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Spec i a l t h anks t o a l l t h e f a cu l t y and s t uden t s who con t r i bu t ed t o ou r 2012 -13 news l e t t e r .Comp i l ed and ed i t ed by Co r t ney K imo to

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What degrees have you received?

university of the south: seWanee – BAinEnglish1998cal state long Beach – MAinEnglish,2005claremont graduate university – PhDinEnglish,2011

What is your current profession, and hoW did your experiences at csulB help prepare you for that profession?

IamcurrentlyaLecturerintheAmericanStudies and English Departments atCalifornia State University, Fullerton. Ialso taught atWoodburyUniversity andCollegeof theCanyonsduringandaftermyyearsingraduateschool.IstartedtheMA program at CSULB while teachinghigh school English full time. Whilewritingmy thesis on novels byWilliamFaulkner and their engagementwith thetheme of inheritance, I fell in lovewithscholarship.CSULBplayedacriticalrolein my preparation for doctoral studies,in the process of writing a dissertation,andinmyengagementwiththescholarlyworldbeyondmyowninstitution.

AsaLectureratCSUF, Idrawuponmyexperiences as a student at CSULB tocreate learning experiences that canpotentially ignite students’ passions; asmyprofessorsdidforme,Itrytoprovidestudents with the knowledge and skillsto pursue these passions to the best of

their abilities. In my scholarly life, Irepeatedly draw upon the seminars andthesis experience that prepared me sowellformyprofessionallife.

have any of your puBlications developed from the Work you completed in our ma program?

I wrote my first publication—an essayonthenarrativeofRobertPennWarren’sAll the King’s Men—inmy first year ofdoctoral studies, drawing upon workI had done at CSULB. My most recentpublication—an essay on 19th-centurysouthern humor that was drawn from achapter in my dissertation—will appearinAmerican Literature inJune2013.

are there specific professors from our department Who influenced and/or supported your academic and professional goals?

Paul Gilmore became a mentor in myearliest days at CSULB. He steppedoutside of his primary field to chairmythesis committee; he helpedmeget intomy doctoral program; and he servedas a primary reader on my dissertationcommittee. He continues to be the firstperson with whom I share my work,and whatever successes I might find inacademia have occurred because of hisgenerosity andhis expertise. Other keyinfluences from CSULBwere FrederickWegener and Tim Caron, who gavevaluableadviceonmythesisandplayeda

majorroleingettingmeintomydoctoralprogram. George Hart expertly taughtmyseminaronLiteraryTheory;Istillgoback to thenotes fromthatclass. Ihaveenjoyed multiple conversations withall three since completing my master’sat CSULB, and they continue to beinspirations.

is there any additional information that you Would like to share aBout your time in our department and your present accomplishments?

I started at CSULB with a simple—andperhaps naïve—idea that all I wantedwasamaster’sdegree,andIleftwithanunexpectedpassionforacademiathathasfueled my professional life for the lasteightyears.Inallphasesofmydoctoralprogram,IsucceededthanksinlargeparttotheoutstandingpreparationIreceived.I am grateful for the generosity of allmyprofessorsandqualityof instructionin the program overall. I hope that mycurrent and future work will positivelyreflect on the outstanding education IreceivedatCSULB.

A L U M N I A N D S T U D E N T S :W E W A N T T O H E A R F R O M Y O U !

Please get in touch and tell us about your current activities, future plans, and professional or personal accomplishments. Send an email to professor George Hart at george.hart@csulb.edu.

In your email, please include your name, your csulb degrees and when they were conferred, and your ad-dress. Let us know if we can include your activities and accomplishments in a future newsletter.

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Michelle Brooks (MA, 2012) willpursuea PhD in English at the University ofMassachusettsAmherstinfall2013.Herareaofstudywillbemedieval literaturewith an emphasis in Old Englishliterature. Michelle also presented herpaper “Slippage of the ‘Heroic Code’and Contextual Identity in The Battle of Maldon” at the 2012 Pacific Ancientand Modern Language AssociationConference, and her paper “OnlineMedievalism: Racializing Beowulf andThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”atthe2013Medieval Association of the PacificConference.

Jessica Cowing (MA, 2012)willpursueaPhDinAmericanStudiesattheCollegeof William and Mary in Williamsburg,Virginiainfall2013.

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Tom Do (MA, 2008) coauthored“Chapter 27: Meaning in Texts andContexts” inThe Oxford Handbook of a History of Linguistics(March2013).

Jann Harris (BA, 2007; MA, 2011) willpursue aPhD inCompositionStudies atTheUniversityofMemphisinfall2013.ShebeganworkingatCSULB’sWriter’sResource Lab in fall 2006, and hasworkedastheassistantcoordinatorfromfall 2011 to the present. Jann currentlyteaches several classes at CSULB andLong Beach City College, and she hasalso taught courses at Cerritos CollegeandPolyHighSchool.

Keith Jones (MA, 2005) completed hisPhD in English at Duke University andis currently a Visiting Lecturer in theDepartment of English at Holy CrossCollege.

Jesse Mardian (BA, 2010) began theMFA program in Fiction at San JoseStateUniversityinfall2012.

Michelle Parsons (MA, 2011) willpursue a PhD in English Language andLinguistics at Purdue University in fall2013. Michelle presented her paper“‘Thatwasagoodking’:GenderPoliticsinBeowulf”at the2012PacificAncientand Modern Language AssociationConference.

AJ Schmitz (MA, 2011) is completinghis coursework for the PhD programin Literature and Criticism at IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania (IUP).Moreover, AJ has been a contributingeditorforThe David Livingstone Spectral Imaging ProjectandLivingstone Online.Since spring 2012, AJ has been aninstructor of XML in IUP’s Center forDigitalHumanities andCulture.Hewasawarded a teaching position at IUP thisfall, as well, teaching Literature forNon-MajorsandCollegeWriting.

Ryan Smernoff (MA, 2011) will startthe MFA in Fiction writing program atColumbiaUniversityinfall2013.

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Bahareh Alaei-Johnson (MA) presented the video “Choric Slam Tilt:UnpinningtheTable”withSarahArroyoat the Modern Language AssociationConferenceinJanuary2013.

Tamar Altebarmakian (MFA, 2013) published the following three shortstories: “Sit Still and I’ll Weave,”So to Speak Journal (Fall 2013).(Forthcoming). “God Is a RockCollector,” Pearl Magazine (Summer2013). (Forthcoming). “Arm Hair,”Carnival Literary Magazine(Fall2012).

David Emmanuel Barrera (MA)presentedhispaper“Ethics,Readership,and Violence in Bret Easton Ellis’sAmerican Psycho” at the second-annual Re/Inventions: Graduate StudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Jamie Buhler (MA, 2013) and Kacie Wills (MA, 2013) presented their paper“Hysteria and Zombie Rehabilitationin The Walking Dead” at the second-annual Re/Inventions: Graduate StudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Lisa Brown (MA, 2013) will start thePhDprograminEnglishattheUniversityof California, Riverside in fall 2013,and was awarded the Chancellor’sDistinguishedFellowship.Shepresented“e-(co)criticism: Pop Music, RemixCulture, and Ambient Poetics in thePostmodern Age” at the inauguralConference on Ecopoetics at UniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyinFebruary2013.Lisa also traveled to Northern Irelandto present “Close Shaves: Agamben’sWhatever Being and MoustachioedMemes” at the Contemporary GenderedPerformance and Practice Conferenceat Queen’s University, Belfast in April2013.

