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 |
| 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 |
| Bradburd, Rus |
Professor Director, La Sociedad para las Artes |
Creative Writing; Fiction and Nonfiction |
| 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 |
| Greenfield, Richard |
Professor Editor, Puerto del Sol |
Creative Writing; Poetry |
| Hobson, Brandon | Assistant Professor | Creative Writing and Fiction |
| House, Eric | Assistant Professor | Critical Composition and Writing Studies |
| Jonet, M.C. | Associate Professor | Gender & Sexuality Studies and English |
| Lanier, Clint |
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 |
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Assistant Professor |
Technical and Professional Communication, Black Feminisms, Feminist Theory, Cultural Rhetorics, Displacement and Identity, International Development. |
| 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 |
| Voisine, Connie |
Associate Professor Director of the Creative Writing Program |
Creative Writing; Poetry; Form and Technique of Poetry |
| 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 |
