The Daily e-mailed faculty a short questionnaire that strayed beyond its work at Stanford. Here is a glimpse into the personalities behind your professors.
Hometown: San Francisco; New York City
Undergrad: UC-Berkeley, English Literature major
Grad School: UC-Berkeley, master of journalism
Fan of: the Harlem Globetrotters
Hobbies: hiking in the mountains
#1 on my playlist: “Unchained Melody,” Harry Belafonte version
Favorite book: “A Fine Balance” by Rohinton Mistry
Favorite movie: “Beaches of Agnes” by Agnes Varda
If you could only eat one food group for the rest of your life, would it be grains, meat, vegetables or fruit? potatoes
If you hadn’t gone into academia, you’d be: an archeologist
Department: Feminist Studies, English, Clayman Institute
Classes taught: Women and the Creative Imagination, Writing Women’s Lives, Imagining Women: In Print and in Person, Honors Thesis advising: creative theses, etc.
Primary research interest/project: I am a novelist, story writer and essayist. I also review for The Boston Globe, The LA Times, etc. I’m particularly interested in fiction from South Asia and Africa and in writing from anywhere about Feminist and GLBT issues.