Sage Goellner Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies Continuing Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison 21 N. Park St., Room 7356 Madison, WI 53715 608-262-4873 [email protected]
CURRENT POSITION
2013-present University of Wisconsin-Madison, Assistant Professor, Continuing Education in the Arts and Humanities (French)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2007-2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Faculty Associate 2005-2007 University of Illinois-Chicago, Visiting Assistant Professor 2003-2004 Lawrence University, Instructor 2000-2001 Université de Paris-Nanterre, Lectrice 1999-01/03 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Teaching Assistant 1996-1998 University of Michigan, Teaching Assistant
EDUCATION
2005 Ph.D., French Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Specialization: French and Francophone literature and culture PhD Minor: Women’s Studies
1998 M.A., French Studies, University of Michigan
1996 B.A., French and English Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
2012 UW-Madison-Madison Academic Staff Professional Development Award, $1000 2012 American Association of Teachers of French summer scholarship, $2500 2011 Teaching Academy Fellow 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison System Curricular Redesign, (co-PI), $15,000 2010 Wisconsin Association of Teachers of French, $500 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison Anonymous Fund, $1750 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison Anonymous Fund, $2000 2005 African Literature Association Excellence in Scholarship, $250
MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Teachers of French; Modern Languages Association; Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers; Women in French; Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Student Study Guide: Third Semester French Online. University of Wisconsin Extension. 2013, 2015. 122 pages.
Student Study Guide: Fourth Semester French Online. University of Wisconsin Extension. 2009, 2015. 126 pages.
Student Study Guide: First Semester French Online. University of Wisconsin Extension, 2012, 2014. 80 pages.
Student Study Guide: Second Semester French Online. University of Wisconsin Extension, 2012, 2014. 84 pages.
Student Study Guide: French for Reading Knowledge Online. University of Wisconsin-Madison Continuing Studies, 2013. 124 pages.
“Poetry at the Piscine.” Ma vie française online magazine. May 9, 2012.
“Algeria in France: Colette’s “Le Manteau de spahi.” The French Review 85.3 (February 2012): 483-488. [P]
“Beginning Ballet Again.” Continuum: UW-Madison Continuing Studies. January 8, 2012.
Student Study Guide: Business French Online. University of Wisconsin Extension, 2008. 52 pages.
Student Study Guide: French and Francophone Women Writers Online, 2008. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 29 pages.
“Assia Djebar and Eugène Fromentin’s Haoua: Cultural Betrayal and Intertextual Transformation.” Equinoxes Graduate Journal of French and Francophone Studies. Winter, 2004. 12 pages. [P]
“Embodiments of Hysteria: Emile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin.” Genre: Journal of Comparative Literature. Vol 19 (1998): 29-38. [P]
Open access lesson plans published on France Synergies: Educational Resources for French Language Educators:
“Le slam.” April 2014. “La Saint-Valentin en Europe.” February 2013. “Le pain français.” December 2013. “Edith Piaf.” November 2013. “La santé.” May 2013. “La tauromachie.” March 2013. “Le carnaval.” February 2013. “Le Bixi.” October 2012. “Le tchoukball.” May 2012. “Tintin.” February 2012. “Le Liban.” January 2012. “Les santons de Noël.” December 2011. “SOS Racisme.” November 2011. “Les fournitures de la rentrée.” October 2011. “La semaine du goût. October 2011.
Submitted for publication
“’Oui, tu tu t’en vas….:’ Suspension Points in Isabelle Eberhart’s Yasmina.” In preparation for Women in French Studies. Under review. March 1, 2015. 15 pages. [P]
“Ghosts and Skeletons: Fomentin’s Haunted Algerian Journeys.” Submitted to the French Literature Series. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi. August 1, 2014. Under review. 16 pages. [P]
“N’oublie pas mes odalisques: Leïla Sebbar’s Mes Algéries en France.” In Zoopoetics and the Politics of the Nonhuman in Middle Eastern and North African Literature. Ed. Moneera Al- Ghadeer. 24 pages. [P]
Book review: López-Burton, Norma and Denise Minor. On Being a Language Teacher: A Personal and Practical Guide to Success. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. For the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Review. Under review. 2 pages.
