English Advising

Welcome to the unofficial English Advising site for CSU, Chico. If you’re here, I’m assuming you’re either already an English major, or you are interested in learning about our program. Or perhaps you’re just nosy. Or lost. Maybe I should just stop making assumptions and trust that you know why you’re here.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Peter Kittle, and I’m one of the English Department's two Advisors (along with Prof. Matt Brown). I'm the advisor for all of the English Education majors, and around half of the English Studies majors; Prof. Brown advises the remaining English Studies majors and all of the Literature majors. I'm a professor in the English Department, too, and am currently serving as the department chair. My academic work is focused on English Education, and I mostly teach future teachers — future elementary school teachers, and future middle school/high school English teachers. My research interests include multimodal composition, systems thinking and education, literacy studies (especially reading and writing pedagogies -- and the role memes and memetics play in these areas), along with the intersections of design thinking, making and education. I’m also a bit of a pop-culture sci-fi geek. And I play darts competitively. And am a Keith Haring and Wassily Kandinsky fanboy. And yet, people mostly like me anyway.

When you have questions about English advising, ask me. Don’t be shy. My office is in the Arts and Humanities Building (ARTS 273 — inside the English Department office). Stop by. Introduce yourself.