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Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D., English. University of California, Riverside. 2005.
\nDissertation: \u201cRomantic Genius and Literary Celebrity in American Literature\u201d
\nCommittee: Professors Steven G. Axelrod, Chair; Emory Elliott; Katherine Kinney.<\/p>\n

M.A., English. University of California, Riverside. 2000.<\/p>\n

B.A., English. University of California, Riverside. 1996.<\/p>\n

Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing Up: Reading and Writing for College Readiness<\/a>. Co-authored with Jason Spangler. (BVT Publishing, 2016)<\/p>\n

Publications in Academic Journals and Edited Volumes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter in Edited Volume: \u201cClaiming Their Place: Contemporary Arab American Poetry and Poetics.\u201d The Bloomsbury Handbook to Contemporary American Poetry. <\/a><\/i>Eds. Steven G. Axelrod and Craig Svonkin. New York: Bloomsbury, 2023: 379-91.<\/p>\n

Article: \u201cHemingway\u2019s Byron: Romantic Posturing in the Age of Modernism.\u201d Hemingway Review: Volume 29.2 (2010): 89-104.<\/a><\/p>\n

Chapter in Edited Volume: \u201cStrategic Genius, Disidentification, and the Burden of The Prophet in Arab-American Poetry.\u201d Arab Voices in Diaspora: Critical Perspectives on Anglophone Arab Literature. Ed. Layla Al Maleh. Amsterdam\/New York: Rodopi, 2009: 93-121. Print. Cross\/Cultures. Ser. 115.<\/p>\n

Article in Edited Volume: \u201cThe Strategic Voice of Western Poetics in Arab American Poetry.\u201d Etching Our Own Image: Voices from Within the Arab American Arts Movement. Eds. Anan Ameri and Holly Arida<\/a>. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007: 83-98.<\/p>\n

Article: \u201cMarketing Genius: The Friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan.\u201d Journal of American Culture: Volume 29.4 (2006): 395-405. <\/a><\/p>\n

This article was awarded Honorable Mention as part of the Carl Bode Award for Best Articles published in The Journal of American Culture in 2006 by the American Culture Association.<\/p>\n

Article: \u201cThe Sadakichi Hartmann Papers: The Ironic Legacy of a Quintessential
\nBohemian.\u201d CRATE: A Literary Journal. Volume 1.1 (2005): 60-67.<\/p>\n

Article: \u201cTwo Palestinian Lives.\u201d Special Issue: \u201cEdward Said: Tributes.\u201d Politics and Culture. Edited by Amitava Kumar and Michael Ryan. Volume 4.1 (2004): http:\/\/politicsandculture.neu.edu<\/p>\n

Book Reviews and Encyclopedia Entries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review: \u201cBob Dylan\u2019s Chronicles: Volume 1.\u201d Modern Language Studies. Volume 35.1 (2005): 99-104.<\/p>\n

Encyclopedia entry: \u201cKahlil Gibran,\u201d in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry<\/a>, Five Volumes. Ed. Jeffery Gray, et al. Westport: Greenwood Publishers, 2005: four pages.<\/p>\n

Encyclopedia entry: \u201cMarvin Bell,\u201d in The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry, Five Volumes. Ed. Jeffery Gray, et al. Westport: Greenwood Publishers, 2005: five pages.<\/p>\n