Danilo Caputo (MA, 2013) publishedhis essay“‘Oink,Oink,Oink!’:SwinishSymbolism in Thomas Pynchon’s

Gravity’s Rainbow,” in the 2012 issueof Watermark. He also presented hispaper“Hysterics,DavidFosterWallace,and Feeding the Mob in ‘Consider theLobster’” at the second-annual Re/Inventions:GraduateStudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Sarah Dassero (MA, 2013) presentedher paper “The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Lock” at the second-annual Re/Inventions:GraduateStudentConferenceat CSULB in April 2013. Sarah alsopresented her paper “Don’t Poke the…Monster?: Society, Identity and the‘Monster’ in Beowulf” at the Medievaland Renaissance Student AssociationConferenceinFebruary2013.

Mark B. Friedlander (MFA) presentedat the biannual Faulkner Conference atSoutheast Missouri State University(SEMO) in Cape Girardeau on October25-27,2012.Hispaperwastitled“Freud,Lacan, and The Sound and the Fury’sJasonCompson:TheManchildYouLovetoHate.”

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Kathryn Healy (BA) presented herpaper “MasculineHysteria ofGrendel’sMother and Good Kings in Beowulf”at the second-annual Re/Inventions:GraduateStudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Élice Hennessee presented her paper“Ariel: Disney’s Progressive Figure’sDigressive Transformation through thePatriarchal Pathology” at the second-annual Re/Inventions: Graduate StudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Omar Hussein (MA) presented hispaper“‘Onsuchaday,Insuchaplace’:Spatial Discourse and Anti-Semitism inThe Merchant of Venice”attheLaVerneShakespeare Conference on April 27th,2013.

Janna Jesson (BA) presented her paper“The Controlled Woman Triumphs inMarie de France’s ‘Lanval’” at thesecond-annual Re/Inventions: GraduateStudent Conference at CSULB in April2013.

Cortney Kimoto (MA, 2013)coauthoredthechapter“TheQuestionofDefinition:Recasting Invention for ParticipatoryComposition” in Sarah Arroyo’sforthcoming book Participatory Composition: Video Culture, Writing, and Electracy(2013).Shealsopresentedon the panel “Video Methodologies:Researching on the Tube” at theConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunicationinMarch2013.

Graduate students Cortney Kimoto, Brian Le, Corey Leis, and Sarah Roussin presented the panel “Teachingand Learning in Evolving HybridSpaces”atthe2012YoungRhetoricians’Conference in Monterey, California onJune21,2012.

Carolyn Lange (MA) presented herpaper“QuintilianonPathosinRhetoric:Contributions to Modern Pedagogy”at the second-annual Re/Inventions:GraduateStudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Phuong Luu (MA) presented herpaper “The Empowered and CoherentOphelia: A Refutation of the Eroticizedand Lovelorn Ophelia” at the second-annual Re/Inventions: Graduate StudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Cecilia Paredes (MA) presentedher paper “Arresting Female Power:Femininities, Proctor’s Masculinity,andGenderedRhetoricinThe Crucible”at the second-annual Re/Inventions:GraduateStudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Kayleigh Quarterman (BA, 2013) presented her paper “Dr. Grayer’sOffice: A Creative Interpretation ofGender Roles Inspired by CharlottePerkins Gilman’s Protagonist in ‘TheYellow Wallpaper’” at the second-annual Re/Inventions: Graduate StudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Gaby Ramirez-Chavez (BA, 2013)will pursue a PhD in English at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz infall 2013. She recently published thefollowing four poems: “Sylvia PlathSymposium 2012” and “The Plath NotTaken” in Plath Profiles, and “TamaleFeet” and “Blue Funnel” in Kweli Journal.Herarticle“‘Beware/Beware’:ColeridgeanSurrogacy inPlath’sFatherFigure Poems” is forthcoming in theOnline McNair Scholars Journal(2013).Additionally, Gaby presented her paperentitled “‘I think I made you up insidemy head’: The Hysterical Daughterin Plath’s Father Figure Poems” at thesecond-annual Re/Inventions: GraduateStudent Conference at CSULB in April2013.

Ryan Roderick (MA)presentedhispaper“The Soothing Hand of Colonialismand the BlackHole of Terror: Hysteria,Re/Invention, and Ethos in JamaicaKincaid’s The Autobiography of My Mother and Andrea Smith’s ‘BetterDead Than Pregnant’” at the second-annual Re/Inventions: Graduate StudentConferenceatCSULBinApril2013.

Rusty Rust (MA) prepared her paper“A Geography of Disparate Spirits:Interrogating Pathology as Oppression

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The CSULB chapter of Sigma TauDelta , the Internat ional EnglishHonor Society, seeks to recognizehigh-achieving students in Englishlanguage and l i terature. We promoteinterest inEnglishoncollegecampusesand in the surrounding community,and we are looking for motivatedstudents to becomemembers. Peoplewhowouldl iketocreatea communityof Englishenthusiasts oncampusandpromote our f ield at CSULB and insouthern California are encouragedto apply. Please visi t our s i te ath t t p : / /www.c su l b . edu / co l l e g e s / c l a /depar tments /eng l i sh / s igmataude l ta / .The membership applicat ion andinformation about becoming amember canbe found in themenuonthe lef t .For addit ional information, contactNeil Hultgren, facul ty advisor(Neil .Hultgren@csulb.edu), or CeraSmith, Iota Pi chapter president(cerasmith24@gmail .com).

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in ‘A Woman is Talking to Death’ and‘Mental’” for the second-annual Re/Inventions:GraduateStudentConferenceatCSULB inApril 2013.Erin Arendse (MA) presented Rusty’s paper at theconferenceevent.

Dorin Smith (MA, 2013) will startthe PhD program in English at BrownUniversityinfall2013.

Kacie Wills (MA 2013) presented herpaper “Feasting upon Shakespeare:Eating and the Formation of Keats’sPoetic Identity and Creative Process”at the Traditions and Transformationsinterdisciplinary Food StudiesConference at California StateUniversity,FullertoninApril2013.

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W i n n e r s o f t h e s p r i n g 2 0 1 3 De p a r t m e n t o f en g l i s h

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Ronald Foote Scholarship isawarded to MEGAN GRANT for herpoems “TheLanguage ofGod,” “Wheredoes the soul of God reside?,” “Zenit,”“Self-Diagnosed Insomnia,” and“Indeed.”

TheBill Jaquith Scholarship isawardedto DANILO CAPUTO for his essay“David FosterWallace and Feeding theMobin‘ConsidertheLobster.’”

TheIsabelle McCaffrey Horn Memorial Scholarship is awarded to FELICITYLANDA for her chapter from The Way We Walk.

