Ph.D., Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley, May, 2007.

M.A. Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley, 1999.

B.A. Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington, 1996.

"The Question of Ethics for the Metonymically Restless, as posed by Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, and Gertrude Stein"

Judith Butler (Co-Chair), Department of Rhetoric
Lyn Hejinian (Co-Chair), Department of English
Michael Lucey, Department of French
Shannon Jackson, Department of Rhetoric

Twentieth-Century American Literature; Modernist, "Language" and Avant-Garde Poetics; Narratives of the American West from 1600 to the Present; American Pragmatism

Twentieth-Century Theories of Subjectivity; Postmodern Ethics; Experiential and Theoretical Engagements with Gender Theory and Politics

Twentieth-Century French Literature; Twentieth-Century French Theory

Continental Philosophy

"Being Here and There: The Risk of Contagion." B.A., Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington, 1996.

"The Proximal Difference," interSections, 1996.

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2004-2005.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellowship, 1996-2000.
Beinecke Memorial Scholarship, 1995.
Summa Cum Laude, University of Washington, 1996.
Annual Dean's List, University of Washington, 1995 - 1996.

Department of Liberal Arts, San Francisco Art Institute

Visiting Faculty:

English 101, Non-Fiction Writing, Cultural Memory and the American Frontier, Fall 2006
Humanities 301, Critical Theory B, Between Self and Other: Trauma, Memory, Ethics, Spring 2006
Humanities 300, Critical Theory A, Fall 2005

Department of Rhetoric and Composition, University of San Francisco

Adjunct Professor:

Rhetoric and Composition 250, Academic Writing at USF, Fall 2006

Department of Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley

Graduate Student Researcher:

Web Designer for Pedagogy Website for Department of Rhetoric, Spring 2007
Web Designer for Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory, Spring 2007

Graduate Student Instructor:

Rhetoric 10, An Introduction to the Art & Logic of Rhetoric (Teaching Assistant), Spring 2007
Rhetoric R1B, The Craft of Writing (TA), Summer 2005
Rhetoric R1B, The Craft of Writing (Instructor), Spring 2004
Rhetoric R1A, The Craft of Writing (Instructor), Fall 2003
Rhetoric R1B (Instructor), Spring 2003.
Rhetoric 10, Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument (TA), Spring 2001.
Rhetoric 103A, History of Rhetorical Theory (TA), Fall 2000.
Rhetoric 1A, The Craft of Writing (TA), Spring 2000.
Rhetoric 1A, (Instructor) Fall 1999.
Rhetoric 1A, (TA) Spring 1999.
Rhetoric 1B, (TA) Spring 1998.
Rhetoric 1A, (TA) Fall 1997.

Reader, Rhetoric 178, Rhetoric of the Novel, Spring 2005.

The Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, University of California, Berkeley

Graduate Student Researcher, 2004 - 2006.

Department of Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Reader, Women's Studies C146A, Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture, Fall 2004.

Rhetorical Pedagogy Working Group, Department of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley, 2004- Present.

Deleuze Working Group, Department of English, UC Berkeley, Fall 2002 - Spring 2003.

Levinas Working Group, Department of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley, Fall 1999.

Western Literature Association

IT and Software/Hardware Support

Professional Software Quality Assurance design and testing, Hardware maintenance and repair, Home Computing and Networking set-up and maintenance. References upon request.

Web application and interface design:

Web Application development in PHP/MySQL, ASP.NET, VB2005. Examples of work include eriktrips.com and The Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory at the University of CA, Berkeley. Other references on request. Adept at both user interface design and database-driven code. Technological skills include XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, OS X Server, Apache, ASP.NET, VB2005, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator.

Veterinary medical experience:

Eleven years as Veterinary Technician. References upon request.