Chair
Kathryn Perry, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Specializations: Community Literacy and Literacy Studies; Composition Theory and Pedagogy; Ethnography and Ethnographic Methods; Qualitative Research; Narrative Theory; Actor-Network Theory
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Staff
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
Specializations: Ethnic American
Literature; Women's and Gender Studies;
20th Century American literature;
Community Engagement Practices in English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Matthew Gonzales, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: U.S. Latinx Literature; Comparative Modernisms (Latin America, the Caribbean, and the U.S.); Critical Theory
Pronouns: he/him/his
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.
Graduate Advisor
Associate Professor
Specializations: 18th century British
literature; Neoclassicism; Women's
writing; Classical studies
Maria Karafilis, Ph.D.
American Communities Program 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; Anglophone literatures; Critical theory; Arab diaspora studies
Jun Liu, Ph.D.
Professor (FERP)
Specializations: Critical theory; 20th-century American literature
Sarah Gregg Minslow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Children's & Young Adult literature; British literature; Holocaust, Genocide, & Human Rights Studies; Pedagogy
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Writing Studies / Linguistics
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.
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.
Department Chair
Associate Professor
Specializations: Community Literacy and Literacy Studies; Composition Theory and Pedagogy; Ethnography and Ethnographic Methods; Qualitative Research; Narrative
Theory; Actor-Network Theory
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Md Mijanur Rahman, Ph.D.
English Education Coordinator
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
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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
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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
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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
Elisabeth Houston, M.F.A.
Veronica Reyes, M.F.A.
Lecturer
Specialization: Creative writing; First-year writing
giovanni singleton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Specializations: Contemplative Literature, Contemporary Poetry, and Concrete and Visual Poetry
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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.
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.
Lollie Ragana, M.A.
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.