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Judith A Scott

Judith A Scott

Professor Emerita, Research Professor

Education Department

Areas of expertise: Education, Language Development, Learning and Learning Theory, Social Justice, Teacher Education, Writing, Language Processing, School Reform and School Policy, Indigenous Peoples


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a Learning & Instruction emphasis. 1991. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading. M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction. 1986. Education Department, UC-Davis. B.A. in American Studies, UC- Davis. 1977. Emphasis in American Education.   Credentials: Multiple Subject Teaching Credential; Specialist Instruction Credential in Reading; Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Science. UC Davis.   ... more »


Areas of expertise: Environmental Studies, Writing, Philosophy, Ethics


Biography, Education and Training

- Lecturer with a Continuing Appointment, Rachel Carson College, UCSC, 2016-present - Lecturer, Rachel Carson College, UCSC, 2001-2016 - Lecturer, Stevenson College, UCSC, 2000-2009 - MA and PhD in Philosophy, UMass Amherst, 1998 - BA in Psychology, UCSC, 1984 - BSC in Finance, Santa Clara University, 1983 - Graduate of General Electric Company's Human Resources Leadership Program, 1985 - I worked in HR in the high-technology, aviation, and nuclear energy industries for four years prior t... more »


Areas of expertise: Writing, Archives, Archival Practices, Queer Studies


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., English, Rutgers University M.A., English, University of Toronto B.A., English, George Washington University

Lindsay Elizabeth Knisely

Lindsay Elizabeth Knisely

Continuing Lecturer, Oakes College & Writing Program

Oakes College, Writing Program

Areas of expertise: Writing, Poetry, Literature, Personal and Social Identities, Diversity, Digital Humanities, Social Justice


Biography, Education and Training

Lindsay Knisely has taught writing and social justice at the University of California, Santa Cruz since 2004.   She is a two-time winner of the UC Santa Cruz Excellence in Teaching Award.  Lindsay is a Continuing Lecturer at Oakes College and in the Writing Program, where she focuses on supporting the academic success of first-generation students.   • B.A. in Creative Writing, Minor in Psychology, Oberlin College, May 1999.  Concentrations... more »


Areas of expertise: Astronomy, Mathematics, Writing


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., Sonoma State University Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley


Areas of expertise: Nationalism, European Studies, History, Writing


Biography, Education and Training

Kiva Silver graduated with honors from UCSD in 1999 after completing a BA degree in history.  After earning his M.Phil in Economic and Social HIstory and a D.Phil in European History from Cambridge University in 2004, Kiva Silver completed a master's degree in Sociology at UCSC in 2006. He is currently a continuing lecturer in the History Department, the Writing Program, and Stevenson College at UCSC.   

Robin King

Robin King

Lecturer Writing

Writing Program

Areas of expertise: Art, Mass Media, Writing, Social Justice


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., M.F.A., University of California, San Diego.

Madeline Lane

Madeline Lane

Continuing Lecturer

Writing Program

Areas of expertise: Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Writing, Feminist Studies, Film and Politics, Marxism


Biography, Education and Training

Education PhD, Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz (2016) MA, Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz (2010) BA, English, University of Chicago (2007)   Teaching 2016-present: Lecturer, Writing, UCSC 2014-2016: Graduate Student Instructor, Literature and Writing, UCSC 2008-2014: Teaching Assistant, Literature, UCSC

Ronaldo V Wilson

Ronaldo V Wilson

Professor, Director Creative Writing Program

Literature Department, Creative Writing Program

Areas of expertise: African American / Black Studies, Asian Studies, Art, Art Theory, Queer Studies, Performance, Poetry, Fiction, Visual Culture, Writing


Biography, Education and Training

Education:   2009 Ph.D., English, CUNY Graduate Center 1995 M.A., Poetry, New York University Graduate Creative Writing Program  1991 A.B., English, University of California, Berkeley   Biography:   Ronaldo V. Wilson is an award-winning poet, interdisciplinary artist, academic and author of six collections of hybrid and experimental works spanning poetry, fiction, mixed genre theory, performance, digital, sound, and visual art.  He has performed in multiple ... more »

Toby H Loeffler

Toby H Loeffler

Senior Continuing Lecturer

Writing Program

Areas of expertise: Writing, Literature, Modernism, Fiction, Nationalism


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Cornell University M.A., Comparative Literature, Cornell University M.A., English Literature, CSUDH M.A., Spanish Literature, UCLA B.A., Classical Civilizations and Spanish and Linguistics, UCLA


Areas of expertise: Writing


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., Mills College M.A., University of California, Davis

