Faculty
Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Classics
jessica.brooks@csulb.edu
(562) 985-4248
Office: MHB 508
M.A. Archaeology, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
Post-Baccalaureate in Classics, UCLA
B.A. Anthropology, UCLA summa cum laude
Interests: Aegean Bronze Age and Classical Archaeology, women in the ancient world, mortuary and ritual analysis, and world mythology
Professor of Classics and Religious Studies
kathryn.chew@csulb.edu
Latin Teaching Credential Advisor
CWL Advisor
CWL Director
(562) 985-5810
Office: MHB 606
Ph.D. Classics, UCLA
M.A. Classics, UCLA
B.A. Classics, UC Irvine
Interests: Greek and Latin Novels, Greek Literature, the Hellenistic Period, Late Antiquity, Hagiography, Mythology, Sanskrit Literature, Latin Teacher Preparation
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
pravina.cooper@csulb.edu
(562) 985-4241
Office: MHB 611
Ph.D. Comparative World Literature, UCLA
M.A. Comparative World Literature, UCLA
M.A. History, Mumbai University
B.A. British and Continental Philosophy
Interests: World Cinemas, Transnational Literatures, Genre, Literary Theory, British and French Modernisms
Professor of Comparative Literature
elizabeth.dahab@csulb.edu
(562) 985-1368
Office: MHB 608
Doctorat, Comparative Literature, Universit茅 de Paris-IV, Sorbonne
M.A. Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
Professional Diploma After Degree (for teaching French), University of Alberta (Canada)
B.A. Psychology, McGill University (Canada)
Interests: Post-colonial Literature, Cultural Theory, Middle Eastern Literature, Interdisciplinary Studies, 19th Century French Literature, Exilic Francophone Literatures in Canada/Qu茅bec
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
letitia.deon@csulb.edu
(562) 985-1589
Office: MHB 513
M.F.A. Creative Writing, emphasis in poetry, 新澳门六合彩资料
M.A. English, emphasis in British Literature, 新澳门六合彩资料
B.A. English, 新澳门六合彩资料
Interests: Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, British Literature, Poetics / Poetry and the Self / Confessional Poetry / Stand up Poetry, Identity Theory, Comedy, Comics and Graphic Novels
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
amy.desuza-riehm@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 701
M.A. English, 新澳门六合彩资料
B.A. Comparative World Literature, 新澳门六合彩资料
A.S. Exotic Animal Training and Management; Animal Behavior, Wildlife Education, Moorpark College
Interests: Comics Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Video Games and Digital Narratives; Ecocriticism; Animal Studies; Science Fiction; Myth; Comedy; Medieval Literature
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
(562) 985-8660
Office: MHB 605
M.A. Comparative Literature, UCLA
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
viola.lasmana@csulb.edu
(562) 985-1815
Office: MHB 609
Ph.D. English, USC
M.A. English, San Francisco State University
B.A. English, University of San Francisco
Interests: Digital humanities, Digital pedagogies, Transpacific Studies, Asian & Asian-American Studies, Southeast Asia; Indonesia; literature, film, global media; Transnational feminisms; Critical race theory; Social justice
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
crystal.lie@csulb.edu
(562) 985-4248
Office: MHB 508
Ph.D. English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A. English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A. Humanities, University of Chicago
B.A. English, UCLA
Interests: Disability Studies, Health Humanities, Contemporary Literature and Life Writing, Graphic Narrative, Visual Culture
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
katherine.mcloone@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 701
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
M.A. Humanities, University of Chicago
B.A. Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley
Interests: Medieval Literature, Disability Studies, Popular Culture Studies, especially television and fandom
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
levon.parseghian@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 513
M.A. English, 新澳门六合彩资料
B.A. Comparative World Literature and Philosophy, 新澳门六合彩资料
Interests: Colonial and postcolonial literary theory, Marxist literary criticism, Comedy of the diaspora, Identity and the self in motion pictures
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
christopher.shaw@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 701
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
B.A. Literature and Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
Interests: Latin American, Ethnic American, and postcolonial literatures and cultures; conceptions of identity and difference in neurodiverse, popular, and digital contexts
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
lowry.sweney@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 513
M.A. Classics, UCLA
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, regular member 2001-2002
University of Pennsylvania, post-baccalaureate program
B.A., Harvard University
Interests: Ancient Greek poetry and performance, Ancient Greek and Roman religion, Indo-European poetics and comparative mythology, the literature and culture of 鈥淕olden Age鈥 Rome, satire through the ages (ancient and modern)
Professor of Comparative Literature
vlatka.velcic@csulb.edu
(562) 985-1815
Office: MHB 609
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
M.A. Comparative Literature, UCLA
B.A. Comparative Literature and English, University of Zagreb
Interests: Cultural Studies, Post-colonial Literature, 20th Century Literature, East European Literature
Current Adjunct Faculty
Lecturer, Comparative Literature
kayla.arbor@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 513
Lecturer, Comparative Literature
patrick.arbor@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 513
Lecturer, Comparative Literature
kelsey.bright@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 513
Lecturer, RGRLL
nicolas.bordage@csulb.edu
Office: AS 320
Professor, RGRLL
jeffrey.high@csulb.edu
Office: AS 321
Lecturer, RGRLL
jesse.odell@csulb.edu
Office: AS 334
Emeriti Faculty
- Alwin Baum
- Frank Fata
- J. Charles Jernigan
Congratulations
- Carl Fisher, former chair, now at the Chancellor's Office
In Memoriam
- Roland Bush
- Peter Carr
- August Coppola
- Thomas Hubble
- Roberta Markman
- Erylene Piper Mandy
- Raymond Waters
