui’s Méfiez-vous des parachutistes,” In: Sankofa: Perspectives on African Literatures at the Millennium. (Eds. Arthur Drayton and Peter Ukpokodu), Africa World Press. 

Vogl, Mary B., 2005, “L’Objectif n’est pas l’objectivité: la représentation dans l’œuvre de Tahar Ben

Jelloun.” La Photographie au pied de la lettre. Publications de l’Université de Provence. Ed. Jean Arrouye. Aix-en-Provence, 319-328.

Refereed Encyclopedia Entries:

Vogl, Mary B., 2000, “Alifa Rifaat” In: The Encyclopedia of Literary Translation (Ed. Olive Classe), Fitzroy Dearborn, 1158-1159.

Vogl, Mary B., 2000, “Hanan El Shaykh” In: The Encyclopedia of Literary Translation (Ed. Olive Classe), Fitzroy Dearborn, 1270-1272.

Vogl, Mary B., 1999, “Assia Djebar” In: Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook (Ed. Pushpa N. Parekh), Greenwood Press, 135-143.

Translations

Vogl, Mary B. and Eileen Julien, 1995, Translation of “Comparative Literature at the University of Yaoundé” by André Ntonfo, Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature 43, 133-134. 

Book Reviews

Review of Adlai Murdoch and Anne Donadey, Eds, Postcolonial Theory and Francophone Literary Studies for Studies in Twentieth Century Literature, Forthcoming.

Review of Constantine Petridis. South of the Sahara: Selected Works of African Art for African Studies Review. 48.1 (April 2005): 202-204. 

Review of Bernard Heyberger and Silvia Naef, Eds. La Multiplication des images en pays d’Islam: De l’estampe à la télévision for Middle Eastern Studies Association Bulletin, 39.1 (June 2005): 130.

Review of Michael D. Harris. Colored Pictures: Race & Visual Representation for African Studies Review. 2004.

Review of Kamal Salhi. Francophone Post-Colonial Cultures for the International Journal of Francophone Studies. 2004.

Review of Christraud M. Geary. In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa 1885-1960 for African Studies Review. 2004.

GRANTS

Funded Projects as PI

2005-06, Fulbright Research Grant to study art criticism in Morocco.

2005, Professional Development Grant, CSU CLA, $1225 for conference in Quebec, Canada.

2005, Grant from Colorado State University for African Literature Association Conference, $1000.

2004, Professional Development Grant, CSU CLA, $1490 for conference in Liège, Belgium.

2003, Professional Development Grant, CSU CLA, $690 for conference in New Orleans. 

2002, Professional Development Grant, CSU CLA, $1690 for conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

2001, Career Enhancement Grant, CSU, $1500 for work related to book manuscript.

2001, Professional Development Grant, CSU CLA, $680 for conference in Portland, Maine.

2000, Instructional Development Grant, CSU CLA, $600 for purchase of pedagogical materials. With Lynne Barnes.

2000, Career Enhancement Grant, CSU College of Liberal Arts; $3010 for research at the Fonds Tournier in France and for the purchase of a laptop computer and scanner.

2000, Professional Development Grant, CSU College of Liberal Arts; Dept. of FLL, for conference in Tunisia.

1999, College of Arts and Sciences Growth Plan Grant, Millikin University, for conference travel to Morocco, France.

1999, Academic Development Grant for Undergraduate Technology Fellow, Millikin University. 

1998, Council on Global Issues Grant, Millikin University. 

1998, Student Life and Academic Development Grant, Millikin University, for Franco-American performers. 

1996, American Institute for Maghreb Studies, Short-term grant, $2000 for research in Morocco.

Grant Projects as Participant/Collaborator

2002-2003. U.S. Department of State African Workforce Development Grant for the Development of Advanced Instructional Technology in Benin. $260,000. Grant submitted by International Research & Development, CSU, and led by Dr. Bryan Willson, CSU School of Engineering. 

2000-2002. U.S. Department of Education International Development Studies Enhancement Project. Grant submitted by Dr. Alicia Cook and Martha Denney, International Programs, CSU.

Visit to the Open University of Tanzania – 5 outreach sites across the country. Revised the syllabus of one course and created a new course. Attended a workshop and presented at a conference.

