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Ph.D. in English, Claremont
Graduate University, In Progress
- Major Field: Early American Literature
- Minor Fields: Early Modern Studies, Nineteenth
Century American Literature
M. A. in English, Claremont Graduate University,
1999
B. A. in Government, Georgetown
University, 1984
Employment
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Lecturer, English Department, University
of California Riverside (Fall 2002-present)
Courses taught include English 4D (writing lab
instruction), English 5 “Ideas
in Conflict,” English 5D (writing lab sections
in computer lab), English 1A Beginning
Composition, English 1B Intermediate
Composition (taught in traditional classroom and
computer lab), English 1C Applied Intermediate Composition.
Adjunct Faculty, University
of Redlands (Fall 2001-Present)
Instructor for writing intensive seminars:
Introduction to American Literature and Introduction
to Short Fiction: "American Stories."
Director, Harvey
Mudd College Upward Bound Programs (1994-2002)
Principal investigator and full-time administrator
of $1,000,000 per year of federally funded grants designed to
help low income (primarily Latino) high school students develop
the skills and motivation necessary for success in college.
Responsibilities included grant writing, supervision and training
of program staff (including instructors and tutors), curriculum
development, budget management, community outreach, and program
evaluation.
Assistant Director, Harvey Mudd College Upward
Bound Programs (1989-1994)
Developed and supervised tutorial program involving
sixty undergraduate tutors each year; supervised and trained
site coordinators, academic instructors, and tutors; developed
pre-college internship/mentoring programs and supporting curricular
materials for satellite sites in San Diego (science and medical
research organizations at UCSD and in La Jolla), Washington
D.C.(U.S. Congress, U.S. Library of Congress, other federal
and community agencies), and Sacramento, California (California
Legislature)
Upward Bound English Instructor / Curriculum
Coordinator (1988-2002)
Designed and taught composition (from sentence
structure level courses to essay and research writing seminars)
and literature courses for summer residential and academic year
programs for low-income, college bound students. Hired, trained,
and supervised undergraduate tutors for cross-age tutorial program
in writing and reading at target community high schools.
Assistant Principal, Bellarmine-Jefferson
High School (1986-1989)
English Instructor, Bellarmine-Jefferson High
School (1985-89)
Taught Advanced Placement, College Preparatory,
and General Education English classes.
Georgetown University International
Service Volunteer, Chimbote, Peru (1984-85)
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Academic
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Diversity
Task Force, Harvey Mudd College, (1998-2002).
Group responsible for developing and leading implementation
of the college’s “Blueprint for Diversity.”
Harassment
Peer Counselor and Grievance Committee, Harvey
Mudd College (2000-2002).
Group responsible for designing and implement
College anti-harassment policies and procedures.
Future Search Diversity Conference Planning
Committee, Harvey Mudd College, 2001
Search Committee: Executive
Assistant to the President for Diversity, Harvey
Mudd College, 2000.
Future Watch Advisory Board, Harvey Mudd
College (1999-2001)
The advisory board supported an educational science
television program cosponsored by Harvey Mudd College and Cal
Poly Pomona. My work with the advisory board focused on community
outreach and educational support materials development.
Panel Discussion Chair, “The Changing
Irish Classroom.” Twelfth
Graduate Irish Conference, Claremont Graduate University,
2000.
Editorial Board, Early
Modern Journal Claremont Graduate University, (1999-2001).
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Awards
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Pamela Mullin Fellow, Claremont
Graduate University, 2000
“Distinction,” Masters in English
Examination, Claremont Graduate University, 1999.
Biondi Fellow, Claremont Graduate University,
1996.
Katherine Kraft Award, Georgetown
University College of Arts and Sciences, 1984.
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Publications
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"Thomas Hariot." The Dictionary of
Literary Biography: Early American Nature Writing: Poetry, forthcoming.
Contributing Editor, Heath
Anthology of American Literature, 4th edition. “Columbus,”
head note and text notes, Fall 2001.
“Book Review: Among the White Moon Face:
An Asian American Memoir of Homelands by Shirley Geogk-Lin
Lim.” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal,
Spring 2000, Volume 29.2.
“In Brief” (short book reviews) for
Women’s
Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1998-2003.
Reviewed titles include Helen Hunt Jackson: A Literary Life
(Philips, 2003), Suspect Relations: Sex, Race, and Resistance
in Colonial North Carolina (Fischer 2002), Before Guadalupe
(Burkhardt, 2001), Exhibiting Mestizaje (Davalos, 2001),Other
Sexes: Rewriting Difference from Woolf to Winterson (Harris,
2000), Suits Me: The Secret Life of Billy Tipton (Middlebrook
1998), and Feminism and Its Fictions: The Consciousness-Raising
Novel and the Women’s Liberation Movement (Hogeland,
1999).
Presentations
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“Student Constructed Web Pages in the English
Classroom,” University
of Redlands “Being a Constructivist Educator”
faculty spotlight panel, March 2003.
“Helping TRIO Students Gain Admissions to
Private Colleges and Universities,”
Council for Opportunity in Education 19th Annual
Conference, September 2000.
“Goshutes
and the B& W Railroad in Mark Twain’s Roughing It,”
Annual Conference of the American
Literature Association, May 2000.
“Figuring
‘Reduction:’ Purging Disease and ‘Turning the
Soil’ in Spenser’s Ireland,” Twelfth
Graduate Irish Studies Conference, March 2000.
Respondent,
Presidential Inauguration Keynote Address,
Claremont Graduate University, March 1999.
“Training and Supervising Educational and
Internship Mentors,” Maryland Council for Educational Opportunities
Professional Development Workshop, March 1998.
“Communicating with College Student Tutors,”
National Council
of Educational Opportunity Associations 16th Annual
Conference, September 1997.
“Tools for Making the Most of Mentoring Programs,”
National Council
of Educational Opportunity Associations 16th Annual
Conference, September 1997.
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Professional
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National
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Western
Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel
(WESTOP)
The Modern
Language Association (MLA)
The
Society of Early Americanists (SEA)
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Other
Skills and Interests [ previous
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Spanish proficiency; outdoor and adventure education
leadership; retreat design and facilitation; proficiency in web
site design and the following software: Microsoft Office, FileMaker
Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Pagemaker, Dreamweaver, and Blackboard.
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