Ms. Lisa Kawamura
Lecturer
Office Location
Faculty Offices North (47) 21-E
Office Telephone
805-756-2569
Email Address
Courses
- Forensic Activity
- Performance of Literature
- Public Speaking
Education
- M.A. San Francisco State University, 1998
- B.A. San Francisco State University, 1995
Notes
Ms Kawamura joined the department in 1998 as a full-time lecturer, and served as Associate Director of Forensics through 2007. Her primary academic area of study is Performance Studies, in particular the rhetorical dimension of oral history. Ms Kawamura serves the campus community in many different capacities. She is one of the faculty co-advisors for the Nikkei Student Union club, Cal Poly faculty elected her as their President of the California Faculty Association-SLO Chapter (CFA-SLO, the faculty union). At the unionwide level, she serves as the Associate Vice President for Chapter Presidents, North and still serves as a member of CFA’s Board of Directors. She is also the Chair of the Contract Development and Bargaining Strategies committee. Ms Kawamura continues to serve the Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American community at Cal Poly and Statewide CFA as a Planning Committee member and member of CFA's APIDA Caucus as a Past APIDA Chair. Ms Kawamura is also an active member of the social justice group, Tsuru for Solidarity which fights for the rights of those being illegally incarcerated at the U.S. borders and provides healing circles for those that were incarcerated during WWII. This August, Ms Kawamura was honored as the Woman of the Year by Congressmember Salud Carbajal (CA District 24).