The Beatrice and Janosco Memorial Scholarship is awarded to KRISTENWATTSforherpoems“Elevators,”“TheWickerChair,”and“LettingGo.”

The Gerald Locklin Writing Prize isawarded to MAE RAMIREZ for herpoems“dumpster-divingforourfathers,”“the backwards bloom,” and “whengrowing up, your sister is a burningfuselage.”

TheJames I. Murashige Jr. Memorial Award is awarded to JOSHUAZAVALETA for his short story “TheMirage.”

The William T. Shadden Memorial Undergraduate Award is awarded toGABY RAMIREZ-CHAVEZ for herpoems “Pulling Onions,” There is NoViolence Here,” and “At the Center ofThings.”

The William T. Shadden Memorial Graduate Award is awarded to JAXNTP for her poems “neurosity XCIII,”“neurosity XI,” “neurosity LXVII,”“neurosity LXXXVIII,” and “neurosityXXXIV.”

The Mary Purcell Scholarship isawarded to ANDY STUART for hisessay“‘TherekeptmyCharmsconceal’dfrom mortal Eye’: Satire/Sincerity inThe Rape of the Lock.”

The John B. Williams Scholarship for Literature is awarded to SHOUHEITANAKAforhisessay“‘ButThatYourWorth Will Dignify Our Feast’: EatingMeatwithBenJonson.”

The John B. Williams Scholarship for Education is awarded to MELINDAAGUILAR for her essay “Using Dramato Support the California K-12 ELDStandards.”

distinguished undergraduate honors

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departmental honors

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ambeR ajluniamanDa Cano

jeSSiCa Chong

RaChel ClaRe

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viCToRia CoTT

Kayla Cybula

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Tiffany haSlaCKeR

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emily munoz-SnyDeR

joShua PRiChaRD

Kayleigh QuaRTeRman

ChRiSTina RiTChey

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RoSaRio ToRReS

miChelle TRiviSonno

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Distinguished Graduates and Departmental Honorsdean’s list

mae RamiRez

distinguished graduate students

SaRah DaSSeRo

KaCie WillS

outstanding graduate students

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hannah huff

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outstanding comprehensive exams

jamie buehleR CoRTney KimoTo

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Staffpoetry editors

fabiola guzman RamSey maTheWS

nonfiction editors

Kevin ChiDgey mony vong

fiction editors

jen fRenCh moniCa holmeS

editor-in-chief

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RipRap contriButors

CRYSTALALEXANDER,CSULBarteducationstudent

ELEANORLEONNEBENNETT,sixteen-year-oldinternationallyaward-winningphotographer

andartist

MATHIEUCAILLER,graduateofVermontCollegeof

FineArts

KEVINCHIDGEY,second-yearfictionwriterin

CSULB’sMFAprogram

BENDUVALL,CSULBgraphicdesign

andpoliticalsciencestudent

MATTHEWDULANEY,livesinMaryland

SHANEEAVES,first-yearpoetinCSULB’s

MFAprogram

MARKB.FRIEDLANDER,first-yearpoetinCSULB’s

MFAprogram

JENFRENCH,second-yearfictionwriterinCSULB’sMFAprogram

RICKYGARNI,writeranddesigner

livinginNorthCarolina

MARCELLOARTUROGIAGNOLI,

2012graduateofCSULB’sBAprogramsincreativewritingandliterature

WENDYSUEGIST,livesinNewMexico

CHADGREENE,graduateoftheMAprograminProfessionalWritingatUSC

FABIOLAGUZMAN,second-yearpoetinCSULB’s

MFAprogram

JEFFHALLENBECK,graduatingfromCSULBinspring

2013

GAIAHOLMES,creativewrierinHalifax,U.K.

MONICAHOLMES,second-yearfictionwriterin

CSULB’sMFAprogram

WILLIAMJACKSON,bornandraisedinLosAngeles,CA

ERRENGERAUDKELLY,graduateoftheBAprograminEnglishcreativewritingatLouisianaStateUniversity,

BatonRouge

MARYKINARD,first-yearfictionwriterinCSULB’sMFAprogram

LENKRISAK,translatorofVirgil’sEcloguesand

OvidonLove(UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress)

PETERLEIGHT,livesinAmherst,Massachusetts

ZACHERYMANN,first-yearfictionwriterinCSULB’sMFAprogram

RAMSEYMATHEWS,first-yearpoetinCSULB’s

MFAprogram

JAXNTP,second-yearpoetinCSULB’s

MFAprogramandEditor-in-Chiefof

RipRap35

MARTINOTT,formerU.S.ArmyinterrogatorlivinginLosAngeles,CA

DWIGHTPAVLOVIC,self-taughtmultimediaartist

basedinWestVirginia

DANPINKERTON,liveswithhisfamilyin

DesMoines,Iowa

GRANTSCHUBERT,currentlyteachescompositionatRockValleyCollegeandCollege

ofDuPageinIllinois

CYNTHIASCHULTHEIS,1994graduateofCSULB’sMAin

Historyprogram

TYLERSPANGLER,graphicdesignerwithaBAinPsychologyfromCSULB

VALERIESTAUFFER,worksasatechnicalconsultantandisdistrictleaderoftheGreenwich,ConnecticutRepresentativeTown

Meeting

NICOLESTRANZ,pursuingacreativewriting

degreeatCSULB

MONYVONG,second-yearfictionwriterin

CSULB’sMFAprogram

CORYWILSON,graduatingwithaBAin

EnglishfromCSULBinspring2013

AJWINTERS,CSULBMFAgraduate

BILLWOLAK,teachescreativewritingat

WilliamPattersonUniversityinNewJersey

ROBERTWYNNE,receivedhisMFA

fromAntiochUniversity

CHANGMINGYUAN,holdsaPhDinEnglish,teachesindependently,

andeditsPoetryPacificinVancouver

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ERINARENDSE,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

DANILOCAPUTO,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

KATHERINEECHOLS,UniversityofHouston

NATALIAFONT,UniversityofExeter

ASHLEYGREENWOOD,CaliforniaStateUniversity,SanDiego

CHRISTINEHILL,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

BRIANLE,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

COREYLEIS,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

CECILIAPAREDES,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

DANIELPOWELL,UniversityofCentralFlorida

RUSTYRUST,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

KIKISHAVER,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

DORINSMITH,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

ANDREWDAVIDSTUART,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

SHOUHEIJ.TANAKA,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

DEANTSUYUKI,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

SIOBHANWHITE,CaliforniaStateUniversity,SanDiego

KACIEWILLS,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

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Organized and activated by a group of dedicated students, the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) supplements thegraduate school experience through co-curricular activities such as conferences, workshops, guest speakers, and panel discussions.Each activity is designed to enhance the student’s academic and professional development and offer opportunities forbuildingrelationshipswithfacultyandpeers.Visit EGSA on Facebook: WWW.faceBook.com/csulB.egsa

egSa ReCeiveD The folloWing aWaRDS aT The College of libeRal aRTS STuDenT CounCil (ClaSC)

anD STuDenT life anD DeveloPmenT (SlD) leaDeRShiP CeRemonieS:

“STuDenT oRganizaTion of The yeaR,” College of libeRal aRTS STuDenT CounCil, may 9, 2013

