Anne-Caroline Sieffert

Curriculum Vitae
Anne-Caroline Sieffert
14 Amy Street | Apt 2 | Providence, RI 02906 | (315) 214-1140
[email protected] | http://acsieffert.wordpress.com
Education
Brown University
Providence, RI Expected Graduation May 2015
PhD in French Studies, dissertation: “The Art of Being a Good Traveler: Women and Gender
Ambiguity in Travel Writing (1860-1920)” Committee: Gretchen Schultz, Justin Izzo
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 2007-2009
MA in French, thesis: “Marginal Figures in French Literature: Sexual Deviants and Invisible
Women” Committee: Jean Jonassaint, Jean-François Fournier
University of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France 2001-2007
MA in History, thesis: “Les Américaines chez elles: Itinéraires d’une française aux Etats-Unis
(1840-1907)” [“The American Woman at Home: Travels of a French Woman in the United States
(1840-1907)”]. Mention Bien. Committee members: Nicolas Bourguinat, Rebecca Rogers,
Christine Peltre
BA in History, minor in Art History and Archeology
Publications
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Publication proposal to be submitted to the Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg:
Annotated edition, Bentzon, Th. Les Américaines chez elles.
“Morand, Paul.” The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge, incoming 2016.
Web.
“Paris and its province.” Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century. Center for Digital
Studies, 2013. Web. http://library.brown.edu/cds/paris/province/index.html
“L’espace a-t-il un genre? L’Amérique urbaine dans le récit de voyage d’une française.”
Equinoxes, an e-Journal. Department of French Studies. Brown University. 11 (FallSummer 2008). Web.
http://www.brown.edu/Research/Equinoxes/journal/Issue%2011/Eqx11_Sieffert.html
“Thérèse Bentzon, Itinéraires d’une française aux Etats-Unis (1840-1907) in” Le voyage
au féminin (18e-20e siècle). Perspectives historiques et littéraires. Nicolas Bourguinat,
ed. Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2008.
Honors and Awards
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Nominated for the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award (American Association of
Colleges and Universities), referred by Associate Dean Jabbar Bennett and Vice
President for Campus Life and Student Affairs Margaret Klawunn (winners to be
announced in December 2014)
Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship Admission Package, five years full support,
Brown University (2009-2014)
Joukowsky Summer Research Travel Award (June 2013)
Brown Executive Scholars Training Program (Spring 2013)
Foundation Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership, LGBT Resource
Center, Syracuse University (2009)
Travel Conference Award to fund travel to the Creating Change conference (2009)
Teaching Experience
Brown University
2010-Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant (all courses solo taught, solo grading and advising):
• Beginner 1st and 2nd semester: basic French, speaking, writing and reading.
• Intermediate 1 and 2: develop beginner’s writing and reading abilities, review Beginner
1st and 2nd semesters.
• Writing and Reading 1 and 2: developing writing and debate skills in French.
Brown University
Graduate Director, French House:
• Supervise activities in the French House
• Live in director of the House
2011-2012
Syracuse University
2007-2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant
• Intermediate French 1 and 2: Introduction to literature and culture; conversation class.
University of Strasbourg
Graduate Teaching Assistant
• Introductory Writing Class: writing and analytical skills in History.
2006-2007
Campus Professional Experience
Brown University
Summer 2014
Summer Student Liaison for International Graduate Student Orientation (joint appointment
Office of Student Life and the Graduate School)
• Recruited and trained 15 Graduate Student Peers
• Established a program of social activities for incoming students
• Participated in preparatory meetings and advocated for students
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Organized three Open Hours for International Students
Write a comprehensive report on Orientation and practices for mentoring students.
Brown University
Summer 2014
Graduate Curator, The Center for Digital Studies, “Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century”
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Chose images to be scanned and wrote corresponding notices.
Wrote an essay on Paris and its provinces.
Community Service
Brown University
Providence, RI 2009-2014
Volunteer: Vice President of the Graduate Student Council (Fall 2013) and Vice President for
Socials, Students Life (2012-2014)
• Vice President (per interim): in charge of advocacy and Nomination Committee
• Vice President for Social Events and Student Life: co-chair of Social and Communication
Committees
Co-chair of Equinoxes, a French Studies Graduate Conference (2012)
• In charge of coordinating the other graduate students and co-organizing the conference
Volunteer: Graduate Representative for the Graduate Student Council (2009-2012)
• Served on GSC Internal Committees: Social events (2011-2014), Communications (20122014), Nominations (2013)
• GSC representative at the Brown University Community Council (2011-2012)
• French Studies representative to the GSC (2010-2011)
• GSC representative at the Campus Life Advisory Board (2009-2010)
Program for Gender Equality
Volunteer
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Strasbourg, France Spring 2009
Talked with high school students about academic jobs and skills needed.
