Taryn McQuain Bentaous
Email: taryn_bentaous@uml.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Francophone Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2006
Dissertation Title: Rejet et transformation de la figure de la mère dans la littérature contemporaine des femmes au Québec
Dissertation Director : Dr. Bénédicte Mauguière
M.A. French, Bowling Green State University, 2002
B.A. French, St. Lawrence University, 2000
EXPERIENCE
January 2010-Present
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Part-Time Faculty, Classes: French 2, 3 & 4 using Vis à Vis and Collages
August 2009-Present
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Lecturer, Classes: French 3 & 4 using Sur le Vif
August 2009-May 2010
Tufts University, Medford MA
Lecturer, Classes: French Composition and Conversation, French 1 & 2 using French in Action
August 2007- May 2008
Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Classes: French 3 & 4 using Quant à Moi, The 20th Century Francophone Autobiography, Québec in Transition: the literature and cinema of the 20th Century
Tutorials (directed independent studies): French in the United States, Francophone Cinema, Francophone Literature, French Conversation and composition with a focus on France and the European Union, Moroccan literature, Critical Literary Theory
August 2006-May 2007
The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Classes: Beginning and Intermediate French using Chez Nous and Bravo, Conversation & Composition
August 2003-December 2005
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Instructor/ Graduate Assistant
Classes: Beginning French I and II using Vis à Vis and Invitation au Monde Francophone
August 2001-May 2000
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Instructor/ Graduate Assistant
Classes: French Culture and Civilization
AWARDS AND HONORS
Dissertation Defense Honors, Ph.D. awarded with Honors, April 13, 2006
Phi Beta Delta, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2005
University Honors, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2004
Pi Delta Phi, Bowling Green State University, 2002
French Department Writing Prize, St. Lawrence University, 2000
Chi Omega Fraternity, St. Lawrence University, 1998
Outstanding First-Year Student Award, St. Lawrence University, 1996
North Country Scholar, St. Lawrence University, 1996-2000
PRESENTATIONS
La “ passagère survivante”: l’émergence des voix maternelles marocaines dans Rêves de Femmes et Le Maroc raconté par ses femmes de Fatima Mernissi. CIEF Congrès,
July 1, 2010, Montréal.
“Le rejet de la généalogie patriarcale dans Immobile de Ying Chen”. Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) Conference, Toronto, Ontario, November 14-18, 2007.
“L’émergence de nouveaux liens maternels: la maternité symbolique dans deux textes d’Anne Hébert”. International Colloquium Hosted by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of North Texas. March 2-3, 2007.
“Les deux actrices: Le rôle du théâtre dans la renaissance symbolique du personnage féminin dans Immobile de Ying Chen et Le Premier jardin d’Anne Hébert”
CIEF Congrès 2006, Sinaia, Romania, June 2006.
“Le rejet du maternel dans L’Ingratitude de Ying Chen et La Maison du Remous de Nicole Houde” CIEF Congrès 2005, Ottawa, July 2, 2005.
“Huis Clos et L’Invitée: deux versions de l’enfer”, Texts and Cultural Contexts (Graduate Conference) University of Louisiana at Lafayatte, April 2, 2004.
LANGUAGE SKILLS French: Near-native proficiency.
German: Basic knowledge.
English: Native Speaker.
FOREIGN ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Summer 2005, Dissertation Research at Centre Anne Hébert, Université de Sherbrooke
August 2000 – May, 2001, Student at Université François Rabelais, in Tours, France through M.A. program with Bowling Green State University
Summer 2002, Intensive beginner German course, Salzburg, Austria
January-June 1999, Student in Rouen, France, St. Lawrence University
TRAVEL
France, Morocco, Tunisia, Québec, Switzerland, Romania, England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Mexico, the Caribbean, and within the United States
MEMBERSHIPS
CIEF Conseil International d’Etudes Francophones
MLA Modern Language Association
AIEQ Association International d’Etudes Québécoises
WIF Women in French
ACSUS Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
ACQS American Council for Quebec Studies
SERVICE TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY
* Trip to Montréal, April 2008- I traveled with students enrolled in my class entitled “Québec in Transition”.
* Franco-fun at Marlboro- Meetings for students to discover Francophone pop culture by watching popular movies and music videos, as well as other cultural events.
* La Semaine de la Francophonie, March 19-23, 2007, College of the Holy Cross
Responsible for the planning of all activities including: Tunisian Film, Guest speaker from Louisiana, International dinner and Francophone dancing event.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND TEACHING INTERESTS
* 20th Century women writers from Québec
* Contemporary literature from Québec
* 16th, 19th and 20th Century French works with a focus on women writers
* Francophone literature and cinema of the Maghreb with a focus on women writers
* The Autobiography genre
* Detective fiction genre/ the works of Georges Simenon
* French in the United States
REFERENCES
Dr. Bénédicte Mauguière
Professor of French
Colby College
4400 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8844
Benedicte.Mauguiere@colby.edu
Dr. Catherine O’Callaghan
Director of Academic Advising
Marlboro College
Marlboro, VT
(802) 258-9235
collag@marlboro.edu
Dr. Dominique Ryon
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Department of Modern Languages
PO Box 43331, Lafayette, LA 70504
(337) 482-6816
dryon@louisiana.edu
Dr. Constance Schick
College of the Holy Cross
Department of Modern Languages
1 College St
Worcester, MA 01610
(508) 793-2291
cschick@holycross.edu
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