Faculty and Staff

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Department Chair

Gail Ivy Berlin, Ph.D.

Professor, Old and Middle English Language and Literature, Medieval Women, Holocaust Literature
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Program Directors

Wendy Carse, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, 19th-century British literature, Gothic fiction, Cultural Studies, including film
Bachelor of Arts in English
103 Leonard Hall
724-357-2271

David Downing, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, 19th-Century American Literature in Cultural Contexts, Women’s Literature, Autobiography, Letters
Graduate Studies in Literature and Criticism
111 Leonard Hall
724-357-6486

Jo-Anne Kerr, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Secondary English Education, Media Literacy, Professional Development
Bachelor of Science in English Education
359 Sutton Hall
724-357-2617

sj Miller, Ph.D.

Director, Master of Arts in Teaching English
Graduate Studies in Composition and TESOL
346 Sutton Hall
724-357-3095

Linda Norris, Ph.D.

Director, Masters of Arts in Teaching English
Graduate Studies in Composition and TESOL
343 Sutton Hall
724-357-3969

Ben Rafoth, Ed.D.

Professor, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Writing Centers, Research Methods
Graduate Studies in Composition and TESOL
111 Leonard Hall
724-357-2263

Lilia Savova, Ph.D.

Coordinator, Master of Arts in TESOL
216 Leonard Hall
724-357-3958

Secretaries

Esther Beers

Secretary
Main Office
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Jackie Rohrabaugh

Secretary
Main Office
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Bertha Cecconi

Secretary
Graduate Office
111 Leonard Hall
724-357-2263

Permanent Faculty

Lynne Alvine, Ed.D.

Professor, Adolescent Literature, Teaching Composition, Literacy, and Gender
353 Sutton Hall,
724-357-2744

Gail Ivy Berlin, Ph.D.

Professor, Old and Middle English Language and Literature, Medieval Women, Holocaust Literature
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Patrick Bizzaro, Ph.D.

Professor, Composition and TESOL Faculty, Rhetorical Traditions, Undergraduate Writing, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, Advanced Composition
215C Leonard Hall
724-357-4935

Resa Crane Bizzaro, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Indigenous Rhetorics, Multicultural Rhetorics, Composition Theory and Practice, Appalachian Literature and Culture, Native American Literature and Culture
201-L Leonard Hall
724-357-2603

Laurel Johnson Black, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Composition, Sociolinguistics, Pedagogy, Assessment, Creative Writing
116 Keith
724-357-5518

James M. Cahalan, Ph.D.

Professor, Modern Irish, American and British Literatures, Theory and Pedagogy
209D Leonard Hall
724-357-4934

Carolyn Camp, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, American and British Literatures, Novel, Poetry, Critical Theory, Composition
114E Leonard
724-357-4939

Wendy Carse, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, 19th-century British literature, Gothic fiction, Cultural Studies, including film
103 Leonard Hall
724-357-2271

Sung-Gay Chow, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Southern Literature, Asian-American Studies
215E Leonard Hall
724-357-4936

Susan M. Comfort, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Postcolonial Literature, Feminist Theory and Pedagogy, Gender Studies
220 Leonard Hall
724-357-4483

Chauna Craig, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Creative Writing (Fiction and Nonfiction), Western Literature, Contemporary Fiction, Pedagogy
352 Sutton Hall
724-357-2576

Karen Dandurand, Ph.D.

David B. Downing, Ph.D.

Professor, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Pedagogy, American Literature
111 Leonard Hall
724-357-6486

Reena Dube, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Film, Film and Literature, Postcolonial Theory and Literature, Marxist, Feminist Studies
109B Leonard Hall
724-357-4938

Ronald Emerick, Ph.D.

Professor, Amer. Fiction, Southern Writers, Technical Writing
114D Leonard Hall
724-357-2989

Anthony G. Farrington, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, Modern and Contemporary American Literature, Aesthetic Theory
140 Keith Hall
724-357-0165

Jeannine M. Fontaine, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Cognition, TESOL, Language and Literature
724-357-2457

Susan I. Gatti, Ph.D.

Professor, 19th- and 20th-Century American novel, British novel 1918–1945
209C Leonard Hall
724-357-2267

Jerry G. Gebhard, Ed.D.

Professor, English as a Foreign Language, Cross-Cultural Communication, Teacher Education
111 Leonard Hall
724-357-2264

Janet Goebel, Ph.D.

Advisor, Honors College. Professor, Medieval, 18th-Cent. Novel, Bronze Age, 19th-Cent. Continental, Myth
136 Whitmyre Hall

David Hanauer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, First and Second Language Literacy, Literature, Second Language Teaching
215D Leonard Hall
724-357-2274

Nancy Hayward, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Composition, TESOL, Sociolinguistics, Language/Gender, Discourse Analysis
201J Leonard Hall
724-357-2473

Mark Hurlbert, D.A.

Professor, Composition Theory and Practice, Rhetorical Traditions, Theories of Literacy
354 Sutton Hall
724-357-2322

Shimberlee Jiron-King, Ph.D.

Sue Johnson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Literacy Learning, Language and Gender Studies, Pedagogy, Reading Theory
349 Sutton Hall
724-357-4072

Jo-Anne Kerr, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
359 Sutton Hall
724-357-2617

Barbara Kraszewski, M.A.

