1. Las Positas College
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  3. English Faculty and Staff

English

English Department Faculty and Staff 

 

Salem Admassu
Adjunct Faculty

Salem Admassu

  • BA in Journalism and Creating Writing
  • MA in Creative Writing and Composition

 

Toby Bielawski
Faculty

Toby Bielawski

  •  BA in English from Smith College, Northhampton, Massachusetts
  • MA in English from Mills College, Oakland

 

Joshua Bollman
Adjunct Faculty

Joshua Bollman

 

Steve Budd
Adjunct Faculty

Steve Budd

  • BA, Wesleyan University
  • MA, Boston University

 

Angelo Bummer
Faculty and Umoja Program Instructor

Angelo Bummer

  • BA in Liberal Arts from Evergreen State College
  • MA in Comparative Literature from San Francisco State University

 

Sarah Swaty Bummer
Adjunct Faculty

 Sarah Swaty Bummer

  • J.D.  Santa Clara University School of Law
  • M.A. English Composition, San Francisco State University
  • B.A. English/Music, University of California Santa Barbara

 

Robert Campbell
Adjunct Faculty

Robert Campbell

 

Sebastien Cervantes
Adjunct Faculty

Sebastien Cervantes

  •  BA in English from UC Irvine
  • MFA in Creating Writing from Mills College

 

Steve Chiolis
Adjunct Faculty

LPC

 

Elena Cole
Faculty

Elena Cole

  • AA from Ohlone College
  • BA from UC Berkeley in English
  • MA from SFSU in English

 

Valerie Connors
Adjunct Faculty

Valerie Bronstein

 

Stella Del Rosario
Senior Instructional Assistant

Stella Del Rosario

  • BA, Comparative Literature, State University of New York, Stony Brook
  • MA, Creative Writing, The University of Manchester, England

 

Richard Dry
Faculty

Richard Dry

  • BA in Humanities from UC Berkeley
  • MA in English from San Francisco State University

 

Paul Duarte
Adjunct Faculty

Paul Duarte

  • BA in English with Creative Writing Option from CSU East Bay
  • MA in English from CSU East Bay

 

Lisa Duran
Adjunct Faculty

 LPC

 

Catherine Eagan, Ph.D
Faculty

Catherine Eagan

  • BA, English from UC Berkeley
  • BA, History from UC Berkeley
  • PhD in English from St. Boston College

 

Chad Ellingsworth
Adjunct Faculty

Chad Ellingsworth

 

Megan Garcia
Adjunct Faculty
Instructional Assistant

Megan Garcia

  • AA in English from Las Positas College
  • BA in English Education with a concentration in Literature from San Francisco State University
  • MA in English Composition from San Francisco State University

 

Justin Garoupa
Faculty 

LPC 

 

Michelle Gonzales
Faculty and Puente Program Coordinator

Michelle Gonzales

  • BA in English from Mills College
  • MFA in English and Creative Writing from Mills College

 

Jessica Hansen
Adjunct Faculty

 Jessica Hansen

 

Kathy Harris
Instructional Assistant

Kathy Harris

  •  AA in Psychology from Las Positas College

 

Amanda Heinrichs
Adjunct Faculty

Amanda Heinrichs

  • BA in English from CSU Stanislaus
  • MA in Literature from Mills College

 

Tobey Kaplan
Adjunct Faculty

Tobey Kaplan

  • MA, San Francisco State University

 

Susan Keller
Adjunct Faculty

Susan Keller

 

Kathleen King
Adjunct Faculty

Kathleen King

 

Heidii McMichael
Adjunct Faculty

Heidii McMichael

  • BA in English, CSU Fresno
  • Single Subject English and CLAD Teaching Credentials,  CSU Fresno
  • MA in Comparative Literature, UC Irvine

 

Amy Moellering
Adjunct Faculty

Amy Moellering

  • BA in English and Psychology from the University of Binghamton
  • MA in Literature from the State University of New York at New Paltz

 

Guilherme Mylius
Adjunct Faculty

 Guy Aegnus

 

Marty Nash
Faculty and LPC Anthology Coordinator

Marty Nash

  • BA in English, Emphasis in Creative Writing, Kansas State University
  • MFA in Writing, California College of the Arts

 

Maureen O'Herin
Faculty and English Program Coordinator

Maureen O'Herin

  • BA, Integral Liberal Arts from St. Mary's College
  • MA, Creative Writing/Literature from San Francisco State University

 

Jim Ott, EdD
Faculty

Jim Ott

  • Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Saint Mary’s College (2015)
  • MA in English, San Jose State University (1980)
  • BA in English, San Jose State University (1979)

 

Raymond Park
Adjunct Faculty

Raymond Park

  • AA, English, Las Positas College 2010
  • BA,English, CSU East Bay 2012
  • MA, English Composition, San Francisco State University 2016

 

John Robinson
Adjunct Faculty

John Robinson

 

Mike Sato
Faculty

Mike Sato

  • BA in Creative Writing and Literature from UC Santa Cruz
  • MA in English Literature from CSU Sacramento
  • MA in Japanese from San Francisco State University

 

Joseph Smigelski
Adjunct Faculty

Joseph Smigelski

  •  BA in English from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York
  •  MA in English from San Francisco State University

 

Karin Spirn, PhD
Faculty

Karin Spirn

  • BA, in English from University of California, Berkeley
  • PhD in English from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

 

Megan Stein
Adjunct Faculty 

 Megan Stain

  • BA in Literary Studies, The University of Texas at Dallas
  • MA in English, Southern Methodist University
  • PhD candidate in English, University of California, Riverside 

 

Debra Stevens
Adjunct Faculty

LPC

 

Meghan Swanson-Garoupa
Faculty

Meghan Swanson-Garoupa

  • AA in Arts and Sciences, Las Positas College
  • BA in English Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • MA in Composition in Literature, CSU East Bay

 

Kisha Quesada Turner
Faculty and Umoja Program Coordinator

Kisha Turner

  • BA in English from UCLA
  • MA in Rhetoric and Composition from CSU Dominguez Hills

 

Dan Wightman
Adjunct Faculty

Dan Wightman

 

Megan Wong
Adjunct Faculty

 LPC

For more information please contact:

Maureen O'Herin
Faculty / English Program Coordinator
(925) 424-1246
moherin@laspositascollege.edu

Ralitsa Ivanova-Olsson
Senior Administrative Assistant
(925) 424-1383
rivanovaolsson@laspositascollege.edu