Worked in a workshop with faculty members on how to fight the gender gap in the
classroom.
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 2007-2009
LGBTQ Resource Center
• Co-facilitator of the LGBTQ graduate/faculty group, “Open Doors” (2008-2009)
• Participated in LGBTQ conferences on campus: OUTSpoken and the Regional Queer
Conference
University of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, France 2006-2007
Student representative
• Student Representative (2006-2007)
• Vice President for public relations, the Student Association, Department of History
(AEHS)
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SOS Femmes Solidarité, Strasbourg
Strasbourg France 2003-2007
Volunteer
• Statistical data compilation and analysis for the Regional Observatory on domestic
violence in Alsace
• Volunteer at the Conference on Women's rights in the Maghreb (Northern Africa): “Les
Caravanières du Sud”
Girl Scouts of France, Strasbourg
Strasbourg France 1997-2005
Volunteer
• Statistical data compilation and analysis for the Regional Observatory on domestic
violence in Alsace
• Volunteer at the Conference on Women's rights in the Maghreb (Northern Africa): “Les
Caravanières du Sud”
Conferences, Presentations and Workshops
“Olympe Audouard and the Pioneer Woman: A New Femininity?”. Flight, Evasion. NCFS
Annual Conference. October 16-18, 2014; San Juan, PR.
Workshop : “Training for International Graduate Student Orientation”. Brown University,
August 14, 2014; Providence, RI (part of the work as Summer Liaison for International Graduate
Student Orientation).
“The Pen and the Train: New Modes of Transportation and Narrative Pace in the Nineteenth
Century”. Transports. Equinoxes, a Graduate Students Conference. April 4-5, 2014. Rochambeau
House, Providence, RI.
“Paris-Babel: How Building a Capital Became a National Project”. Capitals. ACLA Annual
Conference. March 20-23, 2014, NYU; New York, NY.
Workshop: “Policy Issues, Administration Relationships, Crisis Management”. Ivy Plus
Workshop. Ivy Plus Graduate Student Governments Summit, November 8-9, 2013, Columbia
University; New York, NY.
“Les yeux fermés pour ne plus voir: Le traumatisme des poilus dans Les Croix de bois” [“Eyes
wide shut, blind to the world: soliders trauma in Wooden Crosses”]. Coming to Our Senses.
Annual Graduate Students Conference. March 29-30, 2013, UVa; Charlottesville, VA.
“Time and Travel in Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil”. Detours, Deviations, Digression. Mellon
Workshop. March 20-23, 2013, Brown University; Providence, RI.
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“Ni d’ici, ni de là-bas: ces migrants à qui il arrive d’attendre la France” [Neither from here nor
from there: these migrants who still wait on France.”]. Equinoxes, a Graduate Students
Conference. April 16-17, 2010, Rochambeau House; Providence, RI.
“Parlez-vous français ? Langue, nationalisme et régionalisme en Alsace”. Annual Graduate
Student Conference. February 5, 2010, CUNY Graduate Center; New York, NY.
“To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before: Science-Fiction and the Renaissance Man”.
Annual PCA/ACA Conference. April 11-13, 2009; New Orleans, LA.
“Au-delà des mots: réflexions sur le genre” [“Beyond words : defining gender”]. Penser la
mixité. Mission pour l’égalité des chances filles-garçons, Rectorat de Strasbourg, Strasbourg.
March 17, 2009, Museum of Modern Art; Strasbourg, France.
Workshop: “Welcoming International LGBT Students on Campus”. Outspoken Leadership
Conference. October 24-26, 2008, SU; Syracuse, NY.
“L’espace a-t-il un genre? L’Amérique urbaine dans le récit de voyage d’un française” [“Does
space have a gender ? Urban American in a French woman travel journal”]. Architecture.
Equinoxes, a Graduate Student Conference. March 14-15, 2008, Brown University; Providence,
RI.
“Homosexuality in France: paradoxes and contrasts (1789-2007)”. Regional LGBT Studies
Conference. November 3, 2007, Syracuse University; Syracuse, NY.
“Itinéraires d’un française aux Etats-Unis (1840-1907)” [“ITravels of a French woman in the
United States (1840-1907)”]. Nouvelles perspectives historiques et littéraires sur le voyage au
féminin (19ème-20ème siècle). Annual Conference of the Research Group “Mobilité, échanges,
transferts”. November 9-10, 2006; Strasbourg, France.
Professional Associations
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Modern Language Association
American Comparative Literature Association
Language Skills and Certificates
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Languages: Italian (near fluency), English (near fluency), Spanish (beginner speaking
abilities, intermediate reading), Latin (beginner).
Certificate 1, the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University.
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