Berniece Alspach, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Director of B.A. in English and BFA in Creative Writing
Office Phone: 951-343-4943
E-mail: balspach@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: W. E. James Building, Room 260B
Office Hours: Fall 2025 MWF 10am-12pm; TR 11am-12pm
| Degree | Major Emphasis | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | English | Claremont Graduate University | 2016 |
| M.A. | English | 91猫先生 | 2006 |
| B.A. | English | Florida State University | 1998 |
* ENG 599 The African Novel
* ENG 599 Modernisms
* ENG 596 Research Seminar
* ENG 584 Digital Literary Studies
* ENG 583 Introduction to Digital Studies
* ENG 557 British Literature Post 1800
* ENG 460 Modern and Contemporary British Literature
* ENG 413 Shakespeare Studies
* ENG 484 Advanced Fiction
* ENG 386 Writing Creative Nonfiction
* ENG 384 Writing Fiction
* ENG 382 Introduction to Digital Studies
* ENG 363 Young Adult Literature
* ENG 353 Introduction to Children's Literature
* ENG 333 17th Century British Literature
* ENG 314 Global Literature
* ENG 303 Topics in World Literature
* ENG 273 Introduction to Creative Writing
* ENG 263 World Literature Post-1650
* ENG 253 World Literature Pre-1650
* ENG 223 British Literature Post 1750
* ENG 201 Introduction to Literature
* ENG 123 Intermediate Composition
* ENG 113 Composition
* ENG 103 Writing for College Success
* LBA 101 Introduction to Liberal Arts
* WLD 171 Creative Arts and the Christian Imagination
* 20th and 21st Century British Literature
* Creative Writing
* Digital Humanities
* Literary Modernism
* Africana Studies
* Women in Literature
* 2005鈥2007: Riverside Community College, Adjunct English Instructor
* 2006鈥2008: Chaffey College, Adjunct English Instructor
Conference Presentations:
Panel Chair and Moderator: 鈥淒efining Digital Humanities.鈥 119th Annual Conference for Pacific and Ancient Modern Languages Association. Los Angeles, CA, November 2022.
Conference Paper Presenter: 鈥淲illiam Blake鈥檚 Hymns: A Fight with the Quotidian in Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.鈥 119th Annual Conference for Pacific and Ancient Modern Languages Association. Los Angeles, CA, November 2022.
Conference Paper Presenter: "We are More than a Pile of Bones: The Value of the Body in Kazuo Ishiguro鈥檚 Never Let Me Go.鈥 Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. La Mirada, CA, April, 2022.
Conference Paper Presenter: 鈥淯sing Digital Tools in the English Classroom.鈥 117th Annual Conference for Pacific and Ancient Modern Languages Association. San Diego, CA, November, 2019.
Conference Paper Presenter: 鈥淭he Sacredness of Family, Community, and Spiritual Identity in Ben Okri鈥檚 The Famished Road.鈥 Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Newberg, OR, April, 2018.
Conference Paper Presenter: 鈥淎 Play on TV: Visual Design in the Breaking Bad Episode 鈥淭he Fly.鈥 115th Annual Conference for Pacific and Ancient Modern Languages Association. Honolulu, HI, November, 2017.
Conference Paper Presenter: 鈥淗enry James and The Golden Bowl: A Modernists Challenge to the Cinderella Fairytale." Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Point Loma, CA, May, 2017.
Seminar Paper Presenter: 鈥淏lending Modernism, Postmodernism, and Neomodernism Through the Lens of The Remains of the Day and 鈥淐rooner.鈥 Modernists Studies Association Conference. Pasadena, CA, November, 2016.
Workshop Participant: 鈥淭eaching Modernism.鈥 Modernists Studies Association Conference. Pasadena, CA, November, 2016.
Conference Paper Presenter: 鈥淭he Importance and Impression of Language in Kazuo Ishiguro鈥檚 The Remains of the Day and Margaret Atwood鈥檚 Cat鈥檚 Eye." Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Riverside, CA, May, 2016.
Conference Moderator: Panel Titles 鈥淣arrative Structures and Themes鈥 and 鈥淒evotion and the Divine: Studies in Poetry and Theology.鈥 Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Riverside, CA, May 2016.
Plenary Roundtable Moderator: 鈥淪hepherding Language: Final Thoughts.鈥 Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Riverside, CA, May 2016.
Conference Paper Presenter: 鈥淣arrative in Kazuo Ishiguro鈥檚 Novels.鈥 2014 Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference. Honolulu, HI, May 2014.
Conference Moderator: Panel Titles 鈥淭he Failed Family and the Need for Renewal鈥 and 鈥淪tained Glass: A Mosaic of Family Life,鈥 Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Riverside, CA, March 2010.
Conference Paper Presenter: Paper titled 鈥淚s Anyone Listening?: Anna Barbauld鈥檚 Poem 鈥1811鈥 and Her Boundary Push in Women鈥檚 Political Discourse,鈥 (dis)junctions Graduate Student Conference. University of California, Riverside, April 2009.
Conference Paper Presenter: Paper titled 鈥淣ew Interpretations from Springfield and Homer Simpson: Television and New Millennial Students,鈥 2nd Annual Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference. Honolulu, HI, May 2008.
International Film Conference Paper Presenter: Paper titled 鈥淎 Global Exchange and Intersection: Wong Kar-wai鈥檚 In the Mood for Love and Sofia Coppola鈥檚 Lost in Translation.鈥 Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference. Beijing and Shanghai, China, June 2005.
Conference Paper Presenter: Paper titled 鈥淓ncountering the Other: The Duality of Anna Barbauld as a Christian Essayist and Poet.鈥 Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Santa Barbara, CA, January 2005.
Digital Seminar Participant: 鈥淣LP and Network Processing鈥 taught by Chris Tanasescu at the Digital Humanities Institute at the University of Victoria. June 2022.
Seminar Graduate: 鈥淲eb APIs with Python鈥 taught by Patrick Smyth, Stephen Zweibel, Jonathan Reeve and Mary Catherine Kinniburgh at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 2019.
Seminar Graduate: 鈥淒igital Humanities Pedagody: Integration into Curriculum鈥 taught by Diane Jakackie at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 2018.
Awards:
April 2011: Friedman Grant Recipient, Claremont Graduate University.
March 2011: Recipient of the Fernandez Prize in English, Claremont Graduate University.
Memberships:
March 2018- present: Member of MLA
September 2016 - present: Member of PAMLA
March 2010- present: Member of the Western Regional Conference of Christianity and Literature.
June 2000- present: Member of the National Council of Teachers of English
May 2003- present: Member of USA Triathlon; ten-time triathlon finisher
NORTH COAST CHURCH, Temecula 2023 - Present
NORTH COAST CHURCH, Vista, CA: 2013鈥2023
November 2014鈥揘ovember 2017; April 2023 - present: K/1 Sunday School Teacher/Volunteer
Life Group Leader September 2022 - present
HARVEST CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Riverside, CA: 2004鈥2013
* March 2004鈥揓uly 2012: Sports Ministry: softball and volleyball coach
* March 2006鈥揗arch 2010: Harvest Christian Fellowship Children's Ministry; 4th grade Sunday school teacher
Dr. Alspach served as the primary ISP leader for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Southeast Asia ESL teams.
She also served on the faculty ISP team to Rwanda in 2011.
* Snuggling with my daughter Olivia
* Trail running with my husband Brent
* creative writing
* Padres Baseball
* Triathlons
* Visiting Presidential Libraries
* Visiting National Parks
* Hiking
* Theatre
* Film
"The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting." Psalm 138:8, NASB