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Clovis, California
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Lecturer
About
Dr. Iris Deana Ruiz is Lecturer for the Merritt Writing Program and has been teaching at UC Merced for three years. She obtained her Ph.D. in Literature with and emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of California, San Diego in 2010 and wrote her dissertation on the process and possible merits of teaching Critical Historiography in the Composition classroom. . She plans on converting her dissertation into manuscript format within the next two years. Her other interests included writing creative non-fiction dealing with cultural and familial themes especially related to growing up Latina in the San Joaquin Valley and pursuing higher education as a single mother. She has wri
