English Department Faculty
The Department of English has a large, dedicated faculty of full-time, part-time, and graduate student instructors.
Listed below are all full-time members of the English department faculty and brief mention of their specialties and interests. Click on their names for more information.
Email and phone contact lists: full-time faculty, part-time faculty, graduate students.
Faculty Members
Dr. Gary M. Salvner (Chair) — Young adult and children's literature, English education
Dr. Corey E. Andrews —Eighteenth-century Scottish literature, poetry, mythology
Dr. Kevin Ball — rhetoric and composition
Dr. Rebecca Barnhouse — medieval literature, young adult literature
Christopher Barzak, M.A. — fiction
Terry Benton, M.A. — children's literature, lingusitics
Dr. Philip Brady — poetry, fiction, British literature
Dr. Steven Brown — linguistics, TESOL
Dr. Jeff Buchanan — English education, rhetoric and composition
Dr. Lewis Caccia — Empathic awareness, rhetoric, composition, professional/technical writing
Dr. Suzanne Diamond — Victorian literature, rhetoric and composition, film studies
Dr. Mary Beth Earnheardt — journalism
Dr. Michael Finney — modern British literature, mythology
Dr. Tim Francisco — Shakespeare, journalism
Dr. Julia M. Gergits — professional writing and editing, Victorian literature
Dr. Jay L. Gordon — professional writing and editing, rhetoric and composition
Dr. William Greenway — poetry, British literature
Dr. Patricia Hauschildt — English education, young adult literature
Alyssa Lenhoff, M.A. — journalism
Dr. Scott A. Leonard — British Romantics, critical theory, mythology
Dr. Sherry Linkon — American literature, women's literature, working class studies
Dr. Charles Nelson — professional writing and editing
Dr. Barbara Nykiel-Herbert — linguistics, TESOL
Dr. Gail Y. Okawa — multicultural literature, linguistics
Thomas Pittman, M.A. — journalism
Dr. Steven Reese — poetry, modern British literature
Dr. James J. Schramer — American literature, professional writing and editing
Dr. Rick Shale — film studies
Guy Shebat, M.A. — rhetoric and composition
Dr. Dolores Sisco — African American literature
Dr. Linda J. Strom — women's literature, film studies
Dr. Stephanie A. Tingley — American literature, American studies
Cynthia Vigliotti, M.A. — linguistics