Revise and resubmit
Article:“‘Pourquoi au féminin?’: Nedjma and Salammbô.” Submitted to Research in African Literatures, December 10, 2014. Under review. 15 pages. [P]
In progress
Book review: Geoghegan, Crispin and Jacqueline Gonthier. Voilà: A French Course for Adult Beginners. Crispin and Jacqueline Gonthier. Oxon: Hodder Education, 2014. For the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Review. Under review. 2 pages.
Book: Colonialism’s Ghosts: Orientalism in Algeria, 1850-1890
Article: “Une histoire montréalaise de la guerre d’Algérie : des aller-retours chez Nadia Ghalem”
Book reviews
Bouvet, Rachel. Pages de sable: Essai sur l’imaginaire du désert. Montreal: XYZ éditeur, 2006. The French Review. 81.1, 2007.
Benaïssa, Slimane. Les Colères du silence. Paris: Plon, 2005. The French Review. 81.4, 2008.
Gafaïti, Hafid. La Gorge tranchée du soleil. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2006. The French Review. 81.6, 2008.
PRESENTATIONS, INVITED TALKS, AND INTERVIEWS
“Le mal de la Kasbah: Pierre Loti in Algeria.” Nineteenth-Century French Studies Conference, Princeton, New Jersey. November 5-7, 2015. Proposal submitted.
Radio interview. “The Joy of French.” University of the Air, Wisconsin Public Radio. April 2015.
“The Adult Language Learner.” Language Instructor Workshop. University of Wisconsin- Madison Continuing Studies. February 28, 2015.
“Toward an Understanding of the Context(s) of Charlie Hebdo.” Invited talk for the Roundtable Discussion on Charlie Hebdo, Satire, and Freedom of Expression. The Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. January 30, 2015.
Radio interview. “Why You Should Learn A New Language.” The Joy Cardin Show, Wisconsin Public Radio. January 5, 2015.
“What is Continuing Studies Doing for You?” invited talk for “The Case for French in Wisconsin.” French House, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 9, 2014.
Video mini-lesson. “You Know More French Than You Think You Do,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Continuing Studies. December 8, 2014.
“’Oui, tu tu t’en vas….:’ The Ellipsis in Isabelle Eberhart’s Yasmina,” Nineteenth-Century French Studies Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. October 16-18, 2014.
“The Unburied: Fromentin’s Haunted Algerian Journeys,” French Literature Conference, University of South Carolina, March 27-29, 2014.
“Joie de Vivre in and Outside of the French Classroom,” AATF Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 19-22, 2014.
“Portraits des apprenants de langue française de tous les âges.” Invited talk for the Chicago French Consular Delegation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 21, 2013.
TV Interview. “On Wisconsin’s Community Outreach.” Big Ten Television Network, Feb 21, 2013.
“Add to Your Toolbox: Pedagogical Resources for French Teachers.” WAFLT Conference, Appleton, Wisconsin, November 1-3, 2012.
“Getting it Straight: Improving Language Comprehension with Syntax Untangler.” President’s Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Madison, Wisconsin, April 14-15, 2011.
“Why French Matters.” Invited talk for “Strength Through Networking: Making the Case for French in Wisconsin,” French House, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 21, 2012.
“Kaleidescoping Cultures: La Francophonie in New England, Manitoba, and Quebec.” AATF Conference, Montreal, Quebec, July 6-9, 2011.
“Hidden Paris.” University of Wisconsin-Madison World Languages Day, Madison, Wisconsin. November 16, 2011.
“Windows on the World: Teaching Culture Online.” Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) Conference, Appleton, Wisconsin, November 5-9, 2009.
“French Tour of the Dane County Farmer’s Market.” Madison, Wisconsin, September 19, 2009.
“Moving Memories: Leïla Sebbar’s Mes Algéries en France,” Middle Eastern Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec, November 17-20, 2007.
