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English Department Faculty

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Pia Alexander
Lecturer
palexander@lbschools.net
562-985-7270
Office Location: MHB 702
 
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Lecturer
msa_roho@yahoo.com
562-985-4393
Office Location: MHB 711
 
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Sarah Arroyo
Professor
sarroyo@csulb.edu
562-985-8517
Office Location: MHB 409

BS Education New Mexico State University
MA English CSULB
PhD Rhetoric University of Texas at Arlington
Specialties: Digital Rhetorics and Cultures, Critical Theory, Composition Pedagogies
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Anthony Atherton
Lecturer
aatherton@earthlink.net
562-985-4217
Office Location: MHB 318
 
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Vera Austin
Lecturer
vaustin@csulb.edu
562-985-2310
Office Location: MHB 706

BA CSUC
MA CSULB
Interests: Writing and Literacy K-12 Prep;
Creative Writing (Fiction);
Gender Issues in Literature;
20th Century American Lit.

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Kathleen Baum
Lecturer
kbaum@csulb.edu
562-985-4232
Office Location: MHB 406
 
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Monika Belhumeur
Lecturer
mbelhumeur@verizon.net
562-985-4231
Office Location: MHB 405

BA University of Heidelberg, Germany
MA CSULB

Interests: ESL, Composition, Linguistics

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Leeanne Bergeron
TA
lbergeron.csulb@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Elyse Blankley
Professor
blankley@csulb.edu
562-985-4892
Office Location: FO2 222
BA Douglass College of Rutgers University
MA UC Davis, PhD UC Davis
Interests: Modernism (British and American), Feminist and Gender Theory, Contemporary Women Writers
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Mason Boyer
Lecturer
macfoo@msn.com
562-985-4393
Office Location: MHB 711
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Amy Braden
Lecturer
Amy.Braden@csulb.edu
562-985-4232
Office Location: MHB 406

 
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Melanie Buckowski
Lecturer
mbuckowski@aol.com
562-985-2310
Office Location: MHB 706
 
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Susan Carlile
Professor
scarlile@csulb.edu
562-985-4221
Office Location: MHB 305
BA Taylor University
MA, PhD Arizona State University
Interests: Eighteenth-Century British Literature; English Education
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Cheryl Chapman
Lecturer
chapmanc@csulb.edu
562-985-5239
Office Location: MHB 401
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Lethia Cobbs
Lecturer
lcobbs@csulb.edu
562-985-7031
Office Location: MHB 715
 
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Rebecca Coleman
TA
rcoleman.csulb@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Stephen Cooper
Professor
spcooper@csulb.edu
562-985-8644
Office Location: MHB 403
BA UCLA; MFA UCI; PhD USC
Interests: Creative Writing, Fiction, 20th Century American Fiction,; Narrative Theory,; Fiction and Film
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Susan Cooper
Lecturer
scooper2@csulb.edu
562-985-4216
Office Location: MHB 708
BA, MA CSULB
Interests: Linguistics - ESL, Composition, Grammar
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Jessica Cowing
TA
jcowing84@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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James Cross
Lecturer
jcross@csulb.edu
562-985-4397
Office Location: MHB 713
 
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Rebecca Cummings
Lecturer
rcummin2@csulb.edu
562-985-5285
Office Location: MHB 511
BA, MFA (Fiction) CSULB
Interests: Composition; Creative Writing
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Carrie M. Chambers
(Damschroder)
Lecturer
carried@hotmail.com
562.985.1943
Office Location: MHB 401

BA Bowling Green State University, MA Miami University
Interests: Technical Communication
website: www.csulb.edu/~cdamschr
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Tyler Dilts
Lecturer
tdilts@csulb.edu
562-985.2101
Office Location: MHB 702
BA, MA, MFA CSULB
Interests: Creative Writing; Literary Theory
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Gene Dinielli
Professor
dinielli@csulb.edu
562-985-4794
Office Location: MHB 510
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Kathleen Di Vito-Keirn
Lecturer
kdivito@csulb.edu
562-985-4215
Office Location: MHB 311
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Gerald Egan
Lecturer
gegan@umail.ucsb.edu
562-985-1538
Office Location: MHB 809
 
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Kelly Eyre
Lecturer
kelmara70@yahoo.com
562-985-4216
Office Location: MHB 808
 
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Boak Ferris
Lecturer
boak@csulb.edu
562-985-4232
Office Location: MHB 406
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Brian Finney
Assistant Professor
bhfinney@bhfinney.com
562-985-4247
Office Location: MHB 506

BA University of Reading, England, PhD Birkbeck College, University of London, England
Interests: 20th Century Literature (English Fiction); Literary Threory; Drama

