English Department

Mary Amsler English Department B.A., Tufts University; M.S., University of Chicago; Ed.D., Harvard University

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Daniel Archer English Department

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Benjamin J Bacsierra English Department

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Erwin C Barron English Department

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John Batty-Sylvan English Department B.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Loren Bell English Department B.A., St. Louis University; M.F.A., Bowling Green State University

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Jacqueline Lisa Berger English Department B.A., Goddard College; M.F.A., Mills College

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Monica N. Bosson English Department B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., San Francisco State University

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Elizabeth A Brock English Department

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Eleanor R Brown English Department B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

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Jessica Janiece Brown Chair, English Department B.A., California State University, Sacramento M.A., California State University, Sacramento

Professor Brown has been teaching at CCSF since 1997.

Jennifer W. Brych English Department

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Michael Calvello English Department B.A., San Francisco State University; M.F.A., Wichita State University

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Xochiquetzal Candelaria English Department M.A., English and American Literature: with a concentration in poetry, New York University B.A., Rhetoric, University of California at Berkeley

Professor Candelaria has been teaching at CCSF since 2008.

In addition to teaching the fundamentals of composition, she strives to include, educate and inspire her students by selecting socially and culturally relevant material and underscoring the value of close reading and participation. She also applies Marxism, feminism, post-colonial and psychoanalytic criticism to her teaching of literature.

Professor Candelaria’s work has appeared in The Nation, New England Review, Gulf Coast, The Indiana Review, Afugabe: A Journal of Poetry, Seneca Review and other journals. In addition to winning the Louisiana Literature Prize for Poetry, and the Gulf Coast Poetry Prize, she has received fellowships from UC Berkeley, New York University, Vermont Studio Center, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference (2005, 2006), Hall Farm Center for the Arts, The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, and the LEF Foundation. She currently lives in San Francisco, California and was recently awarded an individual grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Richard Compean English Department

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Kevin M. Cook English Department B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of California, Berkeley

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Karen C Cox English Department B.A., University of California, Berkeley M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Professor Cox has been teaching at CCSF since 2000.

Andrew P Crockett English Department

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Jacquelynn Davis-Martin English Department B.A. Allegheny College, Pennsylvania M.A. Rutgers University, New Jersey

Professor Davis-Martin has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.

John F Delgado English Department B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

Mr. Delgado has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 1996.

His educational goal is to continue seeking innovative ways for students to reach their maximum potential.

In his leisure time, he enjoys studying film history (Avid Film Buff) and Virginia Woolf Studies.

Stephanie E Denney English Department B.A., University of California, Berkeley M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Stephanie Erin Denney has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 1997.

She is dedicated to broadening educational opportunities for those traditionally excluded from higher education. As a teacher, she is demanding and holds her students to a high standard, but she is also readily available outside of class to help her students to learn and succeed.

Dr. Denney currently serves as the Basic Skills Coordinator for the English Department and is heavily involved in research and innovative curriculum. She serves on her Department's Curriculum Committee and several level committees, and she ran the committee which is developing English 91. She also serves on the campus-wide Basic Skills Committee and on the Basic Skills Initiative. Previously, she was the English Department Assessment Coordinator and Level Coordinator for English 93, and she continues to remain heavily involved in assessment in her Department.

In 2005, Dr. Denney attended the month-long Kellogg Institute for Developmental Educators in Boone, North Carolina. She is a member of the National Association of Developmental Educators and gave a presentation at their 2008 Conference in Boston as well as a couple presentations at the 2008 Student Success Conference in San Jose.

Dr. Denney is currently working on developing a Basic Skills Resource Network for professional development for the State of California.

She also is remotely involved in the Nancy W. Denney Scholarship for Single Parents Committee at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

In quieter moments, she reads sociology, fiction, graphic novels and science fiction.

Matthew D Duckworth English Department B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Stories instruct us, entertain us, tease us, lead us. Here are a handful of mine.
I have been teaching at CCSF since 1996.

Professor Duckworth's instructional/educational philosophy and goals:

I've often made this claim; I believe it's still true. I teach English (and most everything) the same way I used to teach swimming to children and adults; I want my students to learn to swim, of course, but also to come back to the pool and, ideally, to seek out the ocean too.

I have only the one degree, but I spent nine years in graduate school exploring, learning, and teaching; it was a life that suited me at that time. I was a generalist in a forum that favored specialists, and I changed my official focus many times. I believed--and still believe--in reading beyond what is assigned. For example, I read most of William Faulkner and Richard Ford while I was studying Renaissance Drama beyond Shakespeare, Old English, and Pastoral Poetry. I studied Latin and Old English while reading and rereading crime novels and other contemporary genre fiction. What's stacked and in rotation on my reading table now? A marine biology guide, Kirk Russell's Shell Games, surfing magazines, Cisneros' poetry, and Peter Matthiessen's Far Tortuga. Mix it up, I say.

