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Michael Petracca

Acting Co-Director
Girvetz 1307
petracca@writing.ucsb.edu
Michael Petracca teaches the creative nonfiction sequence, Writing for the Social Sciences (109SS), Writing for Education (109ED), Writing about Film (109F), and other research-related courses. Petracca is co-author of Common Culture: Reading And Writing About American Popular Culture and other novels, textbooks, articles, and short stories, many of which can be found online at http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/petracca/.

Madeleine Sorapure

Acting Co-Director
South Hall 1401
sorapure@writing.ucsb.edu
Madeleine Sorapure directs the Multimedia Communication track of the Professional Writing Minor, and she teaches Writing in New Media (105NM) and Writing for the Social Sciences (190SS). She is co-author of Common Culture: Reading And Writing About American Popular Culture. Her website is http://sorapure.net.

Linda Adler-Kassner

Linda.Adler-Kassner@emich.edu
Linda Adler-Kassner will join the Writing Program in Fall 2010 as Professor and Director, when she will teach undergraduate and graduate courses. She is author, co-author, or co-editor of several books, including The Activist WPA: Changing Stories about Writing and Writers, Basic Writing as a Political Act: Public Conversations about Writing and Literacy, and Questioning Authority: Stories Told in School. She has also published numerous articles and book chapters on writing program administration, pedagogy, and public policy and writing instruction. Through 2011, Linda is also President of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. CV.

Nicole Archambeau

Lecturer
HSSB 4226
narchambeau@history.ucsb.edu
Nicole Archambeau teaches Writing 2LK (History) in the Writing Program. In the History Department, she teaches medieval and world history courses.

Lisa Avery

Lecturer
Girvetz 1310
lavery@writing.ucsb.edu
Lisa Avery teaches a variety of courses in the Writing Program. Her scholarly interests include examining the connections between space, narrative, and experience in popular cultural texts; WAC pedagogy and curriculum; and technology and pedagogy.

Katie Baillargeon

Lecturer
South Hall 3714
baillargeon@writing.ucsb.edu
Katie Baillargeon teaches Writing 1, 2, 2LK with Music, and 50.

Mashey Bernstein

Lecturer
Girvetz 1317
mashey@writing.ucsb.edu
Mashey Bernstein teaches Writing 1, Writing 50 (Vietnam War), 109V, Magazine Writing, 109HU and 2LK linked with Film Studies and Music. He also takes a class to the Telluride Film Festival every Labor Day (FMS119.) He co-chairs the Writing One Committee and administers the AWPE exam. He has published extensively on various aspects of the media.

Doug Bradley

Lecturer
South Hall 1523
bradley@writing.ucsb.edu
Norman Douglas ("Doug") Bradley teaches a variety of courses at UCSB, with an emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and medicine) subject matter: Writing 1/1E, 2/2E, 50/50E, 109ST, 109HP. He also teaches writing at UCSB within the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, and the California NanoSystems Institute. More.

Randi Browning

Lecturer
Girvetz 1318
rbrowning@writing.ucsb.edu
Randi Browning teaches Writing 1 and 2 ACE, Writing 2LK (Psych), Writing 50 (Research), Writing 60 (Tutoring Writing), Writing 109SS (Social Sciences), and Writing 109ED (Teaching Profession). She is also a Co-Director of the South Coast Writing Project and directs a pre-service institute for teacher candidates. More.

John Catalini

Lecturer
Girvetz 1316
jcatalini@writing.ucsb.edu
John Catalini teaches Writing 2LK with Art, 50, 109EC, and 109V.

Ljiljana Coklin

Lecturer
Girvetz 1312
lcoklin@writing.ucsb.edu
Ljiljana Coklin teaches Writing 50 and 109EC.

Craig Cotich

Lecturer
Girvetz 1313
cotich@writing.ucsb.edu
Craig Cotich teaches Grammar and Stylistics, Professional Editing, Writing for the Teaching Professions, Business Writing, as well as a range of academic writing courses. Specializing in two areas within the UCSB Writing Program, he directs the Professional Editing track of the minor and chairs the ACE program.

Christopher Dean

Lecturer
Girvetz 1314
cdean@writing.ucsb.edu
Christopher Dean has been a writing teacher since 1993, and he has been teaching college composition since 1996. He teaches Writing 1 and Writing 2 in the ACE sequence, Writing 50, Writing 109SS, Writing 109ED, Writing 501A, and Writing 501B. He has a Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire in Composition and Rhetoric, and is a terrible guitarist and an even worst pianist.

Auli Ek

Lecturer
Girvetz 1319
aek@writing.ucsb.edu
Auli Ek currently teaches Writing 2 (Academic Writing) and Writing 50 (Writing and the Research Process). Her teaching and research interests include interdisciplinary approaches to race, gender, sexuality, and social and criminal justice. Her publications include Race and Masculinity in Contemporary American Prison Narratives (Routledge 2005).