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Eric Forrester
TA
eric.forrester@yahoo.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
Todd Fox
Todd Fox
Lecturer
tfox@csulb.edu
562-985-8516
Office Location: LAB 206
BA CSULB, MFA CSULB
website: www.csulb.edu/~tfox
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Gladys Garcia
Lecturer
ggarcia@csulb.edu
562-985-2844
Office Location: FO3 302

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Paul Gilmore
Associate Professor
pgilmore@csulb.edu
562-985-4249
Office Location: MHB 410
BA University of Mississippi, MA & PhD University of Chicago
Interests: 19th Century American Literature & Culture; Literature of Revolutionary Era; Cultural Studies; Aesthetic & Science
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Lisa Glatt
Assistant Professor
lglatt@csulb.edu
562-985-4243
Office Location: MHB 317
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Suzanne Greenberg
Assistant Professor
greenber@csulb.edu
562-985-4243
Office Location: MHB 501
BA Hampshire College, MFA University of Maryland
Interests: Creative Writing
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Suzan Gridley
Lecturer
sgridley@csulb.edu
562-985-7031
Office Location: MHB 715

BA San Fransisco State University
MA CSULB - Rhet/Comp Concentration

Interests: Digital Rhetoric, Technical Communications

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Gary Griswold
Assistant Professor
griswold@csulb.edu
562-985-4234
Office Location: MHB 408
BA, MA CSULB, PhD Claremont Graduate University
Interests: Composition Studies; Technical and Professional Writing
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Robert Guffey
Lecturer
rguffey@hotmail.com
562-985-4393
Office Location: MHB 711
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Elizabeth Guzik
Lecturer
eguzik@csulb.edu
562-985-4231
Office Location: MHB 405
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Ashley Hamrick
TA
ashleyjhamrick@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Rick Hamwi
Lecturer
rhamwi@csulb.edu
562-985-8913
Office Location: MHB 810
BA CSULB, MFA UC Irvine
Interests: Contemporary Fiction
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Lecturer
e.harris@csulb.edu
Office Location: MHB 717

BA CSULB, MA CSULB
Concentration: English Education & Rhetoric and Composition
Interests: Hip-Hop Based Education & Composition Structures in Popular Culture
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George Hart
Associate Professor
ghart@csulb.edu
562-985-4235
Office Location: MHB 410
BA Kent State University, PhD Stanford University
Interests: American Poetry; Modernism & Postmodernism; Criticism & Theory; Environmental Literature
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Larry Hashima
Lecturer
lhashima@csulb.edu
562-985-4822
Office Location: FO3-317
 
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David Hernandez
Lecturer
davidhernandez4@gmail.com
562-985-7031
Office Location: MHB 715
 
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Diana Hines
Lecturer
dhines@csulb.edu
562-985-2140
Office Location: MHB 712
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Elizabeth Hoffman
Lecturer
ehoffman@csulb.edu
562-985-5692
Office Location: AS 116
BA CSULB, MA USC
Interests: Compostion, Language Arts Methodology; Faculty Union/Lecturer Representative
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Don Hohl
Lecturer
dhohl@csulb.edu
562-985-7682
Office Location: MHB 709

BA CSULB, MA CSULB
Interests: Composition and Assessment; American Literature; Student Teaching
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Mimi Hotchkiss
Professor
whotch@csulb.edu
562-985-4219
Office Location: MHB 402
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Helen Chau Hu
Professor
562-985-4229
Office Location: MHB 705

 
Neil Hultgren
Neil Hultgren
Assistant Professor
nhultgre@csulb.edu
562-985-2423
Office Location: MHB 310

BA Augustana College (IL), MA & PhD University of Virginia
Interests: Victorian Studies; Imperialism in Literature; Postcolonial Theory; the Novel

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Shawne Hume
Lecturer
shume@csulb.edu
562-985-2314
Office Location: MHB 709
BA, MA CSULB
Interests: 20th Century American and British Lit.; English Education, teacher preparation - EDSS & LIST
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Amina Humphrey
Lecturer
ms_amina@pacbell.net
562-985-4245
Office Location: MHB 510
 
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Stephanie Johnson
Lecturer
sjohnso8@csulb.edu
562-985-4402
Office Location: MHB 505
BA Saint Louis University & UC Irvine, MA CSULB
Interests: On-site coordinator for English Education, Supervisor for student teachers & interns
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William Kamffer
Lecturer
brokam@hotmail.com
562-985-1538
Office Location: MHB 809
 
Lloyd Kermode
Lloyd Kermode
Professor
lkermode@csulb.edu
562-985-4212
Office Location: MHB 512
 
