Email: smayers@ccsf.edu
Ocean Campus:
Department of English
Batmale Hall 368
Mailbox: L186
50 Frida Kahlo Way
San Francisco, CA 94112
(415) 452-4871
Mission Campus:
Puente Program
Mission Center 126
1125 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 920-6054
Welcome new and prospective students! I'm Steven Mayers and I've been teaching in CCSF's English Department since 2005. I look forward to working with you! I moved around a lot growing up and love to travel. I've lived in Spain, Switzerland, and Mexico. On the weekends, I love spending time with my wife and son, hiking, gardening, reading, playing guitar, and cooking! I’ve taught the composition sequence (C1000, C1000+1AS, 1B, and 1C); English 35A and B, Intro. to and Intermediate Fiction Writing; English 35L and M, Intro. to and Intermediate Literary Magazine; English 44B, Survey of World Literature from Early Modern to the Present; and English 26, an intensive grammar course. In the fall, I'm teaching English 63: Literature and the Environment, which is a brand new course that will be part of a Climate Change and Response Certificate of Achievement, which the college is hoping to offer starting Fall 2026.
I'm a co-coordinator for CCSF's Puente Program, which has a cohort at the Mission campus. I teach the Puente Program's English C1000+1AS in the fall and English 1B in the spring, incorporating Latinx and multicultural authors, experiences, and issues into the reading and writing assignments. Puente's three-part approach uses writing instruction, counseling and mentoring to prepare underrepresented students to transfer to four-year universities. Read some of my students' oral history projects at Imagining Home: CCSF Oral History Project. I'm also a faculty advisor for Forum Magazine, our English Department's literary journal, which is produced by students in 35L and M.
I've earned a BA in English at the University of Oregon, an MA in Comparative Literature at San Francisco State University, and an Ed.D in Organization and Leadership at the University of San Francisco. I've taught at San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco, and Cañada College. My MA thesis explored ways in which fiction can challenge historical accounts of the past, and my dissertation, analyzing the stories of Central Americans in the Bay Area, focused on the themes of identity, home, and forgiveness. I write and conduct oral history research, especially with refugees and internally displaced people. I am co-editor of Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America, a collection of oral histories published by Haymarket Books in the spring of 2019 as part of the Voice of Witness book series on human rights. Solito, Solita was shortlisted for the Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in America and was picked by Remezcla as #1 in their Best Latino and Latin American History Books of 2019. Since 2019, I've been interviewing environmentally displaced people for a book project on climate change.
English 63: Literature and the Environment. Section 931, CRN: 73760. This is an online class taught asynchronously, so there are no scheduled class meetings. 16-week session from 9/2/25-12/19/25.
English C1000 (formerly 1A) + 1AS. (Sign up for the following two courses):
English C1000. "University Reading and Composition: Writing from Exile." Section S01, CRN: 70672 , Mission Campus 254. MW 9:10-11am. 18-week session from 8/15/25-12/19-25. Driving Question: How does moving affect our perceptions of the self and the world?
English 1AS. "English 1A Support." Section S01, 70699, Mission Campus 254. MW 11:10am-12pm.
This section has in-person meetings twice a week and requires the use of Canvas. Some coursework is completed on Canvas using an internet enabled device. *Note: These classes are taught through the Puente Project and meet in person at the Mission Campus. For information on joining the program, please fill out the Puente Interest and Commitment Form and email me! Both sections (CRNs 70672 and 70699) MUST be added together. This section of 1A is linked to 1AS, a support course that offers additional class time and an assigned tutor.
English 35L and M. Introduction to and Intermediate Literary Magazine. Be part of the creation of Forum Magazine, our student-created magazine! Sections 697 (L) and 698 (M). CRN’s: 32170 (L) and 32171 (M). Hybrid. R 6:10pm-8pm. Meets in person one or two Thursdays a month in Room 476 at the Mission Campus.
English 1B. Writing and Literature: Literature and Sight. Section 32, CRN: 30060. Mission Campus, Room 254. TR 10:10am-12pm. Driving Question: How does reading literature affect the way we see ourselves, each other, and the world? This course is part of the Puente Program. This section has in-person meetings twice a week and requires the use of Canvas. Some coursework is completed on Canvas using an internet enabled device.
English 1B. Writing and Literature: Literature and Sight. Section 938, CRN: 34734. Driving Question: How does reading literature affect the way we see ourselves, each other, and the world? This course is taught asynchronously and does not meet in person. There are no scheduled Zoom meetings. This section requires the use of Canvas. All coursework is completed on Canvas using an internet enabled device.
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