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Faculty and Staff
English Literature Faculty
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Elizabeth Marie Cook
Lecturer
Medieval literature, art and fashion history.
Medieval literature, art and fashion history.
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Stephanie Cox
Lecturer
Online pedagogy, collaborative learning, literary translation, and creative nonfiction.
Online pedagogy, collaborative learning, literary translation, and creative nonfiction.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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Garawyn McGill
Lecturer
Medieval British literature, Folklore, Online Education Theory and Practice.
Medieval British literature, Folklore, Online Education Theory and Practice.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jeff Westover
Professor
Poetry, modern and contemporary American literature.
Poetry, modern and contemporary American literature.