Lecturers

Philip Longo
  • Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
  • Title
    • Continuing Lecturer
  • Division Humanities Division
  • Department
    • Writing Program
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Oakes College Academic Building, 314
  • Office Hours see appointment slots on Canvas
  • Mail Stop Oakes College
  • Mailing Address
    • 1156 High Street, Oakes Faculty Services
    • Santa Cruz California 95064
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise Writing; Archives, Archival Practices; Queer Studies
  • Courses Writing 1: Introduction to Composition; Writing 2: Rhetoric and Inquiry; Writing 2H: Rhetoric and Inquiry, Honors

Summary of Expertise

writing pedagogy, digital and information literacy, print culture, archival research, queer rhetoric and media

Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D., English, Rutgers University
M.A., English, University of Toronto
B.A., George Washington University

Honors, Awards and Grants

  • Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies, 2022
  • UCSC Excellence in Teaching Award, 2021
  • Course Development Award, UCSC Online Education, 2020 
  • Faculty Fellow, UCSC Teaching and Learning Center, 2018-2019

Selected Publications

Longo, P. (2022), Between the Sheets: Gavin Arthur's Sexual Circulation. In Rhodes, J. and Alexander, J. (Eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Queer Rhetoric. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144809-19 

Longo, P. (2021), “Upstream” and “Lateral” Moves Through Information Networks, Writing Spaces, Vol. 4, Assignments and Activities Archive. https://writingspaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Longo-AAA-contribution.pdf


Longo, P. (2021). Alan Watts and His Queer Readers: Not So Strange Bedfellows. In Columbus, P. J. (Ed.). The Relevance of Alan Watts in Contemporary Culture: Understanding Contributions and Controversies, (pp. 198-219). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/978100312187

Longo, P. (2018). Social Thought. In D. Wyatt (Ed.), American Literature in Transition, 1960–1970, (pp. 96–110). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316691663.008