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Susan Carlile

Associate Professor of English - College of Liberal Arts
English Single Subject Coordinator - Single Subject Credential Program

Office: MHB - 305
Phone: 562-985-4221
Email: scarlile@csulb.edu

Website: www.ced.csulb.edu

Degrees

Ph.D. English , Arizona State University , 2001
MA , Arizona State University , 1995
BA- English Education , Taylor University , 1989

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Research Interests

Eighteenth-Century British Literature, British Women Authors, Adolescent Literature, English Teacher Training, Global Literacy

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Representative Publications

Henrietta (1758) by Charlotte Lennox. Edited book with introduction and supplementary material. Collaboration with Dr. Ruth Perry, M.I.T. Forthcoming (at press with University of Kentucky Press, 2007 pub date)

“Sarah Scott” and “Frances Brooke.” Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 3: 1700-1800. Third Edition. Forthcoming (under contract, 2007 pub date)
 
“With Our Feet on the Ground (and in the Classroom): Making State-Mandated Assessment Meaningful.” Issues in Teacher Education. Winter 2006.
 
“What’s Love Got to Do With It? Michael Eyes: The War Against the Ugandan Child. Ed. Raoul J. Granqvist. Institutionen för Moderna Språk: Umeå, Sweden, 2005.
 
“Expanding the Feminine: Reconsidering Charlotte Lennox’s Age and The Life of Harriot Stuart.” Eighteenth-Century Novel 4 (2004): 103-137.
 
“Charlotte Lennox’s Birth Date Confirmed.” Notes and Queries 51:4 (December 2004): 390-92.
 
“Challenges Give Meaning to Our Lives:” Francisco Jiménez and Social Justice.” The ALAN Review 32:1 (November 2004): 41-49.
 
“Ciudad de las Bestias/City of the Beasts” By Isabel Allende. Book Review. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. May 2004.
 
“Caramelo; or Puro Cuento.” By Sandra Cisneros. Book Review. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. October 2003.
 
“Samuel Johnson’s Contributions to Charlotte Lennox’s The Female Quixote.” Co-authored with Dr. O M Brack. Yale University Library Gazette 77:3-4 (April 2003): 166-173.
 
“The Latina’s Bible: The Nueva Latina’s Guide to Love, Spirituality, Family, and La Vida.” By Sandra Gúzman. Book Review. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. April 2003.
 
“How Tía Lola Came to Visit Stay.” By Julia Alvarez. Book Review. Journal for Adolescent and Adult Literacy. March 2003.
 
“The Protean Frances Burney.” Review Essay. Eighteenth-Century Studies 36:1 (Fall 2002): 135-138.

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Campus Leadership

English Single Subject Coordinator, Fall 2006 - present

English Single Subject Co-Coordinator, 2003 - Fall 2005
Lead in California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Program Review, 2003- present.
Chair of the English Education Committee, Fall 2004-present.
Member of the CSULB University-wide Single Subject Coordinators’ Committee, 2003-present

Member of the CSULB University-wide Single Subject Petitioning Committee, 2003-present

Spearheaded, designed proposal and implemented significant structural changes to English
Education program (in collaboration with other English Education faculty: Dianne
Vipond, Joe Potts, Nancy Sheley, and Kathleen Di Vito), Spring 2003-present

Judge for English Dept Williams Awards (English Education and Literature)
2003, 2004,
Judge for English Dept Purcell Award (18th-century literature) 2002-2004,
Member of the English Department Graduate Committee, 2004-2005
Organizer of Portfolio Review Day for English Education Program completers, March 28,
2003

2nd-Year Faculty Representative at New Faculty Breakfast, October 10, 2002
Interviewed candidates at Modern Language Association for English Dept. positions, Dec. 27-31, 2001 and 2002
Member of CLA Faculty Council, 2001-2002

Interviewer for Center for International Education, February 2002

Member of Curriculum Committee: English Dept., Fall 2001-Spring 2003 Secretary, Fall 2002-Spring 2003
Member of Gateway Subcommittee: English Dept., 2001-2002

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Current Projects

A Biography of Charlotte Lennox, a prolific eighteenth-century British author

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