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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

heide@iup.edu

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. 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

heflin@iup.edu

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. Chris Kuipers, PhD

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

506-FF Leonard Hall

c.kuipers@iup.edu

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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

505-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. 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

Language Faculty

Dr. Jean-Louis P. Dassier

Associate Professor
French Placement Testing

Department of Foreign Languages

McElhaney 202E

724-357-2325

dassier@iup.edu

Dr. Christina Huhn

Professor
SPANISH Placement Testing
Coordinator, Spanish Education Program

McElhaney 213E

724-357-5596

huhn@iup.edu

Dr. Shijuan Laurel Liu

Professor

McElhaney 213D

724-357-2325

sliu@iup.edu

Dr. Charles McCreary

Associate Professor

McElhaney 213F

724-357-2707

724-357-1268 (fax)

charles.mccreary@iup.edu

Dr. Sean McDaniel

Professor
Director, Valladolid Study Abroad Program

McElhaney 213B

724-357-7532

mcdaniel@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 M Ryan-Sams

Associate Professor
Coordinator, Pan-African Studies Program

McElhaney 213G

724-357-2325

mmryan@iup.edu

Dr. Dawn Marie Smith-Sherwood

Professor
Advisor, Spanish Minor

McElhaney 213C

724-357-2325

smithshe@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

heide@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

knanni@iup.edu

Debbie Bacco

Graduate Secretarial Support

201 McElhaney Hall

724-357-2226

dbacco@iup.edu

College of Arts, Humanities, Media, and Public Affairs
  • 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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