Roxanne Eastwood

entered graduate program: fall ‘13

degree(s) & major: B.A. in English and psychology from Cal Poly SLO with a minor in psychology (2009); Single-Subject Teaching Credential in English from Cal Poly (2010)

literary areas of interest: British Romanticism, African American Literature (primarily poetry from the Harlem Renaissance), Modernism

favorite authors: John Keats (all-time favorite), Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, Edgar Allen Poe, Ernest Hemingway

extra stuff: I grew up in Riverside, but came to the Central Coast to attend Cal Poly. I teach English (currently 9th grade) at Ernest Righetti High School in Santa Maria. I also coach the girl's varsity water polo and swim teams at the high school.