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Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Classics
jessica.brooks@csulb.edu 
 

(562) 985-4248
Office: MHB 508

M.A. Archaeology, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
Post-Baccalaureate in Classics, UCLA
B.A. Anthropology, UCLA summa cum laude

Interests: Aegean Bronze Age and Classical Archaeology, women in the ancient world, mortuary and ritual analysis, and world mythology

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Professor of Classics and Religious Studies
kathryn.chew@csulb.edu 

Latin Teaching Credential Advisor
CWL Advisor 
CWL Director

 

(562) 985-5810
Office: MHB 606

Ph.D. Classics, UCLA
M.A. Classics, UCLA
B.A. Classics, UC Irvine

Interests: Greek and Latin Novels, Greek Literature, the Hellenistic Period, Late Antiquity, Hagiography, Mythology, Sanskrit Literature, Latin Teacher Preparation

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Lecturer in Comparative Literature
pravina.cooper@csulb.edu 
 

(562) 985-4241
Office: MHB 611

Ph.D. Comparative World Literature, UCLA
M.A. Comparative World Literature, UCLA
M.A. History, Mumbai University
B.A. British and Continental Philosophy

Interests: World Cinemas, Transnational Literatures, Genre, Literary Theory, British and French Modernisms

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Professor of Comparative Literature
elizabeth.dahab@csulb.edu  
 

CWL Advisor

(562) 985-1368
Office: MHB 608

Doctorat, Comparative Literature, Université de Paris-IV, Sorbonne
M.A. Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
Professional Diploma After Degree (for teaching French), University of Alberta (Canada)
B.A. Psychology, McGill University (Canada)

Interests: Post-colonial Literature, Cultural Theory, Middle Eastern Literature, Interdisciplinary Studies, 19th Century French Literature, Exilic Francophone Literatures in Canada/Québec

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Lecturer in Comparative Literature
letitia.deon@csulb.edu 
 

(562) 985-1589
Office: MHB 513

M.F.A. Creative Writing, emphasis in poetry, ������
M.A. English, emphasis in British Literature, ������
B.A. English, ������

Interests: Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, British Literature, Poetics / Poetry and the Self / Confessional Poetry / Stand up Poetry, Identity Theory, Comedy, Comics and Graphic Novels

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Lecturer in Comparative Literature
amy.desuza-riehm@csulb.edu 
 

Office: MHB 701

M.A. English, ������
B.A. Comparative World Literature, ������
A.S. Exotic Animal Training and Management; Animal Behavior, Wildlife Education, Moorpark College

Interests: Comics Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Video Games and Digital Narratives; Ecocriticism; Animal Studies; Science Fiction; Myth; Comedy; Medieval Literature

Lecturer in Comparative Literature
 

(562) 985-8660
Office: MHB 605

M.A. Comparative Literature, UCLA

Lecturer in Classics
andy.hogan@csulb.edu

FO5-215

PhD in Ancient History, Yale University
MA in History, Yale University
MPhil in History, Yale University
MPhil in Egyptology, Oxford University (Wolfson College)
BA in Classics, University of Southern California 

Interests: the social, economic, political, and legal history of Greco-Roman Egypt and its connections with eastern Mediterranean history; Greek and demotic papyrology; Greek, Roman, and Egyptian history; the history of cultural relations in Hellenic Egypt; ancient kingship

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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
viola.lasmana@csulb.edu 
 

(562) 985-1815
Office: MHB 609

Ph.D. English, USC
M.A. English, San Francisco State University
B.A. English, University of San Francisco

Interests: Digital humanities, Digital pedagogies, Transpacific Studies, Asian & Asian-American Studies, Southeast Asia; Indonesia; literature, film, global media; Transnational feminisms; Critical race theory; Social justice

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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
crystal.lie@csulb.edu 

(562) 985-4248
Office: MHB 508

Ph.D. English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A. English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A. Humanities, University of Chicago
B.A. English, UCLA

