Morse Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2015 and the UMM Alumni Association Teaching Award in 2007. In addition to teaching the French language, she has taught many courses on Francophone cultures, cinema and literature, and on French culture, cinema and literature. Her research focuses on feminism and folklore in Francophone literature and film. Professor Buchanan has travelled extensively in Europe and in Africa, and has run many study-abroad programs to France and Morocco.