Janine Oshiro, English Instructor

Contact Information

Department of Language Arts

Hale Na‘auao, 131
Windward Community College
45-720 Kea‘ahala Rd.
Kaneohe, HI 96744

Email: jhoshiro@hawaii.edu

Phone: 236-9231

Committee Membership

Accreditation Standard II A - Instructional Programs
Credit Curriculum and Academic Affairs Committee
Developmental Education Committee, Member

Other Responsibilities and Activities

Division 1, voting, excluded (tenure-tracked), Division Personnel Committee

Class Schedule for Fall 2013

ENG 100 - Composition I (3) TR - 7:00pm to 8:15pm, Hale Pālanakila 124  CRN: 64566
ENG 18 - Reading Essentials (3) MW - 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117  CRN: 64486
ENG 18 - Reading Essentials (3) MW - 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117  CRN: 64488
ENG 19 - Writing Essentials (3) MW - 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 117  CRN: 64492
ENG 19 - Writing Essentials (3) MW - 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 117  CRN: 64493
ENG 19 - Writing Essentials (3) TR - 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117  CRN: 64487
ENG 19 - Writing Essentials (3) TR - 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117  CRN: 64489
ENG 22 - Intro to Composition (3) TR - 5:30pm to 6:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 117  CRN: 64565

Schedule (Spring 2013)

Start Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00am to 8:30am
8:30am to 9:00am	ENG 18 PALANA 117	ENG 19 PALANA 117	ENG 18 PALANA 117	ENG 19 PALANA 117
9:00am to 9:30am	ENG 18 PALANA 117	ENG 19 PALANA 117	ENG 18 PALANA 117	ENG 19 PALANA 117
9:30am to 10:00am	ENG 18 PALANA 117	ENG 19 PALANA 117	ENG 18 PALANA 117	ENG 19 PALANA 117
10:00am to 10:30am
10:30am to 11:00am
11:00am to 11:30am
11:30am to 12:00pm		ENG 19 PALANA 117		ENG 19 PALANA 117
12:00pm to 12:30pm		ENG 19 PALANA 117		ENG 19 PALANA 117
12:30pm to 1:00pm		ENG 19 PALANA 117		ENG 19 PALANA 117
1:00pm to 1:30pm	ENG 271 PALANA 117		ENG 271 PALANA 117
1:30pm to 2:00pm	ENG 271 PALANA 117		ENG 271 PALANA 117
2:00pm to 2:30pm	ENG 271 PALANA 117		ENG 271 PALANA 117
2:30pm to 3:00pm

Education

Mililani High School
Whitworth College, B.A. in English and Art
Portland State University, M.A. in Writing
University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, M.F.A. in English (Poetry)

Awards

Editor's Choice Award winner for Poetry for Bamboo Ridge, #94
Kundiman Poetry Prize, sponsored by Kundiman and Alice James Books
Pier will be published in September 2011.

A Few Publications

Recent poems in Bamboo Ridge # 94 - Editors' Choice Award for New Bamboo Ridge Writer
Poems in Thermos Magazine
"I Spy," essay in Oregon Humanities
"Next, Dust," poem in Beloit Poetry Journal
Poems in Caffeine Destiny
Poem in The Laugh Child

Activities and Affiliations

Kundiman

A Few Writers and Books I Love

Elizabeth Bishop
Emily Dickinson
A.R. Ammons
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Wallace Stevens
Robert Frost
Don't Let Me Be Lonely by Claudia Rankine
Indeed I Was Pleased With the World by Mary Ruefle
Aggregate of Disturbances by Michele Glazer
Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Pause and Effect: An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West by M.B. Parkes
Artful Sentences by Virginia Tufte
The Art of Simple Foods by Alice Waters

Most Interesting Job

Working the late shift at Zippy's

Favorite Places to Eat and Shop

KCC Farmers' Market
The Alley at Aiea Bowl
Phuket Thai
Deluxe Pastry in Kaneohe
Hokulani Bakery

