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Craig Foster

Craig Foster

Instructor and Chair,
English

1652
Emeritus Hall
Santa Rosa

Telephone: (707) 535-3728
Fax: 707-527-4937
cfoster@santarosa.edu

 Transformation, if it will happen at all, will happen in the moment, with every breath we take. There is no future for the transformed consciousness, only the perpetual unfolding of the present. For me, the temporal container is each second, though of course I rarely succeed in living in such a small space. But that's my goal, and Blake's "All the world in a grain of sand/All eternity in an hour" nicely captures its essence.


Schedule

  • Monday
       9:00 - 11:00 English 102 1607
       12:00 - 4:00 Department Chair Duties 1652

  • Tuesday
       9:00 - 10:30 English 102 1610
       10:30 - 12:00 Office Hour 1652
       11:00 - 4:00 Chair Duties/Meetings 1652

  • Wednesday
       9:00 - 11:00 English 102 1628
       11:00 - 12:00 Office Hour 1652
       12:00 - 4:00 Chair Responsibilities 1652

  • Thursday
       9:00 - 10:30 English 102 1610
       11:00 - 5:00 Chair Duties/Meetings 1652

Classes

Biography

    Born: Los Angeles, California, 1949
    Lived in Vienna, Austria 1972-73; Studied and worked in Michigan 1975-80; taught in Illinois 1980-86, California 1986-present.
    Now lives in Sebastopol with wife Ann, son Eric (19) and daughter Molly (16). When I'm not reading and writing, I like to exercise (sort of), play tennis, study piano, and embrace various spiritual practices to keep myself from going mad.

Education

    B.A. History, UCLA, 1971
    M.A. Adult and Community Education, Michigan State U., 1976
    M.A. English, Central Michigan U., 1979
    Course Work, English, University of Detroit 1979
    Course Work, Psychology, Sonoma State U., 1990-present

Academic Experience

    Instructor, Pentwater (Michigan) High School, 1977-78
    Teaching Assistant, Central Michigan University, 1978-79
    Instructor, Muskegon (MI) Community College, 1979-80
    Instructor, Parkland (IL) Community College, 1980-86
    Instructor, Palomar (CA) Community College, 1986-87
    Instructor, American River (CA) Community College, 1988
    Instructor, Santa Rosa (CA) Junior College, 1988-present

Professional Areas of Interest

    The Unseen in E. M. Forster's novels
    The History of Consciousness and the Existential Predicament
    The Psychology of Composition
    Reading as Meditation
    The adult Works of C. S. Lewis
    Poetry of Mary Oliver
    Bible as Metaphor & the works of Marcus Borg
    Personal Transformation in M. Somerset Maughm's novels
    Spiritual Prophets (Buddha, Lao Tzu, Jesus, Tolle, etc.)

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