Tanner WouldGo

Tanner WouldGo

Teaching Professor

Writing Program

Areas of expertise: Writing, Teacher Education


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition, UNC Greensboro, 2011M.A. in English, Appalachian State University, 2005B.A. in English, Winthrop University, 2003

Kimberly Adilia Helmer

Kimberly Adilia Helmer

Teaching Professor (Senate Faculty)

Writing Program, Stevenson College

Press Contact

Kimberly Adilia Helmer

Teaching Professor

Khelmer@ucsc.edu

805.320.0875


Areas of expertise: Teacher Education, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Writing, Anthropology, Ethnography


Biography, Education and Training

Kimberly Adilia Helmer holds an MA TESOL from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching from the University of Arizona. She is the recipient of two distinguished teaching prizes from the University of Arizona and John Jay College, CUNY.

Andrea Seeger

Andrea Seeger

Director, The Writing Center, Lecturer and Core Course Coordinator, Oakes College, Lecturer, The Writing Program

Oakes College, Writing Program
Tiffany L Wong

Tiffany L Wong

Writing Program Continuing Lecturer

Writing Program

Areas of expertise: Writing, Technical Writing, Science Writing, Art, Art Criticism, Art Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Asian American Pacific Islander History, Contemplative Studies, Creativity, Science and Technology


Biography, Education and Training

M.F.A., Digital Arts and New Media, University of Califorina Santa Cruz B.A., Writing and Visual Arts, Sarah Lawerence Collge Cert., TESOL/TESL/TEFL Cert., Stanford Univerity Cultivatving Compassion Training (CCT) Teacher


Areas of expertise: Writing, Literature


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., Literature, UC Santa Cruz M.A., English, San Francisco State University B.A., Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College

Dorothy R Santos

Dorothy R Santos

Assistant Professor of Teaching

Art Department

Areas of expertise: Archives, Archival Practices, Art Criticism, Art Theory, Audio Culture, Community-based Research, Contemporary Art, Film, Visual Culture, Writing


Biography, Education and Training

Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. (she/they) is a Filipino American storyteller, poet, artist, and scholar. She earned her Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media with a designated emphasis in Computational Media and a certificate from the Science and Justice Research Center from the University of California, Santa Cruz as a Eugene Cota-Robles fellow. She received her Master’s degree in Visual and Critical Studies at the California College of the Arts and holds Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Ps... more »

Amy Vidali

Amy Vidali

Chair; Associate Teaching Professor

Writing Program

Press Contact

Amy Vidali

Associate Teaching Professor

avidali@ucsc.edu


Areas of expertise: Writing, Discrimination and Inequality, Social Justice


Biography, Education and Training

Please see https://amyvidali.com/ for details.

Dev Bose

Dev Bose

Associate Teaching Professor

Writing Program

Areas of expertise: Disability, Writing, Social Justice, Cultural Studies


Biography, Education and Training

Dev K. Bose (he/him) earned a Ph.D. in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design from Clemson University in 2011. Having taught in and directed various university writing programs across the United States, Bose is interested in universal design for learning (UDL), with an emphasis on rhetorical privilege and access pertaining to technology, invisible disabilities, and neurodiversity.    His work has appeared in Disability Studies Quarterly, Deaf Studies Encyclopedia, Intermezzo, Encu... more »

Samantha Gorman

Samantha Gorman

Assistant Teaching Professor

Computational Media

Press Contact

Shannon Deoul

shannon@razpr.com


Areas of expertise: Digital Arts, Performance, Virtual Reality, Immersive, and Augmented Reality Environments, Digital Humanities, Writing, Direction (Theater), Literature, Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies, New Media


Biography, Education and Training

Samantha Gorman is an interdisciplinary writer, director and artist who does practice-based research in interactive narrative, games, digital performance/theater, and the theory and practice of immersive media (AR/VR). Since 2014, she has been the co-lead of established art/game studio Tender Claws.   She is known for projects that make critical, creative interventions in form/technology (e-readers, mobile VR, AR, machine learning, biometrics), while also functioning as commercially relea... more »

Lisa Marie Rollins

Lisa Marie Rollins

Assistant Professor, Playwriting and Black Drama

Department of Performance, Play & Design (PPD)

Areas of expertise: Theater, Playwriting, Direction (Theater), African Diaspora, African American / Black Studies, Feminist Theory, Writing


Biography, Education and Training

Professor Rollins (she/her) is a writer, director and new work developer. She is a Member of Dramatist Guild and Stage Directors & Choreographers. She has been a writing resident with Djerassi, Hedgebrook, CALLALOO London and more.  She received a Wallace Gerbode Playwright Award for a commission with Crowded Fire Theater for her new play KARA. She was honored with a “Bay Brilliant” Artist Award from San Francisco’s KQE... more »

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