CONTACT INFORMATION:

Doctor of Philosophy, English, University of Washington, 2001
Masters of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, San Diego State University, 1996
Bachelors of Science, Business Administration, California State University at Long Beach, 1985


DOCTORAL DISSERTATION:

Cyborg Subjectivity. This project examines texts in theory, literature, film, and performance art as inscriptions of an evolving understanding of human ontology in the face of embodied hybridization with technology. The stages of hybridization are approached through characterizations of the cyborg-maker and cyborg first introduced in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and thereafter updated and mutated by legions of others. My exegesis leads into a definition of humanity as approaching a state of distributed consciousness, which I read as a tragic narrative using Northrup Frye’s classic Anatomy of Criticism as a structural touchstone defining tragedy.
Director: Malcolm Griffith.

Technology and Culture, Postmodern and Post-structural theory, American literature 1865-present, Film, Cultural Studies, Creative Writing, Business and Technical Writing


TEACHING AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

• Grant Recipient, Northampton Arts Council, 2002-2003.
• Commendable Service in Teaching, Westfield State College, 2002.
• Dissertation Fellow, President’s Fund for Excellence, University of Washington, 2000-2001.
• Honorable Mention, Joan Webber Prize for Excellent Teaching, 1999-2000.
• Finalist, Joan Webber Prize for Excellent Teaching, 1998-99.
• Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation, Ph.D. Minority Fellowship, 1996.
• Nominated to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1996.

Articles:

• “Punk Jaffe” Journal of Experimental Fiction. Ed. Eckhard Gerdes. Forthcoming in 2003.
• “Postmodern Idiots in Film: America Inscribed Through the Citizen Savant.” Joker, Trickster, Christ: The Fool in American Literature, Mythology and Popular Culture. Ed. Eddie Tafoya. Bowling Green: Bowling Green State UP, forthcoming in 2003.
• “With a Rebel Yell: Torching the Status Quo With Jerry Brown.” The Jerry Brown Reader. Ed. Erik P. Bucy. Berkeley: Berkeley Hills Books, forthcoming in 2004.
• "California Über Alles: Jello Biafra's Punk Political Critique." The Jerry Brown Reader. Ed. Erik P. Bucy. Berkeley: Berkeley Hills Books, forthcoming in 2004.

• Interview with Jerry Brown. Fiction International 28. 1996.

Reviews:

• Rev. of Writing Machines, by N. Katherine Hayles. Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies. Forthcoming in 2003.
• Rev. of leo@fergusrules.com, by Arne Tangherini. Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies. Winter 2003.
• Rev. of False Positive, by Harold Jaffe. Paradoxa 17. 2002.
• Rev. of Cardboard Castles, and Cloud Castles, by Mark Axelrod. New Novel Review. Fall 1999.
• Rev. of Queen of Hearts, and Straight Razor, by Harold Jaffe. Central Park 26. 1997.
• Rev. of Othello Blues, by Harold Jaffe. Bakunin. 1996.
• Rev. of Fear & Philosophy, by Stephen-Paul Martin. Bakunin. Winter 1995.
• Rev. of Straight Razor, by Harold Jaffe. New Novel Review. October 1995.

• “In Corp.” Fiction International 34. 2001. Fiction.
• “Virtocrash.” LA Style Magazine. 2000. Fiction.
• "Bank Account" and "System Crash." Crazyquilt. 1999. Fiction.
• "Commodified Reality / Buying Time." Central Park 27. 1996. Prose-essay.
• "Ornament."; Left Curve 20. 1996. Prose-poem.
• "Flavr Savr." Disturbed Guillotine. 1996. Fiction.
• "Bloodmeal." Collages & Bricolages. 1995. Fiction.
• “Work Ethic." Pacific Review. 1995. Poetry.
• "Principles of Technoppression." Alternative Library Literature. 1995. Anthology reprint.
• "Principles of Technoppression." Left Curve 18. 1994. Prose-essay.

• “The Cyborg Tragedy.” 2002 Conference of the Society for Literature and Science. California Institute of Technology. October 2002.
• “Prescient Cyborgs and Post-Evolutionary Activists.” Midwestern Conference on Film, Language and Literature. Northern Illinois University. April 2002.
• “Using Film in the Classroom.” Westfield State College Faculty Center. February 2002.
• “Hypodiegetic Cyborgs: The Stepford Fantasy.” University of Washington Film Colloquium. 2001.
• “Video Art and Defamiliarization.” Outsider Hollywood: Graduate Student Film Conference and Short Film Festival. University of Washington. May 2000.
• “Inscribing America Through the Citizen Savant.” American Studies Colloquium. University of Washington. April 2000.
• “Cultural Biotechnology and Media.” Invited Lecture, Telecommunications Department, Indiana University, Bloomington. April 2000.
• “Cultural Cyborgism.” Invited Lecture, Graduate Seminar for Master's in Immersive Mediated Environments (MIME) Program. Indiana University, Bloomington. April 2000.
• “Using Film to Teach Literature.” Teaching Film in the Undergraduate Classroom: Cinema Studies Faculty and Graduate Workshop. University of Washington. Winter 2000.
  “Paranoia Remade: Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978.”; University of Washington Film Colloquium. 1999.
• “Film Treatments of 1970s Space Age Cynicism.” Conversations in American Studies: The Seventh Annual Conference of the American Studies Colloquium. University of Washington. 1999.
• “Romero’s Violent Lesson in Dawn of the Dead.”; University of Washington Film Colloquium. 1998.
• “American Justice: How the Judicial System's Promise of Justice Has Been Compromised.” San Diego State University Master of Arts in Liberal Arts (MLS): 1996 Free Public Lecture Series.
• “Truthmaking.” Conference in American Cultural Studies. Bowling Green State University. 1995. (accepted).
• “Principles of Technoppression.” The Crisis Carnival: English Graduate Student Conference. San Diego State University. 1993.

