Work Experience

Professor University of La Verne 2008- present
Associate Professor University of La Verne 2000 - 2008
Adjunct Professor University of La Verne 2000 - 2001
Lecturer Loyola Marymount 2000 - 2001
Lecturer Cal State LA 2000 - 2001
Lecturer Pierce College 2000 - 2001
Lecturer Rio Hondo College 2000 - 2001
Lecturer University of California, Riverside 1997 - 2000
Adjunct Professor Chinese University of Hong Kong 1996 - 1997
Adjunct Professor Université de Perpignan, France 1995 - 1996

Experience With Diverse Groups and International Education
  • Worked and consulted with diverse ethnic groups.
  • Taught on campus that has rich mix of diverse faculty and students.
  • Participated in off-campus center that serves a particular regional ethnic group.
  • Taught for a year or more at an educational institution in another country (including U.S. study aboard centers).
  • Taught a foreign language or English-as-a-Second-Language.
  • Lived abroad for a year or more.
Committee Work and Departmental Responsibilities:
  •  Full Member of English Department.
  • Library Committee, 2008-present.
  • Faculty  Research Committee, 2006-present.
  • Library Information Technology Committee Member Fall 2001and Spring 2002.
  • Member and Secretary for Salary Committee Spring 2002-present.
  • Experience with student advisement.
  • Served as program advisor for department program and/or concentration.
  • Senior Projects Supervisor for English Majors.
  • Participated in the development and launching of a new degree, concentration or certificate.
  • Revised or updated program major or degree.
University Service:
  • Selected by the NOCORE Program to represent the university at the 15th annual Nation Conference on race and Ethnicity (May 29-June2, 2002).
  • Selected by then-Provost Dick McDowell to address both the Executive Committee University Council concerning my research interests and my affiliation with the Huntington Library (April 16 and 17, 2002).
Teaching Initiatives:
  •  Can provide student evaluation of teaching
  • Participated in teaching and learning institutes.
  • Planned/Implemented teaching training programs for higher education instruction.
  • Have a philosophy of learning and teaching statement that will be submitted as part of the teaching portfolio.
Commitment to Student Recruiting and Lifelong Learning
  • Participated in recruitment fairs
  • Taught classes scheduled during evenings and weekends to serve the working adult.
  • Developed continuing education and/or extended classes for professional development on or off campus.
  • Done extensive advising with adult students.
Experience Working in Teams or Demonstrated People Skills
  • Team-taught a class.
  • Taught with other faculty in a learning community.
Use of Technology in the Classroom:
  • Developed course offering for alternative time modules, such as multi-hour weekend sessions.
  • Developed course offering for delivery in accelerated format (summer session schedule).
  • Employed service-learning as instructional method.
  • Worked with other faculty and students in learning community context.
  • Developed and introduced audio/visual material to supplement lecture presentations.
  • Introduced use of e-mail for student-teacher interaction.
  • Revised course objectives into competency-based learning outcomes.
  • Developed lesson plans that require active student participation in their own learning, such as use of collaborative
  • learning, small group learning, problems-based learning, paired or other student directed activity.
  • Regularly use word processing to compose written documents.
  • Use e-mail regularly to communicate with students and colleagues.
  • Participated in group work using electronic bulletin board, list servers, threaded discussions, etc.
  • Designed a website for personal use or for teaching purposes.
Community Involvement Outside the University
  • Participated in university outreach efforts to local communities.
  • Participated in university speakers bureau.
  • Discussion Leader for reading group on Shakespeare 01/01-06 Barnes and Noble, Burbank
  • Consultant, SAT II, English Examinations 07/00
  • Books for the Blind- reading on tape 03/99--07/01
  • Writing skills volunteer for inner city writing program 07/94-5 Concordia University
Academic Societies and Associations
  • Shakespeare Association of America
  • Society for Textual Scholarship
  • Academic Association of University Professors
  • Association of Literary Scholars and Critics
  • Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society
  • Thomas Chatterton Society