Selected Conference Papers and Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Palestine as Palimpsest.” Presented at Modern Language Association (MLA). New Orleans, LA. January 9-12, 2025.<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAmerican Literature Before 1865″ and “Creative Writing: Poetry Session 1.” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference.\u00a0 Palm Springs<\/span>, CA November 7-10, 2024<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAmerican Literature 1945 to the Present.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference.\u00a0 Portland<\/span>, OR. October 26-29, 2023.<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cAmerican Literature Before 1865.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference.\u00a0 <\/span>Los Angeles, CA. November 10-13, 2022.<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cRhetorical Approaches to Literature.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference.\u00a0 <\/span>Las Vegas, NV. November 11-14, 2021.<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cMetafamilies I and II.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference.\u00a0 <\/span>San Diego, Ca. November is 14-17, 2019.<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer. \u201cAmerican Literature 1865-Present I, II, and III.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference. Pasadena, CA, November 11-13, 2016.<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer. \u201cPoetry and Poetics I, II, and III.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference. Portland, OR, November 6-8, 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Basic Skills Textbook: What We Need…What We Get…\u201d Session title: \u201cRethinking \u2018Remediation\u2019: New Approaches for the 21st Century.\u201d Presented at Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 112th Annual Conference. Riverside, Ca October 31-November 2, 2014.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair. \u201cSatire and Humor\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 112th Annual Conference. Riverside, Ca October 31-November 2, 2014.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair. \u201cFilm Studies.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 111th Annual Conference. San Diego, Ca November 1-3, 2013.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair. \u201cRhetorical Approaches to Literature.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 110th Annual Conference. Seattle, Wa, October 19-21, 2012.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair and Presenter: Organized special session panel titled, \u201cTeaching Big Novels in Developmental Writing? Seriously.\u201d Presented paper titled, \u201cToo Far from the Shore? Moby Dick in the Pre-Collegiate Writing Course.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 109th Annual Conference. Claremont, Ca, November 5-6, 2011.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair. \u201cAsia and Pacific Mysteries.\u201d Special Session at Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference. Los Angeles, Ca. January 6-9, 2011.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair. \u201cLiterature and Other Arts: Music.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 107th Annual Conference. San Francisco, Ca, November 6-7, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing Neruda: Naomi Nye\u2019s Poetics of the Dispossessed.\u201d Presented at Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 107th Annual Conference. San Francisco, Ca, November 6-7, 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d Like to if You\u2019d Like Me to\u2026Promoting Scholarship at the Two-Year College.\u201d Presented at Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference. San Francisco, Ca, December 28, 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cElvis as My Tour Guide: The Elvis Effect and Commercial Hawaiian Tourism.\u201d Presented at Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 106th Annual Conference. Pomona, Ca, November 7-8, 2008.<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer. \u201cPoetry and Popular Culture.\u201d Oceanic Popular Culture Association (OPCA) Conference. Honolulu, HI. May 23-25, 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cRobert Frost as Children\u2019s Author?\u201d Presented at Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association (PAMLA) 105th Annual Conference. Bellingham, WA, November 3, 2007.<\/p>\n

Area Chair and Panel Organizer. \u201cMusic and Videos.\u201d Oceanic Popular Culture Association (OPCA) Conference. Honolulu, HI, May 25-27, 2007.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair and Organizer. \u201cPoetry and Poetics I and II.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference. Riverside, Ca, November 10 and 11, 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrans-Spirituality in Kerouac\u2019s American Haikus.\u201d Presented at the American Studies Association (ASA) Conference. Oakland, Ca, October 12, 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pound-Hartmann Correspondence: Rethinking Pound\u2019s Confucianism.\u201d Presented at Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference. Washington DC, December 29, 2005.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair. \u201cAmerican Literature to 1865.\u201d Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 103rd Annual Conference. Pepperdine University, November 13, 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cPost 9\/11 Arab-American Poetry.\u201d Presented at Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 103rd Annual Conference. Pepperdine University, November 11, 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe (very) Public Friendship of Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg.\u201d Presented at the Popular\/American Culture Associations Conference (PCA\/ACA). San Diego, Ca, March 26, 2005.<\/p>\n

\u201cAppropriating Rimbaudian Poetics: Bob Dylan Life and Art.\u201d Presented at Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 102nd Annual Conference. Reed College, November 7, 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll Let You be in My Dream if I Can be in Your Dream: The Friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan.\u201d Presented at \u201cBeat Meets East: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference on the Age of Spontaneity.\u201d Co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin and Sichuan University. Chengdu, China, June 2004.<\/p>\n

Panel Chair. \u201cMorphing Music Through Literature and Politics\u201d (Dis) Junctions: 10th Annual Humanities Conference: UC, Riverside. April 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201c \u2018Somewhere Over the Rainbow\u2019: The Dark Side of the Moon and Gravity\u2019s Rainbow.\u201d Presented at the California American Studies Association (CASA) \u201cImajinorities: who we are\/n’t,\u201d Conference. April 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201c \u2018No, They Not Green, They White\u2019: Constructions of the \u201cWhite Negro and New Masculinity in Easy Rider.\u201d Presented at: (Dis)Junctions: The Eighth Annual Humanities Conference: UC, Riverside. April 2001.<\/p>\n

Invited Speaker and Honorarium Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n

