Aaron Anderson
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5714
Office: Sequoyah 117
Office hours: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00
aaronanderson@ucsd.edu

Aaron's M.A. thesis examined the intersections of power, rhetoric, and religion, in the constructions of the contemporary "Culture War" in the United States.  His other interests include theoretical and applied Marxism, the Caribbean, cinema, and psychoanalysis.

Edward Avila
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5710
Office: Sequoyah 123
Office hours: Mondays 1:00-2:00
eavila@ucsd.edu

Edward's studies focus on late 19th- and early 20th- century imperialism, U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, and marxist cultural and economic theory.

Zeynep Bulut
Music
Office phone: 858/534-5711
Office: Sequoyah 124
Office hours: Thursdays 3:00-4:00
zbulut@ucsd.edu

Zeynep is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in the Critical Studies/Experimental Practices in Music, with an emphasis on contemporary voice performance and sound art.  Engaged with the readings of psychoanalysis, existential philosophy, and aesthetics, her theoretical and artistic interests attempt at questioning the role of the voice in the constitutions of the self. 

Amber Carini
DOC Writing Assistant
Office phone: 858/822-0607
Office: Sequoyah 125
Office hours: Sign up for an appointment on the bulletin board outside her office
acarini@ucsd.edu

Amber is an alumna of UC Berkeley (B.A.) where she majored in English with an emphasis on gender and sexuality, and Mills College (M.A.), where she wrote a thesis on women and popular fiction in the long 18th century. She enjoys teaching students how to write, and she even loves grammar.

Aakash Dharmadhikari
Political Science
Office phone: 858/534-5710
Office: Sequoyah 123
Office hours: Fridays 10:00-11:00
adharmad@ucsd.edu

Aakash is a Capricorn.  He likes pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain.

Martha Escobar
Ethnic Studies
Office phone: 858/534-5711
Office: Sequoyah 124
Office hours: Mondays 10:30-11:30
mdescoba@ucsd.edu

Martha is an Ethic Studies graduate student. Her dissertation research centers on immigrant motherhood and imprisonment. She is particularly interested in exploring the ways that prisons are used to police U.S. national borders and how issues of race, class, gender, and nationality inform this process. 

José Fusté
Ethnic Studies
Office phone: 858/534-5716
Office: Sequoyah 122
Office hours: Fridays 12:00-1:00
jfuste@ucsd.edu

José is an Ethnic Studies doctoral student.  He is currently working on a dissertation tentatively titled "Mangrove People: Tracing a Latin Caribbean Subaltern Politics of Relation."  He is interested in the study of race, gender and class in the Caribbean and among Caribbean diasporas.  He also focuses on critical intersections between post-colonial, subaltern, decolonial, and cultural studies and how these help us gain a better understanding of domination and resistance. 

Jeff Gagnon
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5707
Office: Sequoyah 118
Office hours: Thursdays 12:00-1:00
jgagnon@ucsd.edu

Jeff studies the social constructions of race, class and gender in literature.  He has researched intersubjective strategies of resistance and resilience in oppressed narratives.

Sally Giles
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5714
Office: Sequoyah 117
Office hours: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00
smgiles@ucsd.edu

Giles is a first-year PhD student in Literature at UCSD.  Her research interests are American contemporary and Chicana/o and Latina/o Literatures. 

Nancy Gilson, Ph.D.
Teaching Lecturer
Office phone: 858/534-5715
Office: Sequoyah 129
Office hours: Mondays 10:30-12:00
ngilson@ucsd.edu

Nancy's research, writing and teaching have focused on race and ethnicity in the United States; philosophy of race, ethnicity and multiculturalism; cultural therory; and popular culture.

Michelle Gutiérrez
Ethnic Studies
Office phone: 858/822-5311
Office: Sequoyah 116
Office hours: Wednesdays 3:00-4:00
m2gutier@ucsd.edu

Michelle is a doctoral candidate in the Ethnic Studies department.  Her research focuses on militarization, gender, race, class, and sexuality.  She also studies US imperialism, labor, and Mexican American identity formation.

Eric Hoenes
Anthropology
Office phone: 858/534-5713
Office: Sequoyah 128
Office hours: Wednesdays 10:00-11:00
ehoenes@ucsd.edu

Eric is a doctoral candidate in the Anthropology Department.  His dissertation research focuses on people's attitudes about language use and the role of language in religious change in Guatemala. 

April Huff
Sociology
Office phone: 858/534-5711
Office: Sequoyah 124
Office hours: Mondays 11:00-12:00
ahuff@ucsd.edu

April's current work deals with scientific controversy, the politics of informed consent, and women's reproductive health.  She is also interested in sexuality and embodiment.

