Department of English

The Department office is located in the Music and Business building, Room 2579

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

Dept Phone: (510) 885-3282

Faculty

Professors Emeriti

Eileen A. Barrett, Ph.D. Boston College

Jacqueline Doyle, Ph.D. Cornell University

Susan A. Gubernat, M.F.A. University of Iowa

Stephen D. Guitierrez, M.F.A. Cornell University

Associate Professor Emerita

Eve M. Lynch, Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Professors

Dennis M. Chester (Chair), Ph.D. University of Washington

Sarah E. Nielsen, Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Ke Zou, Ph.D. University of Southern California

Associate Professors

Douglas Taylor, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Margaret Tomlinson-Rustick, Ph.D. Washington State University

Assistant Professors

Trinie Dalton, M.F.A. Bennington College

Christine Gottlieb, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Ryan Heryford, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

Crystal Perez, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

Composition Coordinator

• Margaret Tomlinson-Rustick

Department Statement

The Department of English offers its diverse student population a rich array of courses in literature, language, creative writing, and composition. The department attempts to foster in its students an understanding and appreciation of 1) the major works of British and American literature, including works by and about ethnic and cultural minorities and women, 2) the history and structure of the English language in all its variety, and 3) the aims and processes of writing, both creative and critical. In all its courses, the department attempts to help its students develop the advanced skills in reading, writing, and critical thinking necessary for successful careers in teaching, publishing, law, administration, and business.

About the Department

Use our university website link to learn more about what the English Department has to offer.

• Writing Programs
• Arroyo Literary Review
• Occam’s Razor
• Distinguished Writers Program
• Awards and Prizes
• And more…

Programs

• English, B.A.: British and American Literature Concentration
• English, B.A.: Creative Writing Concentration
• English, B.A.: English Language and Literacies Concentration

• Creative Writing Minor
• English Minor

• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, M.A.

Courses

• ENGL 328 - Latina/o Literature
• ENGL 344 - Literatures of Environmental Justice

• ENGL 220 - Immigration and Migration in American Literature
• ENGL 320 - Major Works of American Literature
• ENGL 321 - American Indian Literature
• ENGL 322 - African-American Literature Before 1945
• ENGL 323 - African-American Literature After 1945
• ENGL 324 - American Women’s Literature
• ENGL 325 - Asian-American Literature
• ENGL 421 - 19th-Century American Literature
• ENGL 422 - 20th- and 21st-Century American Literature
• ENGL 423 - Ethnic American Women’s Literature After 1900
• ENGL 424 - American Fiction Before 1900
• ENGL 425 - American Novel After 1900
• ENGL 444 - Short Story
• ENGL 445 - Ethnic American Autobiography

• ENGL 309 - Major Works of British Literature
• ENGL 332 - Chaucer
• ENGL 411 - Shakespeare I
• ENGL 412 - Shakespeare II
• ENGL 413 - Milton
• ENGL 414 - Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature
• ENGL 415 - 19th-Century British Literature
• ENGL 416 - British Novel before 1800
• ENGL 417 - British Novel 1800-1900
• ENGL 418 - British Novel After 1900
• ENGL 440 - English Drama to 1642

• ENGL 398 - Internship
• ENGL 460 - Seminar in English Education
• ENGL 498 - Internship

• ENGL 240 - Introduction to American Film
• ENGL 447 - Film Criticism

• ENGL 100 - College Writing: Stretch I
• ENGL 101 - College Writing: Stretch II
• ENGL 102 - Accelerated College Writing
• ENGL 103 - College Writing: Stretch I (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
• ENGL 104 - College Writing: Stretch II (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
• ENGL 105 - College Reading for Fluency
• ENGL 106 - Academic Vocabulary Development
• ENGL 109 - College Writing Lab
• ENGL 200 - College Writing II
• ENGL 201 - College Writing II (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
• ENGL 204 - Writing About Literature
• ENGL 490 - Independent Study

• ENGL 310 - Medieval Literature
• ENGL 311 - Dante’s Worlds
• ENGL 327 - LGBT Literature and Queer Theory
• ENGL 330 - Classical Literature
• ENGL 331 - Global World Literature: Antiquity to the Early Modern World
• ENGL 335 - Global Literature after 1900
• ENGL 341 - The Gothic
• ENGL 342 - Environmental Literature
• ENGL 343 - Detective Fiction
• ENGL 345 - Comics and Graphic Novels
• ENGL 430 - Bible as Literature
• ENGL 431 - World Mythology
• ENGL 434 - Global Short Story
• ENGL 435 - Global Women’s Literature
• ENGL 436 - Contemporary Global Novel
• ENGL 446 - Modern and Contemporary Poetry
• ENGL 462 - Children’s Literature before 1900
• ENGL 463 - Children’s Literature after 1900

• ENGL 600 - Introduction to Graduate Studies
• ENGL 601 - The Literary Magazine
• ENGL 602 - Graduate Workshop in Fiction
• ENGL 603 - Graduate Workshop in Poetry
• ENGL 610 - Medieval Literature
• ENGL 611 - Renaissance Literature
• ENGL 612 - Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature
• ENGL 613 - 19th-Century British Literature
• ENGL 614 - 20th Century British Literature
• ENGL 620 - American Literature to 1900
• ENGL 621 - African-American Literature
• ENGL 622 - 20th Century American Literature
• ENGL 623 - Ethnic American Literature
• ENGL 630 - Women’s Literature
• ENGL 631 - Post-Colonial Literature
• ENGL 632 - Children’s Literature
• ENGL 633 - Environmental Literature
• ENGL 640 - Studies in Literary Nonfiction
• ENGL 641 - Studies in Poetry and Poetics
• ENGL 651 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Oral Skills to Adults
• ENGL 652 - Phonology, Morphology and Lexical Semantics
• ENGL 653 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Reading to Adults
• ENGL 654 - Supervised Tutoring and Teaching
• ENGL 655 - Multilingualism and Second Language Acquisition
• ENGL 656 - Pedagogical Grammar
• ENGL 657 - Curriculum Design and Assessment in ESOL for Adult Learners
• ENGL 660 - Introduction to Composition Studies Theory and Methods
• ENGL 661 - Theory and Practice of Teaching Literature
• ENGL 690 - Independent Study
• ENGL 691 - University Thesis
• ENGL 698 - Internship
• ENGL 699 - Departmental Thesis

• ENGL 350 - Study of Language
• ENGL 351 - Modern English Grammar
• ENGL 352 - Introduction to Phonology
• ENGL 353 - Linguistic History of the English Language
• ENGL 354 - Advanced Studies in English Vocabulary
• ENGL 355 - Language and Gender
• ENGL 450 - Current Theories in Formal Grammar