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Department Chair

Dr. Gian Pagnucci, PhD

Professor, Academic Leadership, Comics Studies, Composition Theory, Narrative Inquiry

506-L Leonard Hall

Gian.Pagnucci@iup.edu

Assistant Department Chair

Dr. Heide Witthöft

Associate Professor and Department Chairperson

German Placement Testing

Foreign Language Certificate Advisor

Oral Proficiency Interview by computer (OPIc) Coordinator

McElhaney 202D

Language, Literature and Writing Faculty

Dr. John Branscum, PhD

Associate Professor, Creative Writing, Writing Pedagogy, Contemporary Global Literature, Popular Culture

506-H Leonard Hall

john.branscum@iup.edu

Dr. Brian Carpenter, PhD

Associate Professor, Language Use, Pedagogy, Discourse Analysis, Teacher Education

506-G Leonard Hall

Brian.Carpenter@iup.edu

Dr. Susan M. Comfort, PhD

Associate Professor, Environmental Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Women's Literature, Feminist and Gender Studies

506-W Leonard Hall

Susan.Comfort@iup.edu

Dr. Chauna Craig, PhD

Professor, Creative Writing (Fiction and Nonfiction), Western Literature, Contemporary Fiction, Pedagogy

506-DD Leonard Hall

Chauna.Craig@iup.edu

Dr. Jean-Louis P. Dassier

Associate Professor

French Placement Testing

Department of Foreign Languages

McElhaney 202E

724-357-2325

dassier@iup.edu

Dr. Dana Driscoll, PhD

Professor, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Writing Centers, Research Methods

Director of IUP Writing Center

203-B Stabley Library (inside the Jones White Writing Center)

ddriscol@iup.edu

Dr. Reena Dube, PhD

Professor, Film, Film and Literature, Postcolonial Theory and Literature, Marxist, Feminist Studies

506-R Leonard Hall

Reena.Dube@iup.edu

Dr. Anthony G. Farrington, PhD

Professor, Creative Writing, Modern and Contemporary American Literature, Aesthetic Theory

506-F Leonard Hall

Anthony.Farrington@iup.edu

Dr. David Hanauer, PhD

Professor, First and Second Language Literacy, Literature, Second Language Teaching

315 Leonard Hall

David.Hanauer@iup.edu

Dr. Tanya Heflin, PhD

Professor, US Literature, Women's Literature, Theory

506-Z Leonard Hall

Dr. Tim Hibsman, PhD

Associate Professor

506-I Leonard Hall

tim.hibsman@iup.edu

Dr. Melanie Holm, PhD

Professor. 17th- and 18th-century British and European literature, early-modern and Enlightenment intellectual history, poetry, the novel

506-CC Leonard Hall

Melanie.Holm@iup.edu

Dr. Christina Huhn

Professor

SPANISH Placement Testing

Coordinator, Spanish Education Program

McElhaney 213E

724-357-5596

Dr. Chris Kuipers, PhD

Associate Professor, Comparative Literature, Myth, Classical Literature, Pastoral Literature, Ecocriticism, Anthologies

506-FF Leonard Hall

c.kuipers@iup.edu

Dr. Shijuan Laurel Liu

Professor

McElhaney 213D

724-357-2325

Dr. John L. Marsden, PhD

Associate Professor, Contemporary British Novel, Modernist, Postmodernist, and Postcolonial Literatures

506-D Leonard Hall

724-357-2261

John.Marsden@iup.edu

Dr. Charles McCreary

French and German

455 Sutton

724-357-2707

Charles.McCreary@iup.edu

Dr. Sean McDaniel

Professor

Director, Valladolid Study Abroad Program

McElhaney 213B

724-357-7532

mcdaniel@iup.edu

Dr. Christopher Orchard, DPhil

Professor. Shakespeare, early modern British literature, transatlantic studies, post-9/11 novels and plays, theory

Director of Master of Arts in Composition and Literature

506-Y Leonard Hall

724-357-4941

Christopher.Orchard@iup.edu

Dr. Gian Pagnucci, PhD

Professor, Academic Leadership, Comics Studies, Composition Theory, Narrative Inquiry

506-L Leonard Hall

Gian.Pagnucci@iup.edu

Dr. Gloria Park, PhD

Professor, Teacher Identity, Teacher Narratives, Critical Pedagogy, TESOL Teacher Education, NNEST Identity, Qualitative Research

