91猫先生

Graduate/Ph.D. work in Cultural Studies at Claremont Graduate School
Graduate work in Rhetoric and Composition from CSUSB
Certificate for the Advanced Bioethics Institute, from the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, 1999

Composition
Children's Literature
Young Adult Literature
American Literature Survey
World Literature Survey
Special Topics
Intro to Literature
Science Fiction
Classics
Classic Christian Literature

Apologetics and Bioethics
Composition
Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction
Christianity and the Arts
Children's and Young Adult Literature
Classics; World Literature
Film

English Lecturer (Adjunct), College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA. 1994-1997.

English Lecturer (Adjunct), Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA. 1994-1995.

English Lecturer (Adjunct), Mt. San Antonio Community College, Walnut, CA. 1994-1995.

Teacher (Full time), Summer Sessions, Institute of Reading Development. 1994, 1995.

Lecturer (Adjunct) in Natural Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino. 1994

English Teaching Assistant (Adjunct), California State University, San Bernardino. 1991-1992.

Writing Tutor, Writing Center, California State University, San Bernardino. 1998-1994

Linguistics Tutor, Learning Center, California State University, San Bernardino. 1988-1990.

CONFERENCE PAPERS and PRESENTATIONS
鈥�'Behold the [White] Man': The Western Gaze in DeMille鈥檚 The King of Kings." Cinemas First Epics in Focus: Silent Epic Film from Literary Adaptation to Contemporary Epic Narrative Conference. 22 May 2025. Online, hosted by Porto University, Portugal.

鈥淕etting Graphic: Horror and Violence in Young Adult Literature Graphic Novels.鈥� PAMLA 2024. Nov. 7-10, 2024. Palm Springs, CA.

鈥淒iabolically Drawn: Depictions of Demons, the Devil, and the Dark in Graphic Novel Bibles.鈥� Poster presented at the Visual Language (VisLang) 2024 Conference. June 28, 2024. Tilburg University, Netherlands.

鈥淧ullman鈥檚 Problematic Paradise: Dissolving in Death as a Way to Glory.鈥� Mythopoeic Society 2023 Online Midsummer Seminar: Fantasy Goes to Hell: Depictions of Hell in Modern Fantasy Texts. Online. Aug. 5-6.

鈥淕etting Graphic: Jesus as Superhero in Graphic Novels.鈥� Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Azusa Pacific University. Azusa, CA. March 16-18.

鈥淧ixel Perfect: Heroes in Graphic Novel Bibles.鈥� Images of the Hero: Heroism in Literature. East/Southeast Regional Conference of the Conference on Christianity and Literature. Patrick Henry College. Purcellville, VA. June 10, 2022.

鈥淕etting Graphic: Exploring Adaptations into Graphic Novels.鈥� 25th Annual Charlotte Huck Children鈥檚 Literature Festival. Redlands, CA. March 11, 2022.

鈥淒ialoging Death in L鈥橢ngle鈥檚 A Ring of Endless Light.鈥� Arts & Letters Symposium, 91猫先生, Riverside, CA. March 20, 2021.

鈥淲andering Women: Variations on the Quest Motif in Young Adult Fantasy.鈥� Annual International Conference of the Children鈥檚 Literature Association. Tampa, FL. 24 June 2017.

鈥淐rossing Borders in Alex Rivera鈥檚 Sleep Dealer.鈥� Approaching Posthumanism and the Posthuman Conference. Geneva, Switzerland. 5 June 2015.

鈥淚n Plain Sight: The Hiddenness of God in Terrence Malick鈥檚 The Days of Heaven.鈥� Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Seattle, WA. 22 May 2015.

鈥淏e Some Other Name: Naming and Supernatural Intervention in Gene Lien Yang鈥檚 American Born Chinese and Saints.鈥� Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Assoc. Conference. Riverside, CA. 1 Nov. 2014.

鈥淲ill Smith and the White Imaginary in Independence Day.鈥� Film and Media 2014 Conference. London, UK. 28 June 2014.

鈥淧ullman鈥檚 Problematic Paradise: Dissolving in Death as a Way to Glory.鈥� Southeastern Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Palm Beach Atlantic University. Palm Beach, FL. April 5, 2014.

鈥淧rofitable Inventions鈥�: Dystopian Visions, the Zombie Apocalypse, and the Good Life. Imagining the Good Life: Apologetics and Human Flourishing Conference. Riverside, CA. 5 April 2013.

鈥淚n the Name of Love: U2鈥檚 Rocking with the Saints as an Active Apologetic.鈥� Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Azusa, CA. 17 May 2013.

鈥淏rothers of the Future: Minority Male Cyborgs and the White Imaginary in Film.鈥� 7th Global Conference on Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction. Mansfield College. Oxford, UK. 15 July 2012.