Tania Jabour
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5712
Office: Sequoyah 127
Office hours: Fridays 12:00-12:50
tjabour@ucsd.edu

Tania is a Ph.D. candidate in the Literature Department, and her research is in 19th century interracial literature, contemporary visual/cultural studies, and rhetoric. 

Joo Ok Kim
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5712
Office: Sequoyah 127
Office hours: Thursdays 2:00-3:00
jok026@ucsd.edu

Joo Ok's research interests include anti-racist studies and comparative racialization.  She is also interested in the intersections of race, gender and class, and in ending violence against women.

Eric Kuniholm, M.A.
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-
Office: Sequoyah
Office hours: Mondays 12:45-1:45
ekuniholm@ucsd.edu

Eric has not begun his dissertation yet, but it will engage either the Renaissance or the Enlightenment, touch in all likelihood on English, French, and Classical Literatures, and perhaps adopt a New Historicist, Post-Colonial, or even Psychoanalytic approach.   Eric plays chess at the Master level.

Adam Lewis
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5716
Office: Sequoyah 122
Office hours: Tuesdays noon-1:00
aclewis@ucsd.edu

Adam's research focuses  primarily on U.S. imperialism and popular culture during the 19th century.  He is also interested in the intersections of race and national identity; cultural memory; and neoliberalism.   

John Liang
Non-student TA
Office phone: 858/822-0518
Office: Sequoyah 136
Office hours: Thursdays 5:00-6:00
wanderingtaoist@hotmail.com

Undergrad degree is in Philosophy/Religion with an emphasis on Eastern Religions.  Masters degree in English with a special interest in Ecocriticism and the role of Nature in Literature.  John is the Creative Arts Coordinator at The Braille Institute where he teachs Fine Arts, Literature, and other Humanites-based courses (whereupon I bridge interdisciplinary fields such as science, religion, psychology, and cultural studies with art).

Emily Matthews, MA
Political Science
Office phone: 858/534-
Office: Sequoyah 122
Office hours: Mondays 2:00-3:00
eomatthews@ucsd.edu

Emily's dissertation research examines how legislative institutions shape policy outcomes.  She also studies interest groups and European and American politics. 

Melanie McComsey
Anthropology
Office phone: 858/534-5707
Office: Sequoyah 118
Office hours: Fridays 1:00-2:00
mmccomse@ucsd.edu

Melanie's research interests  include Latin America; language and power; bilingualism, identity and related issues of language contact; and the linguistic anthropology of children, childhood and education. 

Jessica Novak
Latin American Studies
Office phone: 858/534-5712
Office: Sequoyah 127
Office hours: Mondays 10:30-11:30
j1novak@ucsd.edu

Jessica is a second year graduate student at the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS).  Her research focuses on nongovernmental organizations and human rights in Bogota, Colombia. 

John Rieder
Literature
Office phone: 858/822-5311
Office: Sequoyah 116
Office hours: Tuesdays 2:30-3:30
jrieder@ucsd.edu

John holds a BA in writing from UCSD, an MA in English from the Univ. of Illinois, and has worked as a both a tutor and adjunct professor of writing at community colleges in San Diego.  His doctoral research addresses contemporary film and visual culture, the cultural study of science and medicine, and political economy. 

Kate Slater
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5710 Office: Sequoyah 123
Office hours: Wednesdays 2:00-3:00
kslater@ucsd.edu

Kate is currently examining female  self-denial in Golden Age children's literature.  Her other interests include the role of the child in 20th century American fiction and gender play within Shakespearean comedy. 

Kim Strassburger
Non-student TA
Office phone: 858/822-0518
Office: Sequoyah 136
Office hours: Wednesdays & Fridays 10:00-10:50
Kimstr@hotmail.com

Kim has a M.A. in United States History from UCSD and is an actor and dramaturg in the San Diego area. She is a Resident Artist at Ion Theatre and Sledgehammer Theatre. She also teaches acting at the Coronado School of the Arts. She has taught withDOC 2002.

Steve Waszak
Non-student TA
Office phone: 858/822-0518
Office: Sequoyah 136
Office hours: Mondays 9:00-10:00 and 1:00-2:00
swaszak@ucsd.edu

Steve's academic focus is on Critical/Literary Theory and American Modernism.  Japanese history and culture are additional areas of interest and study.

Laura Wimberley
Political Science
Office phone: 858/534-9763
Office: Sequoyah 121
Office hours: Mondays 1:00-3:00
lwimberl@ucsd.edu

Laura holds a Ph.D. in political science from UCSD.  Her dissertation examined how expectations of nationalist resistance influence the initiation of wars of conquest.  She is currently earning a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University.

Alvin Wong
Literature
Office phone: 858/534-5713
Office: Sequoyah 128
Office hours: Wednesdays 11:00-12:00
h0wong@ucsd.edu

Alvin is interested in gender studies, transnational Chinese cultures, and postcolonial theory and how they are situated within the geo-political differences between mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.