DEGREES
  
 
  • B.A., UCSC: Art & Architectural History
• M.A., WKU: English & Folklore

 
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE, awarded 1989 & valid for life:
 

• California Community Colleges Instructor, Language Arts & Literature

PUBLICATIONS
 
 
 


• Founding publisher, online quarterly:

• Author, mystery novels:

 
 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION REPORT, 2008
(writing sample, 2008)
 
 
 

 

Three Streamline Moderne Houses in National City, California: Proposed Inclusion under Mills Act & Inventory of Streamline Moderne and Moderne Structures in National City, California

 

SAMPLE SYLLABI
 
 
 
   

UNDERGRADUATE COURSEWORK,
LANGUAGE ARTS  
 
 
 

 

• Phonetics
• History of English Language
• Intro to Old English
• Beowulf [in Old English]
• Intro to Shakespeare
• World Literature
• Drama: Ancient to Restoration
• Drama: Restoration to Modern
• Filmed Plays
• History of Cinema
• Applied Journalism
• Prose & Poetry of American Indians
• Mythology and Literature

 

GRADUATE COURSEWORK,
LANGUAGE ARTS 
 
 
 

 

• Bibliographic Resources for Post-Graduates
• Theories of Rhetoric & Composition
• Shakespeare
• Chaucer [in Middle English]
• Modern British Novel
• James, Hemingway, Faulkner
• Major American Poets
• Folklore Genres
• Folklore Theory

 

 

UNDERGRADUATE COURSEWORK,
HISTORY OF ART & ARCHITECTURE 
 
 
 

 

• History of Art & Architecture, Ancient to Gothic
• History of Art & Architecture, Renaissance
• History of Art & Architecture, Baroque to Modern
• History of Art & Architecture, 19th – 21st Centuries
• American Art / European Connection
• History of Prints
• Venetian Art
• Early Medieval Art
• Rubens
• Northern Renaissance
• Renaissance Architecture
• International Style
• Le Corbusier
• Books Arts
• William Morris

COLLEGE CLASSES (3-UNIT OR 4-UNIT) TAUGHT
after RECEIVING MA
 
 
 

 

• English Composition I – over 60 courses
• English Composition II – over 35 courses
• Composition through World Literature – 1 course
• American Literature – 1 course
• World Literature, Ancient to Renaissance – 12 courses
• World Literature, Renaissance to Modern – 1 course
• Developmental Grammar – over 5 courses
• Developmental Grammar & Composition – 1 course
• History of Architecture, Ancient to Baroque – 1 course
• History of Architecture & Interior Design, Ancient to Baroque – 1 course

 

COLLEGE COURSES TAUGHT
before RECEIVING MA
 
 
 

 

• History of Art & Architecture, Ancient to Gothic – 1 course
• History of Art & Architecture, Renaissance – 1 course
• History of Art & Architecture, Baroque to Modern – 3 courses
• Library Research Skills – 2 courses

 

 

TEACHING HISTORY
(as adjunct instructor, 1990 - 2008)
 
 
 


• Grossmont College, El Cajon (2007 – 2009): Teach College Composition (Eng 120) to community college students.
• Newschool of Architecture & Design (2008): Taught History of Architecture (263) to architecture students.
• Vincennes University: Navy College, San Diego (2005 – 2009): Teach Developmental Grammar & Composition (Eng 95), English Composition (101, 102) & World Literature Ancient to Renaissance (Lit 220) to Navy personnel.
• Miramar College, San Diego (2007): Taught Composition & Literature (Eng 105) to community college students.
• Platt College, San Diego (2006): Taught English Composition (101) to art students.
• Art Institute, San Diego (2002 – 2004): Taught English Composition (101, 102) & History of Architecture (101) to art students.
• Southwestern College, Chula Vista (1998): Taught English Composition (101) to Navy personnel.
• City College, San Diego (1995): Taught English Composition (101) to community college students.
• Central Texas College, San Diego (1991 – 1994): Taught Developmental Grammar (90), English Composition (101, 102) & World Literature (221) to US Navy personnel, on deployment & on base.
• City College, San Diego (1990): Taught English Composition (101) & American Literature (210) to community college students.
• MiraCosta College, Vista (1990): Taught English Composition (101) to community college students.
• Palomar College, Escondido (1990): Taught English Composition (101) to community college students.
• Miramar College, San Diego (1990): Taught English Composition (101) to community college students.

 

 

TEACHING HISTORY
(as teaching assistant, 1984 - 1989)
 
 
 


• Instructor, Western Kentucky University (1988 – 1989): Taught English Composition & Library Research to college students.
• Teaching Assistant, UCSC (1984 – 1986): Taught sections of Art History (Ancient to Modern) to college students.