Faculty in the English Department
“The ideal view for daily writing, hour on hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do, cloudless if possible.”
- Edna Ferber
Faculty in the English Department are a diverse and interesting group of people. The English faculty are skilled and knowledgeable teachers of reading, writing, and literature. They write and publish, travel, do research, present at conferences, and lead workshops. They support and encourage their students and enjoy teaching.
English Faculty In the News
Featured English Faculty Websites
Professor Cynthia Lee Katona has written Book Savvy, a book that aims not just to teach how to read literature, but how to actually enjoy it. She has also co-authored Modern Ivory Netsuke with Anthony Chan.
Chalkdust members, Mark Brosamer (left) and Jeff O'Connell, jam.
— Photo by Michelle Govang, Monitor, May 10, 2007.
Professor Shirin Maskatia has been instrumental in bringing the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program to Ohlone College, a program that uses peer-led study sessions to help students succeed in their classes.
Associate Professor Mark Brosamer plays in a rock band, Chalkdust, with other Ohlone faculty.
He has also traveled to China and to England with Ohlone students. Check out his travel videos.
Full-Time Faculty
- Baczuk, John
- Bennett, Bruce
http://www.ohlone.edu/people/bbennett/ - Brosamer,Mark
http://www2.ohlone.edu/people/mbrosamer/ - Cunningham, Susan
- Davila, Cecile
- Dean, Jeff
- Gallagher, Perri
- Hurley, Jennifer
http://www2.ohlone.edu/people/jhurley/ - Katona, Cynthia
http://www.ohlone.edu/people/ckatona/ - Kawasaki-Hull, Kerrie
- Kuehner, Alison
http://www.ohlone.edu/people/akuehner/ - Madden, Carmen
http://www2.ohlone.edu/instr/creativewriting/faculty.htm - Maskatia, Shirin
- Mitchell, Bob
- Sherman, Rachel
- Swamy, Rakesh
http://rswamy.wikispaces.com/ - Tull, Barbara
- Virgil, Tracy
Part-Time Faculty
- Albonetti, Michael
- Bennett-Walker, Bonnie
- Blank-Spadoni, Nicholas
- Bozskik, Julianna
- Brandt, Teresa
- Camacho, Karina
- Carrell, Tanya
- Christensen, Greg
- Copenhagen, Cathy
- Cragen, Elliott
- Farber, Lawren
- Fernandez, Melanie
- Flynn, Richard
- Frye, Robert
- Germaine, Alison
- Hallford, Jeffrey
- Holliger, Heather
- Kelly, Craig
- Kim, Yong
- Koppel, Scott
- Kristel, Marcel
- Kuykendall, Sondra
- Munaweera, Nayomi
- Park, Sandra
- Pino, Anthony
- Podevyn, Joyce
- Radcliff, Sharon
- Rouse, Victoria
- Serran, Antonio
- Schenk, Ruth
- Schwartz, Yvonne
- Takahashi, Robin
- Valter, Michael
- Yee, Gloria
- Zapata, Elaine
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