Gerald Haslam
| Gerald Haslam | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 18, 1937 Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Penngrove, California, U.S. |
| Education | Garces Memorial High School |
| Alma mater |
Bakersfield College San Francisco State University The Union Graduate School |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse(s) | Janice E. Pettichord |
| Children | 3 |
Gerald William Haslam (born March 18, 1937) is an author who has focused on rural and small towns in California's Great Central Valley including its poor and working class people of all colors. A native of Oildale, California, Haslam has received numerous literary awards.
Haslam was born in Bakersfield, California in 1937. The son of an oil worker, he grew up in nearby Oildale. He attended Garces Memorial High School before working as a farm field hand, a store clerk and an oil field roustabout and roughneck. He served in the U.S. Army from 1958 through 1960. He attended Bakersfield College 1955-'57, 1960–61, then married Janice E. Pettichord in 1961. He then attended San Francisco State University, where he earned a B.A in 1963 and an M.A. in 1965. Haslam also attended, and gives great credit to, Washington State University, 1965 and 1966. He completed a Ph.D. from The Union Graduate School, (Cincinnati, OH) in 1980. He played college football, ran track and boxed in the Golden Gloves. He is a member of the Bakersfield College Track/Cross-country Hall of Fame.
Haslam was a professor of English at Sonoma State University (SSU) from 1967 to 1997. As a professor emeritus at SSU, he has occasionally taught for the Oscher Lifelong Learning program (Sonoma State University). He taught one course a year for the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of San Francisco from 2001-2015.
During his time at SSU, Haslam published numerous articles and stories in national and regional magazines. He was a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle's Sunday magazine and was a Contributing Writer for the Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine, and continues to be an op-ed contributor to the Sacramento Bee. Haslam also served for a time as a commentator for KQED-FM's "The California Report." His writing is widely anthologized.
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