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Literature and Writing

Faculty Scholarship and Awards

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 The Sespe Wild by Professor Bradley Monsma (2004)

 Louis Owens: Literary Reflections on His Life and Work by Professor Jacquelyn Kilpatrick (2004)

Read below for a sampling of recent CSUCI faculty scholarship

  • Renny Christopher served as the guest editor for “Smart Kids,” a special issue of the minnesota review (61-62, Spring/Summer 2004). Read her article here.
  • Jacquelyn Kilpatrick edited Louis Owens: Literary Reflections on His Life and Work (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series, V. 46). Get details on the book here.
  • Brad Monsma published The Sespe Wild with the University of Nevada Press. Read a description of the book here.
  • Joan Peters published a paper called "Gender Remembered: The Ghost of Unisex Past, Present, and Future" in Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Read the abstract here.
  • Claudia Reder published a poem, “Finding My Voice,” in Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women: v. 22 (5). Winter, 2005.  You can find out more about Calyx by clicking here.
  • Bob Mayberry had two plays produced in 2004, The Cigar Box and Mrs. Hill’s Bathrobe (Fall Festival of Short Plays, CSUCI) and A Rose is a Rose is a Rose (Summer Shorts, Inner Circle Theatre, Casitas Springs, CA).
  • Julia Balen published a review of Colette by Julia Kristeva (Translated by Jane Marie Todd) in the Women's Review of Books .
  • Mary Adler published a book, Building Literacy through Classroom Discussion: Research-Based Strategies for Developing Critical Readers and Thoughtful Writers in Middle School (co-authored with Eija Rougle). Get details on the book here.
  • Christine Popok completed a chapter for a Monograph series on Experiential Learning and Social Justice for the Chancellor's Office. The monograph will be published by Stylus in 2006.
  • Sean Carswell published Barney's Crew, released in May, 2005 by Gorsky Press. Get details on the book here.