Education

• Ph.D. in Literature and Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

• M.A. in Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz

• M.A. in World and Comparative Literature, San Francisco State University

• B.A. in Comparative Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara

Fall 2025 Teaching Schedule & Location

• English C1000 (formerly English 1A): Academic Writing: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:20 AM - 12:40 PM, Classroom 280, Bldg. A, 2nd Floor, Watsonville Center

• English C1001 (formerly English 2): Thinking and Writing: Thursdays, 6:30 - 9:35 PM, Classroom 360, Bldg. A, 3rd Floor, Watsonville Center

Fall 2025 Office Hours & Location

• Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:45 - 1:15 PM, Classroom 280, Bldg. A, 2nd Floor (or office, TBD)

• Thursdays, 5:30 - 6:15 PM, Classroom 360, Bldg. A, 3rd Floor (or office, TBD)

  "It is our responsibility, as writers and teachers, to make sure that our texts and our classrooms are not 'safe' spaces from which a reader or student may return unchanged or unthreatened. While a fictional territory...may guarantee million-dollar advances in New York and glowing student evaluations, we have to remember the immortal words of Gerald Vizenor: 'Some upsetting is necessary'. Literary terrorism is preferable to literary tourism." -Louis Owens