DEGREES
University of California, Santa Barbara — Dissertation in Progress
PhD Candidate Public History, Designated Emphasis Feminist Studies
2009 M.A. History, San Francisco State University, emphasis U.S. Constitutional History
2006 J.D. Golden Gate University School of Law, emphasis Public Interest Law
2000 B.A. History, University of California, Santa Cruz, emphasis U.S. History, minor Literature
(SELECTED) COURSEWORK AND AREAS OF STUDY
University of California, Santa Barbara
Areas: United States History, Public History, Legal History, World History, Feminist Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Writing
Teaching Fields: Public History; United States History Since 1877; United States Social Protest Movements; Women, Gender, and Sexualities in United States History; Race and Ethnicity in United States History, United States Constitutional and Legal History; Gender and Sexualities in a Global Context
Foundations in US History to 1846
Foundations in US History to 1917
Foundations in US History to Present
Advanced Historical Literature
Research Seminar in History
Legal History
Introduction to Public History
Directed Readings in Public History
Methodologies and Practices of Oral History
Historical Literature in World History
Comparative History Writing Seminar; Special Topics
Research Seminar, Feminist Studies Department
Society and Public Policy, Feminist Studies Department
Feminist Epistemologies, Feminist Studies Department
Feminist Theories, Feminist Studies Department
Gender and Sexualities in a Global Context, Feminist Studies Department
Writing Theory and Practice
History and Theory
Apprentice Teaching
Directed Teaching
Independent Study
Dissertation Preparation and Writing
San Francisco State University
Directed Reading and Master’s Comprehensive Exam: United States History, Constitutional History, and Race and Ethnicity in the United States.
History of Knowledge, World History
Seminar in American History to 1877
Seminar in American History since 1877
United States Constitution to 1877
United States Constitution since 1877
American Trials
History of the United States 1916-1945
American Ethnicity and Race Relations from 1890
California in the Great Depression
Western Populism and Progressivism
Women in United States History to 1890
Sex in a Historical Perspective, Sexuality Studies
Lesbian, Queer, Trans Identities, Women’s Studies
Editing and Publishing Ex Post Facto SFSU History Journal
Directed Reading in History
Spanish
Golden Gate University School of Law
Public Interest and Government Clinic, Legal Internship, City and County of San Francisco, Human Rights Commission, GLBT/HIV Division, focused on conflict resolution and alternative dispute resolution regarding allegations by complainants of discrimination in employment and public accommodations.
Public Interest Law
International Human Rights Law
Law of International Armed Conflict
Sexual Orientation and the Law
Asian Americans and the Law
Gender and the Law
Domestic Violence Seminar
University of Amsterdam Law School, Whittier Summer Abroad Program focused on LGBT Legal Issues: Discrimination Against the LGBT Community, LGBT Rights and Women’s Rights, The International AIDS Crisis, Legal Issues of LGBT Youth, LGBT Parenting.
Writing and Research I and II
Advanced Legal Writing
Constitutional Law I and II
Civil Procedure I and II
Contracts I and II
Property I and II
Torts
Privacy, Defamation and Torts
Wills and Trusts
Corporations
Community Property
Criminal Law I and II
Criminal Procedure I and II
Evidence
Appellate Advocacy
Professional Responsibility
Remedies
Solving Legal Problems
University of California, Santa Cruz
Transfer credits from AP Exams in American History, English, and Psychology
Leadership and Institution Building (Corwin) with Chancellor MRC Greenwood
Women in American History (History)
Sexuality in America (History)
California History (History)
Global History (History)
Classic World: Greece (History)
Chinese Class and Gender (History)
Problems of the Civil War Era Seminar (History)
Queer Literature Theory and Interpretation (Literature)
Marxist Literary Critique (Literature)
Introduction to Afro-American Literature (Literature)
Harlem Renaissance (Literature)
Native American Literature (Literature)
Myth and Gender (Literature)
Romantic Fiction (Literature)
Disease in United States Literature (Literature)
History of San Francisco (Merrill College)
Introduction to Feminism (Women’s Studies)
United States Women of Color (Merrill College)
White Racial Identity (Merrill College)
UCSC, Summer Immersion in LGBT Studies: Lesbigay Politics (Community Studies), Lesbian, Gay, Queer Film, (Film Studies)
Gay and Lesbian Culture (Merrill College)
Sexualities and Gender, (Latino and Latin American Studies)
Community HIV Prevention (Community Studies)
Introduction to Non-Profits and Grant Writing (Community Studies)
Social Documentation (Community Studies)
Video Lab for Social Documentation (Community Studies)
Field Study Tutorial (Community Studies)
Politics and Human Rights (Political Studies)
Americans in a Changing World (Merrill College)
Native American Experience (American Studies)
History of Soviet Film (Film Studies)
Cold War in Film and Fiction (Political Science)
Overview of the Universe (Astronomy)
Introduction to Archaeology (Anthropology)
Female Physiology (Biology)
Geology of the National Parks (Earth Sciences)
Nude in the Western Tradition (Art History)
