Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera
Lecturer, Ph.D. Creative Writing and Literature
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Areas of Interest
- Chicanx and Latinx cultural production
- Intersectional feminism
- Literature of the U.S. Southwest
- Mexican and Central American literature in translation
- Fiction and Playwriting
Contact Information
- Office: Virtual
- Phone: 805-756-1707
- Email: treichle@calpoly.edu
About Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera
Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera is a multi-genre writer and interdisciplinary scholar. Her doctoral dissertation titled, “Claiming Our Space,” explores the post-adolescent bildungsroman in college novels written by women of color. She is the author of Breaking Pattern (Inlandia Books 2023), a YA novel which received Honorable Mention for First Book of Fiction in English from the International Latino Book Awards, and a prose chapbook, Stories All Our Own (Bottlecap Press). Her play Blind Thrust Fault was featured in Center Theater Group Writers’ Workshop Festival and her one-act play “Temporary Arrangement” was featured in the Latinx group of Short + Sweet Festival Hollywood. Her short stories have been anthologized in Rural Writers of Color, Made in L.A. Volume 4 & 5, Ramblings & Reflections: SouthWest Writers Winning Words Anthology, and Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century. Her fiction has been nominated for Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and was spotlighted in Best Small Fictions 2022. A first-generation college graduate, she writes so the desert landscape of her childhood can be heard as loudly as the urban chaos of her adulthood. She is a Macondista and works for literary equity through Women Who Submit. Find her on Instagram @writertish and links to her work at tishareichle.com
Education
- Ph.D., Creative Writing and Literature with a certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Southern California (2023)
- M.F.A., Creative Writing, Antioch University Los Angeles (2009)
- Single subject credential – English, California State University Dominguez Hills (2002)
- B.A., Sociology and Communication Studies with a specialization in Chicana/o Studies, UCLA (1996)