Diane Scrofano
English Faculty and Librarian
Education
Master of Library & Information Science, UCLA (2005)
Master of Arts in English, CSUN (2003)
Teaching Credentials in English (1999) and Library Media Services (2006)
BA in English, CLU (1998)
About
Hello, students! I just wanted to introduce myself as your professor. I've been at Moorpark since 2002; I love the campus and am eager to help those just starting college as well as those who have been here awhile already. While I teach English full-time, you'll also see me on the Reference Desk at the Library a few hours a week, and I've also taught College Strategies for the Freshman Experience Program. My research and teaching interests include children's and young adult literature, Latinx literature, and more! I co-coordinate the One Campus, One Book program here on campus. I'm also involved with the Distance Education Committee. I grew up in Thousand Oaks and have my degrees from Cal Lutheran, CSUN, and UCLA. Now I live in Porter Ranch with my husband and my daughter, who was born in 2014. We have a rabbit named Max as our pet. I enjoy walking, Pilates, and watching other people cook on TV.
Publications
Scrofano, D. (2 June 2021). FilipinX YA literature. Dr. Bickmore’s YA Wednesday, http://www.yawednesday.com/weekly-posts/filipinx-ya-literature-by-diane-scrofano.
Scrofano, D. and Richmond, K.J. (2 Sept. 2020). YA retellings of classics. Dr. Bickmore's YA Wednesday. http://www.yawednesday.com/blog/ya-retellings-of-classics-by-diane-scrofano-and-kia-jane-richmond
Scrofano, Diane. (2020, Summer). Ways to talk about it: Studying young adult novels of mental illness through David Karp's Disability Narrative Theory. ALAN Review, 47.3, pp. 35-43.
Scrofano, D. (2019, 18 Oct.). Workshopping the canon and No more fake reading: Two Recent Approaches to Combining the Classics and YA Literature. Dr. Bickmore’s YA Wednesday. http://www.yawednesday.com/blog/workshopping-the-canon-and-no-more-fake-reading-two-recent-approaches-to-combining-classics-with-ya-literature-by-diane-scrofano
Scrofano, D. (2019, 29 May). May, Mental Health Month, and a musical: Dear Evan Hansen. Dr. Bickmore’s YA Wednesday. http://www.yawednesday.com/blog/may-mental-health-month-and-a-musical-dear-evan-hansen-by-diane-scrofano
Scrofano, D. (2019, March). Disability narrative theory and young adult literature of mental illness. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 10.1, pp. 1-33. http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2019/03/disability-narrative-theory-and-young-adult-fiction-of-mental-illness/
Scrofano, D. (2018, 25 July). “Surprise, surprise”: Increasing diversity in YA novels of mental illness. Dr. Bickmore’s YA Wednesday. http://www.yawednesday.com/blog/surprise-surprise-increasing-diversity-in-ya-novels-of-mental-illness-by-diane-scrofano
Scrofano, D. (2018, 25 June). Musical theater meets historical romance: Hamilton and Alex and Eliza. Dr. Bickmore’s YA Wednesday. http://www.yawednesday.com/blog/musical-theater-meets-historical-romance-hamilton-plus-alex-and-eliza-by-diane-scrofano
Scrofano, D. (2016, 7 June). YA novels about mental illness. ALAN News. http://www.alan-ya.org/ya-novels-about-mental-illness/
Scrofano, D. (2016, 23 May). OCD tales: reflections on an OCD sufferer’s sabbatical research on YA novels of mental illness. #MHYALit, Teen Librarian Toolbox, a Blog of School Library Journal. http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2016/05/mhyalit-reflections-on-an-ocd-sufferers-sabbatical-study-of-ya-novels-of-mental-illness/
Scrofano, D. (2015, June). Minds in conflict: teen fiction about mental illness. A Booklist for VOYA, 38.2, pp. 8-11.
Scrofano, D. (2015, Winter). Not as crazy as it seems: discussing the new YA literature of mental illness in your classroom or library. Young Adult Library Services, 13.2, pp.15-20, http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/YALSA-Winter%202015_Final%20PDF.pdf
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Katie Booth
English Professor
AC 318
Education
BA: English (UC Santa Barbara)
MA: English Literature (Loyola Marymount University)
PhD: 19th-Century British Historical Romance (QM, University of London)
About
Although you might meet me on a course that you don't want to take (but have to), I'm confident I can show you just how relevant and exciting English can be. My passion for English literature and language was developed during my undergraduate studies at UCSB and the University of Leeds (UK), my MA studies at LMU, and my PhD studies at the University of London (UK), and it has become my professional and personal goal since I began teaching in 2004 to help my students harness the power of written expression. When I'm not prepping lessons or grading essays (which I love to do, by the way), I'm devouring fiction, fantasy, and dystopian literature in print and film (The Sun Is Also A Star, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, His Dark Materials), studies about educational inequities and injustices (Most Likely to Succeed, The Years that Matter Most, Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain), and memoirs (Phuk Tran's Sigh, Gone; Tara Westover's Educated; Michelle Obama's Becoming).
I'm not just a bookworm, though. I revel in analyzing Disney films (Monster's University, Zootopia, Moana, Coco, Frozen II, and Soul) are my current favorites), hanging out with my two daughters and stepdaughter, watching "90-Day Fiancee," "Total Wipeout," "Gavin and Stacy," "All American," and "AFV" with my husband, and training our cockapoo puppy to be a good citizen like her big brother, Chaucer Boy is (fun fact: we just had his genetics tested and he is NOTHING that we thought he was for the past 15 years!). I strengthen my mind and body with walking and kickboxing, something I've done on-and-off for a number of years and recommitted to in 2018; my favorite combination is a spinning back-fist into a round-house kick. And, I do have some guilty pleasures: People Magazine, every version of America's Next Top Model, and 102.7 KIIS FM radio (I love Ryan Seacrest!).
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