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Introduction to Ethnic Literature (ENG 200)

Term: 2025-2026 School Year Spring Semester

Faculty

Kirstin James-Dunn

Hello: I am Dr. Kirstin James-Dunn. Welcome!

I check my email from 9AM-5PM, M-F, Workdays. I do not check email at the weekends, or during holidays.

Email: Dunn_K@Heritage.edu

I hold Online Office Hours ONLY at the following time:

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:15-10:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time (unless there is a scheduled campus holiday, or other exceptional case.) 

Here is the Online Office Link: https://heritage.zoom.us/j/3499442728  

Online Proficiency Review:

Online Readiness Self-Assessment (jotform.com)

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Education 

  • PhD Museology (Specialization Spatial Rhetoric, Representation, and Research Methods), University of Leicester, United Kingdom 
  • Granada Certification in Documentary Film Direction and Production, University of Manchester, United Kingdom 
  • MA Museology (Heritage Studies), University of Manchester, United Kingdom 
  • MA (ABT) Professional Development in Teaching English, Heritage University, Toppenish WA. USA
  • M.Ed. CHRD: Adult Education, Heritage University
  • B.A. Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College

Research and Teaching History

  • The British Library, London
  • The British Museum, London
  • The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University
  • The Royal Anthropological Institute, London
  • Symposia, Cambridge University
  • University of Leicester
  • Granada Television
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, London
  • University of Manchester
  • American Indigenous Research Association
  • Heritage University, Toppenish (and Online)
  • The Evergreen State College, Olympia
  • Central Washington University, Ellensburg

Description

Techniques and practice in reading and knowing literature from multiple cultures. Examines representative works from recognized ethnic and traditional authors. Considers such features of literary meaning as characterization, narration, imagery, and patterning in sound and sense. Emphasis on literature as human communication and as a source of understanding about the human experience.