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Point Dume, Malibu
Is the sky more blue in Malibu? Join us for a relaxing, short hike with Professor Patel to find out! We will hike the 1 mile short loop, take in the beach views, search for whales, and enjoy the wildflowers. Afterwards, we’ll head down to the beach for a picnic and reflect on whether Miley Cyrus’ lyrics were correct or not. We’ll be back to campus around 1pm!
PACKING LIST:
BYO Lunch for our beach picnic!
A towel/picnic blanket if you have one
Shoes for the beach
Sunscreen
H2O- hydration station
WAIVERS
TANVI PATEL
DEPARTMENT: WRITING
RATE MY PROFESSOR: “She's amazingly sweet and helpful, and accessible outside of class.”
Fun Fact: Professor Patel is teaching a Julymester class in Paris this summer!
Tanvi Patel, Ph.D. is currently a Lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of Southern California, where she teaches WRIT 150 (Aesthetics, Globalization, and Human Values) and WRIT 340 (Health Sciences), and WRIT 380. She earned BAs in English and Economics from the University of California Los Angeles, a Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry from San Diego State University and an MA/Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Washington. An avid student traveler, she has studied Romantic poets in Grasmere, England; participated in a creative writing program in Rome, Italy; and conducted intensive Hindi language study in Mussoorie, India. She has also taught literature and writing on the Semester at Sea program in Fall 2014 and Spring 2017, traveling to 23 countries around the world. Her scholarly work appears in Red. magazine, Parnassus, and Blackwell Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies. Her research focuses on international crime fiction, post-colonial studies, and writing center pedagogy. She is excited to teach a WRIT 380 class in Global Writing in Paris this summer!
POINT DUME
DIFFICULTY: 2/5. Short 1-1.5 mile loop.
SCENERY: Rolling ocean waves, grassy hills, and wildflowers. Rated one of the most scenic short-loops in CA!
FUN FACT: The point was supposed to be named “Point Dumetz”, but someone in 1793 messed up the map and it never got corrected. (Proofread, my friends, always proofread).
MADELEINE LAWLER
Fun fact: Madeleine is a World Bachelor in Business major, so she’ll study in a different country each year!
Contact: mmlawler@usc.edu
Read Madeleine’s bio here.