“ouTSTanDing neW oRganizaTion,” STuDenT life anD DeveloPmenT, may 10, 2013

“moST CReaTive maRKeTing/aDveRTiSing CamPaign,” STuDenT life anD DeveloPmenT, may 10, 2013

EGSA MEMBERS

kiki shaver, president

lisa BroWn, vice president

erin arendse

Jamie Buehler

dya cangiano

nicole cloar

sarah dassero

rachel emling

corey leis

michael palomorez

doris palomorez

monica rosa

rusty rust

mary sotnick

shelley spearman

Bennette turpanJian

kacie Wills

cv Workshop

OnWednesday,October17,2012,EGSAhosted a CV workshop led by Dr. GaryGriswoldwho introduced thepurposeofcreating a CV as well as discussed theformat and components of a successfulCV. Dr. Griswold’s presentation wasfollowed by a question and answersession, andhis informativePowerPointpresentation was made availablefor download through the EnglishDepartment website. This inauguraleventprovedsosuccessfulthatanencoreSpring CV Workshop, also led by Dr.Griswold,washeldonTuesday,5March2013.

thesis informational session

OnWednesday,February6,2013,EGSAwelcomed Dr. Sarah Arroyo who leda panel discussion about completinga thesis for the MA in English. Sheand the presenters discussed how todevelop a thesis topic and timeline forcompletion.Theyalsoaddressedhow to

form a committee, the writing process,and the benefits of completing a thesis.A list of potential MA Thesis MentorswascompiledandmadeavailableontheDepartmentofEnglishwebsite.

aBstract Writing Workshop

EGSA worked with the AssociatedStudents of Comparative Literatureto host an abstract writing workshopon Thursday, November 8, 2012. Theworkshop featured a presentation byDr. Nhora Serrano, who explainedhow to write abstracts and stressedthe competitive nature of submittingabstractsforreview.

phd application panel

Held on Wednesday, March 20, 2013,this panel answered questions relatedto the PhD application process, andfeaturedDr.PaulGilmore,Dr.FrederickWegener,Dr.DennisLópez,andE.JannHarris.Thepanelistsaddressedsearching

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for schools and programs, developingcompetitive and compelling writingsamples and statements of purpose, andrequesting letters of recommendation.The panel discussionwas followed by alivelyquestionsandanswerssession.

faculty-student mixer

Hosted by the Department of Englishin conjunction with EGSA on Monday,October 29, 2012, the faculty-student mixer encouraged studentsto meet and network with professorsoutside of the classroom, as well as toexplore department organizations andopportunities. Rip Rap, Watermark,Sigma Tau Delta, HipPoetics, andMaRSAwereallrepresented.

Re/inventions 2013 -- “hysteria”

On April 11, 2013, the second-annualRe/Inventions conference broughttogether20scholarsandalargeaudiencewith more than 120 in attendance. Re/Inventions welcomed visiting scholarsfrom our local CSUs, out-of-state andindependent scholars, a PhD candidatefrom Germany, and several of our ownCSULB colleagues. Organized “bystudents for students,” the conferenceprovides graduates and advancedundergraduates the opportunity to sharetheir current scholarship. Hoping toattractpapersreflectingthecomicspirit,

Re/Inventions announced “Hysteria” asits theme and acknowledged one of theconferencecommittee’smottos:“seriousscholarship,seriousfun.”

The department’s Dr. Barbara Mellodelivered the keynote presentation. Shediscussed how the entrance to hell, asthehellmouth,anditscauldronprovidesa fresh understanding of the ways thatearlymodern peoples imagined hell anddamnationasaspectacleofcookingandfeeding.

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Dr. Stephen Cooper invited DirectorIrek Dobrowolski to screen anddiscuss his award-winning Holocaustdocumentary film The Portraitist onThursday, November 29, 2012, atCSULB’s University Student UnionAuditorium. The Portraitist recountsthe photography and story of WilhelmBrasse who was sent to Auschwitz as apoliticalprisonerin1940.Forfiveyears,theNazisforcedBrasse,laternicknamed“the photographer of Auschwitz,” tophotograph more than 40,000 prisonersinAuschwitzfor“identitypictures.”

Thefilmscreeningwasco-hostedbytheDepartment of English, the College ofLiberalArts,theJewishStudiesProgram,andtheDepartmentofRomance,German,RussianLanguagesandLiterature.You can view the video of the Q&AsessionwithIrekDobrowolskiat:http://www.csulb.edu/ la ts / i tss /design/video/f lash /engl i sh /smethurs t / jan2013/q_a_portraitist.html

sp e C i A l ev e n t s

andrea lunsford presents “the role of rhetoric (and social

and other media) Writing in 21st century universities”

Andrea Lunsford, the Louise HewlettNixonProfessorofEnglishandDirectorof the Program inWriting and Rhetoric(PWR) at Stanford University, visitedCaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeachonFriday,October5,2012,onbehalfofCSULB’sCompositionProgram.Acrowdof 85 faculty members and graduatestudents fromCSULB and several othersouthern California schools attendedthe workshop. Lunsford’s presentationwas titled “The Role of Rhetoric (andSocialandOtherMedia)Writingin21stCenturyUniversities.”Offeringwhatshecalleda“pep-talkforrhetoric,”Lunsforddiscussed social media and new mediawriting within a rhetorical framework.She began her presentation by talkingabout rhetoricand then transitioned intoa discussion about the type of writingthatstudentsengageintoday.

Lunsford argued that one of the biggestchallenges that writing teachers face isfiguring out what of the old literacy isworth preserving and how to preserveit, while embracing the best of the newliteracies. “I think that the very best ofthe old,” Lunsford claimed, “is rhetoricitself as a foundation.” She explainedthat the tension surrounding thedefinition of rhetoric, a tension that haspersisted through the centuries, reflectswestern culture’s deep ambivalence

toward both rhetoric and the natureof language. Lunsford illustrated howthis tension and ambivalence aboutthe definition of rhetoric is apparentgiven that rhetoric is often defined asrhetrickery,“asabagofcheaptricks,theveil of truth, ormerewords.”However,“when rhetoric is defined as the art ofethical communication and persuasion,”Lunsford explained, “then it providesa strong and positive catalyzing forcein democratic education and society:one that aids in forging shared valuesand maintaining our social order andsocial fabric.” That said, Lunsfordacknowledged that rhetrickery andethical rhetoric co-exist in tension, andthateither-orisunlikelytoexist.

Lunsford discussed two StanfordUniversityundergraduatewritingcourses,PWR 1 and PWR 2, to demonstrate thetype of writing that students engage intoday.PWR1 is aproject-based course,rather than a reading- or discussion-based course, that focuses on inventionand arrangement. Students learn how togather,evaluate,andintegratearangeofprimaryandsecondarysourcesintotheirown writing. PWR 2, designed to buildon students’ introduction to research inPWR 1, adds a focus on delivery andthusonthewritten,oral,andmultimediapresentation of research. Lunsfordextended her discussion of these twocourses to address the differencebetweenanindustrialandpost-industrialmindset. “Our universities are in thephysical, industrial mindset,” she said.

