Aliki Dragona
- Lecturer
Davis, CA 95616
Office Hours: T, R 10:30-12:00 & by appt.
Education:
- Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton, 1991
- M.A., SUNY Binghamton, 1987
- B.A., University of Athens, Greece, 1984
Biography:
Aliki Dragona received her Bachelor's degree in English at the University of Athens in Greece. In 1984 she came to the United States and enrolled at the State University of New York at Binghamton where she earned both her Master's and Ph.D. While at SUNY, she attended CRIT/TRIP and was certified as a literary translator of Modern Greek. Since 1990, Dr. Dragona has taught a diverse range of composition courses at UC Davis for both the lower and upper division: UWP 1 and English 3 (Freshman Composition); UWP 102 (Writing in the Disciplines); UWP 104 (Writing in the Professions); UWP 101 (Advanced Composition). In 1992 - 94 and while on leave in Greece, Dr. Dragona taught composition and literature courses at Deree College, the American College of Greece, before resuming her current position at UC Davis in 1994. Every summer since 2002, Dr. Dragona has been teaching a Summer Sessions Abroad program, "Travelers in Greece."
Fields of Interest:
- Composition Theory
- Modern Greek literature, language, and culture
- English as a Second Language
- Contemporary fiction
- African-American literature
- Feminist theory
- Translation theory and practice
- Nineteenth century British literature
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