In more formal terms, I passed Oral Exams in English Literature in the fields of The Neo-Classic Period, the Romantic Period, and Lord Byron's Works, Letters, and Life. I was a Ph.D Candidate in the English Department at the University of California at Berkeley, though I never have finished that dissertation on Lord Byron and Heroism.

I believe that stories can expand us, can allow us to expand ourselves in amazing ways. Nancy Packer said, "There's life on the page. You read it, and it's not your experience, but it expands your experience." I believe that stories reveal and revive the human heart and soul, especially fiction. I'm a particular aficionado of stories with strong characters and strong plots; I often think complex or otherwise meaningful plotting is overlooked or undervalued by most scholars or critics, but that such plotting resonates appropriately with common readers. (And I use that phrase--"common readers"--as Virginia Woolf meant it, with respect.) With stories, as with life, you must allow your emotions full range; a merely intellectual response is an insufficient response; the best readers think and feel, reflect and react . . . with gusto.

I recommend bringing such gusto to nonfiction too. For me, anything written about the ocean or about underwater adventure deserves attention, even though none of my college credits matter for that. I've gotten in the ocean to look around for myself, and I've kept reading, reflecting, and studying. I encourage my students to do the same.

P.S.: In the past, I've included in this space both short-short stories and chatty recommendations for reading, viewing, and doing. I've shifted such material to my own blog, a collection of blather and blarney, mini-essays, art, book reviews, those quick fictions, photos, and what I call "touchstones": the quotations and poetry that matter to me.

"Matt Duckworth Underwater"----- http://mattduckworthunderwater.blogspot.com

Marc Dulman English Department B.A., Alfred University; M.A., McMaster University

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John D Fielding English Department

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Francine Foltz English Department B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., University of California, Berkeley

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Carol A Fregly English Department B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., San Francisco State University

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Pamela A Gentile English Department B.A. English, University of Oregon, Eugene M.A. English, San Francisco State University M.A. Film, San Francisco State University.

Professor Gentile has been teaching at CCSF since 1980.

Steve T Georgiou English Department

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Janet H Goldberg English Department B.A., University of Pittsburg; M.F.A., Mills College

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Jeffrey T Goldthorpe English Department B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

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Herbert K Green English Department B.A. American Literature, University of California at Berkeley M.A. American Civilization, Brown University M.A. Ethnic Studies, University of California at Berkeley

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Christopher K Greger English Department B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., New York University

Mr. Greger has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 1999.

He has published poetry in the Berkeley Fiction Review and written articles for journals such as "Literature and Psychology". He has given public lectures on Oscar Wilde and 19th Century Aestheticism.

Mr. Greger enjoys traveling, music (playing, performing and listening), reading and writing, and eating poptarts.

Carol L Hansen English Department B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Arizona State University

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Margaret A Harrison English Department B.A. Feminist Studies, Stanford University M.F.A. Creative Writing, San Francisco State University M.A. English, San Francisco State University

Professor Harrison has been teaching at CCSF since 2008.

Seth J Harwood English Department

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Dennis Hendrickson English Department B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., University of California, Davis

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John A. Isles English Department

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Harriett V Jernigan English Department

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Ronald Lee Johnson English Department Biography to follow.

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Athena Kashyap English Department B.A., Mount Holyoke College M.A., University of California at Davis M.F.A., San Francisco State University (expected in 2008) Certificates in Teaching Post Secondary Reading & Writing, San Francisco State University

Professor Kashyap has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.

In her spare time, she enjoys writing poetry, plays, and creative non-fiction. She also loves reading world literature and history.

Darren A Keast English Department

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Priscilla H Kelly English Department Ph.D. Rhetoric, Carnegie Mellon University M.A. American Literature, University of Massachusetts B.A. English, Willamette University

Professor Kelly has been teaching at CCSF since 2006.

Sean Kim English Department

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Andrew Henry King English Department

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Elizabeth P King English Department B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., San Francisco State University

Ms. King has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 2001.

She believes in a student-centered curriculum that involves multiple approaches to learning, including lots of group work. Students should be taught at a level that challenges them to do their best work. She is interested in helping students appreciate reading for pleasure as well as for information.

Ms. King has participated in the CCSF English Curriculum Committee, Reading Committee (Coordinator), Catalog Committee and Basic Skills Committee.

She is a member of NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English), NCCRA, Treasurer (Northern California College Reading Association and CREA (College Reading & Learning Association).

In her leisure time, she enjoys hiking, swimming, drumming, reading and international travel.

