CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION         

     M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) and Literature, 1999. University of California, Irvine.

     B.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry), Literature, and Psychology, 1992. Sarah Lawrence College.

     Study abroad: Creative Writing and Literature, 1990-1991. Wadham College, Oxford University, England.

     Private Study in prosody under Susan Hoover, 1989. New York City.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

      University of Southern California, fall 2003-present (Lecturer).

      University of California, Irvine, 1999-spring 2003 (Assistant Course Director/Lecturer).

      Advanced Curriculum Institute, Summer 1999 (SAT Prep Instructor—Verbal).

      Santa Ana High School, 1998-1999 (UCI Outreach Writing Instructor).

      University of California, Irvine, 1996-1999 (Graduate Assistant Lecturer).

TEACHING INTERESTS

Composition and Rhetoric; Ethics, Public Policy Debate and Advocacy; Creative Writing (Poetry, Drama, Multimedia); Modern, Postmodern, and Contemporary American, English, and Irish Poetry and Drama; Ekphrasis: Ethics and Modalities; Psychological and Sociological Perspectives on Identity Construction (in relation to race, class, and gender) in Literature and Social Science.

COURSES TAUGHT

Composition: Advanced Writing in the Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences and Lower Division Writing (USC); Argument and Research; Expository Writing; the Fundamentals of Composition (UCI); High School English (11th grade—Santa Ana High School).

Creative Writing: The Art of Writing Poetry (UCI).

SAT Preparatory: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Super Class (ACI).

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Assistant Course Director (UCI): University of California, Irvine, Writing Program (1999-Spring 2003). Developed curricula; led staff meetings; mentored instructors; observed classes; conducted post-class observation conferences; assessed staff paper sets; edited staff web site; edited A Student Guide to Writing at UCI.

Committee Service (UCI): Book Committee (1999-2000); Hiring Committee (1999-2002); Student Guide to Writing Committee (2000-2003).

UNIVERSITY SERVICE and MENTORING

Faculty Fellow (Faculty/Staff Mentor) (USC—2004-2005). Bi-weekly dinners with an undergraduate resident advisor and her dorm mates; field trips to important Los Angeles spaces, such as the Getty; mentoring students on various issues.

Instructional Advisor (USC 2004-2005). Participated in fall training for Incoming Assistant Lecturers; co-ran a section of WRIT 501 for IAL’s; conducted class observations; engaged constant communication with IAL’s in and out of class for support on pedagogical issues.

The Undergraduate Writer’s Conference and Contest (USC—2004). Mediated an undergraduate writer’s panel and co-judged the associated contest with three of my colleagues.

Academic Advisement for Magnum: (Fall 2003). Academic Advisor for Magnum, a USC-sponsored literary journal featuring intelligent humor; fostered my student’s (the editor’s) initial idea for the journal, as well as his creation of an editorial board, and solicitation of material.

LECTURES/PANEL PRESENTATIONS

"(Y)et a Part of Me, As I Am a Part of You": The Complexities of Practicing Mutuality in Writing Communities." Chair, Conference on College Composition and Communication.  

"The Dynamics of Creating Teacher-Friendly Collaborative Web Resources for Sharing Exemplary Instructional Material." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, Colorado, March 15th, 2001. Available: <http://eee.uci.edu/lecturer/caley/cccc.html>.

"Internet Pedagogy: Email, Class Listservs, World Wide Web." University of California, Irvine, Guest Panel for E398, "The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of University Teaching," Irvine, California, February 2000. Available: <http://e3.uci.edu/faculty/strenski/e398.html>.

"Virtual Research for Undergraduates, and Corresponding Virtual Resource Pages for Writing Instructors." Western States Composition Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 13th, 2000.Available: <http://e3.uci.edu/faculty/strenski/ws.html>.

HONORS, GRANTS, AWARDS

Teaching:

• Recipient of UCI’s 2002 Instructional Technology Mini-Grant Program award
• for development of the WR 39C Student “Essentials” website.
• Recipient of Humanities UCI Faculty Career Development Award, 2002.
• Humanities Lecturer of the Year Award, University of California, Irvine, 2001.
• Cited as one of 20 best instructors (of 100 +) in UCI’s composition department, University of California, Irvine, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998.

Poetry:

• Pushcart Prize nomination for “Full Nova,” 2001, and “Plastic Lilies.” 2000.
• Winner in the The Dallas Morning News "Images of Texas" poetry contest, judged by Yusef Komunyakaa. 2000.
• Academy of American Poets Prize. 1998.               
• Helene Wurlitzer Foundation grant for poetry writing. 1993.        
• Lila Achinson Wallace Readers' Digest Award nomination. 1993.

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Modern Language Association

The Poetry Society of America

The Associated Writers Programs

EDITING

(Books)

A Student Guide To Writing At UCI -- 9th, 10th and 11th editions. A 500 page handbook of writing instruction. Required reading of all students at the University of California, Irvine, and additionally purchased by Irvine Valley College, CSU Los Angeles, Art Institute of Southern California, and Loyola Marymount University. Editor. 2001-2003.

(Journals)

Faultline: Journal of Art and Literature, issue 9. University of California, Irvine. An annual literary publication of poetry, fiction, interviews, drama and art. Managing Editor. 1998.

The Paris Review. New York. A quarterly publication of poetry, fiction, interviews, drama and art. Poetry Reader (selections passed on to Richard Howard). 1995-1996.

