In addition to their commitment to teaching, our faculty members have national reputations as scholars in their fields of specialization, which include literature, creative writing, rhetoric, and technical and professional communication among others. The English Department atmosphere is friendly and welcoming to students of all levels.
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Name |
Title |
Areas |
| Aguilar, Vanessa |
Assistant Professor |
Archival Research, Speculative Fiction, Bruja/Conjure Feminisms, Feminist Epistemologies, Spirituality, and Contemporary Young Adult Literature |
| Banazek, Kerry |
Assistant Professor Interim Writing Program Administrator |
Rhetoric, Writing Studies, Visual Cultural Studies, Cultural Geography, Science and Technology Studies, Design History, and the Philosophy of Media |
| Bejarano, Cynthia | Regents Professor and the College of Arts and Sciences Stan Fulton Endowed Chair; Principal Investigator College Assistance Migrant Program | Gender & Sexuality Studies; Gender-based Violence and Feminicides; Farmworker Advocacy; Militarization/Securitization of the Border and impact on Border people; Migration and Immigration Advocacy. |
| Brown, Marieka | College Professor | English as a Second Language (ESL) writing |
| Burnham, Christopher | Regents Professor Retired |
Composition Pedagogy; Rhetorical Theory; Writing Across the Curriculum; Writing Program Administration; Creative Non-fiction; Literature |
| Conley, Rose | College Associate Professor | Composition; Women Writers |
| Cull, Ryan | Associate Professor | American Literature; Poetry |
| Garay, R. Joyce Zamora Lausch | Associate Professor | Latina/o and African American Literature |
| Granger, Michelle | College Assistant Professor | Rhetoric & Composition; Writing in the Humanities; Technical and Professional Communication and Children's Literature |
| House, Eric | Assistant Professor | Critical Composition and Writing Studies |
| Jonet, M.C. | Associate Professor | Gender & Sexuality Studies; Queer (LGBTQIA+) & Feminist Theories, Cultures, & Approaches; Film & 20th and 21st Century Media & Cultural Studies; Research-Creation; Digital Pedagogy |
| Lanier, Clinton |
Assistant Professor, Director, Creative Research Center |
Technical and Professional Communication, Digital and Social Communication, Technical Editing, User Assistance |
| Lawrence, Gina | College Assistant Professor | Writing Centers, Rhetoric and Composition, Intersectional Feminist Pedagogies, Student Resistance, and Social Justice |
| Linkin, Harriet | Distinguished Achievement Professor Retired |
British Romantic and Gothic literature; Women Writers; Gender and Language |
| Miller-Tomlinson, Tracey |
Associate Professor |
English Renaissance Literature; Shakespeare; Historical Drama |
| Murrell, Cindy | College Professor Retired |
Rhetoric and Composition; Science Fiction; Children’s Literature |
| Poole, Alice | College Associate Professor | English to Speakers of Other Languages, Writing |
| Retzinger, Dylan |
College Assistant Professor |
Technical and Professional Communication |
| Rourke, Brian |
Associate Professor Associate Department Head Director of Graduate Studies |
Modern British Literature; Postcolonial Literature and Theory; Critical Theory; Socio-Historical Approaches to Culture; Film |
| Schirmer, Elizabeth |
Associate Professor Department Head |
Late Medieval and Early Modern English literature |
| Sharp-Hoskins, Kellie |
Associate Professor Chair, Rhetoric and Professional Communication |
Rhetorical Theory; Feminist Theory; Composition Theory; Pedagogical Theory; Studies in Subjectivity, Performativity, and Emotion |
| Stolte, Tyson |
Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies |
Victorian Literature and Culture; 19th Century Psychology; History of Science/Science and Literature; History of the Novel |
| Thatcher, Barry | Professor | Technical and Professional Communication; Spanish-English Writing; Border Rhetorics; ESL Writing |
| Weisse, Kathleen |
Assistant Professor Director of the Writing Center and the Writing Across the Curriculum program |
Rhetoric and Professional Communication; Writing Center Studies; Critical Data Studies, and Anti-Racist Writing Instruction |
| Wells, Justine |
Assistant Professor Internship Program Coordinator |
Affect Theory; (new) Materialism; Histories of Rhetoric, Philosophy, and Ethics |
| Williams, Laura Anh |
Associate Professor Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies |
Gender and Sexuality Studies, Feminist and Queer Theories, Graphic Narrative, Asian American Literature, Food Studies, Cultural Studies |
| Wojahn, Patricia |
Professor Head, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies |
Technical, Scientific, and Professional Communication; Technology and Communication; Document Planning and Testing; Usability; Small Group Communication and Collaboration; Writing in the Disciplines |
