Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Ara Corbett
Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program
B.A., Loyola Marymount University; M.F.A., Boston University; M.A., Cal State LA
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Q. Ostendorf
Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program
BA, Northwestern University; MFA, Mills College; PhD, New York University
Professor Ostendorf teaches a wide range of writing and literature courses in the Writing and Rhetoric Department and the Cultural Studies Program.
Charlyne Sarmiento
Resident Assistant Professor, College Writing Program; Assistant Director, Writing Center
B.A., San Francisco State University, M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago, M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
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Robert Sipchen
Visiting Full Professor, College Writing Program
B.A., UC Santa Barbara
Bob Sipchen teaches news writing and communications theory and practice in the fall and narrative nonfiction in the spring.
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Anita Zachary
Visiting Assistant Professor, College Writing Program
B.A., Pitzer College; M.F.A., San Diego State University