• Westfield, Spring Solstice Poetry Reading. Westfield State College. 2003.
• San Diego, Fiction International Presents. San Diego State University. 1995.
• San Diego, The Crisis Carnival: English Graduate Student Conference. San Diego State University. 1994.
• San Diego, Aphasic Productions Reading Series. 1994.
• San Diego, Aphasic Productions Reading Series. 1993.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Westfield State College:

• English 630, Tragedy and Comedy as Cultural Studies. Fall 2003.
• English 276, Writing About the Arts. Fall 2003.
• English 246, Creative Writing. Spring 2003.
• English 399. Independent Study: Novel Writing (Fall 2002); Fiction Writing (Fall 2003).
• English 375, Writing Fiction. Fall 2002.
• English 376, Writing Poetry. Summer 2002.
• English 374, Writing for Film. Spring 2002.
• English 217, Modern American Literature. Multiple sections every year.
• English 392, Business and Technical Writing. Multiple sections every year.
• English 323, American Novel. Fall 2001.
• English 215, Major American Writers. Fall 2001, Fall 2002 (2 sections).
• English 101, English Composition, Technology and Humanity. Fall 2001 (2 sections).

• English 499, Independent Study, Postmodernism. Winter 2001.
• English 207, Introduction to Cultural Studies, Tragic Narratives. Spring 2000.
• English 200, Reading Literature, Technology and Humanity. Winter 2000 and Fall 1999.
• English 131, Expository Writing. Spring 1999, Winter 1999, and Fall 1998.
• English 304, History of Literary Criticism & Theory II, Introduction to Literary Theory. Spring 1997.

UCLA Extension, inside Calipatria State Prison:

• Creative Writing. 1995-1996.

San Diego State University:

• English 220, Introduction to Literature. Spring 1996 and Fall 1995.
• English 280, Introduction to Creative Writing. Spring 1995.

TRW, Inc.:

• Accounting Application Computer Courses. 1985-1988.

• Chair and Founder, Writing Committee, Westfield State College, Department of English, 2002-ongoing.
• Chair and Founder, Westfield Film Society, Westfield State College, 2002-ongoing.
• Member, Planning Committee, Westfield State College, Holocaust Education Forum Series, 2003.
• Member, Curriculum Committee, Westfield State College, Department of English, 2001-ongoing.
• Member, Theatre Committee, Westfield State College, Department of English, 2001-ongoing.
• Advisor, Creative Writing Club, Westfield State College, Department of English, 2002-ongoing.
• Advisor, Persona Literary Journal, Westfield State College, Department of English, 2002-ongoing.
• Member, Web Page Committee, Westfield State College, Department of English, Spring 2003-ongoing.
• Chair and Webmaster, Web Page Committee, Westfield State College, Department of English, Spring 2002.
• Member, Awards Committee, Westfield State College, Department of English, 2001-2002.
• Judge, Creative Writing Competition, Westfield State College, Department of English, Spring and Fall 2002. Fall 2003.
• Judge, Writing About Literature Competition, Westfield State College, Department of English, Spring 2002.
• Panelist, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, Special Session on Resume Writing, Westfield State College, Department of English, Spring 2002.
• Panelist, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, Special Session on Careers for English Majors, Westfield State College, Department of English, Spring 2002.
• Co-Chair, Outsider Hollywood: Graduate Student Film Conference and Short Film Festival. University of Washington, May 2000.
• Founder and Director, University of Washington Film Colloquium. 1998-2001.
• Directing Committee Member, Living Writers Series. San Diego State University. 1994.
• Co-Chair, The Crisis Carnival: English Graduate Student Conference. San Diego State University. 1994.
• Founder and Co-Chair, The Crisis Carnival: English Graduate Student Conference. San Diego State University. 1993.

• Contract Technical Writer, Onyx Software Corporation, Seattle. Summers, 1996-2000.
• Technical Writer, Acucobol Software Corporation, San Diego. 1994-1995.
• Senior Contracts Administrator, Sundstrand Power Systems, San Diego. 1991-1994.
• Senior Business Administrator, TRW Inc., Los Angeles and San Diego. 1985-1991.

ORGANIZATIONS:

• Modern Language Association
• Society for the History of Technology
• Society for Literature and Science
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
• American Culture Association
• Popular Culture Association

LANGUAGES:

• Spanish. Translation and reading.
• Old English. Translation and reading.

• Professor Malcolm Griffith, Department of English, University of Washington (Dissertation Director)
• Professor Erik P. Bucy, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University, Bloomington
• Professor Harold Jaffe, Department of English, San Diego State University (MFA Thesis Director)
• Professor Mark Patterson, Department of English, University of Washington
• Professor Gail Stygall, Department of English, University of Washington

Dossier available on request from:
Center for Career Services, University of Washington
Box 352810, Seattle, WA 98195-2810, (206) 543-9104