Jessica Brooks, M.A.
Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Classics
jessica.brooks@csulb.edu 
(562) 985-4248
Office: MHB 508

M.A. Archaeology, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA
Post-Baccalaureate in Classics, UCLA
B.A. Anthropology, UCLA summa cum laude

Interests: Aegean Bronze Age and Classical Archaeology, women in the ancient world, mortuary and ritual analysis, and world mythology

Kathryn Chew, Ph.D.
Professor of Classics and Religious Studies
Advisor, Latin Teaching Credential
Advisor, CWL

Director, CWL
kathryn.chew@csulb.edu
(562) 985-5810
Office: MHB 606

Ph.D. Classics, UCLA
M.A. Classics, UCLA
B.A. Classics, UC Irvine

Interests: Greek and Latin Novels, Greek Literature, the Hellenistic Period, Late Antiquity, Hagiography, Sanskrit Literature, Latin Teacher Preparation

Nancy Comito
Office Manager
nancy.comito@csulb.edu
(562) 985-4239
Office: MHB 515

for Fall 2024, office hours will be:

M, F: remote

Tu, W, Th: in-person

Pravina Cooper, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
pravina.cooper@csulb.edu
(562) 985-4241
Office: MHB 611

Ph.D. Comparative World Literature, UCLA
M.A. Comparative World Literature, UCLA
M.A. History, Mumbai University
B.A. British and Continental Philosophy

Interests: World Cinemas, Transnational Literatures, Genre, Literary Theory, British and French Modernisms

F. Elizabeth Dahab, Ph.D.
Professor of Comparative Literature
elizabeth.dahab@csulb.edu
(562) 985-1368
Office: MHB 608

CWL Advisor

Doctorat, Comparative Literature, Université de Paris-IV, Sorbonne
M.A. Educational Psychology, University of Alberta
Professional Diploma After Degree (for teaching French), University of Alberta (Canada)
B.A. Psychology, McGill University (Canada)

Interests: Post-colonial Literature, Cultural Theory, Middle Eastern Literature, Interdisciplinary Studies, 19th Century French Literature, Exilic Francophone Literatures in Canada/Québec (More)

Letitia Deon, M.A., M.F.A.
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
letitia.deon@csulb.edu

(562) 985-1589

Office: MHB 513

M.F.A. Creative Writing, emphasis in poetry, CSULB
M.A. English, emphasis in British Literature, CSULB
B.A. English, CSULB

Interests: Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, British Literature, Poetics / Poetry and the Self / Confessional Poetry / Stand up Poetry, Identity Theory, Comedy, Comics and Graphic Novels

Office: MHB 701

M.A. English, CSULB
B.A. Comparative World Literature, CSULB
A.S. Exotic Animal Training and Management; Animal Behavior, Wildlife Education, Moorpark College

Interests: Comics Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Video Games and Digital Narratives; Ecocriticism; Animal Studies; Science Fiction; Myth; Comedy; Medieval Literature

Thomas Haeussler, M.A.
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
(562) 985-8660

Office: MHB 605

M.A. Comparative Literature, UCLA

Viola Lasmana, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
viola.lasmana@csulb.edu

Ph.D. English, USC
M.A. English, San Francisco State University
B.A. English, University of San Francisco

Interests: Digital humanities, Digital pedagogies, Transpacific Studies, Asian & Asian-American Studies, Southeast Asia; Indonesia; literature, film, global media; Transnational feminisms; Critical race theory; Social justice

Crystal Yin Lie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
crystal.lie@csulb.edu
(562) 985-4248

Office: MHB 508

Ph.D. English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A. English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.A. Humanities, University of Chicago
B.A. English, UCLA

Interests: Disability Studies, Health Humanities, Contemporary Literature and Life Writing, Graphic Narrative, Visual Culture

Katherine McLoone, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
katherine.mcloone@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 701

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
M.A. Humanities, University of Chicago
B.A. Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley

Interests: Medieval Literature, Disability Studies, Popular Culture Studies, especially television and fandom

Levon Parseghian, M.A.
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
levon.parseghian@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 513

M.A. English, CSULB
B.A. Comparative World Literature and Philosophy, CSULB

Interests: Colonial and postcolonial literary theory, Marxist literary criticism, Comedy of the diaspora, Identity and the self in motion pictures

Christopher Shaw, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
christopher.shaw@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 701

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
B.A. Literature and Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego

Interests: Latin American, Ethnic American, and postcolonial literatures and cultures; conceptions of identity and difference in neurodiverse, popular, and digital contexts

Lowry Sweney, M. A. 
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
lowry.sweney@csulb.edu
Office: MHB 513

M.A. Classics, UCLA
American School of Classical Studies at Athens, regular member 2001-2002
University of Pennsylvania, post-baccalaureate program
B.A., Harvard University

Interests: Ancient Greek poetry and performance, Ancient Greek and Roman religion, Indo-European poetics and comparative mythology, the literature and culture of “Golden Age” Rome, satire through the ages (ancient and modern)

Vlatka Velcic, Ph.D.
Professor of Comparative Literature vlatka.velcic@csulb.edu
(562) 985-1815

Office: MHB 609

Ph.D. Comparative Literature, UCLA
M.A. Comparative Literature, UCLA
B.A. Comparative Literature and English, University of Zagreb

Interests: Cultural Studies, Post-colonial Literature, 20th Century Literature, East European Literature

Patrick Arbor, M.A.
Comparative Literature
patrick.arbor@csulb.edu

MHB 513

Kelsey Bright, M. A
Comparative Literature
kelsey.bright@csulb.edu 

MHB 513

Nicolas Bordage, Ph.D.
RGRLL
nicolas.bordage@csulb.edu

AS 320

Jeffrey High, Ph.D.
RGRLL
jeffrey.high@csulb.edu

AS 321

Jesse Odell, Ph.D.
RGRLL
jesse.odell@csulb.edu

AS 334