Stephen L. Bishop
Associate Professor of French

Contact Information
Ortega Hall 323C
University of New Mexico
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1146
Phone: (505) 277-6344
Fax: (505) 277-3599
Email: sbishop@unm.edu

Research Areas
African literature and culture
Legal discourse/Law and Literature
Québécois literature and culture
Francophone cinema

My professional orientation is in Francophone literature and legal discourse, exemplified in my book, Literature and Legal Storytelling: The Irony of Legal Opposition in Cameroon (Lexington Books, 2007), which examines ways in which people contest the dominant legal and social order in Cameroon through reading and writing legal stories that ironically portray the inadequacies of current government policies. Aside from a variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in French, Comparative Literature, Africana Studies, and European Studies, I teach a Summer study abroad course, taking groups of students to Paris and south France, including the Cannes Film Festival.

Educational History:

Ph.D. in French and Francophone Literature, May 1999, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

M.A. in French and Francophone Literature, May 1994, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

J.D., May 1993, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Law.

Institut des Etudes Européennes, Jan.-July 1992, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Law.

B.S., magna cum laude, June 1990, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Biology.

Books Authored or Co-Authored:

Literature and Legal Storytelling: The Irony of Legal Opposition in Cameroon. Lexington Books; Lanham, Maryland; 248 pages; 2007.

Articles in Referred Journals:

"Hallucinatory Mimicry and the Quest for an Identity à l’Orient." Dalhousie French Studies Winter 2006; [23 pages].

"Literature in the Law: The Legal Clando in Cameroon."; Cycnos ("Droit et Littérature" special edition) Vol. 19 No. 2; 147-60; 2002.

"Black Hats, White Faces: Banning ‘les Westerns’ in Cameroon."; Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery ; 33-39; 1996.

"From a Judicial Authority to a Judicial Power."; Juridis Périodique; Vol. 33; 96-99; 1998.

Articles Appearing in Chapters in Edited Volumes:

"Derrida as Cultural Theorist." Inheriting Derrida, UNM Press; Albuquerque; [18 pages]; forthcoming 2007.

"Oppositional Approaches to FGM in African Literature."; FGM in Creative Writing; ed. Tobe Levin; Africa World Press; Trenton; [20 pages]; forthcoming 2006.

"Témoignage du sang: la justice des vieilles familles."; The Art and Genius of Anne Hébert; ed. Janis Pallister; Fairleigh Dickinson UP; Madison; 264-73; 2001.

Other Writings:

Le déterreur , Légende et vie d’Agoun’chich, Mohamed Khaïr-Eddine, Yahia, pas de chance , and Nabile Farès entries; Dictionnaire des pays du Maghreb; ed. Ambroise Kom; [15 total pages]; forthcoming 2006.

Translation of " Des discours contraints et de l’occulte: Procès et représentations de la (post)colonie dans le cinéma camerounais"; Cinema and Social Discourse in Cameroon (Alexie Tcheuyap). Bayreuth African Studies; 173-194; 2005.

Séverin-Cécile Abega, Antoine Abel, Stanislas Adotevi, Philomène Bassek, Mongo Beti, Mbella Sonne Dipoko, Kenjo Jumbam, Ferdinand Oyono, and Guillaume Oyônô-Mbia entries; Encyclopedia of African Literature; Routledge; 3, 11, 51, 62-5,148, 252, 427-9; 2002.

Courses Taught

La honte et la culpabilité dans la littérature africaine; Fr582.
Rebels With a Cause; M Lang 101 (Freshmen Learning Community).
The French and the Non-French; Fr346/335 (European Studies seminar).
African Literature; AfAmSt 380/Comp L 332.
Theories of Law and Literature; Comp L 580/M Lang 580/Fr 611.
French and Francophone Cinema; Fr 301.
La littérature française tout court; Fr 352.
From Paris to Provence; Fr 385.
Travels in Provence; Fr 385.
Un regard sur l’Afrique Centrale; Fr 302.
Féminisme(s) Français et Francophone; Fr 584.
Images of the State: The Western Tradition; Comp Lit 224 (Freshmen Learning Community).
Beur ou Français?; Fr 570.
Three Examples of Post-Colonial Development; Af-Am St 380.
Bad Boys and Girls de la France; Fr 352.
French Philosophy and Literature; Fr 520.
Immigrant Europe; Fr/Engl/Comp Lit 425/Germ 450 (European Studies seminar).
Rebels With a Cause; Fr/Engl/CompLit 335/AfAmSt 397.
Tracing Derrida; Fr 600/CompLit 580/Engl 511/Arch 512.
Images of the State: The Western Tradition; Comp Lit 224.
Images of the Self: From Ancient Greece to Modern France; Comp Lit 223.
All People Great and Small; Fr 346.
La Criminelle de la France; Fr 352.
Stylistics and Translation; Fr 302.
The Culture of Graduate Studies; Fr 570.
(R)évolution de la justice; Fr 346.
Ecrire l’Identité au Québec; Fr 570.
A Literary Evolution of French Justice; Fr 345.

Professional Recognition, Honors, Etc.:

Nominated for CASTL Program’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, 2002-2003.

Nominated, Gunter Starkey Award for Teaching Excellence, Univ. of New Mexico, 2002.

A.F.R.I.C.A. award, University of New Mexico, 2003.

African University Exchange Program award ($1,500), University of New Mexico, 2002-2003.

Nominated as alternate for French Literature Delegate Assembly in the MLA Central and Rocky Mountain Region, 2002.

Recent Administrative Work:

Undergraduate Advisor; FLL; August 2006-present.

Member; French/CLCS professor search committee; October 2005-February 2006.

Member; Africana Studies Curriculum Revision Committee; August 2005-present.

Member; FLL Curriculum Committee; August 2005-present.

Member, MLA Executive Committee – Law as Literature Discussion Group; 2002-2004.

Director; French Summer Study Abroad Program; August 2001-present.

Assistant Director; European Studies; August 2000-August 2001; September 2004-present.

Member; International Studies Institute Advisory Committee; January 2004-present.

Member; UNM International Task Force; January 2003-present.

Faculty Advisor; UNM Lacrosse club; August 2002-present.

Co-Faculty Advisor; UNM AFRICA Group; August 2001-present.

Faculty speaker; Incoming Student LOBOrientation; Summer 2000, 2002-2006.

Member; European Studies Summer Scholarship Committee; Spring 2000, 2001-2003, 2006.