Dr. Alice Filmer
Lecturer
Cal Poly Maritime
Office: Faculty Office Building First Floor Room 103
Email: afilmer@csum.edu
Phone: 707-654-1018
NOTE: Dr. Filmer is on leave for the Fall 2025 semester.
Education
| Degree | Major Emphasis | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Communications (Linguistic & Cultural Studies) | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 2008 |
| M.A. | Speech Communication | San Francisco State University | 2000 |
| B.A. | Music (Linguistics) | University of California, Riverside (Berkeley) | 1978 |
| Grad School Academic Advisors | Robin Lakoff, Charles Fillmore, John Ohala, George Lakoff, Norman Denzin, Cameron McCarthy, Braj Kachru, and Rakesh Bhatt |
About
Alice Filmer is a Lecturer at Cal Poly Maritime Academy, teaching English composition to undergraduates. Recently retired as Professor of English language and linguistics, she taught for 15 years at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey. She has also been active in curriculum development as well as conducting faculty development training in teaching critical thinking, English grammar, and discourse analysis.