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Eileen Klink

Chair, Dept. of English

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Michael Koger
TA
mkoger87@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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LeeAnne Langton
Lecturer
llangton@csulb.edu
562-985-4217
Office Location: MHB 318

BA UCLA, MA CSULB
Interests: Linguistics; Heritage Language Preservation, ESL
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Beth Lau
Professor
blau@csulb.edu
562-985-4252
Office Location: MHB 313
BA, PhD University of Illinois, Champaign
Interests: British Romantic Period; Victorian Literature
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Mark Laurila
Lecturer
mlaurila@csulb.edu
562-985-1943
Office Location: MHB 401
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Paulino Lim
Professor Emeritus
plim2@csulb.edu
562-985-4213
Office Location: MHB 302

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Gerald Locklin
Professor
glocklin@csulb.edu
562-985-5285
Office Location: MHB 511

BA St. John Fisher College, MA & PhD University of Arizona
Interests: Creative Writing, 20th Century Literature, Literary Theory, N. West, Hemingway, Bukowski, Brautigan, Haslam, Fante, Stein, et al.
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Zach Locklin
Lecturer
zlocklin@csulb.edu
562-985-2101
Office Location: MHB 702
 
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Amy Loy
TA
amyloy05@yahoo.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Clint Margrave
Lecturer
cmargrav@csulb.edu
562-985-8913
Office Location: MHB 810

BA CSULB, MFA CSULB
Interests: Creative Writing
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Tina Matuchniak
Lecturer
tmatuchn@csulb.edu
562-985-2310
Office Location: MHB 706
BS Bombay University, BA CSULB, MA CSULB
Interests: Literacy; Language Minority Education; Reading
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Anna Mavromati
TA
a.mavromati@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Barbara Mello
Lecturer
bmello@csulb.edu
562-985-8913
Office Location: MHB 810
 
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Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Assistant Professor
imitchel@csulb.edu
562-985-4247
Office Location: MHB 506

 
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Bill Mohr
Assistant Professor
wmohr@csulb.edu
562-985-4246
Office Location: MHB 301
 
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Alosi Moloi
Professor
amoloi@csulb.edu
562-985-4598
Office Location: PSY 433
BA University of South Africa, MA University of South Africa, PhD University of the North
Interests: Comparative Literature; Linguistics; History; Southern African languages., Pan African Studies
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Michael Monaghan
Lecturer
monaghan@earthlink.net
562-985-2314
Office Location: MHB 709
 
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Marianne Muller
Lecturer
mmuller@csulb.edu
562-985-1979
Office Location: MHB 806
BA CSULB, MA CSULB
Interests: English Composition; American Language Program; WPE Advising
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Carla Nyssen
Lecturer
cnyssen@csulb.edu
562-985-1979
Office Location: MHB 806
BA CSULB, MA CSULB, TESL Certificate
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Mark Olague
TA
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Anthony Olah
Lecturer
aolah@csulb.edu
562-985-1979
Office Location: MHB 806

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Luis Orozco
Lecturer
lorozco@csulb.edu
562-985-7031
Office Location: MHB 715

BA UCLA, MA CSULB

Interests: Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Digital Rhetoric, Critical Theory

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Cynthia Pastrana
Lecturer
cpastran@csulb.edu
562-985-1979
Office Location: MHB 806
 
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Meg Pennington
Lecturer
megpennington1@gmail.com
562-985-4261
Office Location: MHB 808

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Alan Rifkin
Lecturer
alanrifkin@aol.com
Office Location: MHB 710
 
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Sandra Rogers
smrogers1@ca.rr.com
BA Stanford University, MA Stanford University
Interests: Single-Subject - English Methods
Curriculum and Instruction
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Chris Rose
Lecturer
crose3@csulb.edu
562-985-4216
Office Location: MHB 710
 
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Amy Sandoval
TA
amy.sandoval84@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717

 
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Linda Sarbo
Lecturer
lsarbo@csulb.edu
562-985-8102
Office Location: HC 104
 
