Heather Ringo
Education
Ph.D. in Progress University of California, Davis
M.A. English Literature, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
B.A. English Literature, University of California, Berkeley
A.A. English, College of Marin
Work Experience
University of California, Davis - English Instructor
Solano Community College - Adjunct English Professor
Sonoma Academy - Humanities Teacher
San Jacinto College - Adjunct English Professor
Huntington Learning Center - SAT/ACT Preparation Teacher
University of Alaska, Fairbanks - English Instructor
Drink Me Magazine - Writer
Tobacco Valley News - Journalist
Awards
Solano Community College Student Athlete Teaching Award
E.L. Bartlett Prize in Literary Criticism
University of Alaska College of Liberal Arts Scholarship
2nd Place Northern Lights Essay Contest
Professional Memberships
Modern Language Association
California Teachers of English as a Second Language
North American Society for the Study of Romanticism
North American Victorian Studies Association
Indigenous Literary Studies Association
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
James Hogg Society
Accomplishments
Presentations
"UC COVID Town Hall" hosted by UCSA (2022)
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"Disaster Pedagogy: The Classroom at the End of the World" ASLE (2021)
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Nostos Literary Journal, Copperfield's Bookstore San Rafael (2017)
Night of the Poets, San Anselmo Public Library (2017)
James Hogg Society Conference, University of Glasgow (2012)
Pacific Rim Conference, University of Alaska (2012)
Freelance Writing & Editing
Financial Literacy Curriculum at San Quentin State Prison - F.E.E.L. Program
"First Buck For 'Bones'" by Allen Jaster, Texas Trophy Hunters Magazine
"The Wrong Side of Heaven" by Tony Storey - featured in ZPT Magazine
Alaska Journal of Dispute Resolution
Poetry
"Nuomenon" & "During the Drought" - Nostos
"Time" - Educe Literary Journal
"A Broken Vase" - Psychological Poems: A Journal of Outsider Poetry
Scholarly/Textbook
Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature Libretexts/ASCCC (2020)
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James Hogg, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Romantic Anachronism - University of Alaska (2013)
Reviews
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"Review of Punchline and Interview with Nick Courtright" - Permafrost Magazine (2012)
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Podcast
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"Root U: Blossoming at the University" through the Digital Humanities Center and National Humanities Center
In the News
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Yan, Sunny. "A Lesson in Solidarity." The Nation. 18 March 2022.
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Salanga, Janelle. "UC Davis students are back in classrooms, but some remain concerned about health and safety" capradio, 17 Feb 2022
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"Transgender community holds rally at Montrose" Houston Chronicle, 7 Nov 2015.
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