Chair
Linda M. Greenberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Department Chair
Specializations: Ethnic American Literature;
Women's and Gender Studies; 20th Century American Literature;
Community Engagement Practices in English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Staff
Laura Espinoza
Administrative Support Assistant
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Literary Studies
Michael Calabrese, Ph.D.
Professor
Specializations: Medieval literature; Chaucer; Piers Plowman; Classical studies
Pronouns: he/him/his
Linda M. Greenberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Department Chair
Specializations: Ethnic American
Literature; Women's and Gender Studies;
20th Century American Literature;
Community Engagement Practices in English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Ren Heintz, Ph.D.
CSGS Director
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Multi-ethnic US literature; Queer studies;
Gender studies
Pronouns: they/them/their
Nicole Horejsi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specializations: 18th century British
literature; Neoclassicism; Women's
writing; Classical studies
Martin E. Huld, Ph.D.
FERP Professor
Specializations: Linguistics; History of the English language; Language and culture
Maria Karafilis, Ph.D.
Associate Chair
ACP Director
Professor
Specializations: American literature to 1900; Narratives of citizenship and belonging
Andrew L. Knighton, Ph.D.
Professor
Specializations: Critical and cultural theory; American literature to 1900; Cultural studies; Modern poetry and
poetics; Radical and left traditions
Juan P. Lamata, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Shakespeare; 16th and 17th century literature
in English and Spanish; literature and political economy
Pronouns: he/him/his
Atef Laouyene, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specializations: Postcolonial studies; Anglo-phone literatures; Critical theory; Arab diaspora studies
Jun Liu, Ph.D.
Professor
Specializations: Critical theory; 20th Century American literature
Caroline McManus, Ph.D.
Professor
Specializations: Shakespeare; 16th and 17th Century English literature; Women's studies
Sarah Minslow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Children's & Young Adult literature
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Bidhan Roy, Ph.D.
Professor
Specializations: Postcolonial literature; 20th century literature; Narrative therapy
Lauri Scheyer, Ph.D.
FERP Professor
Specializations: Creative writing; Lyric poetry and poetics; African American literature; Intersection of critical and creative writing; Formally innovative literature; Modernism and postmodernism; Black British writing
Alison Taufer, Ph.D.
FERP Professor
Specializations: Medieval and Renaissance drama; Shakespeare; Arthurian literature; 16th century English prose
Writing Studies / Linguistics
Mais Al Khateeb, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Rhetoric and Writing Studies; Transnational Feminisms; Posthumanism; New Materialisms; Feminist Phenomenology
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Joshua Adachi, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Jeffery Anderson, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Pronouns: he/him/his
Nicole Arslan, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Emily Baird, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Megan Bowe, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
James Briggs, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Katrine Chakmakchian, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Paul Cheng, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Deborah Conway de Prieto, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Christine Danelski, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Daven Desai, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Danelle Dyckhoff Stelzriede, Ph.D.
First-Year Writing Director
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Translingual writing theory; Rhetorics of US Empire; First-year writing; Writing Pedagogy; Writing program administration; 20th century American literature; Ethnic American literature
Florence Emch, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Tsoleen Feghali, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Aaron Gebhardt, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Renee Grodsky, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Julie Guerrero, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Leone Hankey, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Christopher S. Harris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Specializations: History of composition & instruction; Writing pedagogy; Digital rhetorics;
Objectives-based writing
assessment
Pronouns: he/him/his or they/them/their
Ximena Hernandez, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Fred Hess, M.F.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing; Creative writing
Jennifer Hicks, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Victoria Holladay, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Noelle Kahwaji, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Rebecca Kershman, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Jan Kraft, M.F.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing; Creative writing
Daniel Lambert, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Pronouns: he/him/his
Jung Lee, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Lianna Manukyan, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Karen McDermott, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Andrew Montana, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Judy Olson, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Kathryn Perry, Ph.D.
Graduate Advisor
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Community Literacy and Literacy Studies; Composition Theory and Pedagogy; Ethnography and Ethnographic Methods; Qualitative Research; Narrative
Theory; Actor-Network Theory
Md Mijanur Rahman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Second Language Writing; First-Year Composition;Translingualism;Genre Theories;Intercultural Pragmatics;Critical Applied Socialinguistics
Preferred pronouns: he/him/his
Jorge Ribeiro, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Elizabeth Saikaly, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Benito Solis, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Albert Vargas, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Niklas Watanabe, M.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: First-year writing
Creative Writing
Mary B. Bush, Ph.D.
FERP Professor
Elisabeth Houston, M.F.A.
Lecturer
Specialization: Creative writing; First-year writing
Veronica Reyes, M.F.A.
Lecturer
Specialization: Creative writing; First-year writing
Lauri Scheyer, Ph.D.
FERP Professor
Specializations: Creative writing; Lyric poetry and poetics; African American literature; Intersection of critical and creative writing; Formally innovative literature; Modernism and postmodernism; Black British writing
Faculty Emeritus
Betty Bamberg, Ph.D.
Sharon Bassett, Ph.D.
Alfred Benedixen, Ph.D.
Peter A. Brier, Ph.D.
Mary B. Bush, Ph.D.
Robert Cantú, Ph.D.
Hema Chari, Ph.D.
John L. Cleman, Ph.D.
Saralyn R. Daly, Ph.D.
Melvin Donalson, Ph.D.
Marilyn R. Elkins, Ph.D.
James Garrett, Ph.D.
Rosemary L. Hake, Ph.D.
Martin E. Huld, Ph.D.
Steve S. Jones, Ph.D.
Barry Munitz, Ph.D.
Elaine Osio, Ph.D.
Thomas H. Peterson, Ph.D.
Vilma Potter, Ph.D.
Ruben D. Quintero, Ph.D.
Sidney Richman, Ph.D.
Alice M. Roy, Ph.D.
Lauri Scheyer, Ph.D.
Carl M. Selkin, Ph.D.
Timothy Steele, Ph.D.
Gaby Stuart, Ph.D.
Alison Taufer, Ph.D.
John H. Weston, Ph.D.