Pronounsshe, her, her, hers, herself

Department/College/UnitHumanities Division

TitleContinuing Lecturer

AffiliationFaculty

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationAlumni Engagement

Web SiteLanguages

Primary Office LocationStevenson College Academic Building
275

Office HoursSpring 2022 (via Zoom): Wednesdays 5-6 p.m. Pacific Time (W26); Thursdays 5-6 p.m. Pacific Time (W1E); and by appointment

Mail StopHumanities Academic Services

Teaching Interests

College Composition, Academic English & Academic Writing; Second Language Acquisition; English as a Second Language; TA Training; Curriculum Design

Selected Publications

Webster's American Idioms Handbook, (Wiley, 2003).

English for Dummies, (Wiley, 2002) Translations in Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Italian & Portuguese.

Sing Out Loud (ed.), U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, (2009).

Celebrate! Holidays in the USA (ed.), U.S. Department of State, Office of English Language Programs, (2007).

Master the TOEFL CBT, (with P. Sullivan) (Peterson, 2002-2006).

ARCO Master the TOEFL, (with P. Sulivan & G. Yi Zhong) (Pearson, 2000-2002).

"Mystery's Shoes", Sisters Singing: Poetry & Sacred Stories by Women, (Wild Girl Publishing, 2009).

"Question of Kinship", Porter Gulch Review 2010.

"Sheltering"; "The Lean Years"; "Landscape", Second Wind: Words & Art of Hope & Resilience, (Fireball Press, 2020).