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Elmaz Abinader
Professor of English
W.M. Keck Foundation Professorship in Creative Writing
Mills Hall, Room 313
510.430.2225, moses@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday 1:00-2:00 and by appointment
An award-winning author of poetry, plays, memoir, and fiction, Elmaz Abinader's courses include Writing of Creative Nonfiction and Theories of Creativity & the Teaching of Creative Writing. She also is co-founder of the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation and a recipient of a Silicon Valley Arts Fellowship.
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Diane Cady
Associate Professor of English
Mills Hall, Room 314
510.430.2218, dcady@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 11:45-12:45, Thursday 2:30-3:30 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Chaucer, late medieval culture, medieval romance, medieval and early modern drama, new economic criticism, gender studies, cultural studies
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Carlota Caulfield
Professor and Program Head of Spanish and Spanish American Studies
Mills Hall, Room 333
510.430.2356, amach@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 2:30-3:30, Tuesday 10:00-11:00 (online), Wednesday 9:55-10:55
An award-winning author of more than nine poetry books in Spanish, Carlota Caulfield's interests include avant-garde, interdisciplinary approaches to poetry and art, Latin American and Spanish women writers, and United States Latino/a literature.
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Héctor Mario Cavallari
Professor of Spanish and Spanish American Studies
Mills Hall, Room 335
510.430.2207, xango@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-3:45 and by appointment
Author of four scholarly books and numerous articles, Hector Mario Cavallari's interests include critical theory, narratology, and contemporary Spanish poetry as well as Latin American fiction, culture, and cinema.
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Julie Chen
Assistant Professor of Book Art
CPM, Room 107
510.430.2002, jchen@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 12:30-1:30 and by appointment
An internationally known book artist who has been publishing limited edition artists' books under the Flying Fish Press imprint for over 20 years, Julie Chen's courses include "Building the Contemporary Book" and "Time and Space in the Artists' Book."
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Ajuan Mance
Associate Professor of English
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Chair
Mills Hall, Room 311
510.430.3378, amance@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00
Professional Interests: African American literature, 19th-century American literature, U.S. popular culture, the oral tradition in U.S. literature, Black feminist thought, African American art
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Brinda Mehta
Professor and Program Head of French and Francophone Studies
Mills Hall, Room 326
510.430.2212, mehta@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 10:30-11:30 pm
Brinda Mehta's interests include post-colonial literature from Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and France; transnational feminist theory; and cultural studies. The award-winning literary critic also is the author of four books, numerous essays, co-edited journals, and book reviews.
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Cornelia Nixon
Professor of English
Mills Hall, Room 312
510.430.2221, cnixon@mills.edu
Thursday 2:00-4:00 and by appointment
Cornelia Nixon teaches fiction writing and contemporary fiction. She has two published novels and has received two O. Henry Awards, two Pushcart Prizes, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bunting Institute.
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Sarah Pollock
Professor of English, Part-time
Mills Hall, Room 347
510.430.2359, pollock@mills.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 11:00-12:00 (students), 12:15-12:45 (Campanil editors) and by appointment
A veteran journalist and former Mother Jones Senior Editor, Sarah Pollock's interests include social/cultural/environmental issues and literature. She is the author of numerous articles, essays, and book reviews for national magazines and newspapers.
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Patricia Powell
Associate Professor of English
Mills Hall Room 351
510.430.2204, ppowell@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-4:00 and by appointment
Author of Me Dying Trial, A Small Gathering of Bones, The Pagoda and The Fullness of Everything, Patricia Powell teaches fiction and creative nonfiction workshops as well as courses in African and Caribbean literatures.
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Stephen Ratcliffe
Professor of English
Faculty Executive Committee Division Representative
Mills Hall, Room 303
510.430.2245, sratclif@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:00-4:00, Tuesday 1:00-2:30 and 5:00-6:00
Stephen Ratcliffe's work focuses on the creation and critical history of poetry. His scholarly interests span the range of poetic history, from English Renaissance to contemporary, and he has authored books on Shakespeare, Campion, and 20th-century experimental poetry. He has published more than fifteen books of poems.
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Kathryn Reiss
Associate Professor of English, Part-time
Mills Hall, Room 307
510.430.2216, kreiss@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 11:45-12:45 and 4:00-5:00, Wednesday 9:30-10:00pm and by appointment
Award-winning author of more than 12 novels of suspense for children and teens, Kathryn Reiss is the recipient of the ALA Best Books award for YA, and a two-time MWA Edgar Award nominee.
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Kirsten Saxton
Associate Professor of English, Director of Composition
Mills Hall, Room 306
510.430.2214, ktsaxton@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:30-2:30, Tuesday 1:00-2:00, and by appointment
Kirsten Saxton has published nationally on 18th-century literature and culture, early British women writers, and the history of the novel in English. Her recent book, Narratives of Women and Murder in England, 1680–1760: Deadly Plots, reflects her interest in theories of criminality and sexuality.
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Ruth Saxton
Professor of English
Mills Hall, Room 301
510.430.2151, rsaxton@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11:00-1:00, Wednesday 11:00-11:30 and by appointment
Passionate about women's voices, Ruth Saxton engages the work of Virginia Woolf, Doris Lessing, and contemporary novelists in her publications and courses such as The Girl and Fictions of Female Possibility. She is a founder of the Mills writing and women's studies programs.
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Cynthia Scheinberg
Professor of English, Chair of the English Department, Dean of Graduate Literary Studies
Mills Hall, Room 319
510.430.2213, cyns@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11:00-12:00, Tuesday 2:00-3:00, Wednesday, Friday 12:00-1:00
Focusing on the intersections between religion and literature in 19th-century British text, Cynthia Scheinberg's specialties include women poets and Anglo-Jewish writers. Widely published in journals and essay collections, she also has published a book on Jewish identity in Victorian poetics and has won a number of awards for scholarship and teaching.
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Juliana Spahr
Associate Professor of English
Director of Creative Writing
Mills Hall, Room 315
510.430.2289, jspahr@mills.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00-2:30
Juliana Spahr teaches exploratory forms, ones full of juxtaposed noises, clashing contexts, and community discord even while some of her expectations (and hopes) for writing are more meditative. She publishes poetry, prose, and essay.
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Thomas Strychacz
Professor of English
On sabbatical 2009-10
Mills Hall, Room 314
510.430.2208, toms@mills.edu
Author of three books on literary modernism and many articles on American literature, Tom Strychacz' teaching interests extend from American literature to critical theory, drama, and science fiction.
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Kathleen Walkup
Professor of Book Art, Program Head
CPM, Room 119
510.430.2001, kwalk@mills.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11:00-12:00 by appointment, Tuesday 1:00-2:00, Wednesday 4:00-5:00 by appointment
A lecturer, curator, writer, and teacher, Kathleen has had a profound impact on the field of book art. Her research includes the history of women and print. Her ongoing project, Library of Discards, examines the conceptual nature of artists' books. She teaches pioneering classes that combine historical study and studio art.
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