June-July 1999. Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad in Cameroon. Grant submitted by Virginia DeLancey, African Studies, and Dr. Martha Nyikos, School of Education, Indiana University. 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2004, Award for Outstanding Contributions to International Education. Colorado State University.

2003, Rima Drell Reck Interart Studies Award of $500 for the best annual article on French interart for “Using the Arts to Teach Assia Djebar’s Women of Algiers in their Apartment” in The French Review. 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

• American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
• Modern Language Association (MLA) 
• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 
• American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
• Colorado Conference on Foreign Language Teaching (CCFLT)
• Conseil International d'Etudes Francophones (CIEF)
• Coordination des Chercheurs sur les Littératures Maghrébines et Comparées (CCLMC)
• African Studies Association (ASA)
• African Literature Association (ALA)
• American Institute for Maghreb Studies (AIMS)
• American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) 
• American Association of University Professors (AUP)
• Reviewer for African Studies Review and International Journal of Francophone Studies journals.
• Reviewed grant proposal for professor at Utah State University. February 2003.
• Reviewed book manuscript for University Press of the South. 2003.

PAPERS PRESENTED/SYMPOSIA/INVITED LECTURES/PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS

2006, July 7, “Comment peut-on être marocain?: critique d’art et identité nationale au Maroc.” American Association of Teachers of French, Milwaukee.

2006, March 16, “An Overview of Writings on Contemporary Moroccan Art.” Maghrebi Area Studies Symposium, Rabat, Morocco. 

2006, March 10, “Moroccan Art Criticism and the East/West Dialectic.” Second Minorities and Minor Literatures International Conference, Oujda, Morocco. 

2005, July 7-11, “Qu’est-ce que l’Arabofrancophonie?” With Mohammed Hirchi. American Association of Teachers of French. Québec, Canada.

2004, November 17, Invited talk on the reception of North African Literature by Dr. Salih Altoma, for his course on American Reception of Contemporary Arabic Literature, Indiana University, Bloomington.

2004, June 22. “Le conflit dans les films (anti)documentaires de Jean-Marie Teno,” Conseil International d’Études Francophones, Liège, Belgium.

2004, April 19. “Occident/Orient: Art Criticism in the Maghreb.” African Literature Association. Madison, Wisconsin.

2004, February 21. Day-long workshop “Le Cameroun, toute l’Afrique dans un triangle.” Center for Teaching International Relations, University of Denver.

2004, January 24. Day-long workshop “Le cinéma africain francophone.” Center for Teaching International Relations, University of Denver.

2003, October 30-Nov. 1. “Reevaluating the Rural in the Photos and Cinema of Raymond Depardon,” Cultural Memory in France: Margins and Centers International Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee.

2003, June 17-22. “Visions de révolution dans ‘Indochine’ et ‘La Bataille d'Alger,’” Conseil International d’Études Francophones, New Orleans.

2003, June 5-6. “Colonialism and postcolonialism in African Literatures,” “Resources and frameworks for selecting and teaching African literatures,” and “Teaching Things Fall Apart and The River Between,” Two day-long seminars for Colorado State University Bimson Humanities Seminar: Learning the World through Literature.

2002, “Questions de développement à travers le cinéma africain.” Conseil International d’Études Francophones, Panel Chair and presenter. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

2002, “Challenges and Opportunities for Distance Education in Tanzania,” International Connections Lecture Series, Colorado State University.

2001, “Quinze par quinze: Multiculturalism and Music in France.” 90-minute session presentation with Dr. Anita Alkhas, American Association of Teachers of French, Denver. 

2001, “Clin d'oeil: Intertextualité dans Les Yeux baissés de Ben Jelloun.” Conseil International d’Études Francophones, Portland, Maine.

2001, “Postmodern Paris: Visions of Dystopia in the French City.” American Comparative Literature Assocation, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2001, Day-long Workshop on North Africa, focusing on issues of language, religion and women. With Dr. Mohammed Hirchi, & Dr. Anita Alkhas, Center for Teaching International Relations, University of Denver.

2001, “Teaching of foreign languages in East Africa in the context of distance learning.” The Open University of Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam.

