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English Literature Faculty

  • Jennifer Black, English Literature, Boise State

    Jennifer Black

    Lecturer

    Shakespeare, General Education, Online teaching, Renaissance Literature, English Composition, Higher Education.

    Shakespeare, General Education, Online teaching, Renaissance Literature, English Composition, Higher Education.

  • Ann Campbell, English Literature, Boise State

    Ann Campbell

    Professor, Department Chair

    Marriage and family in British eighteenth-century novels, development of the novel from the eighteenth century forward.

    Marriage and family in British eighteenth-century novels, development of the novel from the eighteenth century forward.

  • Kim Carter-Cram, English Literature, Boise State

    Kim Carter-Cram

    Lecturer

    20th century literature, literary theory, women’s autobiography, gender theory, French language and literatures, philosophy.

    20th century literature, literary theory, women’s autobiography, gender theory, French language and literatures, philosophy.

  • Elizabeth Marie Cook, English Literature, Boise State

    Elizabeth Marie Cook

    Lecturer

    Medieval literature, art and fashion history.

    Medieval literature, art and fashion history.

  • Stephanie Cox, English Literature, Boise State

    Stephanie Cox

    Lecturer

    Online pedagogy, collaborative learning, literary translation, and creative nonfiction.

    Online pedagogy, collaborative learning, literary translation, and creative nonfiction.

  • Matthew C. Hansen, English Literature, Boise State

    Matthew C. Hansen

    Professor, Director of Shake It Up After School

    Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, Renaissance Poetry and Prose, Performance Theory, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Scholarship of Engagement.

    Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, Renaissance Poetry and Prose, Performance Theory, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Scholarship of Engagement.

  • Samantha Harvey, English Literature, Boise State

    Samantha Harvey

    Professor, Founder and Organizer of the “Interdisciplinary Explorations: The Idea of Nature” Public Lecture Series

    Nineteenth-century British poetry and prose, transatlantic Romanticism, and literature and the environment.

    Nineteenth-century British poetry and prose, transatlantic Romanticism, and literature and the environment.

  • Tom J. Hillard, English Literature, Boise State

    Tom J. Hillard

    Professor

    Early American and 19th-century American literature, Gothic literature, textual editing and bibliographical studies, environmental literary studies.

    Early American and 19th-century American literature, Gothic literature, textual editing and bibliographical studies, environmental literary studies.

  • Cheryl Hendricks, English Literature, Boise State

    (In Memoriam) Cheryl Hindrichs

    Professor, Director of the Hemingway Literary Center

    Twentieth-century British literature; literary criticism and theory; modernist, gender and film studies; the role of illness in the aesthetics and ethics of modernist fiction.

    Our amazing friend has left us but our love for her remains. Gifts to honor Cheryl can be made through her profile page.

    Twentieth-century British literature; literary criticism and theory; modernist, gender and film studies; the role of illness in the aesthetics and ethics of modernist fiction.

    Our amazing friend has left us but our love for her remains. Gifts to honor Cheryl can be made through her profile page.

  • Garawyn McGill, English Literature, Boise State

    Garawyn McGill

    Lecturer

    Medieval British literature, Folklore, Online Education Theory and Practice.

    Medieval British literature, Folklore, Online Education Theory and Practice.

  • Steven Olsen-Smith

    Steven Olsen-Smith

    Professor, Director of Melville’s Marginalia Online

    Melville, Whitman, and Crane; early and 19th-Century American literature; textual criticism; digital applications and approaches in literary studies.

    Melville, Whitman, and Crane; early and 19th-Century American literature; textual criticism; digital applications and approaches in literary studies.

  • Tara Penry, English Literature, Boise State

    Tara Penry

    Professor, Director of Books in Every Home

    Western writers; the unfinished Civil War; nineteenth-century periodicals; editors and editing; project-based learning and teamwork; educational equity; everyday literacies.

    Western writers; the unfinished Civil War; nineteenth-century periodicals; editors and editing; project-based learning and teamwork; educational equity; everyday literacies.

  • Ruth Salter, English Literature, Boise State

    Ruth Salter

    Lecturer

    Mythology, online pedagogy, multidisciplinary studies, interfaith dialogue, literary translation, Spanish culture/history.

    Mythology, online pedagogy, multidisciplinary studies, interfaith dialogue, literary translation, Spanish culture/history.

  • Jeff Westover, English Literature, Boise State

    Jeff Westover

    Professor

    Poetry, modern and contemporary American literature.

    Poetry, modern and contemporary American literature.