Faculty and Staff

Dr. Lingyan Yang

Associate Professor
Director, Women’s Studies
Department of English
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office: 103 Stabley (Women’s Studies)
Office: 339 Sutton Hall (English)
Office Phone#: (724) 357-4753
E-mail: Lingyan@iup.edu
Areas of Specialization: 

• Women’s Literature and Feminist Criticism
• 20th-Century Critical Cultural Theories and Literacy Criticism
• Post Colonial and American Multiethnic (women’s) Literature and Criticism

Sharon Aikins

Adminstrative Assistant
Office: 103 Stabley (Women’s Studies)
Office Phone: (724) 357-4753
E-mail: saikins@iup.edu 

Dr. Lynn Botelho

Associate Professor  
Department of History
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office: 208 Keith Hall
Office Phone#: (724) 357-4483
E-mail: Lynn.Botelho@iup.edu

Dr. Susan Comfort

Associate Professor
Department of English
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office: 220 Leonard Hall
Office Phone#: (724) 357-3202
E-mail: Susan.Comfort@iup.edu

Dr. Chauna Craig

Professor
Dean’s Associate, CHSS
Department of English
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office: 201 McElhaney
Office Phone#: (724) 357-2280
E-mail: ccraig@iup.edu
Areas of Specialization:

• Creative Writing
• Contemporary Fiction
• Feminist Pedagogy

Dr. Wendy Carse

Associate Professor
Department of English
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office: 103 Leonard Hall
Office Phone#: (724) 357-2271
E-mail: Wendy.Carse@iup.edu

Dr. Bitna Kim

Assistant Professor
Department of Criminology
College of Education and Educational Technology
Office: 217 Wilson Hall
Office Phone#: (724) 357-2720
E-mail: Bitna.Kim@iup.edu

Dr. Elizabeth Kincade

Associate Professor
Counseling Center
Office: G31 Suites on Maple East
Office Phone# (724) 357-3203
E-mail: Elizabeth.Kincade@iup.edu

Dr. Mary MacLeod

Associate Professor
Chairperson
Department of Philosophy
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office: 439 Sutton
Office Phone#: (724) 357-2310
E-mail: mmacleod@iup.edu
Areas of Specialization:

• Modern Philosophy and Logic

Dr. Elizabeth Ricketts Marcus

Assistant Professor
Department of History
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office: 211 Keith Hall
Office Phone# (724) 357-2513
E-mail: Elizabeth.Ricketts@iup.edu

Dr. Theresa McDevitt

Professor
IUP Libraries
Office: 110 Stapleton Library
Office Phone#: (724) 357-4892
E-mail: mcdevitt@iup.edu
Area of Specialization:

• 19th-Century Women’s History