CURRICULUM VITAE
MARIAH E. DEVEREUX HERBECK
Office: (208) 426-2383 • E-mail: mariahdevereuxherbeck@boisestate.edu
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EDUCATION
Aug 2004 Ph.D. in French Literature with distinction. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dissertation: "Narrative Drifters: Walking Away from the Male Gaze." Director: Steven Winspur
June 2000 Diplôme d'Études Supérieures: “ Littérature et Esthétique.” Université de Genève, Switzerland. Mémoire: "Une évolution du regard: Etude théorique féministe du cinéma comme lieu du désir dans l'œuvre romanesque de Marguerite Duras." Director: Patrizia Lombardo
March 1999 M.A. French Literature. University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 1997 B.A. Magna cum laude with honors in French. Mount Holyoke College,
South Hadley, MA
POSITIONS HELD
2005-present Special Lecturer of French, Boise State University, Boise, ID
2004-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor of French, Bowling Green State Univ., OH
Faculty Advisor to the French House and French Club, Bowling Green
State Univ., OH
Faculty Member of Undergraduate Honors Program, BGSU
2002-2004 Instructor and Graduate School Faculty Member, Bowling Green State
Univ., OH
1997-2002 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2001-2002 Graduate Studies Committee Representative for GAFIS (Graduate
Association of French and Italian Students), University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2000-2001 Departmental Representative for GAFIS, University of Wisconsin
Madison.
TEACHING
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
• "Writing Women, Women Writing," French Literature (1700-2000) in
Translation cross-listed with Gender Studies and English (Fall 2005)
• First Semester French (Fall 2005)
• Fourth Semester French (Fall 2005)
OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Film: • "French Film in Transition: The New Wave and Beyond," Graduate
Film seminar, Bowling Green State Univ., OH (Spring 2005)
• "Living on the Edge: Two Decades of Marginal Characters in
Contemporary French Cinema," Undergraduate and Graduate
Film course, Bowling Green State Univ., OH
(Fall 2004)
• "Filming Women, Women Filming," Graduate seminar on French Film
and Feminist Film Theory, Bowling Green State University, OH (Spring
2004)
• French TA of "European Cinemas, European Societies," a Foreign
Language Across the Curriculum Course funded by the Center for
European Studies, UW-Madison (Spring 2002)
Literature: • "Introduction to Literature," Undergraduate French Literature course,
Bowling Green State University, OH (Spring 2005)
• "Writing Women, Women Writing," Undergraduate and Graduate
literature course, Bowling Green State University, OH (Fall 2002)
Language: • Fourth-semester French, (Honors section) Bowling Green State Univ.
• Third-semester French, Bowling Green State Univ. (Fall 2003)
• Head Teaching Assistant of Fourth-semester French, UW-Madison
(2001-2002)
• TA of honors section of Fourth-semester French, UW-Madison (2001-
2002)
• TA of intermediate French, UW-Madison (2000-2001)
• TA of beginning and intermediate French, UW-Madison (1997-1999)
• Volunteer Teaching Assistant of conversation courses at the Institut
d’Alma in Paris, France (1995-1996)
CONFERENCE PAPERS
"Smiling Madame Beudet Gets a Facelift: Claire Denis’s Modern Portrayal of Female Desire in Friday
Night." Rocky Mountain Modern Languages Association Conference. Cœur d'Alene, ID, Oct. 20-22,
2005.
"La Femme Fatale's Poor (Albeit Equally Subversive) Cousin: La Vagabonde." Cherchez La Femme
Conference: the Cinematic Femme Fatale, her History and Transmissions. University of Exeter,
Exeter, England, September 2-3, 2005
"New Novel, New Wave, New Narrative: Duras and Godard Reframe the Wandering Woman's Story." Modern Languages Association Conference, Philadelphia. December 27, 2004.
"Whose Life is it Anyway? Jean-Luc Godard's Authorial Intervention in Vivre sa vie." Rocky Mountain Modern Languages Association Conference, Boulder, Colorado. October 1, 2004.
"Roaming Desires: Filming the Female Vagabond." South Central Modern Language Association, Austin, Texas. November 2, 2002.
"La mère antillaise: obstacle ou ouverture à la créolité?" Rocky Mountain Modern Language
Association Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona. October 10, 2002.
“Agnès Varda’s Le bonheur: Overexposing Clichés.” The Thirteenth Annual French and Italian
Graduate Student Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison. March 31, 2001.
“Grotesque Time and Space in Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Masque of the Red Death.’” Fifth Annual
Symposium in Romance Studies, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. March 17, 2001.
“Le cinéma et le désir dans l’écriture de Marguerite Duras.” The Eleventh Annual French and Italian
Graduate Student Symposium, University of Wisconsin-Madison. March 27, 1999.
"Breaking the Mold: Marguerite Duras's New Prostitution." Phi Beta Kappa thesis presentation series, Mount Holyoke College. January 8, 1997.
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Aug 2004 Ph.D. defense with distinction, University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 2004 Elaine Marks Summer Dissertation Scholarship, Department of French
and Italian University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nov 2002 Vilas Travel Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 2001 Award for Academic Excellence, Department of French and Italian,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1999-2000 Geneva Graduate Fellowship for one year of study at the Université de Genève in Geneva, Switzerland, University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 1997 Edith Sebesteyn Rostas Award, Academic excellence award granted to students who pursue a career in teaching French, Mount Holyoke College
May 1997 Psi Chi Honor Student, Mount Holyoke College
1995-1996 Mary Vance Young Scholarship, Awarded for study abroad in France,
Mount Holyoke College
Oct 1995 Sarah Williston Scholar, Awarded to students in the top fifteen percent of their class, Mount Holyoke College
EDUCATION ABROAD
1999-2000 Université de Genève; Geneva, Switzerland
1995-1996 Université de Paris-IV Sorbonne; Paris, France (Sweet Briar College
Junior Year in France Program)
CURRENT AND PAST PROJECTS
2004-2005 With fellow faculty members, successfully applied for a "FACSEA: Tournées" grant to fund the 2004-2205 "Henry A. Garrity Film, Documentary and Lecture Series" and subsequently organized the series, Bowling Green State University.
1999-2000 Project Assistant appointed by the Professional Masters Program in French, University of Wisconsin-Madison to find and research internships and guest lecturers at non-governmental organizations located in Geneva Switzerland. Other duties included writing a guidebook for study in Geneva, Switzerland.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Twentieth-Century and Twenty-First-Century French Literature and Film. Feminist Literary and Film Theory. Narratology. French Women Authors and Filmmakers. French language, culture and civilization.