Associate Professor, Short Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Theory, Classical Literature in Translation
201B Leonard Hall
724-357-4931

Chris Kuipers, Ph.D.

Comparative Literature, Myth, Classical Lit., Pastoral Lit., Ecocriticism, Anthologies
209B Leonard Hall
724-357-4937

John L. Marsden, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Contemporary British Novel, Modernist, Postmodernist, and Postcolonial Literatures
109D Leonard Hall
724-357-3964

Lea Masiello, Ph.D.

Professor, Oral Literature, Writing, American Literature, National Parks and Nature Writing
216 Eicher Hall
724-357-3029

Catherine McClenahan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, 18th- and 19th-Century British Literature, Women’s Studies, Speculative Fiction
350 Sutton Hall
724-357-5913

sj Miller, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Secondary English Education, Critical Pedagogy, Spacetime/Hybridity Theory and Teacher Identity, Social Justice Issues
346 Sutton Hall
724-357-3095

Jean Nienkamp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Rhetorical History and Theory, Argumentation, Composition, and Literacy Studies
215A Leonard Hall
724-357-3967

Linda Norris, Ph.D.

Director, Masters of Arts in Teaching English
343 Sutton Hall
724-357-3969

Christopher Orchard, D.Phil

Associate Professor, Shakespeare, Early Modern British Literature, Transatlantic Studies, Theory
246 Keith Hall
724-357-4941

Gian S. Pagnucci, Ph.D.

Professor, Narrative Theory and Research, Technical Writing, Technology and Literacy, Composition Pedagogy
355 Sutton Hall
724-357-4788

Gloria Park, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Teacher Identity, Teacher Narratives, Critical Pedagogy, TESOL Teacher Education, NNEST Identity, Qualitative Research
Leonard Hall 201F
724-357-2981

Tina Perdue, D.A.

Associate Professor, Humor Writing, Basic Writing, Popular Literature, Pedagogy
348 Sutton Hall
724-357-7832

Heather Powers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, 18th- and 19th-Century British Literature, Critical Theory, Popular Culture
335 Sutton Hall
724-357-4878

Ben Rafoth, Ed.D.

Professor, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Writing Centers, Research Methods
111 Leonard Hall
724-357-2263

Lilia Savova, Ph.D.

Professor, Teacher Education, Second Language Teaching, Linguistics, Instructional Design, Technology
216 Leonard Hall
724-357-3958

Mike Sell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Modern Drama, Avant-Garde, Performance Studies, Black Arts Movement
203 Leonard Hall
724-357-2272

Lisya Seloni, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Second Language Literacy, Educational Ethnography, Applied Linguistics, Social Justice issues in Language Education
201K Leonard Hall
724-357-4933

Ronald G. Shafer, Ph.D.

Professor, 16th- and 17th-Century British Literature
114B Leonard Hall
724-357-3965

Lynn Shelly, Ph.D.

Kenneth Sherwood, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, 20th-Century American Poetry, Ethnopoetics, Theory and Writing
340 Sutton Hall
724-357-2606

Helen Sitler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Composition and Reading Pedagogy, Teacher Development
360 Sutton Hall
724-357-2120

Thomas J. Slater, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, American Silent Film, Film and Literature, Film Theory and Language
345 Sutton Hall
724-357-4879

Rosalee Stilwell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Rhetoric: the Study of Power and Persuasion in Human Discourse
310 Gordon Hall
724-357-2607

Dan J. Tannacito, Ph.D.

Professor, Second Language Acquisition and Literacy, Intensive English Programs
212 Eicher Hall
724-357-6944

Todd Thompson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture, Literature and Politics, Political Satire, Popular Media, and the Harlem Renaissance
201D Leonard Hall
724-357-3970

Judith Haqan Villa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Popular Culture and Film, Multicultural and Women's Literature, Writing Pedagogy
117 Keith Hall
724-357-5517

Elaine Ware, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Student Literacy and Technology, Popular Culture
342 Sutton Hall
724-357-2382

Veronica Watson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, African American Literature/Culture, Slave Narratives, Social Construction of Race
341 Sutton Hall
724-357-4940

Susan Welsh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Composition and Rhetoric, American, The Essay
109C Leonard Hall
724-357-2266

Michael M. Williamson, Ph.D.

Professor, Writing Assessment, Technology and Literacy, Research Methodology, Historical Research
351 Sutton Hall
724-357-2671

Michael T. Williamson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, 19th-Century British Literature, Poetry, Composition, and Travel Writing
215B Leonard Hall
724-357-3968

Cheryl Wilson, Ph.D.

19th-Century British Literature, Women’s Literature
114C Leonard Hall
724-357-3963

Lingyan Yang, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Asian American/Diasporic Cultural Criticism/Literature, Critical Theories, Minority Literature
339 Sutton Hall
724-357-2604

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  • English Department
  • Leonard Hall, Room 110
    421 North Walk
    Indiana, PA 15705-1094
  • Phone: 724-357-2261
  • Fax: 724-357-2265
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  • Office Hours
  • Monday through Friday
  • 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.