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
