oberghof@csusm.edu

Oliver Berghof, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Markstein Hall 129  ·  (760) 750-4133

Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00 - 2:00 pm & by appointment

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Comparative Literature 
German, English and French literature
Literary Theory
Humanities Computing
Eighteenth-century literature and Romanticism

hbreuer@csusm.edu

Heidi Breuer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing Studies
Markstein Hall 132  ·  (760) 750-8570

Office Hours:
Monday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Medieval & Early Modern Literature  
Arthurian Romance
Anglo-Saxon Literature
Gender Studies
Feminist Theories
Women's Studies
Medieval & Renaissance Drama

scassel@csusm.edu

Susie Lan Cassel, Ph.D.
Professor of Literature and Writing
Markstein Hall 134  ·  (760) 750-8030

Office Hours: by appointment only;
email scassel@csusm.edu for appointment

Teaching  & Research Interests:
American Ethnic and Multicultural Discourses
American Literature and The Novel
Critical Race Theory
Chinese American Literature
Auto/biography and Oral History

sdoller@csusm.edu

Sandra Doller, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing Studies
Markstein Hall 126-J  ·  (760) 750-8569

Office Hours:
ON-LINE Tuesday from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
and by email or phone appointment

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Creative Writing  
Poetry & Poetics
Performance Studies
Women Writers
Experimental Essay

dformo@csusm.edu

Dawn M. Formo, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor of Literature and Writing
Craven Hall 6211  ·  (760) 750-4199

Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Rhetoric and Composition
Rhetoric in Academe
Feminist theory and communication
Writing Centers and student writing
Film and politics

mstoddar@csusm.edu

Martha Stoddard Holmes, Ph.D.
Graduate Coordinator
Associate Professor
Markstein Hall 126-G  ·  (760) 750-8064

Office Hours:
For Undergraduate Students:
Tuesday 2:30 - 3:30 pm and by appointment
For Graduate Students:
Wednesday 4:00 - 5:00 pm and by appointment

Teaching  & Research Interests:
British Literature with an emphasis
in Victorian Studies
Literature and Medicine
Cultural Studies/Body Studies
Creative Writing 
Disability and Pain as Cultural Difference

kmendoza@csusm.edu

Kenneth P. Mendoza, Ph.D.
Professor of Literature and Writing
Markstein Hall 139 ·  (760) 750-8013

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 4:00 - 5:15 pm and by appointment

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Rhetoric and Composition
Ethnopoetics and Translation Theory
Cultural Studies and Critical Theories
Ethnic Literature and Postcolonial Discourse
The Western

smoukhli@csusm.edu
 

Salah Moukhlis, Ph.D.
ON LEAVE Fall Semester 2008
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Markstein Hall 126-K ·  (760) 750-8081

Office Hours: no office hours fall semester 2008

Teaching  & Research Interests:
World Literature
African and Middle Eastern Literatures
Postcolonial Theory, Literary Theory
Literature/Culture of the Maghreb
Comparative Literature

lnewman@csusm.edu

Lance Newman, Ph.D.
ON LEAVE Fall 2008/Spring 2009
Associate Professor of Literature and Writing
Markstein Hall 126-M ·  (760) 750-8049

Office Hours: no office hours this academic year, 2008-9

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Early American Literature
Environmental Literature
Poetry and Essay Writing
Transatlantic Romanticism
New England Transcendentalism

 markwall@csusm.edu

Mark Wallace, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing
Markstein Hall 126-L ·  (760) 750-8077

Office Hours:
Monday 9:45 am - 10:45 am and 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Creative Writing
Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
Contemporary Fiction and Narrative Theory
19th and 20th century American and British Literature

yuan@csusm.edu

Yuan Yuan, Ph.D.
Professor of Literature and Writing
Markstein Hall 133 · (760) 750-4081

Office Hours:
Monday: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
U. S. Literature
Cultural studies and Critical Theories
Ethnic Literature and Postcolonial Discourse
Modernism, Postmodernism 
Comparative Literature

Lecturers:

janderso@csusm.edu 

Joan Anderson, M.A.
Craven Hall 6209 · (760) 750-8043
http://public.csusm.edu/janderso/

Office Hours:
Tuesday: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Teaching literature and composition with technology
Educational technology
Distance Education
Teaching teachers
The Pride (The CSU San Marcos Student Newspaper)

profe@csusm.edu 

Brandon Cesmat, M.F.A
Markstein Hall 359, (760) 750-8125
www.WritersRegister.com/artists/CA256

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Monday 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Tuesday 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Thursday 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Friday 9 am - 10:00 am

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Creative Writing 
Film Studies

ccucinel@csusm.edu

Catherine Cucinella, Ph.D.
Markstein Hall 135, (760) 750-4147

Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 7:00 - 8:40 am and 5:30 - 6:45 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
20th Century Literature
American Literature
Women Writers and Poets
Body and Gender Theory
Ethnic American Literatures
Feminist Theory

rkeehn@csusm.edu

Robin Keehn, Ph.D.
Markstein Hall 126-M, (760) 750-8119

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 11:30 - 12:30 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Writing Theory and Pedagogy
Non-Fiction Writing
19th and 20th Century American Literature
19th and 20th Century British Literature
War Rhetoric and Literature
Screenwriting

dmetcalf@csusm.edu

Dale Metcalfe, Ph.D.
Markstein Hall 135, (760) 750-4147

Office Hours:
Monday 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Tuesday 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Wednesday 11:30 am - 12:30 am
Thursday 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Teaching  & Research Interests:
19th Century American Women Writers
Native American Poetry
Science Fiction
Gothic Novels

lbmiller@csusm.edu

Lori Miller, Ph.D.
Director, GE Writing Program
Markstein Hall 126-J, (760) 750-8130

Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Writing Theory and Pedagogy
Cognitive Science
Creativity and Consciousness

pprice@csusm.edu

Patricia Price, Ph.D.
Markstein Hall 359, (760) 750-4147

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 10:15 am - 11:15 am and 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm, as well as Tuesday 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
The Middle Ages
The Arthurian Legend
Drama
Shakespeare
Archeology
Folklore and Mythology
Business and Technical Writing

dvantass@csusm.edu

Daniel Van Tassel, Ph.D.
Markstein Hall 135, (760) 750-4147

Office Hours:
Monday 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
Wednesday 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Teaching  & Research Interests:
William Shakespeare
Thomas Hardy
D.H. Lawrence
Samuel Beckett