Dr. Sophia Mizouni MIT Global Studies and Languages SophiaMizouni.com 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 16-675 (617) 982-9662 Cambridge, MA 02139 SophiaMizouni@gmail.com DEGREE EDUCATION Ph.D., French Literature Boston University (Boston, MA) September 2016 Dissertation: Paris, Capital of Illusion: Urban Commercialized Landscapes in the Works of Flaubert, Baudelaire and Zola Fields: Nineteenth-century French Literature, environmental cultural studies, Francophone studies 4.0 GPA MA, French Literature - Boston University (Boston, MA) 2011 MLA, Landscape Architecture - University of Guelph (Guelph, Canada) 2005 BLA, Landscape Architecture - Université de Montréal (Montréal, Canada) 2001 French Baccalauréat - Collège Marie de France (Montréal, Canada) 1996 ADDITIONAL EDUCATION Taronja Spanish School (Valencia, Spain) Certificate in Spanish Language: High Intermediate Level - Summer 2015 Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris, France) Course: History of the Imaginary in the 19 th Century - Spring 2015 The Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America (New York, NY) Certificate: The Language of Classical Architecture, Traditional Architecture and Urbanism Full tuition scholarship - Summer 2008 Global TESOL College (Edmonton, Canada) Certification as a Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages - Summer 2001 1
SELECTED ACADEMIC AND TEACHING POSITIONS Courses taught include French and contemporary Francophone literatures, French language at all levels, and landscape architectural studies at the Undergraduate and Masters levels. Visiting Scholar, MIT (Cambridge, MA) Fall 2016 21G.346 Rethinking Landscapes in French literature and Cinema How does the modern urban world transform our landscapes? Through the lenses of writers and film directors, this course looks at a number of case studies in order to examine how technological progress affects landscapes. The course addresses the ways people have consciously and unconsciously shaped the land around them through time. We focus on the idea that landscapes tell us who we are and we will we look at how these spaces shape and re-shape our identities and actions. Lecturer, Boston University (Boston, MA) Fall 2016-Spring 2017 CAS LF 570 Topics in 20 th Century and 21 st Century French Literature Undergraduate and graduate course: Analysis of twentieth and twenty-first century works through the close study of literary history and critical theory. (Spring 2017) CAS LF 351 Introduction to the French Novel Close readings in the French novel from its origins to the nouveau roman. Attention to narration, themes, symbols, and schools. The course focuses on the novel as a world of secrets, confessions and hidden truths. What lies beyond the reach of the naked eye, and how do these hidden forces shape the novel? (Fall 2016 and Spring 2017) Faculty Member, Boston Architecture College (Boston, MA) 2008-2014 Contributed to the curriculum development and implementation of the Masters of Landscape Architecture program. Designed and taught courses in the Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, and Masters of Landscape Architecture programs. Courses focused on how landscapes express cultural attitudes towards nature and human beings. HT 315 History of Landscape Architecture I: Prehistoric to 18 th Century HT 415 Landscape Architecture History II: 18 th Century to Modern AS 510 Landscape and the Imagination AS 222 Global Environmental Ethics CD 102 Architecture Studio Design TM 360 Planting Design I TM 547 Professional Practice SKL 303 Sketch Problem III 2
Teaching Fellow, (Boston, MA) Fall 2009 Spring 2016 CAS LF 303 French Composition and Conversation: Paris Through Cultural Lenses This course looks at the depiction of Paris in literature and art in an effort to discover how cultural values influence our perceptions of the French capital. How did Paris become known as the City of Light? Cities exist as an objective reality, but they are also shaped by the imagination. This study of Paris viewed from a series of different perspectives reveals the interaction between representation and construction, between images of the city and its material reality. CAS LF 111 First Semester French CAS LF 112 Second Semester French CAS LF 211 Third Semester French CAS LF 212 Fourth Semester French TESOL Instructor, Solomon Language School (Pusan, South Korea) 2002 PUBLICATIONS 2015 Mizouni, S. Triple posture testimoniale de Véronique Tadjo dans L Ombre d Imana. Voyages jusqu au bout du Rwanda. Nouvelles Études Francophones 30.1 (2015): 66 78. (Peer-reviewed article) 2015 Mizouni, S. Léonora Miano et espace afropéen : Territoire physique, site virtuel et identités dans Blues pour Élise. L Oeuvre romanesque de Léonora Miano- Fiction, mémoire et enjeux identitaires (dir. Alice Tang). Paris: Harmattan, 2015. 