Faculty & Staff
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
Stephanie Lai
Administrative Support Coordinator
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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.
Center for the Study of Genders and Sexualities 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
Maria Karafilis, Ph.D.
Associate Chair
American Communities Program Director
Professor
Specializations: American literature to 1900; Narratives of citizenship and belonging
Andrew L. Knighton, Ph.D.
Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics Director
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
Sarah Gregg 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.
Professor (FERP)
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
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
Danelle Dyckhoff Stelzriede, Ph.D.
First-Year Writing Director
Assistant Professor
Specializations: First-year writing; Translingual writing theory; Writing pedagogy; Writing program administration; Rhetorics of US Empire; 20th/21st century multiethnic American literature; First-generation college experiences and identities
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
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
First-Year Writing
Nicole Arslan, M.A.
Lecturer
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Emily Baird, M.A.
Lecturer
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Megan Bowe, M.A.
Lecturer
James Briggs, M.A.
Lecturer
Katrine Chakmakchian, M.A.
Lecturer
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Paul Cheng, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Deborah Conway de Prieto, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Christine Danelski, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Specializations: American literature, Adaptation Studies
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Daven Desai, M.A.
Lecturer
Florence Emch, M.A.
Lecturer
Tsoleen Feghali, M.A.
Lecturer
Aaron Gebhardt, M.A.
Lecturer
Renee Grodsky, M.A.
Lecturer
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Ximena Hernandez, M.A.
Lecturer
Fred Hess, M.F.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: Creative writing
Jennifer Hicks, M.A.
Lecturer
Victoria Holladay, M.A.
Lecturer
Noelle Kahwaji, M.A.
Lecturer
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Rebecca Kershman, M.F.A.
Lecturer
Jan Kraft, M.F.A.
Lecturer
Specializations: Creative writing
Daniel Lambert, M.A.
Lecturer
Pronouns: he/him/his
Jung Lee, M.A.
Lecturer
Lianna Manukyan, M.A.
Lecturer
Karen McDermott, M.A.
Lecturer
Andrew Montana, M.A.
Lecturer
Judy Olson, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Jorge Ribeiro, M.A.
Lecturer
Benito Solis, M.A.
Lecturer
Albert Vargas, M.A.
Lecturer
Niklas Watanabe, M.A.
Lecturer
Creative Writing
Mary B. Bush, Ph.D.
Professor (FERP)
Elisabeth Houston, M.F.A.
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.
Caroline McManus, 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.
