Dr. Casandra Lopez

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Casandra Lopez is a California Indian (Tongva/Luiseño) Chicana writer who has received support from CantoMundo, Bread Loaf, and Tin House Indigenous Nations Poets. She is the author of the poetry collection 'Brother Bullet,' which was published by the University of Arizona Press in 2019. Lopez has participated in several prestigious residencies, including Storyknife, Hedgebrook, Headlands Center for the Arts, and MacDowell. Furthermore, she is currently working on a memoir-in-progress titled 'Notes on Grief,' which received the 2019 James W. Ray Venture Project Award. Additionally, she is a Tongva Language Learner.

Research Interests

Creative Writing Indigenous Literature Poetry American Indian Studies

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).