Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae for Dr. Kageyama-Ramakrishnan

                                  Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.

                                                 Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Name: Dr. Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan

 

Work Address: Central College, HCC, 3517 Austin, FAC 319, Houston, TX 77004

 

Office Telephone Number: 713-718-6671

 

College Email Address: [email protected]

 

Education

 

  • Ph.D. Literature and Creative Writing.  University of Houston.  2004.                                                                                               
  • M.A. Literature.  University of California, Berkeley.  1996.
  • M.F.A. Creative Writing: Poetry.  University of Virginia.  1993.
  • B.A. English.  Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.  1991.

 

Teaching Experience

 

  • Instructor, 2005 – Present

 Houston Community College, Central College

 Courses:  College Writing I, College Writing II, Introduction to Multicultural Literature,

                 American Literature Since the Civil War, Introduction to Poetry, Introduction

                 to Creative Writing.

 

  • Instructor, 2004 – 2005

 Houston Community College, Southwest College

 Courses:  College Writing I, College Writing II, Introduction to Multicultural Literature,

                 Introduction to Fiction

 

  • Instructor, 1997 – 2002

 University of Houston, Central Campus

 Courses:  College Writing I, College Writing II, Introduction to Poetry

 

  • Graduate Reader, 1995-1996

  University of California at Berkeley

  Courses:  Shakespeare, Autobiography

 

  • Instructor, 1992 – 1993

 University of Virginia

 Courses:  Introduction to Poetry Workshop

 

 

 

 

Professional, Technical, and Work-related Experience and Skills

 

Spring 2010     Review of 6th edition of The Writer’s Presence for Bedford/St. Martin’s.

 

Spring 2008     Title V Faculty Leadership Program Workshop on “English Memoirs.”

 

2007-2008              Assistant Chair of English, Houston Community College, Central.

 

Spring 2008     English Colloquium: New Approaches to Teaching Composition.

 

Fall 2006         Review of 5th edition of The Writer’s Presence for Bedford/St. Martin’s.

 

2005-2006              Planning Committee for the International High School on the Houston

Community College Campus.

 

Spring 2006     Dual Credit Teaching (English 1302) at Jones High School.

 

Fall 2005         Title V Faculty Leadership Program Workshop on English Composition.

 

Fall 2005         Dual Credit Teaching (English 1301) at Madison High School.

 

Fall 2004         Dual Credit Teaching (English 1301) at Sharpstown High School.

 

Summer 1998  Policy Writer.  Human Resources.  University of Houston.

 

1990-1991      Senior Writing and ESL tutor.  Learning Resource Center.

Loyola Marymount University.

 

ESL Conversation Leader.  Learning Resource Center.  Loyola

Marymount University.

 

Professional Achievements and Publications

 

Shadow Mountain. Finalist in Writers’ League of Texas Book Award in Poetry. 2009.

 

Four Way Books Intro Prize in Poetry.  2006.

 

Cambor Fellowship.  University of Houston.  Second Half awarded Spring 2003.

 

Cambor Fellowship.  University of Houston.  First Half awarded Fall 1996.

 

First Prize.  Bayly Art Museum The Writer’s Eye Contest.  Charlottesville, Virginia. 

     Spring 1993.

 

Henry Hoyns Fellowship.  University of Virginia.  1991-1992.

Essays

 

“Beauty and Its Opposite Conceit.”  in Mentor and Muse: Essays from

     Poets to Poets.  Forthcoming by University of Southern Illinois Press.

 

“Even Science Students Can Benefit from Tutors.”  From the Source.  1.2 (April 1989).

 

Poetry

 

“Anthropometry.”  Central Thoughts. (Dec. 2010).

 

“Vincent and Emma.” Central Thoughts. (Nov. 2010).

 

“For the Grandfather Who Called Himself Jon Doe.” (Nov. 2010).

 

“Amber Falls.”  Zone 3. 21.1 (Spring 2006): 106-107.

 

Bear, Diamonds and Crane.  Forthcoming by Four Way Books in 2011.

 

“Inglewood: Past Florence and Normandie, 1990.” in Lavanderia: A Mixed

     Load of Women, Wash, and Word in 2009City Works Press.

 

“Our Neighbor Ralph Brandt, 1973-1983.” J Journal: New Writing on Justice. 2.1

   (Spring 2009): 65.

 

“Perspectives on People of Japanese and American Descent” in I Go to the Ruined Place:

    Contemporary Poems in Defense of Global Human Rights in 2009.  Lost Horse Press.

 

“Villanelle: November Night.”  J Journal: New Writing on Justice. 2.1 (Spring 2009): 64.

 

“The Denver Lady.”  Forthcoming in Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets.

     University of Southern Illinois Press. 

 

“Sonnet.”  Pass-Along Poems: Samples of Work From the Twelve Debut Poets Featured

     Poets & Writers Magazine’s “First and Foremost.”  Poets & Writers. 37.1 (Jan./Feb.

     2009): 16.

 

“Terzanelle: Manzanar Riot.”  Poem-A-Day at The Academy of American Poets.  Web

     page.  [email protected].  5 April 2008.  25 Aug. 2008. <http:www.poets.org/

     viewmedia.php/prmmid/20062>.

 

Shadow MountainNew York: Four Way Books, 2008.

 

“Owens Valley, 1942.”  The Weight of Addition: An Anthology of Texas Poetry.  Ed.

     Randall Watson.  Houston: Mutablis Press, 2007.  122.

 

“The Moon and Kaguya.”  The Weight of Addition: An Anthology of Texas Poetry.  Ed.

     Randall Watson.  Houston: Mutablis Press, 2007.  123.

 

“One Question, Several Answers.”  Provincetown Arts.  22 (Annual Issue 2007/08): 128.

 

“Marriage.”  Zone 3.  20.2  (Fall/Winter 2006): 111.

 

 

 

“Amber Falls.”  Zone 3. 21.1 (Spring 2006): 106-107.

 

“Reasons Without Answers: Visiting the Ruins of a Japanese Internment Camp in
     Northern California.”  Runes: A Review of Poetry.  (Winter 2002): 90.

 

“Mama.”  Unsettling America: Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry.  Eds.

     Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Jennifer Gillan.  New York: Penguin Books, 1995. 173-

     176.

 

“Plums.”  Santa Monica Review.  6.2 (Spring 1994): 69.

 

“Emergency Caesarian, 1967.”  Santa Monica Review.  6.2 (Spring 1994): 70.

 

“Lady Bartender Sitting Spineless for Diane Arbus.”  The Writer’s Eye.  (Spring 1993):

     59-60.

 

“Dying.”  The Antioch Review.  51.2 (Spring 1993): 239.

 

 

Interviews

 

Gonzalez, Rigoberto.  “Small Press Spotlight: Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan.”  Blog

     of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors.  Critical Mass.  2 Aug. 2008.

     8 Aug. 2008.  <http://bookscriticscircle.blogspot.com/2008/08/small-press-spotlight-

     claire-kageyama.html>. 

 

Larimer, Kevin.  “First and Foremost: Twelve Debut Poets Put Their Best Work Forward

     in 2008.”  Brief Interview on Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan’s Shadow Mountain.

     37.1 (Jan./Feb. 2009): 50.         

 

Vanderberg, Pete.  “Q&A with Claire Kageyama-Ramakrishnan.”  Blog.

     Pvanderberg.blogspot.com: A1 Poetry Post: Poetry, Reviews, Interviews

     & Thoughts.  31 May 2008. 25 July 2008 <http://pvanderberg.blogspot/2008/

     05/q-with-claire-kageyama-ramakrishnan.html>.