Department Chairs
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
Sophie Amado
Adjunct
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
Christopher Bryson
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
ReLynn Hansen
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Researched Essay, Personal Essay, Portfolio, Literary Magazine Editing.
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
David MacLean
Adjunct
Matthew McCurrie
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Writing, Rhetoric, and Literature
Brian Mornar
Adjunct
Instructional Areas
First-year Writing Creative Writing Literature
Thomas Nawrocki
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Vietnam War, Military Veterans, Baseball, Beat Generation
Lisa Nelson
Adjunct
Catherine Oswald
Adjunct
Delia Pless
Adjunct
Valer Popa
Adjunct
Douglas Reichert Powell
Professor
Instructional Areas
Cultural Studies, Literature, First-Year Writing, Professional Writing
Pegeen Reichert Powell
Chair
ProfessorInstructional Areas
First-year writing, Politics of language, Writing pedagogy
Brendan Riley
Associate Professor
Instructional Areas
Writing Composition New Media Internet Studies Popular Culture Mystery / Detectives Science Fiction Zombies Board Games
Samuel Rowe
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.
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.
Leslie Singel
Adjunct
Amanda Smothers
Adjunct
Tony Trigilio
Professor
Instructional Areas
Creative Writing (Poetry), Literary Studies, Cultural Studies
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
Ariel Weygandt
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.