ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

Asst. Professor of English, Riverside Community College; Fall 2001 - present
Co-Coordinator, Writing & Reading Center, Riverside Community College; Fall 2003 - Spring 2005

Director, Writing Center; Scripps College; 1999-2001

Part-Time Teaching Positions
Lecturer in English, University of California, Riverside; Applied Intermediate Composition; Fall 2000
Instructor, Harvey Mudd College; "Representations of the 20th Century American Family"; Fall 2000
Instructor, University of Redlands; "Images of Women in Literature" & "The Color Line in 20th Century American Literature" 1999-2000
Composition Instructor, East Los Angeles College; Basic Composition Skills; Spring 1998
Instructor Assistant, Harvey Mudd College; Humanities 1; Fall 1997 - 1999

K-12 Teaching Experience
English/Creative Writing Instructor, USC Upward Bound Program; Summer 1998
Instructor, "California Literature" Harvey Mudd College Upward Bound Capitol Internship Summer Residential Program; Summer 1997
Assistant Fifth Grade Teacher and Reading Tutor, Crossroads Elementary School; 1995-1996

EDUCATION:

Doctorate in English, May 14, 2005
Claremont Graduate University; Claremont, California
Dissertation: Leftovers: The Persistence of Cannibal Imagery in Twentieth-Century Literature
Major area: Twentieth century American Literature
Minor areas: Nineteenth century American Literature; Drama

Master's degree in English; American Literature emphasis, May 13, 1995
Claremont Graduate University; Claremont, California

Bachelor of Arts, English; Graduated with Honors, June 12, 1994
University of California, Santa Barbara

CONFERENCES & LECTURES:

Strengthening Student Success Conference; San Jose, CA; Oct. 3-5, 2007
Presentation: "Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? Using Student Surveys to Assess and Improve Literature Courses"

National Women's Studies Association Conference; Oakland, CA; June 15-18, 2006
Paper: "Women's Studies Under the Radar: Incorporating Women's Studies in Freshman Composition"

Native American Literature Symposium; Minneapolis, MN; April 15-17, 2004
Paper: "A Cannibal's Almanac: Silko's Use of Metaphor"

America: Image and Icon; Claremont Graduate University; Claremont, CA; February 24, 2001
Conference Organizer

Northeast Modern Language Association Conference; Buffalo, NY; April 7-8, 2000
American Transcendentalists Panel, Paper: "Improving Time and Heading West in Thoreau's Search for the Ideal."

Critical Frameworks; New College of California, San Francisco, CA; April 22, 1999
Guest Lecturer: "Judith Butler's Feminism and the Question of Postmodernism"

National Association of African-American Studies / National Conference; Houston, TX; February 13-17, 1996
Paper: "'This is not a story to pass on': Sacrifice and Cultural Memory in Toni Morrison's Beloved"

PUBLICATIONS:

Women's Studies Journal, 1999. Volume 28.3. Book Review: The Power of the Porch: The Storyteller's Craft in Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Naylor and Randall Kenan. Trudier Harris.

Women's Studies Journal, "In Brief" Book Reviews
- Food, Consumption and the Body in Contemporary Women's Fiction. Sarah Sceats.
- Becoming Citizens: The Emergence and Development of the California Women's Movement, 1880-1911. Gayle Gullett.
- The Hysteric's Guide to the Future Female Subject. Juliet Flower MacCannell. 29.6 (2000)
- New Latina Narrative: The Feminine Space of Postmodern Ethnicity. Ellen McCracken. 28.5 (1999)
- Hawthorne's Fuller Mystery. Thomas R. Mitchell 28.5 (1999)

AWARDS & HONORS:

- Faculty appreciation award from student athletes, RCC, 2003
- Fellow, Preparing Future Faculty Program, Spring 2001
- Ph.D. Qualifying Exams, "Superior" Marks, Fall 2000
- Tuition Fellowship, CGU English Department, Fall 1997, Spring 1997, Fall 1998
- James Autry/Sally Pederson Fellow, Claremont Graduate University, 1996-97

ACADEMIC SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP:

Service at Riverside Community College:
- Member, Strategic Planning SubCommittee for Library and Learning Support Services; Spring 2007 - present
- Chair, District English Discipline subcommittee on Literature Courses; Spring 2006 - present
- Member, Honors Program Committee/Honors Advisory Council; Fall 2003 - present
- City Campus Representative, Associated Faculty RCC; Fall 2002 - present
- Member, Accreditation Subcommittee, Standard IIc; Spring 2006 - Spring 2007
- Curriculum Author for Modular Curriculum Project (English) funded through Title V grant; 2004-2005

Other Service and Membership:
- Member, National Writing Centers Association, an NCTE Assembly; 2000-01
- Member, Literature and Culture of the Americas, CGU; 1997-2001
- Member, Modern Language Association; 1994 - 2003
- Recording Secretary, Literature and Culture of the Americas, CGU; 1997-98
- Moderator, Alternatives to Academia Conference, CGU; February 1997
- Research Assistant to Professors Wendy Martin and Marc Redfield; 1994-5