Faculty Spotlight
Faculty
Randall Albers
Chair Emeritus
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing (Fiction and Creative Nonfiction), Abroad education; Teacher/Tutor Training, Creativity; process-and-technique Critical Reading and Writing courses
Sheila Baldwin
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
African American Literature & Culture
Nancy Beckett
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Collaborative Learning; online courses. Creating writing communities.
Kathryn Bergquist
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Creative writing, literature, LGBTQ subjects, study abroad, First-year writing, Writing & Rhetoric, fiction writing, creative non-fiction writing
Robert Biedrzycki
Adjunct
Steven Bithos
Adjunct
Varen Black
Adjunct
Julia Borcherts
Adjunct
Christopher Bower
Adjunct
Marcia Brenner
Adjunct
Morton Castle
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
I teach "Fiction Writing" in the ECW department.
Madhurima Chakraborty
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Postcolonial literature, South Asian literature, Introduction to Cultural Studies, Literature Culture and Power, Literature of the Indian Diaspora
Richard Chwedyk
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing, especially science fiction.
Andrea Cladis Hodge
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing, Poetry, Narrative, Novel Writing, Freelance Writing, Publishing, Professional Writing, Dance, Health Education, Rhetoric, American Literature
Meghan Costa
Adjunct
Brian Costello
Adjunct
Heather Cramond
Adjunct
Alison Creed
Adjunct
Christopher DeGuire
Adjunct
Robert Duffer
Adjunct
Joseph Eldridge
Adjunct
Jennie Fauls
Adjunct
Joseph Fedorko
Adjunct
ReLynn Hansen
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Researched Essay, Personal Essay, Portfolio, Literary Magazine Editing.
Philip Hartigan
Adjunct
Ames Hawkins
Associate Provost for Faculty Research and Development
ProfessorInstructional Areas
Socially Engaged Practice, Queer/Trans Studies, Cultural Theories, Creative/Literary Nonfiction, Writing and Rhetoric
Jamie Hennion
Adjunct
Kelsey Hoff
Adjunct
Deborah Holdstein
Associate Chair
Professor
Cora Jacobs
Adjunct
Jeffory Jacobson
Adjunct
Susen James
Adjunct
Patrick Jehle
Adjunct
Tina Jens
Adjunct
Cynthium Johnson-Woodfolk
Adjunct
Allan Johnston
Adjunct
Saralina Kamholtz-Roberts
Adjunct
Katrina Kemble
Adjunct
Don Klugman
Adjunct
Ryan Kulefsky
Adjunct
Laurie Lawlor
Adjunct
David MacLean
Adjunct
Amanda Marbais
Adjunct
Nelly Maynard
Adjunct
Michelle McCart
Adjunct
Matthew McCurrie
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Writing, Rhetoric, and Literature
Pamela Mills
Adjunct
Svetlana Mitric
Adjunct
Brian Mornar
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
First-year Writing Creative Writing Literature
Ian Morris
Adjunct
James Nagle
Adjunct
Thomas Nawrocki
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Vietnam War, Military Veterans, Baseball, Beat Generation
Lisa Nelson
Adjunct
Devon Polderman
Adjunct
Thomas Popp
Adjunct
Pegeen Powell
Chair
ProfessorInstructional Areas
First-year writing, Politics of language, Writing pedagogy
Ruben Quesada
Adjunct
Douglas Reichert Powell
Professor
Instructional Areas
Cultural Studies, Literature, First-Year Writing, Professional Writing
Megan Reilly
Adjunct
Christine Rice
Adjunct
Brendan Riley
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Writing Composition New Media Internet Studies Popular Culture Mystery / Detectives Science Fiction Zombies Board Games
Nancy Rinehart
Adjunct
Alexios Rosario-Moore
Adjunct
Hilary Sarat-St Peter
Associate Professor
Alexis Sarkisian
Adjunct
Daryl Satcher
Adjunct
Suzanne Scanlon
Adjunct
Jeff Schiff
Interim Dean, School of Graduate Studies
ProfessorInstructional Areas
Jeff Schiff has taught creative and professional writing, literature, and oral communications at Columbia College, Northern Arizona University, Purdue University, McNeese State University, Binghamton University, and the University of Texas at El Paso. At present, Jeff regularly teaches professional writing and literature courses, predominantly online.
Keturah Shaw-Poulos
Adjunct
Shawn Shiflett
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Fiction Writing, particularly the novel. Also dream and dream-based stories. I've recently begun to collect oral stories from narrator's on the subject of Race in America.
Robert Simoncini
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing, Non-Fiction writing, professional writing.
Sean Starr
Adjunct
Alexis Stephenson
Adjunct
Matthew Stockman
Adjunct
John Sutton
Adjunct
LuAnn Swartzlander
Adjunct
Tony Trigilio
Professor
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing (Poetry), Literary Studies, Cultural Studies
Jana Tuzar
Adjunct
Jacob Victorine
Adjunct
Lauren Viera
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Professional Writing, Journalism, Copy Writing, Editing, Grammar, Narrative Nonfiction/Essay Writing
Dylan Weir
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing, Poetry Writing, First-Year Writing, Writing & Rhetoric
Douglas Whippo
Adjunct
Kate Wisel
Adjunct
Ellen Yeh
Assistant Professor
Instructional Areas
I had the benefit of performing a wide range of services and teaching in Fall 2017-Spring 2018. I developed and coordinated teacher-training programs, such as working with the Global Education office to deliver training workshops for International Student Ambassadors (the Buddy Program), which prepares student mentors to assist the growing population of incoming international students in the Summer Intensive Program (SIP) and in the fall semester. I also worked with the Director of International Articulations and Special Programs. We developed and coordinated the International Student Welcome Program (ISWP) academic orientation sessions. As for experience with curriculum development and program administration, I worked with part-time EAL instructors to develop curricula that support multilingual writing pedagogy and clear learning objectives for the specific curricular enhancements for International Writing and Rhetoric II. These enhancements include blended learning instruction and practices to supplement aspects of the new Writing and Rhetoric II curriculum and replacing other elements that did not address the needs of English language learners (ELLs). I have been working on revising the current International Oral Expression course, and I requested a course name change to "Public Speaking for the Global Context" effective Fall 2019. Due to the new core curriculum, I proposed a new set of requirements and language proficiency benchmarks for incoming international students in Fall 2019. We are working on new learning objectives and developing a multimodality project for students to create an online portfolio, which allows students to acquire skills for public speaking and presentation in the 21st century. I have been working with Dr. Marcelo Sabatés, the Vice Provost of Global Education, to develop the new budget, courses, and curricula for the 4-week extensive SIP. I have recruited members for the SIP curriculum committee in Spring 2018 and am in the process of developing and revising four courses entitled U.S. Language and Culture; Creative Industries in Western Markets; Reading and Writing for the 21st Century; and Speaking and Listening for the 21st Century. As the director of the EAL program, I am involved in the following administrative duties: developing and coordinating EAL class schedules with the Director of Writing and Rhetoric; conducting faculty teaching evaluations to review teaching materials and observe classes; providing curricular and co-curricular support for student programming offered through the Global Education office; collaborating with the Writing Center to ensure that multilingual students receive appropriate academic support; collaborating with Admissions, the International Student Welcome Program, and the Advising Center to ensure that multilingual students receive appropriate placement and course recommendations; evaluating and hiring EAL instructors; coordinating, developing and teaching U.S. Language and Creative Industries in Western Markets courses; and serving on the Writing and Rhetoric Committee, and the committee for “The Write Class” online placement system.
Elizabeth Yokas
Adjunct