The Paris Review. New York. A quarterly publication of poetry, fiction, interviews, drama and art. Fiction Reader (selections passed on to George Plimpton). 1994-1995.

(Websites)

39C Instructor Essentials, a collaboratively developed hyper-text compendium of pedagogical materials for the instruction of “Argument and Research.” 1999-2003.

39C Student Essentials, a collaboratively developed hyper-text compendium of pedagogical materials for students of “Argument and Research.” 2001-2003.

WR 39C: Argument and Research, a website constructed solely for my own students with course-specific information, syllabus, assignment guidelines, sample student essays and hyperlinked resources for student writers and researchers. 1998-2003.

REVIEWS (for Publishers)

Good Reasons, Lester Faigley and Jack Selzer, Allyn & Bacon, 2nd edition.

Quick Access, Lynn Troyka, Prentice Hall, 3rd edition.

Writing from A to Z, Sally Barr Best, WCB/McGraw-Hill, 3rd edition.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Full Nova.Washington, D.C., Orchises Press, 2001. Poetry.

Light, Earth and Blue. A collection of poems written after the mature paintings of Mark Rothko. In progress.

The Pleasures of Poetry. A collection of my essays on modern and contemporary approaches to poetry focusing on knowledge creation and the intellectual, emotional, kinesthetic, and spiritual pleasures of poetry. Sections on “Poetry and the Individual,”  “Poetry and the Other,” “Poetry and Community,” and “Poetry and God.” In progress.

ESSAYS

Computers and Composition. Spring, 2005. "Email Small-Group Peer Review Revisited." Co-authored with Interim Writing Program Director at UCI, Dr. Ellen Strenski, and Dr. Jonathan Singer.

POEMS IN JOURNALS

Alaska Quarterly Review. 2003. “Untitled, 1968” and “Four Darks in Red.”

Prairie Schooner.Forthcoming, spring 2003. “Brown and Gray, 1970” and “Black and Blue.”

Many Mountains Moving. Forthcoming, 2003. "Snake” and "He Clicks and Waits.”

Web Del Sol. 2001. "Untitled, 1969,” “Green and Tangerine on Red,” and “Magenta, Black,

Green on Orange, 1949.”

UCI Journal. 2001. “Today is a Good Day for Beating up Roger."

Hayden's Ferry Review. 2000. "In the Cool House."

Poet Lore. 2000. "Walk Home."

Texas Review. 2000. "Chillicothe."

Tex!  (a supplement to The Dallas Morning News ). 2000. “Texas” (an “Images of Texas”   

      contest winner, selected by Pulitzer Prize Winner Yusef Komunyakaa).

Faultline. 2000. "Don't Look in the Lake Boat,” “Scully’s Father in Space,” and “Plastic Lilies.”

360?‹. 2000. “Radishes in Bell Jars.”

Thorny Locust. 2000. “Dead Canary.”

Washington Square. 1999. “Afterward.”

Santa Barbara Review. 1998. "Ice Victim at Lake Winnipeg” and “Yellow Coreopsis.”

Spelunker Flophouse. 1997. "Yellow Coreopsis.”

Xanadu: Long Island Literary Collective. 1997. “How I left Michigan.”

The River Oak Review. 1995. “First Their Came a Letter.”

The Quarterly. 1995. “The Color Birds.”

Sarah Lawrence Review. 1992. "Goldfish."

ANTHOLOGIZED POEMS

Dustup: New California Writers. Forthcoming, 2003. “Betty” and “Nearly There.”

Texas in Poetry: A 150-Year Anthology. 2002. Texan Christian University Press. “Texas.”

Anteater Reader: 2002. Pearson Custom Publishing. “Scully’s Father in Space.”

SELECTED POETRY READINGS

Casa Romantica, San Clemente, CA 2005.

Cody’s Books, Berkeley, CA, 2003.

UCI Bookstore, Irvine, CA, 2002.

University of California, Irvine, Department of English, upcoming, 2002.

Radio show, KPFK, “Sound Exchange,” Los Angeles, CA, 2001, hosted by Jay Kugelman.

Whittier College, Whittier, CA, 2001, with Poetry Flash editor Richard Silberg.

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2001.

Theater Three, Dallas, TX, 2001.

The Abilene Country Club, Abilene, TX, 2001.

Medicine Mound Museum, Chillicothe, TX, 2001, introduction by Texas Poet Laureate,

James Hogard.

Dutton’s Brentwood Books, Los Angeles, CA, 2001, with Academy Award winning actress,

Holly Hunter.

Midnight Special Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA, 1999.

Upchurch Brown Bookstore, Laguna Beach, CA 1999, 1998.

St. Marks Church, New York, NY, 1995.

The Met Theater, solo reading produced by Holly Hunter, Hollywood, CA, 1993.

Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, 1992.

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, 1992, 1998.

Oxford University, Wadham College, 1991.

Oxford University, Blackwell’s Books, 1991.

SELECTED PLAY READINGS

The Actor’s Studio, The Tenants. New York, NY, 1996.

The Met Theater, The Tenants. Los Angeles, CA, 1997, produced by Pulitzer Prize winner, Beth Henley.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Dreamweaver, Quark Xpress, Photoshop, Microsoft Word, and other internet and world wide web communications.

REFERENCES 

Furnished upon request.