James Donelan

Lecturer
donelan@writing.ucsb.edu

Gina Genova

Lecturer
Girvetz 1325
genova@writing.ucsb.edu
Gina L. Genova, Esq. has taught Writing 1 but predominately lectures in Writing 50 (Great American Trials), Writing 109EC, Writing 109L and Writing 110L. Ms. Genova has been a member of the California State and Federal Bars since 1992 and maintains a local legal practice specializing in contract, small business and personal injury law.

Leslie Hammer

Lecturer
Girvetz 1322
lhammer@writing.ucsb.edu
Leslie Hammer currently teaches Writing 1, Writing 2, and Writing 50. She comes from UC San Diego, where she taught a variety of writing and literature courses. Her scholarly interests include sentimental rhetoric, composition studies, gender studies, nineteenth-century US literature, and US women's writings.

Jeff Hanson

Lecturer
Girvetz 1321
hanson@writing.ucsb.edu
Jeffrey Hanson teaches professional writing courses related to domestic and global careers. Through his joint appointment in the ESL/Linguistics Program, he also teaches graduate-level communication courses for international students. His academic background includes numerous conference presentations and four years of teacher-training abroad--in Estonia, Hungary, Russia, and Saudi Arabia--under the U.S. State Department. He received UCSB's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007.

Ann Holms

Lecturer
Girvetz 1320
holms@writing.ucsb.edu

Peter Huk

Lecturer
Girvetz 1314
phuk@writing.ucsb.edu
Peter Huk teaches Writing 1, 2, 2E, 50, 109GS, 109HU, and the ACE sequence.

Jennifer Johnson

Lecturer
Girvetz 1316
jjohnson@writing.ucsb.edu
Jennifer Johnson teaches Writing 1, Writing 2 (both in and outside the ACE Program), Writing 109 AC, 109 SS, and 109 EC. Jennifer is currently working on a dissertation to finish her Ph.D. in Composition at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her current research interests include the training and preparation of teachers of composition, genre theory, and the relationship between composition and literary studies.

Robert Krut

Lecturer
Girvetz 1306
rkrut@writing.ucsb.edu
Robert Krut teaches Writing 1 and 2 (with the ACE Program), 50 (with a focus on "Cultural Groundbreakers"), 109EC, 109F, and works extensively with Outreach. His writing has appeared in a number of literary journals, and his book, The Spider Sermons, will be released in 2009.

LeeAnne Kryder

Lecturer
Girvetz 1323
kryder@writing.ucsb.edu
LeeAnne G. Kryder directs the Business Communication track of the Professional Writing Minor, and teaches professional writing (business, environmental, and managerial) at UCSB, in the Writing Program and Training & Development. Prior to teaching at UCSB, Dr. Kryder worked in the computer field as a manager, systems analyst, and technical writer. She serves as a campus .change agent. for sustainability.

Brian Loftus

Lecturer
Girvetz 1312
loftus@writing.ucsb.edu
Brian Loftus teaches Writing 1, the entire engineering series, and Writing 109V.

Karen Lunsford

Associate Professor
South Hall 1521
klunsford@writing.ucsb.edu

Teddy Macker

Lecturer
South Hall 1510
emacker@writing.ucsb.edu
Teddy Macker teaches in the Writing Program and the College of Creative Studies. Among his honors is the Reginald S. Tickner Fellowship of the Gilman School in Baltimore. His work appears in Antioch Review, New Letters, Orion, and elsewhere. He lives in the foothills of Carpinteria on an old farm. More.

Patrick McHugh

Lecturer
Girvetz 1306
pmchugh@writing.ucsb.edu
Patrick McHugh teaches Writing 50, 109EC, 109ES, and 109V.

Sue McLeod

Research Professor
mcleod@writing.ucsb.edu
Susan McLeod's scholarship includes 7 books and numerous articles on writing across the curriculum, writing program administration, and the teaching of writing. She is the editor for two book series with Parlor Press: Perspectives on Writing and Writing Program Administration. Other books are available for free download at the WAC Clearinghouse. Here's a more detailed bio.

Ilene Miele

Lecturer
Girvetz 1311
miele@writing.ucsb.edu
Ilene Miele teaches Writing 109ED, Writing 1 & 2, and ACE courses. She is a TA supervisor and edits Starting Lines. A fellow with the South Coast Writing Project, her teaching interests include school/university outreach, student publication, and the intersections between composition and creative writing pedagogy. Her publications include feature and news writing, short fiction, and creative non-fiction.

Janet Mizrahi

Lecturer
Girvetz 1315
mizrahi@writing.ucsb.edu
Janet Mizrahi teaches primarily upper division courses that focus on professional writing: 109EC, 109HP,110MK, and 109JW. Prior to teaching at UCSB, Janet was a features writer at the Los Angeles Daily News, a marcom writer for a Santa Barbara software firm, and managing editor of medically-oriented web sites.

