Teaching
Graduate Seminars
- MTL/ENGL 338B: Theories of Race and Ethnicity
- MTL/ENGL 334A: Concepts of Modernity I: Philosophical Foundations (formerly The Modern Tradition I)
- MTL 334B: Concepts of Modernity: Culture and Society in the Age of Globalization
- ENGL 362P: Passions of the Color Line
- ENGL 363D: Identity, Experience, and Knowledge in Feminist Theory
- ENGL 389A: Realist Theory and the Predicament of Postmodernism
- ENGL 262: Race Matters: Representations of Race in 20th Century American Literature
Undergraduate Lecture Classes
- ENGL 161: Narrative and Narrative Theory
- CSRE 196C/PSYCH 155/ENGL 172D: Introduction to Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (team-taught with Professor Hazel Rose Markus)
- ENGL 45/145G: Looking Through Colored Glasses: Writings by Women of Color
- ENGL 43/143B: Introduction to Chicana/o Literature and Culture
- ENGL 123A: American Literature from 1865-1935
- HIST 162/CSRE 162/ENGL 172B: Introduction to Chicana/o History and Culture (team-taught with Professor Al Camarillo)
Undergraduate Seminars
- ENGL 64N: Growing Up in America
- CSRE 200X: Senior Honors Seminar
- ENGL 187B: US Latina/o Literature
- ENGL 3C-06: The Self in Society
- ENGL 3C-06: The Practice of Prose
Continuing Studies
- LIT 208: Toni Morrison
Advising
Ph.D. Dissertation Chair
Completed
- Jennifer Harford Vargas, Ph.D., English; Asst. Prof. Bryn Mawr College
In Progress
- Guadalupe Carrillo, Ph.D., English
- Elda Maria Roman, Ph.D., English (with Ramon Saldivar)
- Karli Cerankowski, Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature (with Heather Love)
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member
Completed
- Marcial Gonzalez, Ph. D., Modern Thought and Literature; Assoc. Prof. U of California, Berkeley
- Ulka Anjaria, Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature; Asst. Prof. Brandeis University
- Ernesto Martinez, Ph.D., English, Cornell University; Asst. Prof. U. of Oregon
- Julie Minich, Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese; Asst. Prof. University of Miami at Ohio
- Carmen San Juan-Pastor, Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese; Asst. Prof. Scripps College
- Frank Samson, Ph.D., Sociology; Asst. Prof. University of Miami
- Jolene Hubbs, Ph.D., English; Asst. Prof. University of Alabama
- JuYon Kim, Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature; Asst. Prof. Harvard University
In Progress
- James Estrella, Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature
- Mark Vega, Ph.D., English
Undergraduate Honors Theses
- Tara Brennan, American Studies
- Shavondalyn Givens, English
- Arisha Hatch, Feminist Studies
- Elia Herrerra, Comparative Literature
- Ernesto J. Martinez, English
- Maria de Lourdes Medrano, English
- Molly Tanenbaum, Feminist Studies
- Jessica Valenzuela, English
Interdisciplinary English Major Papers
- Jennifer Assef
- Michelle Bussarakum
- Catherine Loerke
CSRE Senior Paper
- Krystle Nowhitney







