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Meet Our English Department Faculty and Instructional Assistants 

 

Salem Admassu
Adjunct Faculty

sadmassu@laspositascollege.edu

Salem Admassu

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

 

Toby Bielawski
Faculty

TBielawski@laspositascollege.edu

Toby Bielawski

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

 

Joshua Bollman
Adjunct Faculty

jbollman@laspositascollege.edu

Joshua Bollman

 

Steve Budd
Adjunct Faculty

SBudd@laspositascollege.edu

Steve Budd

  • BA, Wesleyan University
  • MA, Boston University

 

Angelo Bummer
Faculty and Umoja Program Instructor

abummer@laspositascollege.edu

Angelo Bummer

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

 

Sarah Swaty Bummer
Adjunct Faculty

sbummer@laspositascollege.edu

 Sarah Swaty Bummer

  • JD, Santa Clara University School of Law
  • MA, English Composition, San Francisco State University
  • BA, English/Music, University of California Santa Barbara

Sebastien Cervantes
Adjunct Faculty

scervantes@laspositascollege.edu

Sebastien Cervantes

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

 

Steve Chiolis
Adjunct Faculty

SChiolis@laspositascollege.edu

LPC

 

Elena Cole
Faculty

ecole@laspositascollege.edu

Elena Cole

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

 

Valerie Connors
Adjunct Faculty

vconnors@laspositascollege.edu

Valerie Bronstein

 

Stella Del Rosario
Senior Instructional Assistant

sdelrosario@laspositascollege.edu

Stella Del Rosario

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

 

Richard Dry
Faculty and English Program Coordinator

rdry@laspositascollege.edu

Richard Dry

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

 

Paul Duarte
Adjunct Faculty

pduarte@laspositascollege.edu

Paul Duarte

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

 

Lisa Duran
Adjunct Faculty

LDuran@laspositascollege.edu

 LPC

 

Catherine Eagan, Ph.D
Faculty

CEagan@laspositascollege.edu

Catherine Eagan

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

 

Chad Ellingsworth
Adjunct Faculty

CEllingsworth@laspositascollege.edu

Chad Ellingsworth

 

Megan Garcia
Adjunct Faculty
Instructional Assistant

mcgarcia@laspositascollege.edu

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 

JGaroupa@laspositascollege.edu

LPC 

 

Michelle Gonzales
Faculty and Puente Program Coordinator

MGonzales@laspositascollege.edu

Michelle Gonzales

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

 

Claire Graham
Instructional Assistant

cgraham@laspositascollege.edu

Claire Graham

  • BA in English with a concentration in language and literacies from CSU East Bay
  • AA in Liberal Arts from Los Medanos College

 

Jessica Hansen
Adjunct Faculty

JHansen@laspositascollege.edu

 Jessica Hansen

 

Amanda Heinrichs
Adjunct Faculty

AHeinrichs@laspositascollege.edu

Amanda Heinrichs

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

 

Tobey Kaplan
Adjunct Faculty

tkaplan@laspositascollege.edu

Tobey Kaplan

  • MA, San Francisco State University

 

Susan Keller
Adjunct Faculty

skeller@laspositascollege.edu

Susan Keller

 

Kathleen King
Adjunct Faculty

kmking@laspositascollege.edu

Kathleen King

 

Heidii McMichael
Adjunct Faculty

hmcmichael@laspositascollege.edu

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

AMoellering@laspositascollege.edu

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

GAengus@laspositascollege.edu

 Guy Aegnus

 

Marty Nash
Faculty and LPC Anthology Coordinator

MNash@laspositascollege.edu

Marty Nash

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

 

Maureen O'Herin
Faculty Emeritus

MOHerin@laspositascollege.edu

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

JOtt@laspositascollege.edu

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)

 

Dave Paonessa
Instructional Assistant and Adjunct Faculty

dpoanessa@laspositascollege.edu

Dave Paonessa

  • A.A. Liberal Studies Chabot College (2005)
  • B.A. Theater Arts CSU East Bay (2008)
  • M.A. English CSU East Bay (2011)

 

John Robinson
Adjunct Faculty

JRobinson@laspositascollege.edu

John Robinson

 

Mike Sato
Faculty

MSato@laspositascollege.edu

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

JSmigelski@laspositascollege.edu

Joseph Smigelski

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

 

Karin Spirn, PhD
Faculty

KSpirn@laspositascollege.edu

Karin Spirn

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

 

Megan Stein
Adjunct Faculty 

mstein@laspositascollege.edu

 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

DStevens@laspositascollege.edu

LPC

 

Meghan Swanson-Garoupa
Faculty

MSwanson@laspositascollege.edu

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

kturner@laspositascollege.edu

Kisha Turner

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

 

Megan Wong
Adjunct Faculty

MWong@laspositascollege.edu

 LPC

For questions or concerns regarding this page, please contact Megan Garcia. 

For more information please contact:

Richard Dry
Faculty / English Program Coordinator
  (925) 424-1257
  rdry@laspositascollege.edu

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

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