DANIEL LANZA
1142 McKinley Ave #9, Oakland, CA, (925) 323-0445,
EDUCATION
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Dual-Field Ph.D. Student, Cultural Studies and English
Emphases: Cultural Studies, Queer Studies, Ecocriticism, & Twentieth-Century North American Literature
Expected Date of Completion: May 2016
New York University, New York, NY
Master of Arts in Humanities and Social Thought
Emphases: Literary Cultures, Gender Politics, and Queer Theory
Final GPA: 3.913/4.0, Aug 2007 - Dec 2008
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies
Emphases: Literature, Culture, and Consciousness
Minor in English
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Distinction, May 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Holy Names University, Oakland, CA
Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2014
ISAC 103: The Modern World, Dept. of Integrative Studies Across Cultures, 3 Units
ISAC 104: The Contemporary World, Dept of Integrative Studies Across Cultures, 3 Units, 7-week Compressed Course
California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Adjunct Instructor, Spring 2014
WGS 100: Intro to Gender in the Humanities, Dept. of Women's and Gender Studies, 3 Units, 2 Sections
California State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, CA
Adjunct Instructor, Fall 2013
WMST 300: Intro to LGBTQ Studies, Dept. of Women's Studies,3 Units
WMST 398: Independent Study: Trans* Activism Studies, Dept. of Women's Studies, 3 Units,
Pomona College, Claremont, CA
Substitute Lecturer, Fall 2013
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2013
Eng 55: Contemporary Fiction: Westerns and Gold, 3 units, English Department
Instructor: Jonathan Lethem
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Instructor
Lang 100: Foundations of Writing for Graduate School, Summer 2013, Department of Languages
A summer writing and communications course for international students
Writing Effectively, 8-week workshop on graduate-level writing, Spring 2013
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
Teaching Assistant, Spring 2012
HSA 10: Critical Inquiry: English with an Accent, 3 units, Department of Humanities
Instructor: Isabel Balseiro
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
American Women Writer's Project, Claremont Graduate University English Departmental
Research Assistant, May 2014- Present
Fields of research include: Nineteenth- & Twentieth-Century American Literature, African American Literature, Social Protest Fiction, Queer Novels, Science Fiction, and Postmodern Writing.
Claremont Graduate University Writing Center: Claremont, CA
Graduate Writing Consultant, August 2012 – Present
Teach one-stop workshops on: presenting at conferences and writing effectively.
Support English language acquisition in Global Communications Course.
Offer weekly office hours & provide feedback for online writing submissions across disciplines.
Test Prep Gurus: Claremont, Orange, & Newport Beach, CA
English, SAT, Writing, and ESL Tutor, May 2013 – June 2014
Tutor students in SAT & ACT English, test preparation, study skills, and college preparation.
Independently structure educational plan and chart student progress.
C2 Education Center: Dublin, CA; Northridge, CA; Thousand Oaks, CA
English, SAT, Writing, and ESL Tutor, September 2009 – September 2012
Tutored K-12 students in English, reading comprehension, writing, AP History & Psych, test
preparation, study skills, and college preparation.
Designed and facilitated summer Boot Camp curriculum, including literary analysis seminar.
Provided language acquisition support for ELL and international students.
Charted student progress and collaborated in academic planning.
Seneca Center Pathfinder Academy, Fremont, CA
Classroom Counselor, August 2010 – June 2011
Provided academic and clinical support for K-12 students with severe emotional and behavioral
challenges including behavioral and crisis interventions and co-facilitating trauma group therapy.
Charted and evaluated progress toward student’s mental health goals
AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, & PRESENTATIONS
Honors & Fellowships:
Claremont Graduate University
Albert B. Friedman Research Grant, Spring 2014
James Irvine Foundation Fellowship, Spring 2013 - Present
McGuireTeaching Assistant Grant, Professor Jonathan Lethem (Pomona College), Fall 2013
Priscilla Fernandez Prize in English, Spring 2013, Nominated by the department
Foothill: a journal of Poetry, Associate Editor, 2013 - Present
Sigma Tau Delta: English Honors Society, Member 2013 - Present
Transdisciplinary Reading Group Grant, Summer 2012
Studies in the Unreal: Genre, Myth, Critical Theory, and Fandom
California State University
Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Fellowship, Spring 2013 - Present
New York University
John W. Draper Departmental Award for Academic Distinction, Spring 2008
Sonoma State University
Deans List, Fall 2005-Spring 2007
Publications & Research Assistantships:
Research Assistant:
American Women Writers, Wendy Martin, Routledge
Assistant in the fields of Nineteenth-Century, Twentieth-Century, Western, and Queer writers
Book Reviews and Encyclopedia Entries:
“Ailbhe Darcy's Imaginary Menagerie,” Book Review, Women's Studies: An Interdiscplinary
Journal, New York: Routledge (forthcoming)
“Young Men,” Entry, The World of The Civil War: A Daily Life Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-
CLIO, 2014 (Forthcoming)
Fiction:
“Hilmar,” Published as “Recommended Reading from Jonathan Lethem,” Connu, December 2014
Received a favorable mention in The Washington Post, February 20, 2014
Re-published in Selected Short on Scribd.com, June 15, 2014
Stable link:
“Holden Caulfield Doesn’t Love Me,” Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, January 2009
"I’ve Come to See The Show,” Toasted Cheese Literary Quarterly, Editor’s Pick. July 2006
“Take Care of Yourself,” Sonoma State Literary Magazine, The Zephyr. May 2006
Professional Conferences:
Ecologies of Resistance: Relations of Culture and Power, Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2014
“Inverting Ecologies of Queer Resistance,” Panel Facilitation
“Are We Not Men? Frontier Manliness and Queer Anxiety in 20th Century American Hunting Novels,” Presentation
“Cultural Studies and its (Inter)Disciplinary Formations,” Working-group Presentation
History, Imagination, and Myth: The American West,
“Are We Not Men? Frontier Manhood and Queer Anxiety in Norman Mailer and James Dickey’s Vietnam-era Hunting Novels,” Presentation, Claremont Graduate University, California, April 2013
In Trans: Reading Between and Beyond, “Dangerous Playgrounds: Fear and “Slumming” in
Jessica Abel’s La Perdida,” CUNY, New York, November 2012
Lost in Transnationalisms: Reflections on Multiculturalism and Globalization, “Dangerous Playgrounds:
Fear and “Slumming” in Latin America,” Claremont Graduate University, CA, October 2012
Culture Matters, Cultural Studies Association National Conference: “Don’t Panic: Queer Murmurs
and Male Friendship in Post-Stonewall American Literature,” Pitzer College, CA, March 2012
Annual Conference, California American Studies Association, “Don’t Panic: Queer Murmurs
and Male Friendship in Post-Stonewall American Literature,” UC San Diego, CA, April 2012