Kathy Patterson

Lecturer
Girvetz 1318
kpatterson@writing.ucsb.edu
Kathy Patterson teaches Writing 1, 50, 109SS and 109HU.

Jon Ramsey

Lecturer
Girvetz 1322
jramsey@writing.ucsb.edu
Jon teaches 109EC: Writing for Business and Economics, Writing 2LK, and Writing 1. His background is in academic administration as well as the teaching of literature and writing. His literature interests include the English Romantics, the fin de siecle, and early-modern literature. He earned a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. from UC Riverside.

Cissy Ross

Lecturer
South Hall 3712
cross@writing.ucsb.edu
Cissy Ross has taught Writing 1, 2 and Writing 50. She received her doctorate in education in 2008. Prior to that, she worked as a journalist. Her research has explored student writing in Environmental Studies as well as media reports on SAT testing. Her editing work won a New York Times chairman's award for environmental reporting.

Amanda Stansell

Lecturer
Girvetz 1320
astansell@writing.ucsb.edu
Amanda Stansell Writing 2LK with Sociology, 109ED, 109CS, and the E sequence.

Nicholas Tingle

Lecturer
Girvetz 1309
tingle@writing.ucsb.edu
Nick Tingle has taught writing at UCSB since 1980. He is the author of Self Development and College Writing, NCTE, 2004. He has published on writing pedagogy most especially in College English, JAC, Composition Studies, The Journal of Psychoanalytic Studies, and Studies in Psychoanalytic Theory. Visit his website.

Gina Vallis

Lecturer
Girvetz 1308
gvallis@writing.ucsb.edu
Gina Vallis regularly teaches Writing 1, 2, 50, 109V, 109F, and has taught Writing 105RW and 109EC. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature from UCSC.

Roy Vallis

Lecturer
Girvetz 1308
vallis@writing.ucsb.edu
As a Continuing Lecturer, Roy Vallis teaches Writing 1, 2, 50, Writing about Film (109F), Writing for the Humanities (109HU), and, in 2006, he designed, and currently teaches, Writing 105 Rhetoric and Writing (105RW). He received his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Film from U.C. Berkeley, where he also completed his B.A. in English, with an emphasis in Medieval Studies.

Olivia Walling

Lecturer
Girvetz 1310
owalling@writing.ucsb.edu
Olivia Walling teaches Writing 109L, 109ST, and the E sequence.

Muriel Zimmerman

Lecturer Emerita
mzimmer@writing.ucsb.edu

Teaching Assistants

Can AKSOY caksoy@umail.ucsb.edu
Michael ALBRIGHT michael.albright@gmail.com
Meredith BAK meredithbak@hotmail.com
Charlotte BECKER becker.charlotte@gmail.com
Alison BRIGHT alison@education.ucsb.edu
Maureen DEMAIO demaio@umail.ucsb.edu
Michael FRANGOS mfrangos@umail.ucsb.edu
Adriane FRIEDL adriane@umail.ucsb.edu
Christopher HAGENAH cjh@umail.ucsb.edu
Jeffrey HEHMEYER hehmeyer@umail.ucsb.edu
Judith HICKS jhicks@umail.ucsb.edu
Taylor HINES taylor_hines@umail.ucsb.edu
Rosie KAR rkar@umail.ucsb.edu
Kevin KEARNEY kevinkearney03@yahoo.com
Damian KOSHNICK koshnick@umail.ucsb.edu
Brett LAND landbrett@umail.ucsb.edu
Joseph LEE josephlee@umail.ucsb.edu
Jared LINDAHL lindahl@umail.ucsb.edu
Patrick LUDOLPH pludolph@umail.ucsb.edu
Nathan MCGOVERN nmcgovern@umail.ucsb.edu
Shannon MEYER meyer.shannon@gmail.com
Laura MILLER lmiller@umail.ucsb.edu
Catherine NEWELL clnewell@umail.ucsb.edu
Megan PALMER BROWNE mepalmer@umail.ucsb.edu
Julia PANKO juliapanko@yahoo.com
Daniel PECCHENINO danpecchenino@umail.ucsb.edu
Nathan PERRY nperry@umail.ucsb.edu
Steven POKORNOWSKI steven_pokornowski@umail
Jessica RAMSAY jessica.d.ramsay@gmail.com
Matthew RECLA mrecla@umail.ucsb.edu
Daniel REYNOLDS dreynolds@umail.ucsb.edu
Lara RUTHERFORD lrutherford@umail.ucsb.edu
Shanna SALINAS ssalinas@umail.ucsb.edu
Liberty STANAVAGE lstanavage@gmail.com
Ryan STODTMEISTER rrstod@gmail.com
Ethan TUSSEY etussey@umail.ucsb.edu
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