Director of Graduate Studies in Composition and Applied Linguistics; Graduate Certificate in TESOL

506-S Leonard Hall

Gloria.Park@iup.edu

Dr. Curt Porter, PhD

Associate Professor, Language Pedagogy, Critical Pedagogy, Cultural Studies, Curriculum Theory, Educational Philosophy

316 Leonard Hall

curtis.porter@iup.edu

Dr. Lydia H Rodríguez

Professor

Editor, Hispanic Journal

McElhaney Hall 204B

Hispanic Journal, McElhaney Hall 202F

724-357-2321

rodriglh@iup.edu

Dr. Marveta Ryan-Sams

Coordinator of the Pan-African Studies Program

Associate Professor of Spanish

Foreign Languages

213G McElhaney

724-357-2325

Dr. Mike Sell, PhD

Professor. Playful literature (i.e., videogames, tabletop roleplaying games, etc.), performance and technology, Black American literature and culture, theory

506-AA Leonard Hall

Michael.Sell@iup.edu

Dr. Kenneth Sherwood, PhD

Professor. Modernist and postmodern American poetry, oral literature, ethnopoetics, digital humanities, creative writing, theory

Co-director of Digital Humanities Center

506-AA Leonard Hall

Kenneth.Sherwood@iup.edu

Dr. Dawn Marie Smith-Sherwood

Professor

Advisor, Spanish Minor

McElhaney 213C

724-357-2325

smithshe@iup.edu

Dr. Todd Thompson, PhD

Professor. 18th and 19th century American literature and culture, literature and politics, political satire, humor studies, periodical studies

506-Q Leonard Hall

todd.thompson@iup.edu

Dr. Bryna Siegel Finer, PhD

Professor, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Teacher Education, First-Year Writing, Researched Writing, Rhetorical Genre Studies

506-X Leonard Hall

brynasf@iup.edu

Dr. Matthew Vetter, PhD

Associate Professor, Digital Rhetoric, Critical Literacy and Theory, Composition Theory and Pedagogy, Internet Culture, Digital Humanities, Multimodal Composition, Creative Writing, Wikipedia Studies

506-O Leonard Hall

724-357-2261

Matthew.Vetter@iup.edu

Dr. Daniel J. Weinstein

Director, Kathleen Jones White Writing Center and Coordinator, BA English Programs

Research Interests: Composition, Online Writing Pedagogy, Contemplative Writing Pedagogy, Creativity

506-T Leonard Hall

724-864-8528 (cell)

daniel.weinstein@iup.edu

Dr. Emily Wender, PhD

Professor of English

Director of Bachelor of Science in English Education

506-QQ Leonard Hall

ewender@iup.edu

Dr. Michael T. Williamson, PhD

Professor, Poetry, Global Literature, Literary History and Theory, Jewish Literature and Theory, Travel Writing, Composition Theory, Bible and Literature, Short Story

Director, Literature and Criticism Doctoral Program

506-EE Leonard Hall

Michael.Williamson2@iup.edu

Dr. Heide Witthöft

Associate Professor and Department Chairperson

German Placement Testing

Foreign Language Certificate Advisor

Oral Proficiency Interview by computer (OPIc) Coordinator

McElhaney 202D

Dr. Lingyan Yang, PhD

Associate Professor. Asian American and Asian diaspora; postcolonial, global, and American multiethnic women's literature, student-centered pedagogy, theory

Director of Women's and Gender Studies Program

506-BB Leonard Hall

Lingyan.Yang@iup.edu

Dr. Marjorie Zambrano-Paff

Associate Professor

McElhaney 202B

724-357-3883

mzambran@iup.edu

Secretarial Support

Kaitlyn Nanni

Secretarial Support

404E Leonard Hall

724-357-2280

Andrea Campbell

Secretary

College of Arts, Humanities, Media, and Public Affairs

McElhaney Hall, Room 201

724-357-2226

campbell@iup.edu

Language, Literature, and Writing Department
English: Leonard Hall, Fifth Floor
Foreign Languages: McElhaney Hall 213
Indiana, PA 15705-1094
Phone: 724-357-2226
English: 724-357-2261
Foreign Languages: 724-357-2325

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