” ‘As Authentic as Anything in Cairo or Beirut’ “: Oriental Rug Fantasies in Southern California.” Presented at Breaking through the Stucco Facade: Diversity and Southern California’s Fantasy Past.\u00a0 <\/em>Co-sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Los Angeles and the Autry Museum of the American West.\u00a0 held at the Autry’s Historic Southwest Museum. March 19, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rug Shoppe and The Mission Inn.\u201d Presented for A Symposium on the Mission Inn. Held at the Historic Mission Inn. Riverside, Ca. March 21, 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunity College Teaching and Placement Panel.\u201d University of Ca, Riverside. May 27, 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Panel of New Faculty Hires.\u201d Meeting of the San Diego and Imperial County Community College Association. March 9, 2007.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrategic Genius and Arab-American Poetry.\u201d Presented at Diwan: A Forum for the Arts. Celebrating the First Anniversary of the Arab-American National Museum. Dearborn, MI. April 1, 2006. Honorarium.<\/p>\n

Readings<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Selections from About Forty Miles Inland.” Reading for Poetry Studies and Creative Poetry Panel. “Gossip From Coast to Coast: Poetry of Talk and Place.” Popular\/American Culture Association Conference (PCA\/ACA). San Diego, Ca, April 14, 2017.<\/p>\n

Selected Teaching Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fall 2016-Present
\nProfessor of English. Palomar College.<\/p>\n

Fall 2010-Spring 2016
\nAssociate Professor of English. Palomar College.<\/p>\n

Fall 2006-Spring 2010
\nAssistant Professor of English. Palomar College.<\/p>\n

Courses taught: Composition and Critical Thinking; Basic Writing; Introduction to Humanities; World Literature; Introduction to Literature; Literature and Ideas; American Literature. Introduction Linguistics.<\/p>\n

Fall 2005-Spring 2006
\nVisiting English Instructor, Riverside City College.<\/p>\n

Summer 2004-Fall 2007
\nAdjunct Faculty Member, California Baptist University.<\/p>\n

Courses taught: Literary Criticism and Theory; Major Directors; Survey of Early American Literature; Intro to Literature; Research Methods for English Majors; A Decade in Film; Art and Film; Graduate Seminar in Film Theory, Creative Writing.<\/p>\n

Summer 2004
\nTESOL Instructor, University of California, Riverside, Extension.
\nIntensive English Program for international students.<\/p>\n

Courses taught: Intermediate Writing; Beginning Reading.<\/p>\n

Spring 2003
\nTeaching Assistant, English Department, University of Ca, Riverside. Survey of 20th Century Literature with Professor Katherine Kinney.<\/p>\n

Fall 2002
\nEnglish Instructor, University of Redlands.<\/p>\n

Courses Taught: English Writing Tutorials.<\/p>\n

Spring 2002
\nGrader, UC Riverside. Sound Clash: Music, Literature and Identity. Professor Josh Kun.<\/p>\n

Fall 2000-Spring 2005
\nTeaching Assistant, English Department, University of Ca, Riverside.<\/p>\n

Courses taught: Beginning, Intermediate and Applied Composition; Basic Writing (English 4,5,1ABC, Writing Center)<\/p>\n

Fall 2000-Fall 2003
\nAssociate Faculty Member, San Jacinto Community College, Menifee.<\/p>\n

Courses taught: Freshman Composition; Critical Thinking and Writing; Writing Center Instructor.<\/p>\n

Fall 1999-Spring 2000
\nTeaching Assistant. Religious Studies Dept. UC Riverside.<\/p>\n

Courses taught: Religious Myths and Rituals; Death<\/p>\n

Fall 1997-Winter 1998
\nEnglish Teacher, Sherman Indian High School. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Riverside, Ca.<\/p>\n

Courses taught: Introduction to Literature; World Literature; British Literature; Native American Literature; Creative Writing.<\/p>\n

Fall 1996-Spring 1997
\nEnglish Teacher and Varsity Soccer Coach, Ramona High School. Riverside, Ca.<\/p>\n

