EDUCATION

Ph.D., Literature, University of California, San Diego, 2006
Specialization in Literature and Cultural Studies, Nineteenth-Century American Studies. Dissertation: Working Matters: Women’s Work and Culture in the United States, 1868-1898. Director: Shelley Streeby, Literature Department

M.A., Humanities, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1999
Specialization in Nineteenth-Century French Studies.
Thesis: Spectator Sport: Re-Viewing Images of Nana and Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Paris. Directors: Howard Holter and Marilyn Garber, History Department.

Doctoral Program in Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
Concentration in comparative literature.

B.A., French, cum laude, University of California, Irvine
Concentration in French literature and literary theory.

B.A., Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
Concentration in women’s art practice and in oil painting.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

One Book Program Faculty Development Grant, Sacramento State One Book Program, California State University, Sacramento, 2009

• To develop a campus-community film series,“Captive Audiences" Film Series.

Travel Grant, College of Arts and Letters, California State University, Sacramento, 2008

One Book Program Faculty Development Grant, Sacramento State One Book Program, California State University, Sacramento, 2008

• To develop a campus-community film series,“Who is an American?”: An American-Immigrants Film Series.

Pedagogy Enhancement Award, Center for Teaching and Learning, California State University, Sacramento, 2008

• To develop a new course, "Introduction to Multi-Ethnic Literatures."

UEI Faculty Development Grant, Office of the President, California State University, Sacramento, 2008

Probationary Faculty Development Grant, California State University, Sacramento, 2008

Travel Grant, College of Arts and Letters, California State University, Sacramento, 2007

Visiting Scholar Grant, to invite Native-American novelist Frances Washburn, Center for Teaching and Learning, California State University, Sacramento, 2007

Travel Grant, Department of English, California State University, Sacramento, 2007

Research and Sponsored Projects Travel Grant, Office of Research Administration and Contract Administration, California State University, Sacramento, 2006

Finalist, University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, 2006-2007

Literature Department Dissertation Fellowship (two), University of California, San Diego, Spring 2006, Winter 2003

Bancroft Library Study Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2004-2005

Literature Department Research Travel Grant (seven), University of California, San Diego, 2003, 2004, 2005

Humanities Research Assistantship Award, University of California, San Diego, 2004-2005

University of California, San Diego, Academic Senate Graduate Student Research Grant, 2002

California State University Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program, 1999-2002

Graduate Equity Fellowship (two), California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1997, 1998

Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993-1994

UC President's Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1993-1994

Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Irvine, 1993

AWARDS AND HONORS

Honoree, Office of Community Collaboration, California State University, Sacramento, 2007, 2008

Teaching Excellence Award, Center for Teaching Development, University of California, San Diego, 2003

Outstanding Graduate Achievement Award, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1999

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1999

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of California, Irvine, 1993

Dean’s Honor List, University of California, Irvine, 1993, 1992

SERVICE

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Faculty-in-Residence
Multi-Cultural Center
California State University, Sacramento, 2009-2010, Spring 2009.

Managing Editor, H-AMSTDY. Elected for 2009-2011.
http://www.h-net.org/~amstdy/

List Editor, H-AMSTDY. Elected for 2006-2008.
http://www.h-net.org/~amstdy/

Co-Organizer, 3rd Annual Artful Strategies/Necessary Risks Conference, Sacramento, CA, April 18-19, 2007-2008.

Member, Program Selection Committee, 21st Annual Regional Conference, California American Studies Association, 2007-2008.

Panelist, “Arts and Humanities Workshop,” Northern California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education, University of California, Davis, November 3, 2007.

Chair, Ad hoc Literature Sub-Committee, English Department, California State University, Sacramento, 2007-2008.

Coordinator, campus visit of author Marivi Soliven Blanco in conjunction with Women’s Resource Center and Women’s Herstory Month events, Women’s Resource Center, March 2007.

Treasurer, California Faculty Association, California State University, Sacramento chapter, 2007-2008.

Judge, 21st Annual Sacramento State University Local Student Research Competition, California State University, Sacramento, March 3, 2007.

Co-Sponsor with Peter Grandbois, English, of campus visit for Native-American novelist Frances Washburn, Library Gallery Tuesday, November 13, 2007.

Designer, English Department Undergraduate Survey, English Department, California State University, Sacramento, 2008.

Contributor, ENGL 198T online resources database, organized by the English Department Writing Assessment Committee, California State University, Sacramento, 2008.

Contributor, ENGL 120A online resources database, organized by the English Department Writing Assessment Committee, California State University, Sacramento, 2007.

Member, Subcommittee for Curriculum of the Curriculum Policies Committee, Faculty Senate, California State University, Sacramento, 2007-2009.

Member, Faculty Endowment Fund Committee, Faculty Senate, California State University, Sacramento, 2007-2010.

Member, Committee for Diversity Awards, California State University, Sacramento, 2007-2009.

Member, Organizing Committee, California Faculty Association, California State University, Sacramento, 2006-2007.

Member, Women’s Herstory Planning Committee, Women’s Resource Center, California State University, Sacramento, 2006-2007, 2007-2008.

Member, Executive Committee, English Department, California State University, Sacramento, 2007-2008.

Member, Undergraduate Program Committee, English Department, 2006-2007, 2007-2008

Member, Graduate Program Committee, English Department, 2006-2007

Member, Ad hoc Literature Sub-Committee, English Department, 2006-2007

Member, ENGL 40s/50s Ad-hoc Subcommittee, English Department, California State University, Sacramento.

Marshal, Winter and Spring Commencements, College of Arts and Letters, Arco Arena.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Founder and Coordinator, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Social Justice Reading Group. Sacramento, 2009-ongoing.

Founder, Focused Reading Group in Theory, Criticism, and Culture. California State University, Sacramento, 2009.

Presenter and Discussion Leader
40 Acres Gallery, Sacramento, California

• David Hosley’s and Dennis Yep’s Bittersweet Roots: The Chinese in California’s Heartland (2002). March  2007.
• Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and Avon Kirkland’s Ralph Ellison: An American Journey (2004). December, 2006.

Senior Archivist, Junior League of Sacramento, Sacramento, California, 2009-2010, 2008-2009.

Member, Ways and Means Committee, a Sub-Committee of the Executive Committee, Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center, Sacramento, California, 2007-2009.

Curator, “65 Years of Community Service,” May 6, 2008, Junior League of Sacramento, Doubletree Hotel, Sacramento, California, May 7, 2008.

Member, Advisory Board, Vox Musica, Sacramento, California, 2007-2008.

Member, Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality, a social and political advocacy group based in Sacramento, California.

Volunteer, March Helping Hands/Impact Sacramento, WIND Crisis Youth Shelter, Sacramento, March 10, 2007.

Collaboration with Steve Yee, Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources, California Department of Education.

Member, Committee Partnerships Committee, Junior League of Sacramento, 2007-2008.

Volunteer, Page Turners, Sacramento Children's Receiving Home, Sacramento, California.