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Christy Stevens

Christy Stevens
Humanities Librarian

Background and expertise:
Originally from San Jose, Christy Stevens is glad to be back in Northern California. After earning her master’s degree in library and information sciences, she worked as an instruction librarian at the University of West Georgia, where she taught for-credit information literacy courses, both on-line and in the classroom.

Now she provides research and instructional services to students and faculty in the humanities. Her research includes information literacy and “blended librarianship,” which combines traditional library skills, technological expertise and instructional design principles. She has more than 10 years of experience teaching writing, literature and information literacy courses to undergraduates.

“I've found that there is a great collegial working environment at Sacramento State, both inside and outside of the library,” says Stevens. “I look forward to the opportunity of collaborating with faculty to help their students more effectively locate, evaluate and use information.”

Stevens holds a bachelor’s degree from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, and master's degrees in women’s studies from San Diego State University, in English from the University of California at Irvine and in library and information science from the University of Iowa.

Peter Grandbois

Peter Grandbois
Assistant Professor, English

Background and expertise:
Peter Grandbois’ expertise in fiction writing, post-modern fiction, Latin American fiction, magic realism, and translation theory are put to good use both in and out of the classroom.

The paperback edition of his first novel, The Gravedigger, which was selected for both the Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” award and the Border’s “Original Voices” award, will be in bookstores in April. In addition, his short fiction was recently cited with an honorable mention for the 2007 Pushcart Prize. His translation into English of San Juan: Ciudad Soñada, by Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá, is forthcoming from the University of Wisconsin Press in 2007. He is currently at work on his second novel, titled Nahoonkara, which is set in Wisconsin and Colorado during the nineteenth century.

“What strikes me most about Sacramento State is the diversity of its students,” says Grandbois. “The range of experience they can draw from makes teaching creative writing at this university very exciting.”

Grandbois holds a doctorate degree in literature and creative writing from University of Denver, a master’s of fine arts degree from Bennington College and both a master’s degree in English literature and a bachelor’s in English from the University of Colorado at Boulder.