Craig Ira Kleinman English Department B.A., Buffalo State College; M.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

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Deonne M Kunkel English Department

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Mary M La Mattery English Department B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., San Francisco State University

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Anthony Lang English Department A.A., City College of San Francisco B.S., University of Maryland M.A., San Francisco State University

Professor Lang has been teaching at CCSF since 2005

Tore E Langmo English Department Biography to follow.

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Amy S Lawlor English Department

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Erlinda Espiritu Legaspi English Department A.B., English, University of California, Berkeley M.A., English (Concentration in Teaching Composition), San Francisco State University Graduate Certificate in Teaching Post-Secondary Reading, San Francisco State Univeristy

Professor Legaspi has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 1996.

Jennifer Levinson English Department

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Alexandria R Leyton English Department

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Jeffrey D Liss English Department B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Yale University

Mr. Liss has been teaching at CCSF since 2006

Steven R Mayers English Department M.A. in Comparative Literature, San Francisco State University B.A. in English, University of Oregon . One-Year Exchange in language and culture, Universidad de Guanajuuato, México

Professor Mayers has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.
His website is: www.stevenmayers.teach-nology.com

Ghislaine M Maze English Department

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Chante A McCormick English Department

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William A McGuire English Department B.A., St. Louis University; M.A., San Francisco State University

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Christine M McMahon English Department

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Joan Meehan English Department B.A., University of San Francisco; M.A., San Francisco State University

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Alisa Messer English Department B.A., Mills College; M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo

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Amy E Miles English Department B.A., California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo; M.A., San Francisco State University

Ms. Crossin has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 2003.

She believes in helping students understand the writing process, so that essays are no longer words assembled into blocks separated by indents and punctuation, but thoughtful words arranged in a specific order, allowing the student-the writer-to express his/her vision.

Ms. Crossin is also a UC Application Coach at Chabot College.

In her leisure time, she enjoys reading, walking on the beach and cooking.

H. Brown Miller English Department B.A., San Francisco State University M.A., San Francisco State University

Biography is unavailable at this time.

Anna R Mills English Department B.A. in English from Williams College M.F.A. in Nonfiction from Bennington College

Professor Mills has been teaching at CCSF since 2005. She worked with students one on one in the Writing Success Project and the DSPS Strategies Lab for four years before that.

She writes book reviews of nature writing at http://onnaturewriting.blogspot.com.

Jennifer L Molinari English Department

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Jodi L Naas English Department B.A., English, Pomona College (Claremont, CA) M.A., Composition, San Francisco State University

Jodi Naas has been teaching at CCSF since 2003. She previouly taught at San Francisco State University and College of San Mateo.

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Louise Nayer English Department B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo

Ms. Nayer has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 1986.

Her educational goal is to build strong skills through fostering a love of learning.

Ms. Nayer is a member of the CCSF Literary Magazine Club and the Scholarship Committee.

She is also a member of Poets & Writers.

Ms. Nayer has authored the following publications: "Keeping Watch"-Poetry, "The Houses are Covered in Sound"-Poetry, and has co-authored "How to Bury a Goldfish: 113 Rituals For Everyday Life".

Jessica Nelson-Lundy English Department B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

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Edissa Nicolas English Department

Since summer 2007, Professor Nicolas taught both Basic Skills and General English courses at Berkeley City College and CCSF. You can also find her working as a one-on-one tutor at the CCSF Writing Lab. In addition, she volunteers as a Brown University admissions interviewer and help coordinate the community food-pantry at my church.

In Professor Nicolas' own words:

It was a dream of mine to return to CCSF as faculty since my undergraduate days serving on the CCSF Associated Student Council (I was vice president of communication). At that time, I worked to improve student services and to increase transfer rates from City to UC, State, and beyond. Those are still very important goals for me.

I was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up in New York City. Though I dropped out of high school at seventeen, I later attended CCSF and then Brown University, finishing with a Bachelor’s degree in Education. My MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) is from Mills College. To me writing is life—a way to share our intellects and creativity with others.

I enjoy teaching and working with people of all ages and needs, including children, elderly people, and recent immigrants. My passion for teaching, writing, traveling, and languages has taken me to South Korea and Germany as an English as a Foreign Language instructor. My long-term goals are to continue teaching and to write professionally.

Professor Nicolas is currently working on a book-length work of fiction (Man of Ice: The Matthew Henson Story), several short stories, a screenplay, and a non-fiction guide to academia for returning adults.

Ivan J Oplanic English Department

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Charles J Riggs English Department B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Mr. Riggs has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 1994.

His educational philsophy is as follows: Ideas, not Pedantry; Imagination, not Cliches; Questions, not Answers; Inquiry, not Dogmatism; Problems, not Solutions; Curiosity, not Apathy.

Mr. Riggs has published "Communication, Coordination and Conflict" and "Communication Dynamics of Behavior Management".