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Norbert Schürer
Assistant Professor
nschurer@csulb.edu
562-985-4213
Office Location: MHB 302
BA Mochschule der Kunste Berlin; MA Folie Universitat Berlin; PhD Duke University
Interests: Eighteenth-Century British Lit., Literary Theory; Women Writers; Book History; Postcolonial Literature
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Kayleigh Sevi
TA
sevi.csulb@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Patty Seyburn
Assistant Professor
pseyburn@csulb.edu
562-985-8661
Office Location: MHB 313
 MFA University of California, Irvine
PhD University of Houston
Interests: Modern American Poetry, Eastern European and Latin American Poetry, Modern Midrash
Nancy Strow Sheley
Professor
nsheley@csulb.edu
562-985-2030
Office Location: MHB 312
BA Murray State University, MA University of Illinois, PhD University of Kansas
Interests: 19th & 20th Century American Literature and Art History; Professional Education
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Marc Simões
Lecturer
msimoes@csulb.edu
562-985-4261
Office Location: MHB 808
BA CSULB & U. de São Paulo, Brazil; MA CSULB; Interests: Shakespeare, European Renaissance; Yeats; Faulkner; Pessoa; Machado de Assis; Visual Arts / Opera /Medicine of Literature; Pre-Bac & First Year Composition
Jennifer Smith
Lecturer
jsmith10@csulb.edu
562-985-2310
Office Location: MHB 706
BA Penn State; MA CSULB
Interests: Composition; Teacher Education in Writing & Literacy; Medieval & Renaissance Literature; Pop Culture; Professional Writing; Creative Writing
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Lori Smurthwaite
Lecturer
lsmurthw@csulb.edu
562-985-4231
Office Location: MHB 405

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Jane Sprague
Lecturer
jspragu2@csulb.edu
562-985-4397
Office Location: MHB 713
BA UCLA
MFA Goddard College
Research Interests: Contemporary poetry and poetics; underrepresented writers: gender, race and class studies
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John Stavast
Lecturer
jstavast@csulb.edu
562-985-2140
Office Location: MHB 707

 
Ronald Strahl
Professor
rstrahl@csulb.edu
562-985-7677
Office Location: FO5 201
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Nicole Street
TA
nicolemstreet@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Andy Stuart
TA
andydstuart@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
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Paul Tayyar
Lecturer
paultayyar@earthlink.net
562-985-2102
Office Location: MHB 702

 
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Graham Thomas
Lecturer
gthomas@csulb.edu
562-985-4260
Office Location: FO4 151
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Marshall Thomas
Lecturer
mthomas@csulb.edu
562-985-5621
Office Location: HC 104
 
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Tom Thrasher
Lecturer
tthrashe@csulb.edu
562-985-5285
Office Location: MHB 511
BA CSULB; MFA CSULB
Interests: Creative Writing (Poetry, Novel, Short Story); Shakespeare
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Martine van Elk
Professor
mvanelk@csulb.edu
562-985-4222
Office Location: MHB 512
MA University of Amsterdam, Rice University; PhD Rice University
Interests: Shakespeare; Early Modern Literature; Early Modern Women; Early Modern Vagrancy
Dianne Vipond
Professor
dvipond@csulb.edu
562-985-4402
Office Location: MHB 505
BS McGill University; MA Concordia University; PhD York University
Interests: 20th Century English Literature; John Fowles & Lawrence Durrell; English Ed. -Critical Literacy, Lit. Theory at H.S. level
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Christina Waken
TA
cwaken@gmail.com
562-985-8881
Office Location: MHB 717
 
Charles Webb
Professor
cwebb@csulb.edu
562-985-4244
Office Location: MHB 502
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C. Travis Webb
Lecturer
ctraviswebb@mac.com
562-985-7031
Office Location: MHB 715

 
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Frederick Wegener
Professor
fwegener@csulb.edu
562-985-4226
Office Location: MHB 320
BA Columbia University
MA, PhD Harvard University
Interests: post-1865 American literature; forms of narrative; critical theory; history of the novel
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Mark Williams
Professor
mwilliam@csulb.edu
562-985-1978
Office Location: MHB 317
BS Utah State University; MA U of Texas, El Paso; PhD U of Arizona
Interests: Theories & Histories of Rhetoric; Composition Studies & Practice
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Howard Willison
Lecturer
howwill@csulb.edu
562-985-5662
Office Location: FO4 150
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Bill Younglove
Student Teacher Supervisor
wyoungl@aol.com
562-985-4397
Office Location: MHB 713
BA Adrian College; MA Western Michigan University, USC; EDD UCLA
Interests: Assessment; American Studies; Holocaust Studies
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Rafael Zepeda
Professor
rzepeda@csulb.edu
562-985-4243
Office Location: MHB 501
BA CSULB; MFA University of Oregon
Interests: Creative Writing; Film and Literature; 20th Century American Literature
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Jolene Zigarovich
Lecturer
jzigarov@csulb.edu
562-985-4217
Office Location: MHB 318
 
Carol Zitzer-Comfort
Carol Zitzer-Comfort
Assistant Professor
ccomfort@csulb.edu
562-985-7929
Office Location: MHB 310
BA CSU Fullerton; MA Cal Poly Pomona; PHD Claremont Graduate University
Interests: Reading; Composition; Cognitive Development; American Indian Literature; Disability Studies