oberghof@csusm.edu

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

Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 4 - 5 pm, by appointment only

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.
Associate Professor of Literature and Writing
Markstein Hall 132  ·  (760) 750-8570

Office Hours:
Monday 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
and Tuesday 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, as well as by appointment

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
Markstein Hall 126-J  ·  (760) 750-8569

Office Hours:
Tuesday 4:00 - 5:00 pm;
Friday 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - by 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 Humanities, Arts, Behavioral and Social 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.
Department Chair
Professor of Literature and Writing
Coordinator, Film Minor
Markstein Hall 126-G  ·  (760) 750-8064

Office Hours:
Monday 4 pm - 5 pm
Thursday 10 am - 12 pm and by appointment

Teaching  & Research Interests:
British Literature with an emphasis
in Victorian Studies
Literature and Medicine
Cultural Studies/Body Studies
Creative Writing 
Children's Literature and Culture

rlush@csusm.edu

Rebecca Lush, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing
Markstein Hall 126-L  ·  (760) 750-8004

Office Hours:
Monday 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Wednesday 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Early Colonial and U.S. American Literature
Early Modern Trans-Atlantic Literature
Native American Literature
Drama
Women's Studies

kmendoza@csusm.edu

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

Office Hours:
Monday 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Wednesday 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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.
Graduate Coordinator
Associate Professor, Comparative Literature
Markstein Hall 126-K ·  (760) 750-8081

Office Hours:
Monday 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Wednesday 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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

 markwall@csusm.edu

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

Office Hours:
Monday 11:30 am - 12:30 pm and 3:40 pm - 4:30 pm
Wednesday 11:30 am - 12:00 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 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Wednesday 1:00 - 2:00 pm and 4:00 - 5:00 pm

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

Lecturers:

profe@csusm.edu 

Brandon Cesmat, M.F.A
Markstein Hall 359, (760) 750-8125

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday by appointment only;
Tuesday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm;
Thursday 10:30 am - 2:00 pm;
Friday 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Teaching  & Research Interests:
Creative Writing 
Film Studies

ccucinel@csusm.edu

Catherine Cucinella, Ph.D.
Interim Director, GEW Program
Markstein Hall 135, (760) 750-4147

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 10:00 am - 11:00 am
and 4:00 pm - 5:00 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 340, (760) 750-8119

Office Hours:
Tuesday 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Thursday 12:00 pm - 1:00 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:
Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 pm - 12:45 pm

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

pprice@csusm.edu

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

Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm or by appointment

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

dvantass@csusm.edu