Teah Goldberg

Biography

Professor Teah Goldberg received a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA and an M.A. in English Literature from Loyola Marymount University. She completed her Ph.D. in Literature at Claremont Graduate University where she in finishing her dissertation titled: “Daughters of Sycorax: Female Subjectivity in Postcolonial Adaptation.”

Teah teaches in the Core/BCLA as one of eight Rhetorical Arts Fellows. Prior to becoming a Rhetorical Arts Fellow, Teah taught in the Freshman English Program at LMU as well as served as the First To Go Program Mentoring Coordinator, and as a University Advisor in the Academic Resource Center. In 2015, Teah was one of the founders of the Rhetorical Arts Festival, an end of the semester celebration of excellence in eloquence for Rhetorical Arts students. The Rhetorical Arts Festival, now in its fourth year, is a speaking competition wherein one student from each participating class section of Rhetorical Arts is elected to represent their class against the other participating sections. The winner claims bragging rights, a prize, and the honor of being crowned the year’s festival champion by a panel of judges.

Teah’s academic work is focused primarily on Postcolonial Studies, Caribbean Literature, and Modern British Literature. She contributed a foreword to the book “In Due Season:” Essays on Novels of Development by Caribbean Women Writers by Dr. Lucy Wilson. More recently, she co-authored an article on Ibn Battuta for Groniek, a Dutch English language historical journal. In addition to her critical work, Teah has published creative work in Mudfish and Westwind.

Education (3)

Claremont Graduate University: Ph.D, English Literature 2020

Advisors: Dr. David Luis-Brown, Dr. Lori Anne Ferrell, Dr. Myriam Chancy

Loyola Marymount University: M.A, English Literature 2007

University of California, Los Angeles: B.A, English Literature 2003

Articles (1)

Ibn Batutta: Pilgrim, Traveler and Tourist.

Groniek Historical Quarterly

Teah Goldberg

2011-01-01

With Thyge C. Bro.