Education [ next ]
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 [ previous / next ]
English Instructor, Letters Department, MiraCosta
College, Oceanside California.
Current courses include Puente Program English and American Literature (Literature 251)
Lecturer, English Department, University
of California Riverside (Fall 2002-Spring 2004)
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
Service [ previous / next ]
Basic Skills Coordinator, MiraCosta College (Jan 2008-present)
Lodestar Program Coordinator, Miracosta College, (2006-present)
Professional Development Program Committee Member, Miracosta College (2005-present)
Technology and Pedagogy Committee Member, MiraCosta College (2005-2006)
Letters Department Developmental Skills Subcommittee, Chair (2005-2006), Member (2005-present)
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
and Honors [ previous / next ]
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 [ previous / next ]
Contributing Editor, Heath Anthology of American
Literature, 5th edition. "Columbus," "Laudonniere," and "Champlain" head
note and Instructor's Guide entries, 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 [ previous / next ]
Miracosta College Program for Online Teaching (2006-present): Presented and/or facilitated at workshops on Designing Online Courses, Using Moodle, and Using Blogs as an Instructional Tool.
"Teaching Dissent" FLEX Professional Development Program, MiraCosta College, January 2007
"Puente and Service Learning," Puente Instructors Summit, San Francisco, October 2006.
"Reviving the Syllabus" New Faculty Orientation, MiraCosta College, August 2006
"The First Year Puente Teacher Experience," Puente Summer Institute, Berkeley CA, July 2006.
"On Blogs and Blogging," Letters Department Spring Conference, MiraCosta College, March 2006.
"Reviving the Syllabus" New Faculty Orienation, MiraCosta College, August 2005.
"Service Learning: Joining the Professional Conversation" FLEX Professional Development Program, MiraCosta College, August 2005.
“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
organizations and memberships [ previous / next ]
National
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Society of Early Americanists (SEA)
The
Modern Language Association (MLA)
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Other
Skills and Interests [ previous ]
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, Dreamweaver, and Blackboard.
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