“Memento Mori: Colette’s ‘Le manteau de Spahi,’” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, April 19-21, 2006.
“Memory’s Wounds, Masculinity’s Wounds.” Invitational paper for “France in Crisis: What’s Going On?” University of Illinois, Chicago, November 16, 2005.
“Toward a New Poetics of Intertextuality: Maryse Condé´s La migration des coeurs,” Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars (ACWWS) Conference, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, April 26-30, 2004.
“Nedjma as Salammbô: Intertextuality’s Performance of National Inclusivity,” African Literature Association (ALA) Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, April 14-18, 2004.
Discussant, “La représentation de soi,” 27th Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium. University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 20, 2001.
“Unlocking the Francophone World: Using Short Texts in the Classroom.” American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) Conference, Denver, Colorado, July 5-8, 2001.
Discussant, “Algerian Geographies: The Use of Space in Works by Kateb Yacine, Assia Djebar, and Albert Camus,” University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Student Symposium. University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 20, 2000.
OUTREACH/ADULT TEACHING AND PROGRAM DIRECTION, UW-MADISON
Spring 2015 French 2: Saturday Intensive at the University Club UW Extension Independent Learning email course: Intermediate French Language and Culture (3 students) UW Extension Independent Learning email course: Introduction à la civilisation française (7 students)
Fall 2014 “Medieval Aquitaine” (non-credit, educational travel tour, assistant) (33 students) UW Extension Independent Learning email course: Intermediate French Language and Culture (3 students)
Summer 2014 Curriculum and Instruction 675: “Film in the Advanced Placement French Class” (14 students)
Spring 2014 French for Reading Knowledge Online (non-credit) (28 students)
Fall 2013 French for Reading Knowledge Online (non-credit) (27 students) “Discovering Quebec” (non-credit, educational travel tour) (13 students) UW Extension Independent Learning email course: Modern African Poetry and Prose in French (2 students)
Program direction 2013-present
Adult Continuing French 1, 2, 3 (each semester) French for Reading Knowledge (each semester) “Don’t Forget Your French,” (each summer) French Camp for Youth (summers, 2013-2015) “Faisons la cuisine” (spring 2015) Adult Continuing German 1, 2 (each semester) UW Extension Independent Learning First-Semester French UW Extension Independent Learning Second-Semester French UW Extension Independent Learning Third-Semester French UW Extension Independent Learning Fourth-Semester French UW Extension Independent Learning Intermediate French Language and Culture UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction to French Literary Analysis UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction to Business French UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction to French Civilization UW Extension Independent Learning Modern African Poetry and Prose in French
Program direction 2007-2013
Adult Continuing Arabic 1, 2 (each semester) Adult Continuing French 1, 2, 3, French for Reading Knowledge (each semester) Adult Continuing German 1, 2, 3, German for Reading Knowledge (each semester) Adult Continuing Italian 1, 2 (each semester) Adult Continuing Norwegian 1 (each semester) Adult Continuing Swedish 1, 2 (each semester) UW Extension Independent Learning First-Semester French UW Extension Independent Learning Second-Semester French UW Extension Independent Learning Third-Semester French UW Extension Independent Learning Fourth-Semester French UW Extension Independent Learning Intermediate French Language and Culture UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction to French Literary Analysis UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction to Business French UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction to French Civilization UW Extension Independent Learning Modern African Poetry and Prose in French UW Extension Independent Learning Independent Learning First-Semester German UW Extension Independent Learning Independent Learning Second-Semester German UW Extension Independent Learning Independent Learning Third-Semester German UW Extension Independent Learning Independent Learning Fourth-Semester German UW Extension Independent Learning Independent Learning First-Semester Italian UW Extension Independent Learning Independent Learning Second-Semester Italian