Courses taught: American Literature; Health Academy English.<\/p>\n

Academic Honors and Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Promotion to Full Professor. Fall 2016
\nFaculty Research Award.\u00a0 Palomar College. 2015-2016.
\nTenure and Promotion to Associate Professor. Palomar College. Fall 2010.
\nHonorable Mention: The Carl Bode Award for Best Article in The Journal of American Culture, 2006.
\nUniversity of California, Riverside. English Department Dissertation Fellowship 2003-2004.
\nInland Area Writing Project Fellow. 2001-Present.
\nOutstanding Teaching Assistant Award for Religious Studies Department. University of California, Riverside. 1999-2000.<\/p>\n

Research Assistantships and Editorial Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-Editor: Pacific Coast Philology. 2021-Present.
\nEditor of Literary Criticism. CRATE: A Literary Journal, the inaugural issue, 2004-2005.
\nResearch Assistant under University Professor Emory Elliott and Vice-Provost Yolanda Moses on Academic Diversity and Conference Committee project, Summer 2004.
\nResearch and Editing Assistant to the Chair, Professor George Haggerty. Manuscript and article preparation. August 2000-Spring 2005.
\nResearch Assistant under Professor John Briggs on project sponsored by Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. Survey of Literature in High School Classroom. December 1998-May 1999.
\n
\nProfessional Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reader of mss., Rocky Mountain Review.
\nReader of mss., Pacific Coast Philology.
\nExecutive Committee Member, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 2014-2017.
\nSite Committee Member, San Diego Conference, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 2013.
\nModern Language Association. Discussion Group Executive Committee. \u201cThe Two-Year College.\u201d Elected to Five Year Term. 2012-2017. Served 2012-2014.
\nUniversity Consultant and Presenter on special project for GEAR\/UP: The English Articulation Project, 2004.
\nInland Area Writing Project. Subject A Exam Outreach Consultant. 2003-2005.
\nEducational Testing Service (ETS). Grader for Subject A Exam. Berkeley, May 2003 and 2005.
\nInland Area Writing Project. Fellow and Summer Institute Facilitator for University\/High School Partnership. \u201cTeachers Teaching Teachers.\u201d 2001-2003.
\nTreasurer. Graduate Students in English Association. 2001-2002.
\nTreasurer. (Dis) Junctions: UCR\u2019s Graduate Humanities Conference. 2000-2001.<\/p>\n

College and Department Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Department Chair. English, Reading, and Humanities 2023-<\/p>\n

Chair, Tenure Evaluation and Review Board Committee for Probationary Faculty member, Amy Shen. 2022-2023.
\nFaculty Director of the Writing Center (2021-2022)
\nOutside Member, Tenure Evaluation and Review Board Committee for Probationary Faculty member, Gina Wilson (Child Development). 2018-2022.
\nCo-Chair with VP of Instruction, Sabbatical Leave Committee. 2016-2018.
\nOutside Member, Tenure Evaluation and Review Board Committee for Probationary Faculty member, Mary Mendoza (ASL). 2016-2020.
\nEnglish Department Representative. Adult Education Block Grant. Curriculum Alignment Project. Summer 2016.
\nMember, Search Committee. English Department Faculty Hires. 2015-2016
\nChair, Tenure Evaluation and Review Board Committee for Probationary Faculty member, Katherine Kelp-Stebbins. 2014-2018.
\nMember, Sabbatical Leave Committee. 2014-2016.
\nMember, Search Committee. English Department Faculty Hires. 2014-2015.
\nOutside Member, Tenure Evaluation and Review Board Committee for Probationary Faculty member, Netta Schroer (Psych). 2013-2017.
\nMember, Search Committee. English Department Faculty Hire. 2013-2014.
\nMember, Search Committee. English Department Faculty Hire. 2010-2011.
\nOutside Member, Tenure Evaluation and Review Board Committee for Probationary Faculty member, Cord Taylor (Phys Ed). 2010-2014.
\nMember, Professional Procedures Committee. 2010-2012.
\nFaculty Senate Representative, Budget Committee. 2008-2009.
\nFaculty Senate Secretary\/Faculty Council. 2008-2009.
\nFaculty Senate Representative, Finance and Administrative Services Planning Council, Spring 2008.
\nMember, Search Committee. Dean of Languages and Literature. 2007-2008.
\nFaculty Senate Representative, Student Services Planning Council, Fall 2007.
\nFaculty Senator, Palomar College Faculty Senate. Fall 2006-Spring 2009.<\/p>\n

Professional Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pacific Ancient & Modern Language Association<\/a><\/p>\n

Modern Language Association<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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