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“Theyfocuseverythingintheindividualstudentinspiteofthefactthattheworldhas changed.” Lunsford then introducedKnobel and Lankshear’s notion of the“cyberspatial-postindustrial” mindsetto discuss how the new literaciesfacilitatemoredistributedandcollectiveparticipation among students whotransition from consumers to creatorsor authors. “In today’s media-saturateddigitalworld,everybodycanbeanauthorforbetterorforworse,”shesaid.Lunsford stressed that she does notwant educators to lose the rhetoricalfoundationonwhichthenewmultimedialiteracies rest. “We need the honorableand indispensable discipline of rhetoricmore than ever before ifwe are to craftmessages that use words, images, andsoundsinresponsibleandethicalways,”sheconcluded.“Weneedtheart,theory,and practice of rhetoric if we are goingto survive and flourish in this 21stcentury.”

Lunsford is a renowned scholar,teacher, and author of several academicworks. Her scholarly interests includecontemporary rhetorical theory, womenandthehistoryofrhetoric,collaborationand collaborative writing, currentculturesofwriting, intellectualpropertyand composing, style, and technologiesofwriting.Shehaswrittenorcoauthoredfourteen books as well as numerouschapters and articles. Her most recentbooks are The St. Martin’s Handbook,7th ed. (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011),Everything’s an Argument, 5th ed.(Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009), andEveryone’s an Author (Norton, 2012),and she has contributed essays andchapters to several volumes related tocomposition and rhetoric. Additionally,Lunsford served as Chair of theConference on College Compositionand Communication, Chair of theModern Language Association Divisionon Writing, and a member of the MLAExecutiveCouncil.

You can view the video of AndreaLunsford’s presentation at: http://www.csulb.edu/ lats / i tss /design/video/f lash/english/smethurst/lunsford.html

2012-13 lunchtime faculty lecture series

This year our department initiated avery successful Lunchtime FacultyLecture Series, showcasing both recentand ongoingwork of several colleaguesrepresentingdifferentareasofthefield.

In thefallsemester,Dr.StephenCooperhelped us launch the series with “TheRoad to John Fante’s Los Angeles: ABiographer Reflects,” a version of theBonnieCashinLecture thathedeliveredat UCLA last year on the twentieth-century novelist and screenwriter.Two members of the departmentfaculty presented talks accompanied byreadings. In the fall, Professor TylerDilts interspersed excerpts from hissecond Danny Beckett mystery, The Pain Scale, in discussing how he cameto write the novel. Early in the spring,Dr. David Fine, Professor Emeritus ofEnglish and noted American-literaturescholar, returned to campus to discuss

and read from his first novel, Missing Persons, a coming-of-age story narratedby an aging musicologist reminiscingabout his 1940s boyhood in Brooklyn.Spring-semestereventsintheseriesalsoincludedDr.SarahArroyo’smultimediapresentationdrawnfromherforthcomingbook,Participatory Composition: Video Culture, Writing, and Electracy,andDr.SusanCarlile’slecture,“WritingLiteraryBiography: Tales from the Archives,”revolving around her experiences inwriting her chief work-in-progress, alife of the eighteenth-century EnglishnovelistCharlotteLennox.

The series offered an assortment of richand stimulating talks that generatedlivelyQ&Aconversations and thatwerewell attended by large audiences ofcolleagues and students alike. We lookforward to scheduling another series ofmonthly lunchtime faculty presentationswhen the department resumes thisrewardingendeavornextyear.

2012-13 alumni visiting Writers program

For decades the department’s VisitingWriters series has brought to campusmany of the most prominent Americanpoets, fictionwriters, andmemoirists toshare theirworksandtheirwisdomwithstudents, faculty, and the largerCSULBcommunity. This year we decided thetime had come to celebrate the successof our MFA program and its alumni—andsoweheldayear-longhomecomingparade. Each event in the series drewstanding-room-onlyaudienceswhocametosee,hear,andin livelyQ&Asessionsinteractwith:

Kristen-Paige Madonia,whosebreakthroughnovelFingerprints of Youwaspublishedin2012bymajorNewYorkhouseSimonandSchuster;

Paula Priamos,authorofthememoirThe Shyster’s Daughter(EtruscanPress,2012),anexcerptofwhich

washonoredastheleadpieceintheprestigiousSanFrancisco-basedliteraryjournalZyzzyva;

Christina Adams,whoseA Real Boy: A True Story of Autism, Early Intervention, and Recovery(PenguinUSA2005)hasbecomeatouchstoneamongautismactivists;

poetandmysterynovelistJohn Brantingham,authorofEast of Los

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James Brown, Paula Priamos, and Steve Cooper

Angeles(AnaphoraPress,2011)andMann of War(DarkOakMysteries,2013);

short-storywriterMike Buckley,authorofthecollectionMiniature Men(WorldParadeBooks,2011);

poetandCSULBMAgraduatePaul Tayyar,independentpublisherofWorldParadeBooks;

andspecialguestJames Brown,whohappenstobenotonlythehusbandofPaulaPriamosandaProfessorofEnglishatCalStateSanBernardinobutalsoauthorof

manynovelsandtheacclaimedmemoirsThe Los Angeles DiariesandThis River.

In a dramatically public way, the growing success of ourMFAprogramwasreflectedinthe2012-13AlumniVisitingWritersprogram.Staytunedforthenextone!

The English Department’s Writer’sResource Lab program celebrated its20th anniversary on Saturday, May 4,2013, in the Anatol Center. For thepast two decades, theWRLhas servedas the university’s writing centerprogram, employing CSULB graduateand undergraduates to serve as peerwritingtutorsforthecampus’students.The event was attended by more than60 individuals, including former andcurrentWRLtutors,EnglishDepartmentfaculty, and campus administrators.After a brief address from College ofLiberalArtsDeanDavidWallace,whohimself started his academic career asawritingtutor,WRLDirectorDr.GaryGriswold, (CSULB BA in English,1987; CSULB MA in English, 1987)gave a presentation on the history oftheWRLprogram,whichhefoundedin1992.Dr.Griswold’s presentationwasfollowed by three panel presentationsconsisting of former WRL tutors whodetailed how the program continuesto contribute to their professional andacademicsuccesses.

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her experiences making digital stories,reflectingonthelearningcurveinherentinvideo-editingsoftwareandthecreativeprocess of transforming textual analysisintomultimodalperformance. Dr. SarahArroyo framed her discussionof video and participatory compositionaroundtheoristGregoryUlmer’sconceptof electracy: the apparatus emergingwith our culture’s transition from printto electronic media. Cortney Kimotobriefly defined the characteristics ofparticipatory culture and screened clipsfrom her videos,Video Cultures: Image Activism (Enculturation, 2010) andPhoenix - Lisztomania - Long Beach/Bolsa Chica, CA Brat Pack Mashup.Dr. Arroyo concluded with her conceptof “the idiocy of videocy,” which shethen illustrated with a video that sheand Bahareh Alaei-Johnson created.BothDr.ArroyoandCortney illustratedhow video, particularly video memes,

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co l l e g e o f li B e r a l ar t s digital storytelling Workshop

Dr. Sarah Arroyo, Dr. Carol Zitzer-Comfort, Kiki Shaver, and CortneyKimotopresentedattheCollegeofLiberalArts Digital Storytelling Workshop onFriday, April 12, 2013. They exploredways to foster students’ collaboration,composition, and communication skillsthroughdigitalnarratives.