Classes Taught

ENG 100 - Expository Writing

Fall 2013 - TR, 7:00pm to 8:15pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64566
Fall 2012 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61131 - view syllabus
Fall 2012 - MW, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61149 - view syllabus
Fall 2012 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61471
Spring 2012 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64401
Spring 2012 - TR, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64029
Spring 2011 - TR, 11:15am to 12:30pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61030 - view syllabus
Spring 2011 - TR, 8:15am to 9:30am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61034 - view syllabus
Spring 2011 - TR, 9:45am to 11:00am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61379 - view syllabus
Fall 2010 - TR, 1:30pm to 2:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 60037 - view syllabus
Spring 2010 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 63250 - view syllabus
Spring 2010 - TR, 1:30pm to 2:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 63049 - view syllabus
Spring 2010 - TR, 11:15am to 12:30pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 63052 - view syllabus
Fall 2009 - TR, 1:30pm to 2:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62153 - view syllabus
Fall 2009 - MW, 5:30pm to 6:55pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62044 - view syllabus
Spring 2009 - TR, 5:30pm to 6:55pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 60073 - view syllabus
Summer 2009 - MTWR, 10:00am to 11:35am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61005 - view syllabus
Fall 2008 - MWF, 9:30am to 10:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64048
Fall 2008 - MWF, 11:30am to 12:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64133
Fall 2008 - MWF, 12:30pm to 1:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64179
Spring 2008 - MWF, 8:30am to 9:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62077
Spring 2008 - MWF, 9:30am to 10:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62078
Spring 2008 - MWF, 11:30am to 12:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62081
Fall 2007 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61237
Fall 2007 - MWF, 12:30pm to 1:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61308

ENG 18 - Reading Essentials

Fall 2013 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 64486
Fall 2013 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 64488
Spring 2013 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 62175
Fall 2012 - MW, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 61477 - view syllabus

ENG 19 - Writing Essentials

Fall 2013 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 64487
Fall 2013 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 64489
Fall 2013 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 64492
Fall 2013 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 64493
Spring 2013 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 62265
Spring 2013 - TR, 11:30am to 12:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 62326
Fall 2012 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 61237 - view syllabus
Fall 2012 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 240 - CRN: 61238 - view syllabus
Spring 2012 - MW, 10:00am to 11:15am, Hale ‘Ākoakoa 113 - CRN: 64388
Fall 2011 - MW, 8:00am to 9:15am, Hale Pālanakila 213 - CRN: 63290 - view syllabus
Fall 2011 - MW, 11:00am to 12:15pm, Hale Alaka‘i 102 - CRN: 63291 - view syllabus
Spring 2011 - MWF, 8:30am to 9:20am, Hale Pālanakila 213 - CRN: 61297 - view syllabus
Fall 2010 - MWF, 9:30am to 10:20am, Hale Pālanakila 122 - CRN: 60362 - view syllabus
Fall 2010 - TR, 9:45am to 11:00am, Hale Pālanakila 210 - CRN: 60363 - view syllabus

ENG 22 - Introduction to Expository Writing

Fall 2013 - TR, 5:30pm to 6:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 64565
Spring 2012 - TR, 8:30am to 9:45am, Hale Pālanakila 104 - CRN: 64389
Fall 2011 - TR, 3:30pm to 4:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 225 - CRN: 63035 - view syllabus
Fall 2011 - TR, 9:30am to 10:45am, Hale Pālanakila 225 - CRN: 63325 - view syllabus
Fall 2010 - MWF, 8:30am to 9:20am, Hale Pālanakila 102 - CRN: 60033 - view syllabus
Fall 2010 - MWF, 11:30am to 12:20pm, Hale Pālanakila 104 - CRN: 60036 - view syllabus
Fall 2009 - TR, 8:15am to 9:30am, Hale Manaleo 103 - CRN: 62357 - view syllabus
Fall 2009 - MWF, 8:30am to 9:20am, Hale Manaleo 102 - CRN: 62039 - view syllabus
Fall 2009 - MWF, 10:30am to 11:20am, Hale Manaleo 101 - CRN: 62042 - view syllabus
Spring 2009 - MWF, 9:30am to 10:20am, Hale Manaleo 102 - CRN: 60067 - view syllabus

ENG 250 - Major Works of American Literature

Summer 2009 - MTWR, 8:15am to 9:50am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 61020

ENG 271 - Introduction to Literature: Genre

Spring 2013 - MW, 1:00pm to 2:15pm, Hale Pālanakila 117 - CRN: 62456

ENG 272 - Introduction to Literature: Culture and Literature

Fall 2011 - TR, 5:30pm to 6:45pm, Hale Pālanakila 213 - CRN: 63364 - view syllabus
Summer 2011 - MTWR, 8:15am to 9:50am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 62005 - view syllabus
Summer 2010 - MTWR, 8:15am to 9:50am, Hale Pālanakila 124 - CRN: 64007 - view syllabus

ENG 97B - Writing Essentials

Spring 2010 - MWF, 9:30am to 10:20am, Hale Pālanakila 104 - CRN: 63223 - view syllabus

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phone: (808) 235-7400 main fax: (808) 247-5362 (other fax numbers)
Campus Security: (808) 235-7355 or 911 in an emergency
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