Melissa Sue Kort, PhD

Instructor,
English

1634
Emeritus
Santa Rosa

Telephone: (707) 527-4292
Fax: 527 4816
mkort@santarosa.edu

Schedule

• Monday
     9 am - 11 am English 1A 1628
     11 am - noon Office Hour 1634
     1:30 pm - 3 pm English 46.2 1610
  
  
• Tuesday
     9 am - 10:30 am English 5 1603
     11 am - noon Office Hour 1634
  
  
• Wednesday
     9 am - 11 am English 1A 1607
     11 am - noon Office Hour 1634
     1:30 pm - 3 pm English 46.2 1610
  
  
• Thursday
     9 am - 10:30 am English 5 1603
     11 am - noon Office Hour 1634
  

Classes

• Section 4774 of ENGL 1A: Reading & Composition -- Spring 2013: 14 January 2013 - 15 May 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 4826 of ENGL 5: Advanced Composition and Critical Thinking -- Spring 2013: 15 Jan. 2013 - 16 May 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 4834 of ENGL 46.2: Survey of English Literature Part 2 -- Spring 2013: 14 Jan 2013 - 15 May 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  

Biography

I was born and raised in Los Angeles, which may account for my fascination with film and the visual arts. In high school, I worked at a summer camp in the Santa Cruz mountains, which confirmed two beliefs: that I wanted to teach, and that I would love to live in northern California. But what to teach? That I firmly decided on my junior year abroad in Canterbury, England. It was a year that changed my life: it instilled my love of travel in general, of England especially, and of making the connection between literature and the material (real) world from whence it came.

I completed my PhD in 2001. In the dissertation I combined many interests: Dickens, the Victorians, photography, film, pop culture, feminist approaches to literature, hands-on research, and of course, travel!

I have been teaching at Santa Rosa Junior College over 30 years. The position has allowed me to live abroad (on a year-long Fulbright Teaching Exchange in York, England, and three times on the college's London Semester), to explore various subjects. I've taught everything from Shakespeare to Children's Literature, a class I developed, and written on topics ranging from faculty development to Jane Austen, from women screenwriters to children's dental care.

Education

B.A., English, UCLA

M.A., English, University of Virginia

Ph.D., University of Southern California
Dissertation: "Facing the Camera: Dickens, Photography, and the Anxiety of Representation"