Dr. Carol Zitzer-Comfort discussedhow she uses digital storytelling in herwriting-intensive, children’s literaturecourse and English 479: Louise ErdrichSeminar. She explained that the digitalstories her students produce are literacyanalyses that cannot be replicated inwritten text, and she provided notes onhowtocomposeandassessdigitalstories.Dr.Zitzer-Comfort thenintroducedKikiShaverwho composed a digital story inher English 479 seminar. Kiki shared

often involve global collaboration,interaction, and communication, aswell as influence participants’ text-based writing processes. The workshopconcludedwithalivelyQ&Asession.

Finally, Ryan was particularly struckby a presentation given by ProfessorScottGageofColoradoStateUniversityon the panel “Teaching Archives ofDiscomfort:UnsettlingCulturalHistoryas Public Work.” As Ryan explained,Gage discussed how white southernerstook photographs of African Americanswho they hung near authoritativeinstitutions,likecourthouses,tovalidatetheiractionsandobjectify theirvictims.“In terms of teaching,” saidRyan, “thispresentation made me more aware ofthevalueofdealingwithuncomfortabletopics with writing, and that the thingswe talk about in a writing class canaffect people more profoundly than wemightimagine.”

CCCC inspired all five students, asstudents, scholars, and teachers. Whenasked what she suggests to futureconference attendees, Kiki responded,“Sit in on panels you’re interested in;venture to those you find oppositional.Take in something new.You’ll find notonly new information, but inspirationandaffirmation.”

ThefollowingEnglishgraduatestudentsattendedthe2013Conference on College Composition and Communi-cationthattookplacefromWednesday,March13th,toSaturday,March16th,inLasVegas,Nevada:JamieBuehler,CortneyKimoto,RyanRoderick,KikiShaver,andKacieWills.Cortney presented on the panel“Video Methodologies: Researchingon the Tube” with Dr. Sarah Arroyo,attended panels, and participated ina focus group on hybrid learning.Jamie, Kiki, and Kacie traveled tothe conference together and attendednumerous panels. Jamie’s favoritepanel was titled “Honoring VernacularEloquence:Pathways to Intellectual andAcademic Discourse.” Jamie explained,“Itwassuchaprivilegetogettoseeoneof my composition idols, Peter Elbow,speak about embracing an academiclanguagethat‘pleasesboththemouthand

moment at the conferencewas “rubbingelbowswithElbow,”whopresentedthe

ideaof“intonationunits”that

makewritingmusicalandmoreeffective.Kikisaid,“Asbothan

instructorandagradstudent,Iseethefreedomthatrevisingwithintonationunits can afford FYC [first-yearcomposition] students as well as thoseof us adopting the new jargon of ouradvancededucation.”

KacieexplainedthathermostmemorablemomentatCCCCwasthe“RespondingtoStudent Writing” workshop with NancySommers.“Wewereinahugeroomwithhundredsofother teachers,” saidKacie.“Wehad theopportunity to individuallyrespondtoapieceofstudentwriting,thento share our responseswith our tables.”

“THE PRESENTATIONS GAVE ME A TON OF NEW IDEAS THAT I CAN-NOT WAIT TO TRY OUT IN THE COMPOSITION CLASSROOM.” -JamieBuehler

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Dr.TimCaron taughtUniversity300I:“HurricaneKatrinaand ItsAftermath–ThePoliticsofDisaster” in thespring2013 semester. First offered in spring 2008, the courseexamines Hurricane Katrina and its impact on the GulfCoast and the rest of the nation. Members of the courseacquire a complex understanding of Hurricane Katrina asbotha severemeteorologicaleventandaneventwithveryreal implicationsforwhatisarguablythemostuniquecityin America, New Orleans. The course also provides a servicelearning experience as students, faculty, and staff participateintherecoveryeffortsinthegreaterNewOrleansmetropolitanareaduringspringbreak.

TobetterunderstandtheeventssurroundingHurricaneKatrina,studentsfirstlearnsomethingofthehistoryandcultureofNewOrleans. The next unit puts a human face on the devastationin New Orleans as students examine the aftermath of Katrinathroughthelensofcriticalraceandgenderstudies.Inthethirdunitofthesemester,Dr.CaronandhisstudentsreflectontheirtriptoNewOrleansandtheirexperiencesworkingwithHabitatforHumanity.Theythenstudythepoliticaldecisionsthathavebeenmadeintherebuildingefforts.

During this semester’s service trip,Dr.Caron andhis studentsworked on a Habitat for Humanity house in the 8th WardsectionofNewOrleans,oneof thepoorest andmostneglectedneighborhoodsinthecity.Studentsinteractedwithseveralguestspeakers, all ofwhom touchedupon some aspect of the courseandtheirin-classconversations.Forinstance,Dr.Caronandhisstudents met with a professor at Dillard University to discuss

urbanplanningandpublicpolicyissuesrelatedtotherebuildingof the city. Moreover, they toured the city with a geologistfrom Tulane University, examining the sites where the leveesbreached,andtheytalkedtotwosocialworkerswhoworkwiththecity’shomelesspopulation.Dr.Caronandhisstudentsalsotalked to the citizens ofNewOrleans, asking them about theirexperiencesduringandafterthestorm.Theyalsowentbowling,listenedtozydecomusic,andatealligator.

The purpose of the course is to create a generation of changeagents, young peoplewho, regardless of theirmajors or futurecareerplans,willcontinuetobeinvolvedwithcivicengagementprojectsthroughouttheirlives.Thecourseteachesstudentsthatthey can make a difference and encourages them to becomecatalystsforchange.Atotalof240studentshaveparticipatedintheservice tripsover thepast8years,andmanyof themgoonto participate in programs like thePeaceCorps, JusticeCorps,AmericaCorps,TeachforAmerica,andtheRedCross.

Chris Lane, Mitchell Aasted (back row), Emily Wilmoth, Paola Plascencia, Angelica Mondragon, Juan Gonzalez, Akayza Cousins, Zion Smith (Student Life and Development Staff Member),

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“THIS SEMESTER’S CLASS, WITH THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS, HAS BEEN THE

SINGLE MOST REWARDING TEACHING EXPERIENCE OF MY CAREER, AND I’M IN

MY 26TH YEAR OF TEACHING COLLEGE-LEVEL STUDENTS.”

-Dr.TimCaron

Dr.SarahArroyotaughtEnglish488:“RealWorldWriting”inthefall2012semester.Thecoursestudiedwritingincontextsoutsideof academia.Dr.Arroyo and her students focused on learning towrite in and for the online environments of existing companies,and students completed projects in real-time for the specificaudiences of those companies. Additionally, students enrolledin and completed the department’s Technical and ProfessionalCommunication internship course simultaneously, thus receivingcredit for two courses. Students could choose to intern for oneof two companies: amajor cloud computing company or a smallstart-up consulting firm called Premier Insight Consulting. Themajorityofthestudentscompletedinternshipsforthemajorcloudcomputingcompany,andthreeworkedwiththesmallstart-up.

