Jessica Pressman, Ph.D.

UCLA Department of English
jessicapressman@sbcglobal.net

. Teaching.

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**I am happy to say that this fall I will be joining the faculty in the English Department at Yale University.


UCLA,   Lecturer, 2007-2008

Technotexts and Technoculture (Perspectives in the Study of American Culture, 178, Spring 2008)

The 21st Century Novel (Seminar, 180, Spring 2008)

Remix: Literature and Media (Interdisciplinary Approaches to Literature, 109, Winter 2008)

 

BROWN UNIVERSITY

Visiting Lecturer, Spring 2007
Invited to teach a class in the Modern Culture and Media Department
MC150.09 Media Archaeology: Info, Discourse, Networks


UCLA, Sole Instructor

**Departmental Nominee for the Distinguished TA Award, a campus-wide UCLA award, 2003-2004 school year

*Departmental Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dec. 2004

War, Literature, and its Representation
Eng 4W: Critical Reading and Writing, UCLA
Spring 2006
*Students created web-based essays for this course, a sample of which are available here

Digital Literature, Undergraduate Seminar
Eng 88: Special Topics Seminar
Winter 2005
*Students created digital projects for this course, a sample of which are available here

Liteature and Technology, English Majors
Eng 4W: Critical Reading and Writing, UCLA
Fall 2005

L(oo)king AT L[it]er@ture, English Majors
Eng 4W: Critical Reading and Writing, UCLA
Winter 2004

Materiality Matters: Looking AT Literature, English Majors
Eng 4W: Critical Reading and Writing, UCLA
Fall 2003

Literary Equations: Approaching Literature Through Science
Eng 4W: Critical Reading and Writing, UCLA
Summer 2003
 

Teaching Assistant:
British Literature 1832-Present
English 10C, UCLA
Professor Joseph Bristow
Summer 2005

Introduction to Fiction
English 95, UCLA
Professor Robert Maniquis
Spring 2004

American Literature 1915-1935
English 172A, UCLA
Professor Mark McGurl
Fall 2001

*Dpartmental acknowledgement for outstanding evaluations from students.

The American Novel
English 85, UCLA     
Professor Karen Keely      
Winter 2001

The American Novel                                          
English 85, UCLA                                             
Professor Chris Mott
Fall 2000

Reader:
Theories of the Photographic
English 140B, UCLA
Professor Eric Hayot
Spring 2006

Jewish American Fiction
English 103
Professor Sharon Oster
Spring 2005

American Literature 1945-Present
English 172B
Professor Sharon Oster
Spring 2005

Recent Chicana/Chicano Literature
English 105B
Professor Pérez-Torres
Winter 2000

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