2024-2025 Cal State East Bay Catalog
Department of Writing, Languages, and Literatures
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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) 885-3151
FacultyProfessor Emeritus
Ke Zou, Ph.D. University of Southern California
Professors
Dennis M. Chester (Chair), Ph.D. University of Washington
Monique Manopoulos, Ph.D. University of Iowa
Sarah E. Nielsen, Ph.D. University of California, Davis
Amy June Rowley, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Meiling Wu, Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton
Associate Professors
Christine Gottlieb, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Ryan Heryford, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
Marcelo Paz, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati
Douglas Taylor, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Assistant Professors
Sara Borjas, MFA University of California, Riverside
Katie Bramlett, Ph.D. University of Maryland
Trinie Dalton, M.F.A. Bennington College
Gabriela Diaz-Davalos, Ph.D. Temple University
Crystal Perez, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
American Sign Language Coordinator: Amy June Rowley
Chinese & Japanese Coordinator: Meiling Wu
French Coordinator: Monique Manopoulos
Spanish Coordinator: Marcelo Paz
Department Statement
The Department of Writing, Languages, and Literatures (WLL) at Cal State East Bay is the home of the English BA, the Spanish BA, and Minors in American Sign Language (ASL), Chinese, Creative Writing, English, French, Japanese, and Spanish. WLL offers its diverse student population a rich array of courses in literature, languages, linguistics, creative writing, and composition. The department’s faculty, hailing from diverse national and academic backgrounds, share their experience and disciplinary knowledge in courses that are engaging, challenging, and meaningful. With courses in American Sign Language, Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish, and English, the department fosters in its students an understanding and appreciation of language, literature, and culture including works by and about ethnic and cultural minorities and women. In all of its courses, WLL provides its students with training in the advanced skills in reading, writing, and critical thinking necessary for successful careers in teaching, publishing, interpretation, translation, law, administration, and business.
About the Department
Use our university website link to learn more about what the Department of Writing, Languages, and
Literatures has to offer
- Occam’s Razor Student Magazine
- Distinguished Writers Program
- Awards and Prizes
- The Irey’s Scholarship
- The Friends of the Arts Scholarship
- The Peter Boesch Scholarship
- Partnerships
- And more…
ProgramsBachelor of Arts
Minors
CoursesWriting, Languages, and Literatures: GraduateWriting, Languages, and Literatures: JapaneseWriting, Languages, and Literatures: Language/GrammarWriting, Languages, and Literatures: Literary TheoryWriting, Languages, and Literatures: OtherWriting, Languages, and Literatures: Rhetoric and CompositionWriting, Languages, and Literatures: SpanishWriting, Languages, and Literatures: Spanish-American Literature and CultureWriting, Languages, and Literatures: Spanish Peninsular Literature and CultureWriting, Languages, and Literatures: World LiteratureWriting, Languages, and Literatures: Writing WorkshopPage: 1
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