305 322. (Book Chapter) CONFERENCE SEMINARS 2016 Mizouni, S. Voyeurism and Surveillance in Flaubert s pre-facebook Paris. American Comparative Literature Association (Cambridge, MA) 2014 Mizouni, S. Supernatural Objects in Flaubert s L Éducation sentimentale. 40 th Annual Nineteenth Century French Studies Colloquium (San Juan, PR) 2014 Mizouni, S. Véronique Tadjo et témoignage in in absentia. Conseil International d Études Francophones (San Francisco, CA) 2014 Mizouni, S. Edification d un lieu de mémoire dans L Ombre d Imana. International Women in French Conference (Guelph, Canada) 2014 Mizouni, S. Who is the Other in the Song of Roland? Mid-America Medieval Association (Columbia, MO) 3
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE Academic Assistant, Boston University Study Abroad Program Paris, France - 2015 Provided academic and logistical support for seminars in French literature and contemporary cultural studies, and for exchange programs with the Université Paris Dauphine and Paris-Sciences Po Organized and implemented cultural events that celebrate and highlight the arts, lifestyle and ideas of France and francophone societies Assistant Instructor of AH383: Paris and its Architecture: from Monument to Urban Landscapes Master teacher and leader, French language immersion program Dartmouth College, Rassias Center for World Languages and Culture France - Summers 2011-2013 Organized and led cultural activities across France, including French language classes Directed staff of four assistants, involving workflow and conflict resolution Managed program budget Co-organizer, Tournées French Film Festival Boston University - 2012-2013 Selected and presented films prior to screening; advertised the Festival, which is a program of the FACE Foundation, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which brings French cinema to university campuses. Landscape designer, Ann P. Stokes Landscape Architects Norfolk VA - 2005-2007 Oversaw the design of residential and campus projects. Presented proposals to clients, wrote contracts, dealt with inquiries and negotiated amendments to the final design. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Modern Language Association Nineteenth-Century French Studies Association American Comparative Literature Association 4
HONORS AND AWARDS 2016 Summer Research Fellowship Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University Competitive, university-wide research fellowship 2015 Dissertation Fellowship Boston University Center for the Humanities Competitive research fellowship designed to encourage collaboration scholarship across academic boundaries by providing a forum for dialogue among humanities scholars from different disciplines - 1 of 4 awarded university-wide per year 2014 Summer Research Fellowship Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston University Competitive, university-wide research fellowship 2013 Award for Teaching Excellence 2012 Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 2012 Humanities and Social Science Award at Scholars Day Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Presentation: Haussmann s Paris under Glass: the Greenhouse in Zola s La Curée. 2012 Best French Graduate Essay Award Paper: Paris sous verre: la serre dans La Curée de Zola 2011 Best French Graduate Essay Award Paper: Place de la mémoire chez Tadjo et Bouraoui LANGUAGES AND CITIZENSHIPS French: native speaker English: near native speaker Proficiency in written and spoken Spanish (Intermediate B2) Citizenships: Canadian and American 5
REFERENCES Dr. Dorothy Kelly, Professor of French Dissertation advisor (617) 353-6213 djkelly@bu.edu Dr. Jefferson Kline, Head of French Section and Professor of French Dissertation second reader (617) 353-6235 jkline@bu.edu Dr. Odile Cazenave, Associate Chair of Romance Studies and Professor of French Member of Dissertation Committee (617) 358-3430 cazenave@bu.edu William Miles, Director of Rassias Summer Language Programs at Dartmouth College Rassias Summer Language Programs (603) 643-3007 wmiles@rassias.com 6