Curriculum Vitae

Heather Levien
(510) 647-8238
heather@eecs.berkeley.edu

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, 2009 and 2010.

Grader, "The American Novel." UC Berkeley, Spring 2005.

Grader, "Literature and Linguistics." UC Berkeley, Fall 2003 and 2004.

Grader, "The Novel." UC Berkeley, Spring 2003.

Lecturer, "Asian Character in Anglophone Narrative." UC Berkeley, Fall 2002.

Section Leader, "English Literature - Late 19th through the 20th Century." UC Berkeley. Spring 2002.

Grader, "Repression and Resistance," UC Berkeley. Fall 2001.

Grader, "The Contemporary Novel," UC Berkeley. Fall 2000.

Grader, "American Literature, 1900-1945." UC Berkeley. Spring 2000.

Instructor, English 1A, UC Berkeley, Fall 1997 and Spring 1999 and Fall 2000.

Instructor, English 1B, UC Berkeley, Spring 2001, Spring 1997 and Fall 1997.

Teaching Assistant, Department of English, UC Berkeley, English 45B, Fall 1995.

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

HONORS AND AWARDS

UC Berkeley "Spot" Award for Staff Achievement, 2010.

UC Berkeley "Spot" Award for Staff Achievement, 2009.

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.

NON-ACADEMIC CAMPUS 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, March 2009 - present.

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 WORK

Alternatives to Violence Program, Beginning Facilitator, 2008-present.

Alternatives to Violence Program Trainee, 2007-2008.

Facilitator, Class on Grieving and Literature, Berkeley Friends Meeting, Spring 2009

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 and 2009.

Clerk, Berkeley Friends Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, June 2009 - present.

Associate Clerk, Berkeley Friends Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 2004-2009.

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.