James V Rustigan English Department B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

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Shawna L Ryan English Department BA English, UC Berkeley MA English, UC Davis

Prof. Ryan has been teaching at CCSF since 2006

Locke 1928 (novel) forthcoming Fall 2007

Andrea M Sanelli English Department

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John P Sapienza English Department B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University

Mr. Sapienza has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 1996.

Mitra D Sapienza English Department B.A., Cal Poly State University M. A., San Francisco State University

Professor Ganley has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.

Service-Learning Faculty.

James D Sauve English Department B.A., Whitman College; M.A., Claremont Graduate School

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Johanna S Scheffer English Department

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Barbara Lynne Scrafford English Department A.A., North Idaho College; B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

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Cynthia A Slates English Department B.A., Butler University M.A., University of California, Davis Milton Center Fellow, Newman University Certificates in Teaching Post-Secondary Composition and Post-Secondary Reading, San Francisco State University

Professor Slates has been a member of the CCSF faculty since 2003.

Her Teaching Philosophy is to encourage students to discover their own voice and to direct their own educational and career paths by making good choices. In her classes, students will have an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge before their peers, take risks, and practice leadership skills.

In her leisure time, she enjoys ballet, reading, gardening and classical music.

Kristin M Smith English Department B.A. English, University of North Carolina M.A., English/Critical Literacy, University of North Carolina - Wilmington,

Professor Smith has been teaching at CCSF since 2008.

Nicola A Smith English Department B.A., University of California, Berkeley M.A., Stanford University

Professor Smith has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.

David H Spears English Department B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Chicago

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Deanne K Spears English Department B.A., M.A., University of Southern California

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Aimee B Suzara English Department

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Katherine V Swoboda English Department B.A. English, Lake Forest College B.A. Sociology (minor concentration: Women's Studies), Lake Forest College M.A. English, University of California, Davis.

Professor Swoboda has been teaching at CCSF since 2004.

The Professor's instructional/educational philosophy and goals:
* Show up fully. There are no shortcuts.
* Respectfully speak your 100% truth, 100% of the time. Be willing to hear yes, no, or resistance--and be willing to negotiate a win-win.
* Integrity is...when your words and actions match, and they are in alignment with your values.
* I believe in teaching from a model of empowerment. I give all that I can to my classes, and ask that students do the same. We will both flounder and make mistakes. Instead of this being a downfall, it's an asset--when we are both conscious enough to decide to move forward from there. It is my hope that we are both empowered to move forward.
* Notice. Choose. Act. BE THE CHANGE.

Professor Swoboda belongs to the San Francisco Writer's Group and Challenge Day (www.challengeday.org).

See the class website: www.coolteacherkate.com

Alexandra R Teague English Department B.A., Southwest Missouri State University; M.F.A., University of Florida

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Margaret S Thompson English Department

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Kelly S Vogel English Department B.A. English -- Syracuse University M.A. English -- Mills College

Professor Vogel has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.

Ellen H Wall English Department B.A., Texas Christian University; M.A., George Washington University. Graduate course work at San Francisco State, UC Berkeley and Santa Cruz

Prof. Wall has been teaching at CCSF since 1980.

John J Walsh English Department

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Sandra Waugh English Department B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University

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Ann West English Department B.A., College of Mt. St. Vincent; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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Kristina L Whalen English Department B.S. Socio-Political Communication, Missouri State University M.S. Rhetoric and Public Address, Florida State University PhD. Speech Communication, Florida State University

Professor Whalen has been teaching at CCSF since 2005.

Her focus has always been on critical thinking and argumentation. She hopes students can see the powerful link between a public voice and social change.

Currently Professor Whalen is the Director of Forensics of the CCSF Speech and Debate Team. She is past president of the Cross Examination Debate Association and the current Treasurer of the Northern California Forenscis Association.

Professor Whalen has research articles and essays appearing in Performing Democracy, The Art of Rhetorical Criticism and in the following journals: Text and Performance Quarterly and Women Studies in Communication.

In her free time she enjoys wine tasting, stand-up comedy, and theatre.

Robert Lee White English Department

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Corinne S Wick English Department B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., San Francisco State University

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Nathan L Wirth English Department B.A. English Literature, San Francisco State University M.A. English Literature, San Francisco State University Certificate of Teaching Composition, San Francisco State University

Professor Wirth has been teaching at CCSF since Spring 2005.

Jennifer G Worley English Department

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Julie C. Young English Department

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Elizabeth A Zarubin English Department

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Susan Louise Zimmerman English Department B.A., M.A., University of California, Berkeley M.S., San Francisco State University Certificates in the Teaching of Post-Secondary Composition and Reading, San Francisco State University

Professor Zimmerman has been teaching at CCSF since 1995.

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