鈥淚ndependence [for Whites] Day: Will Smith and the White Imaginary in Science Fiction Cinema.鈥� Subverting the Margin: Transgressing Boundaries, Displacing Grand Narratives, and Investing in Society Conference. Claremont Graduate University Department of Cultural Studies Student Conference. Claremont, CA. 9 April 2010.

鈥淧laying with Our Minds: Game Imagery in Hitchcock.鈥� National Pop Culture/American Culture Assoc. Conference. St. Louis, MO. 1 April 2010.

鈥淚, Robot, You Jane: The Cyborg as Cultural Conservationist.鈥� Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Riverside, CA. 26 March 2010.

鈥淐inematic Cyborgs: Creating Chaos or Conserving Culture?鈥� (dis)junctions Conference: Brave New Worlds. University of California. Riverside, CA. 4 April 2009.

鈥�'There Be Whales Here': Sacred Spaces in Niki Caro鈥檚 Whale Rider." Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference. Chaminade University of Honolulu. Honolulu, Hawaii. 24 May 2008.

鈥淧ullman鈥檚 Impractical Paradoxes.鈥� Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Biola University. La Mirada, CA. 17 May 2008.

鈥淭he Sound of Evil: Confronting Nazism in Two Movie Musicals.鈥� The 8th Global Conference: Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness. Salzburg, Austria. 22 March 2007.

鈥淗orton Hears a Who and the Personhood Debate.鈥� Oh, The Places You鈥檒l Go! A Seussical Celebration. 91猫先生, Riverside, CA. 3 March 2007.

鈥淎 Modest Proposal: Kill the Babies and Make Them Cry.鈥� Mere Fantasy Meets Mere Christianity Panel. Lumos 2006: An International Harry Potter Symposium. Las Vegas, NV. 29 July 2006.

鈥淎cting as Ambassadors: Building Walls or Building Bridges?鈥� Through the Wardrobe: Fantasy Literature, Children, and Truth Conference. 91猫先生, Riverside, CA. 11 March 2006.

鈥淏aptizing the Imagination: A Poster Session.鈥� Through the Wardrobe: Fantasy Literature, Children, and Truth Conference. 91猫先生, Riverside, CA. 11 March 2006.

鈥淐reation, Fall, and Redemption: A Christian Approach to the Arts.鈥� Through the Wardrobe: Fantasy Literature, Children, and Truth Conference. 91猫先生, Riverside, CA. 11 Feb. 2006

鈥淧ast Watchful Dragons: Recommended Readings for Fans of Fantasy, a Poster Session.鈥� Through the Wardrobe: Fantasy Literature, Children, and Truth Conference. 91猫先生, Riverside, CA. 11 Feb. 2006.

鈥淎 Return to the King.鈥� The Ring of Truth: Intersecting Faith and Fantasy in Tolkien Panel. Tolkien 2005. Birmingham, UK. August 2005.

鈥淭he Woman Wanderer: Variations on the Quest Motif in Tuck Everlasting.鈥� National Pop Culture Assoc. of America/American Pop Culture Assoc. Conference. San Diego, CA. March 2005.

鈥淢erlin as Trickster: Order from Chaos in T. H. White鈥檚 The Once and Future King and C. S. Lewis鈥檚 That Hideous Strength.鈥� (Re)Creating Arthur: An Interdisciplinary International Conference. Winchester, UK. August 2004.

鈥淒ialogues on Death in L鈥橢ngle鈥檚 A Ring of Endless Light.鈥� The Conference on Christianity and Literature. Point Loma, CA. March 2004.

Guest Lecturer on Bioethics. Pathways Church in Riverside, CA. September 2001.

Workshop Leader, Association for California College Tutorial and Learning Assistance, CSUSB. February 1994.


CONFERENCE PANELS (Chair, Moderator, or Panelist):

Moderator, "Sacred, Secular, and Spectral (D)evolution: MA English Students at Work" Panel. 91猫先生 Arts and Letters Symposium. Riverside, CA. 22 March 2025.

Moderator, 鈥淟iterature: Their Words and Their Powers鈥� Panel. International Sigma Tau Delta Conference. Denver, CO. 1 April 2023.

Moderator, 鈥淓nchanting Nature鈥� Panel. Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Azusa Pacific University. Azusa, CA. 18 March 2023.

Panelist, 鈥淔aith and Literature.鈥� Modern Languages and Literature Faculty Forums. 28 March 2019.

Moderator, 鈥淥ne Panel to Bind Them All: Journeys with Tolkien鈥� Panel. Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Riverside, CA. 13 May 2016.

Co-Moderator of Faith and Film panel at the Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Seattle Pacific Univ. Seattle, WA. 22 May 2015.

Moderator, 鈥淭ransformational Reading: Science Fiction and Fantasy鈥� Panel. Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Azusa, CA. 17 May 2013.

