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!).

Rebbecca Brown's writing has appeared in The Hunger Journal, The Decadent Review, Quibble Lit, American Literary Review, Confrontation, Eclipse, Masque and Spectacle and Miracle Monocle (among others).  A former Fulbright- Nehru Visiting Lecturer, she currently teaches in the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara and the English Department at Oxnard College.

I am a teacher, scholar, and writer with a wide range of interests, and I have been teaching at Oxnard College since 2017. I teach composition and literature courses, including courses such as Introduction to Latinx Literature and Creative Writing.

Walking into my classrooms every semester (in person and in the virtual space!), meeting my students every year, is a thrilling experience, one I never tire of. I feel incredibly lucky to be a teacher, and I have devoted myself to developing and expanding my skills as a professor. As a teacher, I work in collaboration with my students to provide a strong model for thinking critically and practicing skills

After beginning my undergraduate college career as an Anthropology major, I switched my focus to do what I truly love: read books. Studying Medieval Arab and Western European literatures while earning my Master’s degree at Brooklyn College (CUNY), I then focused on North American poetics at the CUNY Graduate Center, receiving my PhD in 2010. I have been teaching composition and literature courses since 1999, when I began my graduate studies.