Dawn Trook

Continuing Lecturer

Education

• M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of California, Irvine. June, 1996.
• B.A., Literature with emphasis in Creative Writing, University of California, Santa Cruz. June, 1990.

Teaching and Research Interests

Anti-racist pedagogy, creative writing, community-engaged theater, first-year composition 

Selected Publications, Presentations, and Professional Activities

• Community Writing Conference, 2021: (Re)Defining “Community”: Challenging Structures of Oppression within the Academy and Beyond (with Helen Sandoval)
• University of California Writing Programs Conference 2021: Workshop on Labor-based Grading Contracts (with Anne F. Walker)
• Covid-19 Complicates, Not Causes, Domestic Violence: Ms. Magazine
• Performance Artist: Beating Heart of the Track (with Anne F. Walker)
• Director: Top Girls, Playhouse Merced
• Director: Valley Roots Merced
• OpEd Project: University of California Faculty Fellow
• Director, Writer, Performer, Sweetie's Yumhouse Kitchen
• Producer, The 24 Hour Plays

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