Scholar of French and francophone women’s writing, Mellon postdoctoral fellow at Fisk University
Raquelle K. Bostow
Raquelle K. Bostow joined Smart Women Write in April 2018. She earned a PhD in French Studies at Vanderbilt University with a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, and became a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Fisk University and a Visiting Scholar at Vanderbilt.
She wrote about mentorship, turning a dissertation into a book, digital humanities work in Fisk’s special collections, conferences and the job search, and about books by women writing in French. Her interview with Lauren Collins of The New Yorker is cited in the Wikipedia article about Collins.
24 posts, 2018–2020
Every post by Raquelle
- Feb 17, 2020Dear Job Searchers: Don’t Forget to Have FunPhD & Post-Ac
- Jan 20, 2020Celebrating MLK Day in Nashville, TNArt & Public History
- Jan 1, 2020Smart Women Write about 2020The Writer's Life
- Dec 7, 2019End-of-Semester Retreat & ReflectionThe Writer's Life
- Nov 11, 2019A Cross-Campus Collaboration: Mariannes NoiresArt & Public History
- Oct 7, 2019Working with Students on DH ProjectsArt & Public History
- Sep 9, 2019Ananda Devi’s Painful, Poetic ProseBooks, Film & Reading
- Aug 5, 2019Political Literature: Marie NDiaye’s “Three Strong Women”Books, Film & Reading
- Jul 15, 2019The Sweet Solitude of SummerLife & Self-Care
- Jun 10, 2019The Bookish Flâneuse in ParisBooks, Film & Reading
- May 13, 2019Sparkling Water and Chocolate Eclairs: An Interview with Lauren CollinsBooks, Film & Reading
- Apr 15, 2019Final ProjectsTeaching
- Mar 25, 2019Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum”: Film Thoughts & Historical BackgroundBooks, Film & Reading
- Feb 25, 2019When inspiration doesn’t hit, write.The Writer's Life
- Jan 28, 2019From Dissertation to BookPhD & Post-Ac
- Dec 17, 2018A SmartWomen’s Year in Review: Transition (Part IV)PhD & Post-Ac
- Nov 19, 2018Relationality: Intermingling at Academic ConferencesPhD & Post-Ac
- Oct 22, 2018Finding Seeds of Hope in Your WorkThe Writer's Life
- Sep 24, 2018Lessons from Smart Women Writers: Overcoming Writing StallsThe Writer's Life
- Aug 27, 2018A Career Shift, A New ProjectPhD & Post-Ac
- Jul 30, 2018The Smart Women’s Writing Desk, Part 3The Writer's Life
- Jul 2, 2018The Smart Women’s Summer, Part 3Life & Self-Care
- Jun 4, 2018On the Virtues of (Feminist) Mentorship in AcademiaPhD & Post-Ac
- Apr 30, 2018An Introduction and Leisure Reading as Self-CareBooks, Film & Reading