Among other tasks, students working with the cloud servicescompanycopyeditedthecompany’swebsite,interviewedsubject-matter experts, and created a comprehensive drip marketingcampaign.CortneyKimotoworkedonseveralversionsofawhitepaper for the company. Cortney explained, “Drafting and re-drafting the white paper according to the company’s changingperspectiveswas challenging and rewarding. I remained flexiblewhilenegotiatingandrespondingtocommentsfromthecompany’smanagerial representatives.” Brian Le helped Cortney write andrevisedraftsof thewhitepaper,yetdedicatedthemajorityofhistimeandefforttohelpingthestudentsworkingwithPremierInsightConsulting.Studentsworkingwith thissmallstart-upcompletelyoverhauled and redesigned the company’swebsite. According toJenniJensen,creatingthewebsiteinvolved“alotofcollaborationand teamwork.” The task involved extensive research as well asreal-worldapplicationofrhetoricalskills,includingvisualdesignandlayout.

“RealWorldWriting”hadbeenonthedepartment’sbooksforsometime,but ithadnotbeentaughtforseveralyears.Whenplanningthesyllabusinthesummerof2012,Dr.Arroyousedsome personal connections to locate the companies that sheand the students would work with during the semester, andshe designed the course around the tasks that the companiesneeded interns to complete. She also thought that the coursewouldbeagreatwayforstudentstogainaninternshipwithanexpanding company, all the while having a built-in support-systemcomposedof theirpeerswhoareworkingon thesameorsimilar tasks.WhileDr.Arroyoservedas the intermediarybetween the companies’ management and the students, thestudents were able to communicate directly with peopleworkingforeachcompany,allowingthemtodevelopvaluableprofessional communication skills. “We were in constantcommunicationwithourboss,sowewouldsuggestsomethingandshe’dgiveusfeedback,”saidJenni.

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Dr. Arroyo and her students also kept a private course blogonwhich students communicated with each other and postedquestions, comments, and in-class assignments. However, allof the major work for the course revolved around specificwriting,editing,anddesigntasksforthecompaniesinvolved.In theend,studentsgainedvaluableexperience inwritingforrealaudiencesandsituations.AsAnnaBloemansaid,“ItwasbyfaroneofthebestclassesIhaveevertaken.”

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“TheCouch.”Pearl #46(2012FictionIssue).“Cryptoscatology:ConspiracyTheoryasArtForm.”

TrineDay,2012.“Cryptoscatology:AndréBreton&Fortean

Phenomena.”Fortean Times#286(April2012).

“FilmNoirdandtheMultipleRealitiesThereof.”The New York Review of Science Fiction#282(February2012).

“CharlesDarwinandtheSuppressedScienceofDr.Mirakle.”Video Watchdog Magazine#166(January/February2012).

george hart

Inventing the Language to Tell It: Robinson Jeffers and the Biology of Consciousness.NewYork:FordhamUniversityPress,2013.

lloyd kermode

The Places and Spaces of Early Modern Drama.Ed.AndIntro.LloydEdwardKermode.Specialissueof The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies43.1(2013).

“Money,Gender,andConscienceinRobertWilson’sTheThreeLadiesofLondon.”Studies in English Literature1500-190052.2(2012):265-91.

“ExperiencingtheSpaceandPlaceofEarlyModernTheater.”The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies43.1(2013):1-24.

clint margrave

The Early Death of Men.NewYork:NYQBooks,2012.

“TheFamousAtheist.”Rattle 37(2012).

patty seyBurn

“Beruryah,Deciding.”The New Promised Land: An Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry.Continuum,2013.(Forthcoming).

“Lightning,1882-1890.”Blue Lyra Review,2013.(Forthcoming).

“LongDistance(ii).”Askew,2012.“MyZugIsland”and“TakingOver.”Wake: Great

Lakes Thought & Culture,April11,2012.Web.ThesepublicationswerenominatedforBestoftheNet2012.“TakingOver”wasnominatedforthe2012PushcartPrize.

“Pith.”Arroyo Literary Review,2012.“ShinusMolle”and“Gravity.”Minnesota Review

79,Fall2012.“SighinSilence”and“ARequest.”Image 74,

September2012.

faculty puBlications sarah arroyo

Participatory Composition: Video Culture, Writing, and Electracy.Carbondale:SIUPress,2013.

“TheDancingFloor.”Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy17.2(Spring2013).

stephen cooper

“FromFamilytoInstitutionalMemory:JohnFante’sArchive(AConversationwithFante’sBiographerStephenCooper),”byTeresaFiore.Italian Americanaxxx,1(Winter2013),17-23.

Cooperwasalsointerviewedandquotedin“CharacterWitness,”afeaturearticlebyTomNolanaboutbiographywriting.Los Angeles Times Magazine,March4,2012.

tyler dilts

The Pain Scale.LasVegas:Thomas&Mercer,2012.

Boak ferris

Stewart and the Magic Carpet.IonPublishing,2012.

Brian finney

“LiteraryLout:MartinAmisOnceAgainFacestheCritics.”Los Angeles Review of Books 12Sept.2012.Web.

suzanne greenBerg

“AGoodBet.”Mississippi Review Thirty Years39.1-3(2012):397-401.

paul gilmore

“JohnNeal,AmericanRomance,andInternationalRomanticism.”American Literature84.3(2012):477-504.

roBert guffey

Spies & Saucers: Three Novellas.PSPublishing,2013.(Forthcoming).

“Zeroville:OntheEdgeoftheUnreal”and“Cryptopolis.”Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism #2(Fall2012).

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“StillLife,”“JewelMetaphor,”“MuneraPulveris,”and“StoneSoup.”Zocalo Public Square,2013.Web.

“StruckOutLooking”and“SongoftheInfield,”and“HumanResources,”TAB,2012.

“WhatisBest”and“WeddingintheHesperides.”Fogged Clarity,2012.Web.

“WhoseSideYouAreOn?”Prime Number,2012.“YouWereBorntobeMinesoWhyFightIt.”Birmingham Poetry

Review,2013.

nancy sheley

“CurricularCommonalitiesinConflictedCountries:U.S.,Rwanda,andCyprus.”Issues on Education and Research3.Ed.GregoryT.Papnikos.Athens,Greece:AthensInstituteforEducationandResearch,2013.561-570.

martine van elk

“‘Thoushaltpresentmeasaneunuchtohim’:TerenceinEarlyModernEngland.”Blackwell Companion to Terence.Ed.AntoniosAugoustakisandArianaTraill.Malden:Wiley-Blackwell,2013.410-428.

Gammer Gurton’s Needle.Broadview Anthology of Medieval Drama.Gen.Ed.ChristinaM.FitzgeraldandJohnT.Sebastian.Peterborough:Broadview,2013.496-540.

“TrueFire,NobleFlame:FriendshipPoetrybyKatharinaLescailje,CorneliavanderVeer,andKatherinePhilips.”Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal7(2012).157-90.

