Spirit & Story: Redeeming the Gap in Your Story

Bethany Williamson

Dr. Williamson is an Associate Professor in the English Department. Her area of teaching and research specialty is 17th & 18th-century British literature (think: Paradise Lost, Robinson Crusoe, and Pride & Prejudice, though she’s also published an article about a woman sci-fi writer from the 1660s!). She also teaches first-year writing as well as Core literature courses that are focused on diverse voices from around the world—this semester, she’s teaching Contemporary Middle Eastern Literature. She’s a native of New Jersey, so her favorite part about California is living near the ocean—when she’s not reading, she likes to take a sailboat out in Long Beach and chase the dolphins.