Department:
English

Contact Info:
Phone: (209) 384-6315
E-mail: hundley.a@mccd.edu
Office: IAC 263

Currently (*) and Previously Taught Courses:
English 84* (Learning Community)
English A
English 1A*
English 41
English 1B

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Welcome Fall 2008 Students


"I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I don't see it as the handing down of answers."
-- Alice Walker, Meridian

"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."
--Mark Van Doren

Fall Semester Begins Monday August 18, 2008

Amy Hundley's Fall Schedule
 

Hour	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8-9	Eng. A Lab IAC 140	Eng. 1A #1372	Eng. A Lab IAC 140	Eng. 1A #1372
9-10 (Link) Learning Community	(Eng. 81)#1275   VOC 10	VOC-110 (8-9:30)	(Eng. 81) #1275 VOC 10	VOC-110 (8-9:30)	(Eng. 81) #1275 VOC 10
10-11 (Link) Learning Community	Eng. 84 #1290 VOC 10	Eng. 84 #1290 VOC 10	Eng. 84 #1290 VOC 10	Eng. 84 #1290 VOC 10	Eng. 84 #1290 VOC 10
11-12		Office Hour IAC 263	Office Hour IAC 263	(Faculty Senate Twice Monthly)	*Co-Coordinate Eng. A Lab **Co-Lead Curriculum Revision (SSI)
12-1	Office Hour IAC 263		Office Hour IAC 263
		Eng. 1A		Eng. 1A
1-2	Eng. A Lab IAC 140	#1378 IAC 123 (12:30-2)		#1378 IAC 123 (12:30-2)

Go to my Fall 2008 final exam schedule F

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About Me:

I grew up in Southern California, specifically Thousand Oaks and 
Camarillo (Ventura County).  My first job was in the glamorous 
fast food industry. After graduating from high school, I attended the 
University of California, Irvine where I majored in English and worked 
as a tutor. I was also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.  
When I finished my B.A., I attended the University of California, Santa Barbara  
and completed the graduate work for my Single Subject Teaching 
Credential in English. My first teaching job was working with eighth graders
at a junior high in Lancaster, CA (in the high desert area near Los Angeles). 
After that, we moved to Merced and I spent a year teaching sophomores,
juniors, and seniors at Le Grand High School. I returned to U.C. Irvine 
to complete my M.A. in English.  From there, I went back to teaching 
eighth graders for ten years at Mitchell Senior Elementary in Atwater. 
I also spent one year teaching seventh graders at Gustine Middle School.  

When I began teaching part-time at Merced College back in 1999, 
I discovered just how much I loved working with junior college students.
I think Merced College is a great place to teach and to learn.  In 2005, 
I was hired as a full-time professor of English. When I am not teaching or
grading papers, I enjoy spending time with my family, both human and canine.
I also enjoy watching movies, cooking, and reading, especially contemporary
fiction.  
 

Read any good books lately?

Here's what I have been reading since summer began:

&Peony in Love by Lisa See
(Her earlier book, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, is even better.)

&A Far Country by Daniel Mason
(His earlier book, The Piano Tuner, is even better.)

&What is the What by Dave Eggers
(His earlier book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, is also good.)

&When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (I can recommend any of his books for their humor and insight.)

&Break Any Woman Down by Dana Johnson (This is a collection of short stories giving a predominantly female, African-American, Southern California perspective.)

&Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer (These are the four books in the very popular young adult series about vampires, werewolves, and true love.)

&Twilight by William Gay (A chilling Southern Gothic novel which reminds me of Flannery O'Connor and the descriptive language of Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain and Jeffrey Lent's Lost Nation.)

&The Plague of Doves by Louise Ehrdrich (This is her newest novel and one worth reading if you enjoy books that include a focus on Native Americans, shift perspective, and paint a complex portrait of how interwoven our lives are. I can recommend any of her books, especially The Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Master Butchers Singing Club, The Painted Drum, and The Antelope Wife).

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