Curriculum Vitae

Heather Levien
(510) 527-8825
heather@eecs.berkeley.edu
 Department of English
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720

EDUCATION

Ph.D. English, University of California Berkeley, May 2002.

Comparative Literature (Japanese and English), UC Berkeley, 1985-87.

A.B. English, magna cum laude, University of California, Berkeley, 1984.

A.B. Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1984.

DISSERTATION

Title: "Remarking Realism: Asian Character in Contemporary Anglophone Narrative

Director: Dorothy J. Hale

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Online Instructor,"Crafting the Essay." Center for Talented Youth. Johns Hopkins University. Summer 2008.

Grader, "The American Novel." (English 132. Professor Ron Loewinsohn, UC Berkeley). Spring 2005.

Grader, "Literature and Linguistics." (English 179. Professor Kristin Hanson, UC Berkeley). Fall 2004.

Grader, "Literature and Linguistics." (English 179. Professor Ann Banfield, UC Berkeley). Fall 2003.

Grader, "The Novel." (English 180N. Professor Nikolai Popov, UC Berkeley). Spring 2003.

Lecturer, "Asian Character in Anglophone Narrative."(English 100: Junior Seminar.) Fall 2002.

Section Leader, "English Literature - Late 19th through the 20th Century." (English 45C. Professor John Bishop, UC Berkeley). Spring 2002.

Grader, "Repression and Resistance" (English 31AC. Professor Marcial Gonzalez, UC Berkeley). Fall 2001.

Instructor, "Death's Narratives" (English 1B: Intermediate Reading and Composition, UC Berkeley). Spring 2001.

Instructor, "Telling Tales: Reading Issues of Narration" (English 1A: Beginning Reading and Composition, UC Berkeley). Fall 2000.

Grader, "The Contemporary Novel" (English 125E. Professor John Bishop, UC Berkeley). Fall 2000.

Grader, "American Literature, 1900-1945" (English 130D. Professor Ron Loewinsohn, UC Berkeley). Spring 2000.

Instructor, "The Self and Its Others" (English 1A, UC Berkeley). Spring 1999.

Instructor, "History and Memory" (English 1A, UC Berkeley). Fall 1997.

Instructor, "Race, Class and Narration" (English 1B, UC Berkeley). Spring 1997.

Instructor, "Writers, Narrators and Their Audiences" (English 1B, UC Berkeley). Fall 1996

Teaching Assistant, Department of English,

University of California, Berkeley, "English 45B: Survey of Seventeenth through Nineteenth Century British Literature," Fall 1995.

Lecturer, Department of English, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan. Basic English Conversation and Intermediate English Conversation, 1987-89.

Tutor, Malcolm X Elementary School, Berkeley, CA. "Introduction to Japanese," 1985-86.

HONORS AND AWARDS

UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2000.

Vice Chancellor for Research Fund Award, 1996.

UC Berkeley Distinguished Service Award, 1994.

Phi Beta Kappa, 1984.

PUBLICATIONS

"The Range of Radiance: The Maintenance and Dissolution of Spaces in the Genji Monogatari," Research in Language and Culture, Soka University, 1989.

"Readings of Education: The Relationship of Literature and Education," Research in Language and Culture, Soka University, December 1988.

PAPERS DELIVERED

"Personal Translations: The Anglophone Asian Memoir," PAMLA Conference, Bellingham College, November 2002.

"Between Asia and Asian America: Films by Trinh T. Minh-ha," MELUS Conference, Vanderbilt University, March 1999.

"Combinations of Media in the Work of Theresa Hak-Kyung Cha and Trinh T. Minh-ha," MELUS conference, Howard University, April 1998.

"Remarking Realism: Asian Identity in English Voices," Society for the Study of Narrative Literature, University of Florida, April 1997.

"Constantly Resisting Fragments: The Fractured Narratives of Dogeaters and Dictee," National Association for Ethnic Studies, University of Wisconsin, March 1997.

"Persistences within the Multiple: The Disparate Weightings of Voice in Recent Representations of Asia," Boundaries in Question, UC Berkeley, April 1995.

TEACHING INTERESTS

Modern and Postmodern Anglophone Literature, Diasporic Asian Literature, Asian American and Anglo-Asian Literature, Narrative Theory, Modernism.

LANGUAGES

Japanese: read and speak (some writing). Spanish: read.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Faculty Awards Coordinator, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley, July 2008 - present.

Academic Personnel Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley, August 2004 - July 2008.

Graduate Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1990-1996.

Assistant to the Convenor of the VIth World Conference of the International Society on Family Law, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, 1987-1989.

Scheduler, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 1984-1987.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Alternatives to Violence Program Trainee, 2007-2008.

Volunteer, Rosa Parks Elementary School, Berkeley, CA, 2005-2006.

Volunteer, Mills Elementary School, Benicia, CA, 2000-2004.

Coordinator, Children's Program, Pacific Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 2008.

Associate Clerk, Berkeley Monthly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 2004-2008.

Ministry and Oversight Committee, Berkeley Monthly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 2001-2004.

Children's Program Committee Member, Pacific Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 2004-2007.

Teacher, Pacific Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 2002-2004.