NORTH ADAMS, MA, February 24, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sally G. Shafto, PhD, has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Driven to teach others about the importance of art and the ability of art to transform and uplift, Dr. Shafto has excelled as a visiting guest faculty member at Sarah Lawrence College since 2017 and as a research associate with Williams College since 2016. An accomplished film scholar specializing in the French New Wave, international art cinema, and Maghrebi and African cinema, she was inspired to pursue a career in the arts after attending a private girls' school. An older woman and art historian, Erika Mueller, told Dr. Shafto of her incredible backstory, which spurred her desire to study the arts.
Prior to obtaining her current positions, Dr. Shafto worked as a developmental editor for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, a translator for the French film review Cahiers du cinéma, an editor and translator for Sequence Press, and an assistant professor at Ibn Zohr University in Morocco. Over the years, she also gained valuable expertise in the field as the executive director of the Big Muddy Film Festival at the University of Southern Illinois, a film journalist for Framework and Senses of Cinema, and the special assistant to the director for the Williams College Museum of Art. In a career filled with highlights, she is most proud of translating the writings of several filmmakers and artists including Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Nicolas de Staël, and Jia Zhangke.
In pursuit of her career, Dr. Shafto earned a Bachelor of Arts in classics and classical languages, and art history from Skidmore College in 1978, a Master of Arts in art history and archaeology from Columbia University in 1985 and a Master of Arts in film studies from the University of Iowa in 1994. From there, she completed a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa in 2000, and successfully defended her dissertation "Ut picture cinema: The Strange Adventure of Jean-Luc Godard" before pursuing postdoctoral studies at Princeton University in 2000.
Dr. Shafto remains professionally aligned with a number of organizations, including The Society of Cinema and Media Studies. Backed by her considerable expertise, she has authored and edited a number of works, including "The Zanzibar Films and the Dandys of May 1968" and "The Image in Dispute: Art and Cinema in the Age of Photography."
In light of her professional achievements, Dr. Shafto has been recognized many times, earning a Certificate of Recognition as an Outstanding Woman in the Community through the University of Iowa in 1995 and receiving fellowships through Princeton University, the University of Iowa and the Chateaubriand Fellowship program. In the near future, Dr. Shafto aims to continue teaching and translating while remaining open to new opportunities within the field.
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