Anne Southwell.EntryinThe Encyclopedia of English Renaissance Literature.Eds.GarrettA.Sullivan,Jr.andAlanStewart.Malden,MA:Blackwell,2012.

charles WeBB

What Things Are Made Of.UniversityofPittsburghPress,2013.“IntheFace,Hard.”Zocalo Public Square(Jan.20,2012).Web.“EverybodyLiesAboutSex.”Mas Tequila Review#4(Winter

2012).“ThankYou,CarolWhite.”Pearl#45(Winter2012).“PoetryIsNotForKids.”Los Angeles Review11(Spring2012).“Nada.”Ploughshares38.1(Spring2012).“Waiters.”Sierra Nevada ReviewXXIII(Spring2012).“TheNakedGuy.”Steam Ticket15(Spring2012).“TheWishtoJumpinaCar...”The Greensboro Review#91

(Spring2012).“CharlieBig-Appleseed.”BluestemXXIII.1(Spring2012).“Illusions.”Amoskeag29.1(Spring2012).“BeAMonster,Daddy”and“Watermelon.”Atlanta ReviewXVIII.2

(Spring/Summer2012).“BestPolicy.”Valparaiso Poetry ReviewXIII.2(Spring/Summer

2012).“MySonDreams...”Bryant Literary Review13(2012).“Triggerfish.”Slant #26(Summer2012).“Mycelia.”Prairie Schooner86.2(Summer2012).“SilverPineInn.”Prairie Schooner86.2(Summer2012).“InSelfDefense.”The Paterson Literary Review40(2012-2013).“TheLightening,”“Post-Mortem,”“UnauthorizedBiography...

SingingNun.”Askew12(Spring/Summer2012).“ARealScream.”Zocalo Public Square(June29,2012).Web.“TheMarriageCounselor’sMetaphor.”Eclipse23(Fall2012).“ApproachingPoetry”and“Nuh-Nuh-Nuh...”Green Mountains

Review25.1(2012).“Hospital.”Slate(June26,2012).“Explanations”and“House-Hunting.”Boulevard82&83(Fall

2012).“Post-ModernismMissedtheOpry.”Tampa Review43/44(Fall

2012).“BlackDoog.”Rattle #38(Winter2012).“OntheRetirementofGeraldLocklin.”Lummox#1(2012).“Violence.”The Chariton Review.35.2(Fall2012).“TheGoodSurvives”and“OutofSight.”The Chariton Review

35.2(Fall2012).“AmericanDream.”Nerve Cowboy#34(Fall2012).“PlumbedWine.”Asheville Poetry Review#22(2012).“WatchforDwarfs.”5 a.m.#26(2012).“PrayingMantisonaChain-LinkFence.”Ecotone #14(Fall2012).“TheSadCaseofHistory.”Barrow Street(Winter2012/2013).“Suitcase.”Cincinnati Poetry Review9.2(Winter2013).“FriarTowhee.”Suptropics#15(Winter2013).

ray zepeda

Desperados.HuntingtonBeach:WorldParadeBooks,2013.Print.

emeriti puBlications gerald locklin

The Case of the Missing Blue Volkswagen,Come Back, Bear,Last Tango in Long Beach.Walnut:Spout Hill Press,2013.

Deep Meanings: Selected Poems, 2008-2013.PresaPress,2013.Le Dernier des Damnes.Paris:13ENoteÉditions,2013.“DorotheaTanning:Birthday,1942,”“SylviaFein:TheTeaParty,

1943,”and“EugeneBerman:HughandBridgetChisholm,1940.”The Mas Tequila Review # 6.CreateSpace,2013.

Gerald Locklin: New and Selected Poems.LosAngeles:SilverBirchPress,2013.

“GreenCornTamales,”“AGreenThought?,”and“NoGreenBerlin.”Green: An Eclectic Anthology of Poetry and Prose.LosAngeles:SilverBirchPress,2013.

The Sun Also Rises in the Desert.MendicantBookworks/Smashwords,2013.

“TheWeddingofTylerandNicole.”Snail Mail Review 5(Spring2013).

Locklinwasalsointerviewedandquotedin“GeraldLocklin:TheAffirmationoftheMaleSpirit,”ablogpostbyMichaelLimnios.Blues @ Greece,May2,2013.Web.

clifton snider

Moonman: New and Selected Poems.CreateSpace,2012.

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Dr. Arthur Axelrad passed away on January15, 2013, at his home in Seal Beach, CA. Dr. Axelradwasafacultymemberinthisdepartmentfrom1964-1996,when he retired as a full professor. Dr. Axelrad servedasourGraduateAdvisor,AssistantChair,andwasChairfrom 1989-1991.After retirement, he volunteered in theUniversity Center for Undergraduate Advising, was adocent for theUniversityArtMuseum,and taught in theOsherLifelongLearningInstitute(OLLI)hereoncampus.AscholarofMiltonandShakespeare,healsowroteatleasttwo books on Jane Austen during his retirement years.TherewasamemorialcelebrationheldoncampusinApril,2013heldattheUniversityArtMuseumandUCUA.

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Dr. Walter CrawfordpassedawayonMay6,2012,inthecompanyofhisbelovedwifeof72years,andco-author,AnnCrawford.Dr.Crawfordtaughtinourdepartmentfrom1963-1968,whenheretiredasafull-professor.Dr.Crawfordtaughtarangeof18th-and19th-centuryBritishLiteraturecoursesandEnglish696.Thereareinnumerablestudentswho learned research methods from him, and were taught doctoral-levelwritingskills thatcarriedmanythroughtheirPhDprograms. Dr.Crawford is stillknownforhisauthorshipof the three-volumeSamuelTaylorColeridgeBibliography,andhiscollectionofallthingsColeridge,includingoriginalwork,ishousedintheSpecialCollectionsareaofthelibrary.AmemorialcelebrationwasheldduringthispastsummerattheresidenceofAnnandWalter.

Dr. David M. Fine passed away on April 15, 2013, at hishome inGreatBarrington,Massachusetts.Oneof theco-foundersof theundergraduate Program inAmericanStudies atCSULB,Dr. Finewas afacultymemberofthisdepartmentforthirty-fiveyears,retiringattherankof full professor in 2003. In a long and distinguished career,Dr. Fine’sbooksincludeThe City,The Immigrant,andAmerican Fiction, 1880-1920(1977) and Imagining Los Angeles: A City in Fiction (2000), forwhichhereceivedtheDonaldH.PfleugerLocalHistoryAwardoftheHistoricalSociety of Southern California. He also authored numerous articles andreviews,editednofewerthanfourcollectionsofliteraryessaysonvariousaspectsofCaliforniafiction,andservedastheliteraryeditorofWestways Magazine.Afterheretired,Dr.Finecontinuedpublishingscholarlyarticles,deliveringguest lectures, and offering adult-education classes in variousliterary subjects,while alsowriting a novel,Missing Persons (2012), aswell as a seriesof essays recallingepisodes fromhisyouth inBrooklynandinLosAngeles.AmemorialcelebrationofDr.Fine’slifewillsoonbeplanned.

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