Moderator, 鈥淭he Imago Dei, Family, and Ideology in Science Fiction鈥� Panel. Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Riverside, CA. 26 March 2010.

Moderator, 鈥淥f Farm and Family in American Literature鈥� Panel. Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Riverside, CA. 26 March 2010.

Panelist, 鈥淧resentations and Publications.鈥� Fall Faculty Retreat. 91猫先生. Riverside, CA. 21 August 2008.

Moderator, 鈥淐inematic and Literary Visions: The Self on the Margins鈥� Panel. Oxbridge 2008: The Self & the Search for Meaning. C.S. Lewis Foundation. Oxford, UK. 31 July 2008.

Moderator, 鈥淢ere Fantasy Meets Mere Christianity鈥� Panel. Lumos 2006: An International Harry Potter Symposium. Las Vegas, NV. 29 July 2006.

Moderator, 鈥淭he Woman Wanderer: Variations on the Quest Motif in Tuck Everlasting.鈥� National Pop Culture Assoc. of America/American Pop Culture Assoc. Conference. San Diego, CA. March 2005.

Moderator, 鈥淎rthur, Faith and Allegory Panel.鈥� (Re)Creating Arthur: An Interdisciplinary International Conference. Winchester, UK. August 2004.

Panelist and Chair, 鈥淗arry Potter: Can Any Wisdom Come from Wizardry?鈥� Nimbus 2003 Harry Potter Symposium. Orlando, FL. July 2003.

Panelist and Chair, 鈥淎 Christian Response to Harry Potter.鈥� The Conference on Christianity and Literature. Seattle University, Seattle, WA. April 2003.

Panelist, Pacific Coast Writing Center Conference, Pepperdine University. October 1992.

Discussion Leader, Friday Forum, CSUSB. February 1992.

Panelist, Young Rhetorician鈥檚 Conference, Monterey, CA. June 1991.

Respondent, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Chicago. March 1990.


PUBLICATIONS (Articles):

Isaacs, David E. 鈥淲ill Smith and the White Imaginary in Science Fiction Cinema.鈥� The London Film and Media Reader 4: Visions of Identity - Global Film & Media. Ed. Phillip Drummond. London: The London Symposium and Academic Conferences Ltd., 2016.

Isaacs, David E. 鈥淏rothers of the Future: Minority Male Cyborgs and the White Imaginary in Modern Science Fiction Films.鈥� Navigating Cybercultures. Nicholas Van Orden, ed. Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2013.135-144.

Isaacs, David E. 鈥淏egging to Differ: Examining Faulty Logic in Moroni 10:4.鈥� Midwest Christian Outreach Journal 18.1 (Spring 2012): 14-16.

Isaacs, David E. 鈥淲e Have No Troubles Here: Considering Nazi Motifs in The Sound of Music and Cabaret.鈥� Promoting and Producing Evil. Ed. Nancy Billias. New York: Rodopi, 2010.

Isaacs, David E. 鈥淭he Sound of Evil: Confronting Nazism in Two Movie Musicals.鈥� Constructing Evil. Laura Torres Zu帽iga and Isabel M陋 Andr茅s Cuevas, eds. 2008.


PUBLICATIONS (Poetry):

Isaacs, David E. 鈥淐at鈥檚 Death.鈥� Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal, vol. 18, 2024, pp. 232-233.

---. 鈥淎nother Wise Man.鈥� The Dazed Starling Unbound: Advent. Winter 2024.

---. 鈥淗eat Rising.鈥� The Dazed Starling Unbound: Advent. Winter 2023.

---. 鈥淟ight of the World.鈥� The Dazed Starling Unbound: Advent. Winter 2023.

---. 鈥淎n Exiled Queen Returns.鈥� Inlandia: A Literary Journey. The Inlandia Institute, vol. 14, Fall 2023. Dec. 2023.

---. 鈥淚 Remember.鈥� Inlandia: A Literary Journey. The Inlandia Institute, vol. 14, Fall 2023. Dec. 2023.

---. 鈥淥n Re-Reading Lewis鈥檚 Cosmic Trilogy.鈥� The Lamp-Post of the Southern California C. S. Lewis Society, vol. 40, no. 2, Fall/Winter 2022.

---. 鈥淗er Last Christmas.鈥� The Dazed Starling: Unbound Advent. 2022.

---. 鈥淪hekinah.鈥� The Dazed Starling: Unbound Advent. 2022.

---. 鈥淒esert Swimming Pool.鈥� pacific Review: A West Coast Arts Review Annual. 2006-2007.

---. 鈥淭he Wasa Confesses.鈥� pacific Review. 2006-2007.

Northpoint Church, Corona, CA; sing in the occasional choir

Board Member, The Southern California C. S. Lewis Society
Member of the Riverside Historical Society
Member, Conference on Christianity and Literature

Reading, watching old movies, travel

". . . let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven." Matt. 5.16