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Naropa University / Graduate Studies

University of California, Santa Barbara / Undergraduate Studies

Santa Barbara City College

 

NAROPA UNIVERSITY / GRADUATE STUDIES

• M.F.A. in Writing & Poetics. Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University, Boulder, CO. May 2002. Concentration: Poetry.
• Poetry Manuscript: Moving Potential For Noncenter (unpublished).
• Critical Thesis: “Disidentification, the Nonstable Subject, and Co-resignification in kari edwards’ Novel, a day in the life of p.“

 

Semester Courses

• Nature Poetry for the 21st Century with Andrew Schelling. Poetry writing. Fall 2000.
• Postmodern U.S. Poetry with Anselm Hollo. Literature. Fall 2000.
• Liberation Now! Text to Performance with Anne Waldman. Creative writing. Spring 2001.
• Eco-Literature with Jack Collom. Literature and creative writing. Spring 2001.
• Project Outreach with Jack Collom. Teaching writing workshops in the community. Spring 2001.
• The Word, Image and Book with Amy England. Literature, creative writing, and art.
• Creative Reading and Writing with Anne Waldman. Independent Studies: lit. and poetry writing. Spring 2002.
• Critical Thesis and Creative Manuscript. Anselm Hollo, advisor. Spring 2002.

 

Weekend Workshops

• Designing a Writing Workshop with Jack Collom. Fall 2000.
• Rhizomic Poetics with Anne Waldman. Poetry Writing. Fall 2000.
• Small Press Publishing with Andrew Schelling. Spring 2001.

 

Courses Outside Poetry Concentration

• Diversity Workshop Phase I with Sherry Weston. Spring 2001.
• Diversity Workshop Phase II with Sherry Weston. Fall 2001.
• White Allies Workshop. Three sessions. Spring 2001.
• T’ai Chi Ch’uan I with Bataan Faigo. Contemplative Studies. Fall 2001.

 

Writing/Literature Workshops at the Summer Writing Program, Naropa University

• Journals and Notebooks: The Story of Your Life with Joanne Kyger. 2000.
• Whose Voice? with Rae Armantrout. 2000.
• Lost in Translation with Andrew Schelling. 2000.
• Swamp Formalism with Jack Collom. 2000.
• MFA Poetry Writing class with Anne Waldman. 2000.
• Picture Theories with Jena Osman. 2001.
• Writing the Queer Text with kari edwards. 2001.
• Print shop/book making class with Charles Alexander. 2001.
• Notes on Being a Nomad with Bhanu Kapil. 2001.
• MFA Poetry Writing class with Anne Waldman. 2001.
• Other Sources: Poetry and Science with Marcella Durand. 2008.
• Elective the Grain Writerly with Laura Mullen. Altered books. 2008.
• Investigative Poetics: Public Mourning, Private Grief with Kristin Prevallet. 2008.
• Necessary Failure(s): Translating the untranslatable, saying the unsayable with Anna Moschovakis. 2008.
• Comedy and Nature with Jack Collom. 2009.
• Endangered/Engendered: What’s hidden? What’s revealed? with Anne Waldman. 2009.
• Where Canon is Fluid: Contemporary Chinese Poetry with Zhang Er. 2009.
• Stealing the Dictionary with Max Regan. 2011.
• Ecology of Language: Thoreau’s Walden with Jed Rasula. 2011.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA / UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

• B.A. in Creative Studies. College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. June 1997. Concentration: Literature.

 

Young Scholars Summer Program, College of Creative Studies

• Writing with Robyn Bell. Creative writing. Summer 1990.
• Art CS 1-1: Drawing with Marie Schoeff. Art studio: drawing. Summer 1991.
• Art CS 1-2: Painting with Tim Schiffer. Art studio: painting. Summer 1991.

