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Department Chair

  

Gian Pagnucci, Ph.D.

Professor, Narrative Theory and Research, Technical Writing, Technology and Literacy, Composition Pedagogy
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Assistant Department Chair

  

Tina Perdue, D.A.

Associate Professor, Humor Writing, Basic Writing, Popular Literature, Pedagogy
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Program Directors

  

Wendy Carse, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Nineteenth-Century British literature, Gothic fiction, Cultural Studies, including film
Director of Bachelor of Arts in English
103 Leonard Hall
724-357-2271

David Downing, Ph.D.

Professor, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Pedagogy, American Literature
Director of 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
Director of Bachelor of Science in English Education
359 Sutton Hall
724-357-2617

Linda Norris, Ph.D.

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

Ben Rafoth, Ed.D.

Professor, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Writing Centers, Research Methods
Director of IUP Writing Center
218 Eicher Hall
724-357-2263

Lilia Savova, Ph.D.

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

Sharon Deckert, Ph.D.

Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, and Identity Construction
Director of Graduate Studies in Composition and TESOL
111 Leonard Hall
724-357-2263

Gloria Park, Ph.D.

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

Veronica Watson, Ph.D.

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

Secretaries

Kelly Kirsch

Secretary
Main Office
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Jackie Rohrabaugh

Secretary
Main Office
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Margaret Shotts

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
Sutton 406
724-357-7969

Patrick Bizzaro, Ph.D.

Professor, Composition and TESOL Faculty, Rhetorical Traditions, Undergraduate Writing, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, Advanced Composition
Sutton 341
724-357-4940

Resa Crane Bizzaro, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Indigenous Rhetorics, Multicultural Rhetorics, Composition Theory and Practice, Appalachian Literature and Culture, Native American Literature and Culture
Sutton 341
724-357-2606

Laurel Johnson Black, Ph.D.

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

John Branscum, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, Writing Pedagogy, Contemporary Global Literature, Popular Culture
114C Leonard Hall
724-357-3963

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, Nineteenth-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

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
201J Leonard Hall
724-357-2473

Anthony G. Farrington, Ph.D.

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

Janet Goebel, Ph.D.

Advisor, Honors College. Professor, Medieval, Eighteenth-Century Novel, Bronze Age, Nineteenth-Century 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

Tim Hibsman, Ph.D.

114D Leonard Hall
724-357-2989

Mark Hurlbert, D.A.

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

Jo-Anne Kerr, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
359 Sutton Hall
724-357-2617

Chris Kuipers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature, Myth, Classical Lit., Pastoral Lit., Ecocriticism, Anthologies, and Graphic Novels
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

sj Miller, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Secondary English Education, Critical Pedagogy, Spacetime/Hybridity Theory and Teacher Identity, Social Justice Issues
342 Sutton Hall
724-357-2382

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
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Gloria Park, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Teacher Identity, Teacher Narratives, Critical Pedagogy, TESOL Teacher Education, NNEST Identity, Qualitative Research
Sutton 346
724-357-3095

Tina Perdue, D.A.

Associate Professor, Humor Writing, Basic Writing, Popular Literature, Pedagogy
110 Leonard Hall
724-357-2261

Heather Powers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Critical Theory, Popular Culture
104A Keith Hall
724-357-4013

Ben Rafoth, Ed.D.

Professor, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Writing Centers, Research Methods
Eicher 217
724-357-3029

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

Lynn Shelly, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Punxsutawney Campus Writing Center Director, Composition, Writing Centers, Literacy, First Year Experience
Learning Center, 209
814-938-1169

Kenneth Sherwood, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Twentieth-Century American Poetry, Ethnopoetics, Theory and Writing
Co-director, Center for Digital Humanities and Culture
347 Sutton Hall
724-357-2457

Helen Sitler, Ph.D.

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

Thomas J. Slater, Ph.D.

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

Sedef Smith, Ph.D.

338 Sutton Hall
724-357-4878

Rosalee Stilwell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Rhetoric: the Study of Power and Persuasion in Human Discourse

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
201B Leonard Hall
724-357-4931

Judith Haqan Villa, Ph.D.

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

Veronica Watson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, African American Literature/Culture, Slave Narratives, Social Construction of Race
349 Sutton Hall
724-357-4072

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, Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Poetry, Composition, and Travel Writing
Sutton 351
724-357-5913

Adrian Wisnicki, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century Literature and Co-Director of the Center for Digital Humanities and Culture
Co-chair of Digital Humanities Center
114B Leonard Hall
724-357-3965

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.