Interests: Disability Studies, Health Humanities, Contemporary Literature and Life Writing, Graphic Narrative, Visual Culture

Lecturer in Classics
diana.librandi@csulb.edu

MHB 513

PhD in Classics, University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies, UCLA Center for the Study of Women
MA in Ancient Studies, Università degli Studi di Siena
BA in Classics, Università degli Studi di Siena

Areas of Interest: Latin literature, Greek and Roman tragedy, poetry and philosophy, gender studies

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Lecturer in Comparative Literature
katherine.mcloone@csulb.edu 
 

Office: MHB 701

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
M.A. Humanities, University of Chicago
B.A. Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

Interests: My research exists at the intersection of narratology and adaptation studies, with a strong focus on uses of classical and medieval narratives and tropes in twenty- and twenty-first century literature and popular culture.

Lecturer in Classics
nancy.meyer@csulb.edu

Office hours on Zoom

PhD in Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology, Claremont Graduate University
MA in Religious Studies, California State University, Long Beach
MA in Mythology, Pacifica Graduate Institute
BA in Classics, California State University, Long Beach
BA in Religious Studies, California State University, Long Beach

Areas of Interest: Cultural Contact between the Levant and Greece, Ancient Religion, Role of Mythology in Cultural Identity Creation

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Lecturer in Comparative Literature
levon.parseghian@csulb.edu 
 

Office: MHB 513

M.A. English, ������
B.A. Comparative World Literature and Philosophy, ������

Interests: Colonial and postcolonial literary theory, Marxist literary criticism, Comedy of the diaspora, Identity and the self in motion pictures

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Professor of Classics
Co-Director, Lechaion Harbor and Settlement Land Project
paul.scotton@csulb.edu

(562) 985-2599
Office: MHB 516

PhD in Classical Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania 1997
American School of Classical Studies Athens 1991-1995
MA in Classical Languages, University of California Santa Barbara 1988
MA in English Literature, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1975
MFA with Honors in Creative Writing, University of Oregon 1974
BA in English Literature, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1970 

Interests: Greek and Roman Archaeology, Ancient Architecture, Corinth, Ancient Harbors, Ancient Commerce and Trade 

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Lecturer in Comparative Literature
christopher.shaw@csulb.edu 
 

Office: MHB 701

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
B.A. Literature and Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego

Interests: Latin American, Ethnic American, and postcolonial literatures and cultures; conceptions of identity and difference in neurodiverse, popular, and digital contexts

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Assistant Professor of Classics 

debby.sneed@csulb.edu

Office: MHB 509

PhD in Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles
MA in Classics, University of Colorado at Boulder
BA in History, University of Wyoming

Interests: Greek and Roman archaeology, ancient disability, Disability Studies, Greek medicine, ancient art, domestic archaeology.

Lecturer in Comparative Literature
lowry.sweney@csulb.edu 
 

Office: MHB 513

M.A. Classics, UCLA
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, regular member 2001-2002
University of Pennsylvania, post-baccalaureate program
B.A., Harvard University

Interests: Ancient Greek poetry and performance, Ancient Greek and Roman religion, Indo-European poetics and comparative mythology, the literature and culture of “Golden Age” Rome, satire through the ages (ancient and modern)

Professor of Comparative Literature 
vlatka.velcic@csulb.edu 
 
Office: MHB 609

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
M.A. Comparative Literature, UCLA
B.A. Comparative Literature and English, University of Zagreb

Interests: Cultural Studies, Post-colonial Literature, 20th Century Literature, East European Literature

Lecturer, Comparative Literature
patrick.arbor@csulb.edu 

Office: MHB 513

Lecturer, Comparative Literature
kelsey.bright@csulb.edu 

Office: MHB 513

Lecturer, RGRLL
nicolas.bordage@csulb.edu
 

Office: AS 320

Professor, RGRLL
jeffrey.high@csulb.edu 
 

Office: AS 321

Lecturer, RGRLL
jesse.odell@csulb.edu 
 

Office: AS 334