 

Courses in Literature Concentration

• The Poetry of Stevens, Williams, and Bishop with John Wilson. Literature. Fall 1993.
• Life, Death, Insanity, Art, Science, Quality, Zen, and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Student teacher: Michael Murdoch. Advisor: Logan Speirs. Literature. Fall 1993.
• Experiments in Narrative with Caroline Allen. Creative prose writing. Fall 1993.
• Shakespeare with Logan Speirs. Literature. Winter 1994.
• Letters of Mozart, Van Gogh, Darwin, and Pound with John Wilson. Lit. and creative writing. Winter 1994.
• Poetry in Forms with Robyn Bell. Poetry writing. Winter 1994.
• Chinese and Japanese Poems with John Wilson. Literature. Spring 1994.
• Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde with Caroline Allen. Literature. Spring 1994.
• Versewriting with Robyn Bell. Poetry writing. Spring 1994.
• Emily Dickinson’s Bookmaking with Robyn Bell. Literature. Fall 1994.
• Recent Poetry by Women with Logan Speirs. Literature. Fall 1994.
• Imitations in Poetry with John Wilson. Poetry writing. Fall 1994.
• Seven Modern Poets from Seven Different Countries with John Wilson. Literature. Winter 1995.
• Wallace Stevens with Kia Penso. Independent studies: literature. Spring 1995.
• Modern Japanese Novels with John Wilson. Literature. Spring 1995.
• Poetry in Pairs with John Wilson. Poetry writing. Spring 1995.
• 19th and 20th Century Comic Novels with Caroline Allen. Independent studies: literature. Fall 1995.
• Yeats & Frost with John Wilson. Literature. Fall 1995.
• Poetry Workshop with Eavan Boland. Poetry writing. Fall 1995.
• Three Poets: Marvell, Wordsworth, and Stevens with Kia Penso. Literature. Fall 1996.
• Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales with John Ridland. Literature. Winter 1997.
• More Experiments in Narrative with Caroline Allen. Independent studies: creative prose writing. Winter 1997.
• English Renaissance Poets with Kia Penso and Alan Stephens. Literature. Spring 1997.
• Milton with Robyn Bell. Literature. Spring 1997.
• Versewriting with John Wilson. Independent studies: poetry writing. Spring 1997.
• Literature Symposium. Attended for several quarters between 1993 and 1997.
• Research Colloquium with Kia Penso. Winter 1997.

 

Art Courses

• The Humorous, Erotic, and Spiritual in Art with Colin Gray. Art studio and philosophy. Winter 1995.
• Image and Text in the Book Form with Inge Bruggeman. Art studio: book arts. Spring 1997.
• Art Symposium. Attended for several quarters between 1993 and 1997.
• Film Symposium with Caroline Allen. Winter 1994.
• Music 15: Music Appreciation. Fall 1993.
• The History of Jazz with Margaret Mayer. Spring 1995.
• Folk Dance: Beginning Ballroom with Ken Ota. Spring 1995.

 

General Courses

• Spanish 1 with Margaret Szymanski. Elementary Spanish. Winter 1994.
• Spanish 2 with Pablo Brescia. Elementary Spanish. Fall 1994.
• Spanish 3 with Chris Ransden. Elementary Spanish. Winter 1995.
• Geology 30: The History of Life with Bruce Tiffney. Natural history, evolution, and geology. Fall 1996.
• Victorian Natural History. Student teacher. Advisor: Bruce Tiffney. Natural history and literature. Winter 1995.
• Math for Non-majors with Max Weiss. History of numerals, basic set theory. Winter 1995.

 

Audited

• The Art of Mythology: Goddesses and Dream Girls with Rosalind Wholden. Art history and studio. Winter 1996.
• Philosophy course with Kia Penso. Literature. 1996?
• Unusual Narrative with Robyn Bell. Literature. Winter 1999.
• Grammar and Verse with John Ridland. Winter 1999.
• Essay Writing with Caroline Allen. Literature and writing. Winter 1999.
• Ben Johnson and Robert Herrick with Alan Stephens. Literature. Spring 1999.

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SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

• Earth 111: Physical Geology with Karl Halbach and Jan Dependahl. Geology with lab. Spring 1993.
• Earth 132: Death Valley Field Trip with Carl Sundbeck. Geology. Spring 1993.
• Earth 133: Colorado Plateau Field Trip with Karl Halbach. Geology. Spring 1993.
• Spanish 101 with Yadira Llort. Elementary Spanish. Spring 1993.
• Wood Carving with Rica Coulter. Adult Education. 1999.
• Theater Arts 111: Beginning Acting with Michael Downey. Theater acting. Spring 2003.