English Faculty

Hillary AcMoody

Adjunct Faculty
hacmoody@laspositascollege.edu

 

B.A., English, British and American Literature from CSU, East Bay

M.A., English, Literature and Composition from CSU, East Bay

Salem Admassu

Adjunct Faculty
sadmassu@laspositascollege.edu

 

Guy Mylius

Adjunct Faculty
gaengus@laspositascollege.edu

Toby Bielawski

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1268
tbielawski@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2169

Joshua Bollman

Adjunct Faculty
jbolllman@laspositascollege.edu

Tess Brandt

Adjunct Faculty
tbrandt@laspositascollege.edu

Steve Budd

Adjunct Faculty
sbudd@laspositascollege.edu

 

B.A., Wesleyan University

M.A., Boston University

Angelo Bummer

Faculty and Umoja Program Coordinator
abummer@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2160

Robert Campbell

Adjunct Faculty
rcampbell@laspositascollege.edu

Hollace Chen

Adjunct Faculty
hchen@laspositascollege.edu

Steve Chiolis

Adjunct Faculty
schiolis@laspositascollege.edu

Elena Cole

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1250
ecole@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2173

 

AA from Ohlone College

BA from UC Berkeley in English

MA from SFSU in English

Valerie Connors

Adjunct Faculty
vconnors@laspositascollege.edu

Stella del Rosario

Senior Instructional Assistant

sdelrosario@laspositascollege.edu

 

BA, Comparative Literature, State University of New York, Stony Brook

MA, Creative Writing, The University of Manchester, England

Richard Dry

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1257
rdry@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2172

BA in Humanities from UC Berkeley

MA in English from SF

Paul Duarte

Adjunct Faculty
pduarte@laspositascollege.edu

BA in English /w Creative Writing Option from CSU East Bay

MA in English from CSU East Bay

Lisa Duran

Adjunct Faculty
lduran@laspositascollege.edu

Dr. Catherine Eagan

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1272
ceagan@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2175
Catherine Eagan's Website

Chad Ellingsworth

Adjunct Faculty
cellingsworth@laspositascollege.edu

Megan Garcia

Instructional Assistant
Adjunct Faculty
mcgarcia@laspositascollege.edu

A.A. in English from Las Positas College

B.A. in English Education with a concentration in Literature from San Francisco State University

M.A. in English Composition from San Francisco State University

Justin Garoupa

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1243
jgaroupa@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2101

Michelle Gonzales

Faculty and Puente Program Coordinator
Phone: 925.424.1218
mgonzales@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2183

Bachelor of Arts in English from Mills College

Master of Fine Arts in English and Creative Writing from Mills College

Jessica Hansen

Adjunct Faculty
jhansen@laspositascollege.edu

Kathy Harris

Instructional Assistant
kharris@laspositascollege.edu

Amanda Heinrichs

Adjunct Faculty
aheinrichs@laspositascollege.edu

BA in English from CSU Stanislaus

MA in Literature from Mills College

Caitlin Howell

Adjunct Faculty
chowell@laspositascollege.edu

 

A.A. in English from Las Positas College, 2009.

B.A. in English-Language Literature from UC Santa Cruz, 2012.

M.A. in English focusing on 20th Century American Literature and Composition/Rhetoric from CSU East Bay, 2016. 

Tobey Kaplan

Adjunct Faculty
tkaplan@laspositascollege.edu

MA San Francisco State

Susan Keller

Adjunct Faculty
skeller@laspositascollege.edu

Kathleen King

Adjunct Faculty
kking@laspositascollege.edu

Heidii McMichael

Adjunct Faculty
hmcmichael@laspositascollege.edu

 

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

B.A. in English and Psychology from the University of Binghamton and an M.A. in

Literature from the State University of New York at New Paltz

Martin Nash

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1245
mnash@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2187

BA in English, Emphasis in Creative Writing, Kansas State University

MFA in Writing, California College of the Arts

Maureen O'Herin

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1256
moherin@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2170

Dr. Jim Ott

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1234
jott@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2165

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
rpark@laspositascollege.edu

AA English - Las Positas College 2010

BA English - CSU East Bay 2012

MA English Composition - San Francisco State University 2016

John Robinson

Adjunct Faculty
jrobinson@laspositascollege.edu

Michael Sato

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1299
msato@laspositacollege.edu
Office: Room 2148

BA in Creative Writing and Literature from UC Santa Cruz

MA in English Literature from Sacramento State

MA in Japanese from San Francisco State

Alena Sauzade

Instructional Assistant

asauzade@laspositascollege.edu

B.A. Mills College, Art History

 

M.A. and PhD Stony Brook University, Art History and Criticism

Joseph Smigelski

Adjunct Faculty
jsmigelski@laspositascollege.edu

 B.A. in English from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York

 M.A. in English from San Francisco State University

Dr. Karin Spirn

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1219
kspirn@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2183

English BA, University of California, Berkeley

English PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Debra Stevens

Adjunct Faculty
dstevens@laspositascollege.edu

Megan Stein

Adjunct Faculty
mstein@laspositascollege.edu

Meghan Swanson

Faculty
Phone: 925.424.1249
mswanson@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 4136

Associate's Degree in Arts and Sciences LPC

B.A. English Literature University of California, Santa Barbara

M.A. In Composition in Literature, Cal State East Bay

Matina Tryforos

Adjunct Faculty
mtryforos@laspositascollege.edu

Kisha Turner

Faculty and Umoja Program Coordinator
Phone: 925.424.1244
kturner@laspositascollege.edu
Office: Room 2164

Kristine Vanderhoof

Adjunct Faculty
kvanderhoof@laspositascollege.edu

Bachelor of Arts in Literature (Creative Writing) from UC Santa Cruz

Master of Arts in Linguistics (TESOL emphasis) from CSU Fresno

Dan Wightman

Adjunct Faculty
dwightman@laspositascollege.edu

Megan Wong

Adjunct Faculty
mwong@laspositascollege.edu