2000, “Image, verbe et représentation dans l’œuvre d’Abdelfattah Kilito.” Conseil International d’Études Francophones, Sousse, Tunisia.

2000, “Far From the Maddening Crowd: Recent Writings by Azouz Begag and Fouad Laroui.” African Literature Association, Panel Chair and presenter, Lawrence, Kansas.

2000, “Teaching Assia Djebar’s Femmes d’Alger dans leur appartement.” Colorado Conference on Foreign Language Teaching, Colorado Springs.

1999, “Environmental Lessons from Cameroon; content-based language instruction.” Day-long Bimson Seminar presentation, Colorado State University.

1999, “Quelle forêt pour nos enfants? Le bois camerounais.” International Week presentation, Colorado State University.

1999, Interviewed by Jadir Aziz, on Radio Tangiers (Morocco) about teaching about North Africans to American students.

1999, Invited Lecture, “Advice on the Job Search.” Graduate Student Colloquium, Indiana University.

1999, “Teaching about North Africans in French Language, Literature and Culture Courses in the U.S.” African Literature Association, Fes, Morocco.

1999, “L’Objectif n’est pas l’objectivité: une critique de la représentation photographique dans quelques oeuvres de Tahar Ben Jelloun.” Colloque La photographie au pied de la lettre. Université de Provence. Aix-en-Provence, France.

1998, “Winds of Change: The Representation of North Africans in First- and Second-Year Textbooks of French.” With Denise Phillippe, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Chicago.

SERVICE

• Department Committees
• Graduate Studies Committee (2000-2005). Committee Chair (2004-2005).
• Steering Committee (2004-05).
• Tenure & Promotion Committee (2004-present).
• Assessment Committee (2003).
• Scholarship Committee (2004, 2005).
• Outreach Committee (1999-present).
• Technology Committee (1999-present).
• Faculty Co-Advisor for Cercle Français (1999-present).
• Spanish Search Committee (2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03).
• French Search Committee (1999-2000, 2002-03, 2004-05).
• Study Abroad Committee (2002-03). 
• Travel Committee (2002-03, 2004-05).
• Ad-hoc Committee for proposal for Department of Education Grant for Study Abroad (2000-01).
• Ad-hoc Committee for revising the Department Code (2003-04).

University Committees

• International Development Studies Board (2002-2005). IDS Board Chair (2003-2005).
• IDS Sub-committee for creating a Master’s in International Development Studies.
• Task Force on Faculty & Curriculum Development for Internationalizing the University. Spring 2002.
• English Department, Chair of Grades Appeal Committee (2004-05).

Other Service

West Africa Internships (2000-present).

• Created internships for CSU students at the Songhai Center in Benin (Francophone West Africa)
• with Martha Denney, Director of International Education. Service includes publicizing the opportunities,
• reviewing applications, making recommendations, providing orientation sessions, helping students find funding, arranging visits, and supervising follow-up. Traveled to Yamassoukro, Côte d’Ivoire in June 2002 to visit a possible future internship site at the Centre Dominicain de Théologie et de Développement (Sankofa Center) and worked with action group at John XXIII Center in Fort Collins to help further the aims of Sankofa.
• Traveled to the Songhai Center in Porto Novo, Benin in June 2002 to visit the site and see the CSU student intern.

STUDENT ADVISING/GRADUATE SUPERVISION

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

• Undergraduate Advisees in French: ~ 25/year Advisees in Liberal Arts: ~10/year
• Study Abroad Transfer Evaluation. (2003-present) 
• Teacher Licensure Advisor. (2002-2005) 
• International Development Studies Advisor. (2001-present) 

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Directed Master’s theses and papers:

• Ranelle Nortey (French). “Le Rôle didactique du cinema francophone dans l’Afrique subsaharienne.” 2005.
• Catie Gogela (French). “Le Rêve de la terre promise et le choc de l’Occident : une analyse des texts de
• Ken Bugul et de Gisèle Hountondji.” 2003.
• Marriah Nissen (French). “La Musique de l’esclavage et de l’indépendance en Haïti.” 2002.
• Madeleine Bessire (French). “Comment envisager la culture vivante dans la classe de français.” 2001.
• Served on M.A. thesis committees:
• Abigail Van Hoewyk (Education with Project Promise Teacher Certification). 2005.
• Charlotte Balkenbush (TESL/TEFL). Topic: Using Literature to Teach ESL. 2004.
• Melissa Bergene (English / TESL/TEFL). A Contrastive Analysis of Argumentative Essays Written by Native and Non-native Speakers of English. 2004. Passed with Distinction.
• Elizabeth Reidell (English/Peace Corps Master’s International). M.A. Portfolio with section on Teaching English in Guinea. 2003-04.
• Emily Wortman-Wunder (Creative Writing). “Charismatic Megafuna: Stories and a Novel Excerpt.” 2003.

