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CURRICULUM VITAE
WILLIAM C. MITCHELLDepartment of Comparative LiteratureUniversity of Washingtonwcmitch@u.washington.eduYou may also download my CV as a PDF here. EDUCATION
PhD Candidate, Comparative LiteratureUniversity of WashingtonMy dissertation, Technologies of Representation: Making France Visible, examines the revolution of visual culture in nineteenth century France brought on by the advent of photography and the role of representation in the formation of the modern French state, both domestically and in the colonial context.
Committee: Doug Collins (Chair, French), James Tweedie (Comparative Literature), Phillip Thurtle (Comparative History of Ideas), Yomi Braester (Comparative Literature)
Master of Arts, Comparative LiteratureUniversity of Washington, June 2005Thesis: “Nation and the Individual in Midnight’s Children” Thesis Director: Yomi Braester (Comparative Literature)
Bachelor of Arts, English and FrenchUniversity of Georgia, May 1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Department of Comparative LiteratureUniversity of Washington (2006-Present)
Comparative Literature 240 (Fall 2009), InstructorAlone in the Crowd: Alienation in Modern Short Fiction (see the syllabus)Responsible for creating and executing content of this composition course centered on the theme of alienation and modernity in modern European short fiction.
Comparative Literature 321 (Winter 2009), InstructorMapping the Americas (see the syllabus)Designed and instructed course material covering literature in the Americas. The principle theme of the class—mapping—was developed to draw from a broad range of texts in order to ask how authors from diverse locations have represented place in fiction and how those manifestations of locality create and deconstruct a literature of the Americas.
Comparative Literature (Fall 2008), InstructorParis in the Fall ProgramResponsible for teaching a conversation class to students participating in a departmental study abroad program. This included work on both linguistic and cultural competency and was conducted in a classroom setting. Program included weekly group excursions to sites around Paris.
Comparative Literature 350/ Humanities 208 (Spring 2008), Teaching AssistantViolence, Myth and Memory: Asia at the Crossroads of ModernityPart of the “Difficult Dialogues” initiative sponsored by the Ford Foundation and a Danz Course in the Humanities designed to provide a platform for first-year students to engage in interdisciplinary work, this class used film and text as starting points to explore ideas of violence, narrative, and global modernity in U.S. relations with Viet Nam, the Philippines, and Indonesia. I was responsible for discussion sections, maintenance of a course website, and the creation of group theatre projects leading to a year-end performance at an event that brought together projects from the other five Difficult Dialogues courses.
Comparative Literature 432/ History 483 (Winter 2008), Teaching AssistantImperial Field and Practices: Technology and Culture in the Making of Contemporary EmpiresAs part of the “Difficult Dialogues” initiative sponsored by the Ford Foundation, this class was conceived to draw together a diverse cross-section of students and engage them in a discussion on sensitive issues. Part of a four-person team directed by two faculty members, I led discussion sections focusing on lecture and reading material, was responsible for the creation and maintenance of course website, and worked with students in all stages of developing and executing a comparative project dealing with American empire across the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico in the early nineteenth century and today.
Comparative Literature 240 (Winter and Spring 2007), InstructorFloor 7 ½ and Other Stops on the Way to Identity (see the syllabus)Responsible for creating and executing course content. Led discussions and taught composition centered on readings of 20th century texts and analytic material which raised questions about different manifestations of identity.
Comparative Literature 350 (Fall 2006), Teaching AssistantThemes in World Literature: Parents and ChildrenAttended lectures and assisted students in writing analytic papers on films and literature presented in the course. Tasked with grading a portion of student papers.
Teaching Assistant, Department of French and Italian StudiesUniversity of Washington (2003-Present)
French 472 (Summer 2007), InstructorSpecial Topics in French: TranslationResponsible for creating course curriculum and leading students in translation workshops. The course focused on various documents, including instruction manuals, newspaper articles and literature. Course also included workshop with professional translator concerning careers and technologies available to translators.
French 100 and 200 level classes (2003-2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2009), InstructorPrimary instructor for French language classes at beginning and intermediate levels (2003-2004: 100 level classes; 2005-2006: 200 level classes). Responsible for planning, instruction and evaluation of French classes.
Additional Teaching Experience
English Teaching AssistantLycée Emile Zola (Aix-en-Provence, France, 2000-2001)Taught post-baccalaureate students ages 18-25 in English for tourism, professional and small business management programs.
Lycée Carnot (Dijon, France, 1999-2000)Taught various high school conversation classes in conjunction with principle instructors. Created lessons and led conversation activities for classes of 5-28 students ages 13-17.
English Instructor Université de Bourgogne (Dijon, France, 2000)Designed and taught intensive English course for post-graduate students in nutritional and dietary sciences research.
Counselor Village Camps (Leysin, Switzerland, Summer 2000, 2001)Group leader for international high school students participating in Leadership Training Camp.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
2007 and 2006 University of Washington Graduate Conference for Interdisciplinary StudiesOrganizer: Led the conference organizing committee. Responsibilities included fundraising, panel organization, publicity and logistics.
2008 Canadian Comparative Literature AssociationPresenter: Between Technique and Technology: The Problematic Development of Representation in Photography
2008 Annual Colloquium: Division of French and Italian Studies, University of WashingtonPresenter: Colonizing Paris: Representation and the Making of a New France 2007
Boston College International Graduate Conference on Romance StudiesPresenter: Bringing Empire Home: Visual Economy and Virtual Colonialism 2007
University of Michigan Charles F. Fraker ConferencePresenter: The Righteous Violence of Differentiation
2006 University of Washington Graduate Student Conference for Interdisciplinary StudiesPresenter: Picturing a Memory Archive
2005 University of Washington Comparative Literature Spring ColloquiumPresenter: Terror and the Rhetoric of Integration in Y.B.’s Allah Superstar
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS
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