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Claudia Moreno Parsons
Professor of English
Education
PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York
MA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
About
I am a teacher, scholar, and writer with a wide range of interests, and I have been teaching at Oxnard College since 2017. I teach composition and literature courses, including courses such as Introduction to Latinx Literature and Creative Writing.
Walking into my classrooms every semester (in person and in the virtual space!), meeting my students every year, is a thrilling experience, one I never tire of. I feel incredibly lucky to be a teacher, and I have devoted myself to developing and expanding my skills as a professor. As a teacher, I work in collaboration with my students to provide a strong model for thinking critically and practicing skills
After beginning my undergraduate college career as an Anthropology major, I switched my focus to do what I truly love: read books. Studying Medieval Arab and Western European literatures while earning my Master’s degree at Brooklyn College (CUNY), I then focused on North American poetics at the CUNY Graduate Center, receiving my PhD in 2010. I have been teaching composition and literature courses since 1999, when I began my graduate studies.
Publications
• Claudia Moreno Parsons and Megan Paslawski, “From Claudia Moreno Parsons and Megan Paslawski: First thoughts on the letters of writer Lucia Berlin to the writers Edward Dorn and Jennifer Dorn.” Light Relief, Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative, Series 3, Fall 2022.Amiri Baraka and Edward Dorn: The Collected Letters, University of New Mexico Press, 2013
• Claudia Moreno Parsons, “The Pleasure of Terror in Black Mirror: “Be Right Back,” “Playtest,” and “Metalhead.” Supernatural Studies Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2018, pp. 89 – 93.
• Claudia Moreno Parsons, “Dearest Olson.” Letters to Olson. Ed. Benjamin Hollander. New York: Spuyten Duyvil, 2016, pp. 39 – 47.
• Claudia Moreno Parsons, “The Long View of American History.” Rev. of The Shoshoneans: The People of the Basin-Plateau, by Edward Dorn. Warscapes May 2014.
• Claudia Moreno Parsons, “Into the Landscape of Humanity.” Rev. of A Little History and from the warring factions, by Ammiel Alcalay. Warscapes March 2014.
• Claudia Moreno Pisano, Ed., Amiri Baraka and Edward Dorn: The Collected Letters. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2013.
• Claudia Moreno Pisano, Ed., Amiri Baraka and Edward Dorn: Selections from the Collected Letters: 1959-1960. Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative (Winter 2009)
• Claudia Moreno Pisano, “Ed Dorn and LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka: A Correspondence.” Big Bridge 3:4 (2007).
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Dylan Altman
Education
California State University, Northridge: Master of Arts, English
California State University, Northridge: Double-Major: Honors Literature & Creative Writing
About
Dylan Altman is a husband, father, writer, educator, filmmaker, artist, and wearer of “many hats.” He is an adjunct English Instructor at Oxnard College and at his Alma Mater CSUN. He believes in the transformative power of narrative and language.
Publications
What Your Teachers Are Playing, 2016
Heroines of Gaming, 2017
Making Mulaka, 2018
Heroines of Gaming, 2017
Making Mulaka, 2018
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Rebbecca Brown
Adjunct Professor
Education
PhD in English (Creative Writing) University of Louisiana at Lafayette
MA in English (Creative Writing) California State University, Northridge
BA in English (Creative Writing) California State University, Northridge
About
Rebbecca Brown's writing has appeared in The Hunger Journal, The Decadent Review, Quibble Lit, American Literary Review, Confrontation, Eclipse, Masque and Spectacle and Miracle Monocle (among others). A former Fulbright- Nehru Visiting Lecturer, she currently teaches in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and the English Department at Oxnard College.
Publications
They Become Her (What Books Press - 2014)
Mouth Trap (Arc Pair Press - 2018)
Anybody Home (forthcoming from Gnashing Teeth Press - 2023)
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Rainer Mack
Professor of Art History
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Education
BA in Art History - University of Chicago
MA, PhD in Art History - University of California, Berkeley
About
I have a background in ancient Mediterranean art history. This has led to work as an archaeologist, a college and university professor, and a museum professional. In addition to teaching at UCSB, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Santa Monica College, I designed and led the education program at the Getty Villa. At Oxnard College I teach all areas of art history and visual culture, manage our art collection, and lead study abroad opportunities for our student community.
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Christine Morla
Professor of Art/McNish Gallery Director
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Education
Master of Fine Arts, Claremont Graduate University, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Arts, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Awards
Cultural Arts Grant, City of Oxnard, Oxnard, CA (2018)
Public Art Commission, for Community Memorial Hospital,
Ventura, CA (2017)
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Mark Dever Award for Excellence In Teaching for Full Time Faculty, Oxnard College (2007)
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