Passed with High Distinction.

• Kristina Ralston (French). “La Création d’une conscience: Le Mouvement de libération des femmes en France de mai 1968 aux années 80.” 2002.
• Sarah Dodson (French & TESL/TEFL). “Drama for Oral Communication and Literacy Skills in the Foreign and Second Language Classrooms.” 2001. Passed with High Distinction.
  

OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PEDAGOGY/OUTREACH

• Participated in and presented at CSU Bimson Humanities Seminar for K-12 teachers: “Learning the World through Literature: The Effects of Ideologies on Individuals and Societies.” April-June 2003. See above under PAPERS PRESENTED.
• Co-organized CSU Bimson Humanities Seminar for K-12 teachers: “Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean: Approaches to Francophone Literature and Culture in the Colorado High School Curriculum.” 1999-2000. 
•  Organized workshop for graduate teaching assistants on teaching with songs and music. Sept., 2001.
• Participated in Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, 5-week trip to Cameroon. June 19-July 26, 1999. Developed pedagogical unit: “Le bois camerounais: exploitation et protection.”
• Edited 11 pedagogical units on Cameroon developed by Indiana teachers. Helped review the units for French language and pedagogy, reproduced materials to be borrowed by teachers. Summer 1998.

ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS (attended)

• Grants Workshop. Colorado State University College of Liberal Arts. May 18-19, 2004.
• EndNote Bibliographic Software workshop. Colorado State University Professional Development Seminar. Jan. 2004.
• “L’Enseignement de la culture: l’analyse des images” at the regional AATF meeting, Metro State University, Denver. October, 2003. 
• L’Afrique Francophone: Bénin. University of Denver Center for Teaching International Relations. Jan. 18, 2003.
• Center for Teaching & Learning Noon Hour Forums: “Using Technology to support learning in and out of the classroom” and “The highs and lows of web-based resources.” Colorado State University. Spring 2001.
• “Distance Learning Workshop: Proven Teaching Strategies and Course Design for the World Wide Web and Interactive Television.” Albuquerque. November 3-4, 2000.
• Office of Instructional Services Professional Development Institute. Digital Media. CSU. January 2000.
• “Contes Africains.” University of Denver Center for Teaching International Relations. October 16, 1999.
• “Francophone and Postcolonial Studies: Current Trends.” Northwestern University. November 13, 1998.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Women’s Studies Project on Teaching, Curriculum and Scholarship, Spring 2004.
• Six faculty members met to engage in activities that include the discovery of content about women in the various disciplines; the acquisition of scholarly work by women for inclusion in courses, and the introduction of and dialgogue about pedagogical practices that serve to create a more inclusive classroom. Participants explored new research questions and methodologies and identifyied new avenues of funding, publication and recurrent professional involvement. Participants received a $500 stipend to purchase materials that support their work.
• Participant: “Séminaire Interculturel d’études francophones.” Morocco. May 15-30, 1997.

VISITING SCHOLARS SPONSORED

• Denise Phillippe, Dean of Concordia Language Villages, Moorehead, MN. March 2003. Cercle français.
• Paul Gilman, International Branch. National Renewable Energy Labs, Golden, CO. April 2003. Cercle français.
• Christophe Guérard, Director, Alliance Française of Denver, and Virginie Senft. April 2003. Cercle français.
• Dr. Valérie Orlando from Illinois Wesleyan University. April 2002. CSU Guest Scholar Grant.
• Dr. Edmond Biloa from Université de Yaoundé, Cameroon. October 2000. CSU Guest Scholar Grant.
• Dr. Dulce Cruz from George Mason University. November 1999. CSU Guest Scholar Grant.