Teaching, distance learning, 2007-2013
UW Extension Independent Learning Modern African Poetry and Prose in French (20 students) UW Extension Independent Learning Intermediate Language and Culture (31 students) UW Extension Independent Learning French-Canadian and Québécois Novels (7 students) UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction à la civilisation française (25 students) UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction to Business French (19 students) UW Extension Independent Learning Introduction to Literary Analysis (19 students)
Teaching, adult continuing (2007-2013)
2012-2013 French 1 (24 students) French 2 (13 students) French for Reading Knowledge Online (18 students) French for Conversation (12 students) Intermediate French: Go Big Read’s Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout (12 students) 2011-2012 “Hidden Paris” (32 students) French for Reading Knowledge (3 times) (54 students) French for Travel (15 students) “Medieval Burgundy” (educational travel tour, assistant) (25 students) French and Francophone Women Writers Online (5 students)
2010-2011 French 2 (8 students) French for Reading Knowledge (2 semesters) (25 students) Intermediate French: Introduction to French Film (6 students) Business French Online (7 students) “Don’t Forget Your French” (20 students)
2009-2010 Business French Online (6 students) French for Reading Knowledge (2 semesters) (37 students) “Hidden Paris” (32 students) “Don’t Forget Your French” (20 students) 2007-2009 French 1 (38 students) French for Reading Knowledge (2 semesters) (19 students) Business French Online (5 students) French and Francophone Women Writers Online (8 students) Intermediate French: “La France et ses guerres” (9 students)
Teaching, credit courses
2013-2014 Curriculum and Instruction 675: “Teaching the Cultures of Montreal in the Advanced Placement French Curriculum” (8 students), summer 2013
2010-2011 Curriculum and Instruction 675: “Algeria and France in the Advanced Placement French Curriculum” (6 students) 2009-2010 French 321: Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern French (16 students)
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-CHICAGO, 2005-2007
Undergraduate courses Introduction to French and Francophone Literature “Le voyage dans la littérature francophone” Intermediate French Grammar
Graduate seminars “L’Orientalisme revisité” Introduction to Literary Theory “L’Orient au féminin”
M.A. thesis advisor Joan Callan: “Scheherazade revisité” Pascale Kichler: “La voix, le corps: l’autofiction des maghrébines” Noelia Rodrigo-Gomez: “Questions à Orientalisme: les écrits d’Isabelle Eberhardt” Laura Schmuck: “Pierre Loti et l’autre” Jessica Martino: “Récits d’enfance dans la fiction francophone : 1950-1999
OUTREACH SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION, PROFESSION, AND PUBLIC
2014-17 Divisional Representative, Systemwide Extension Council 2015-present Member (ex-officio), Dept. of French and Italian Outreach Committee 2014-16 Alternate Senator, UW-Madison Faculty Senate 2014-15 Member, LAAS Tenure Requirements Committee 2014 Member, Lifelong Learning Strategic Planning Committee, Continuing Studies 2014 Reviewer. Thèmes: Advanced Placement French Language and Culture, Vista Higher Learning 2013-present Steward, Little Free French Library, Chez Nanou Crêperie-Bistro Français 2013 Discussion leader, Go Big Read, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout 2012-2013 “What’s French in and Around Madison” website contributor 2012 Textbook reviewer. Ousselin, Van Patten, Weber-Fève. Liaisons : An Introduction to French 2012 Reviewer. Brickman, Cecilia. A Short Course in Reading French 2012 Humanities Program Area Director, Liberal Arts and Applied Studies 2012 Chair, Spanish instructor search committee 2012-present Moderator, “French in Wisconsin” Facebook group (362 members) 2011-present Contributing Editor, France Synergies website (average 40,000 views annually) 2009-10 Representative, Committee on Academic Staff Issues 2007-present Grader, Graduate School French Examination (average 30 exams annually) 2002 Interpreter for Assia Djebar’s visit to UW-Madison
RESEARCH, EMPLOYMENT, AND STUDY ABROAD
2012 McGill University, Montreal (summer) 1999-2000 Mission Interuniversitaire de Coordination d’Echanges Franco-Américains, Paris 1998 Bryn Mawr Institut d’études françaises d’Avignon, France (summer) 1996 Université Laval, Québec (summer) 1994 University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle (semester)
LANGUAGES
English (native speaker), French (near-native speaker), Spanish (beginning)