Faculty in the English Department

“It takes most of us a long time to learn our craft. So keep at it. Don't give up.” –Jacqueline Briskin

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.

Featured English Faculty Websites

Chalkdust members, Mark Brosamer (left) and Jeff O'Connell, jam. —Photo by Michelle Govang, Ohlone College Monitor, May 10, 2007.

Associate Professor Mark Brosamer plays in a rock band, Chalkdust, with other Ohlone faculty. He has also traveled to China, Australia (view a video from the Ohlone-Sydney study abroad trip in 2009), and to England with Ohlone students. Check out his travel videos.

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.

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.

Full-Time Faculty

• Baczuk, John
• Bennett, Bruce
  www.ohlone.edu/people/bbennett/
• Brosamer,Mark
  www2.ohlone.edu/people/mbrosamer/
• Cunningham, Susan
• Davila, Cecile
• Dean, Jeff
• Gallagher, Perri
• Hurley, Jennifer
  www2.ohlone.edu/people/jhurley/
• Katona, Cynthia
  www.ohlone.edu/people/ckatona/
• Kawasaki-Hull, Kerrie
• Kuehner, Alison
  www.ohlone.edu/people/akuehner/
• Madden, Carmen
  www2.ohlone.edu/instr/creativewriting/faculty.htm
• Maskatia, Shirin
• Mitchell, Bob
• Sherman, Rachel
• Swamy, Rakesh
  rswamy.wikispaces.com
• Tull, Barbara
• Virgil, Tracy
  www.ohlone.edu/people/tvirgil/

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