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Faculty Profiles and Directory: Fall 2008


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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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:

 

   

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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)

 

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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


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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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