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Full-time Faculty

Dibakar Barua Professor, English – B.A., (Honors), University of Chittagong; M.A. University of Dhaka; Diploma in Language & Literature (with distinction). University of Edinburgh; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook. dbarua@gwc.cccd.edu

Keisha Cosand Professor, English – B.A. with Honors, M.A., California State University at Fresno. kcosand@gwc.cccd.edu

Cecelia Galassi Associate Professor, English – B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine cgalassi@gwc.cccd.edu

Theresa L. Lavarini Professor, English English Department Chair SLO Coordinator – B.A. (honors), CSU State Stanislaus, M.A., CSU Fullerton. tlavarini@gwc.cccd.edu

Sacha Moore Professor, English District Coordinator of Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance – B.A., (Honors), California State University, Fullerton M.A., California State University, Fullerton. smoore@gwc.cccd.edu

Jessica Patapoff Instructor, English Puente Co-Coordinator – B.A. English, M.F.A. Poetry, California State University, Long Beach jpatapoff@gwc.cccd.edu

Elizabeth Remsburg-Shiroishi Professor, English – B.A., University of California at San Diego; M.A. with Honors, San Diego State University; further graduate study: Cambridge University, Gonville and Caius College. eremsburg@gwc.cccd.edu

Abraham Tarango Professor, English – B.A., California State University at Chico; M.A., Washington State University; further graduate study: University of California at San Diego. atarango@gwc.cccd.edu

Paul Tayyar Associate Professor, English – B.A., UC Santa Barbara; M.A., CSULB; Ph.D., UC Riverside. ptayyar@gwc.cccd.edu

Brian Thill Instructor, English Director of the Writing/Reading Center, Writing Center Coordinator – M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine bthill@gwc.cccd.edu

Ayesha Zia Instructor, English Basic Skills Coordinator – B.A., M.A., California State University, Fullerton azia@gwc.cccd.edu

• Dibakar Barua
  The Womb of Memory
  His stories and poems have also been published in various literary journals such as Puerto del sol, West/Word, Ibbetson Street, Riprap, and Short Story International.
• Keisha Cosand
  “Shadow Poems” in YAY! L.A. Magazine
  “Mal de Ojo” in Words, Pauses, Noises
• Jessica Patapoff
  Poetry published in Pop Art: An Anthology of Southern California poets,
  Glass: A Journal of Poetry,
  Verdad Magazine, and Chaparral
• Paul Tayyar
  Magic Carpet Poems (Tebot Bach Books)
  In the Footsteps of the Silver King (Spout Hill Press)
  Follow the Sun (Aortic Books)
  Postmark Atlantis (Level 4 Press)
  Scenes From A Good Life (Tebot Bach Books)
  Immigrant Songs (WordTech Editions)
  His poetry, fiction, and essays have been featured in a variety of literary journals, including The Writer’s Almanac With Garrison Keillor, Brilliant Corners, Review Americana, and The Santa Monica Review.
• Brian Thill
  Waste (Bloomsbury)
  His work has also been published in The Atlantic, The Guardian, Jacobin, Salon, Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere. His essay “Shade” was published in the eco-criticism anthology Veer Ecology (U of Minnesota Press).