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Tenured & Tenure-Track Faculty

The following is a list of the English department's tenured and tenure-track faculty. Each of these faculty members also serves as an English faculty advisor and can be contacted for information about English major or minor requirements.

NAME
Office
Email
Phone
Spring 2013 Office Hours
Rank
Degree, University -- Areas of Interest
BUCHANAN, Brad CLV  117 buchanan@csus.edu 6492 M 1-2PM; T 12:30-1:30PM
Chair Ph.D., Stanford -- British and Postcolonial literature
CHING, Robby LSN 2200B chingrj@csus.edu 6740  
Professor M.A., UC Berkeley -- TESOL, internships
CLARK, John T. DH  202 jtclark@csus.edu 6560 TR 12-1:15PM
Assoc. Prof. Ph.D., Georgetown -- linguistics, TESOL
DUNSTAN, Angus CLV 145A angusd@saclink.csus.edu 5269 on leave Spring 2013
Professor Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara -- English education
FANETTI, Susan CLV  153 sfanetti@saclink.csus.edu 5734 MW 11:30AM-12PM, 3-4PM
Asst. Prof. Ph.D., Saint Louis University -- English edcuation
GIEGER, Jason DH  204 gieger@csus.edu 7284 TWR 5-6PM
Assoc. Prof. Rutgers -- British literature
GLADE, Fiona CLV  115 fiona.glade@csus.edu 6355 T 3-5:30PM
Assoc. Prof. Ph.D., Washington State -- composition and rhetoric
HEATHER, Julian CLV  138 jheather@csus.edu 5394 M 12:30-2:30PM
Assoc. Prof. Ph.D., University of Arizona -- TESOL, applied linguistics
HECKATHORN, Amy CLV 107 amyheck@csus.edu 5729 W 2-4PM
Professor Ph.D., Texas Christian University -- composition
HELT, Marie CLV 154 marie.helt@csus.edu 5780 on leave Spring 2013
Professor Ph.D., Northern Arizona University -- applied linguistics, TESOL
KOMIYAMA, Reiko CLV  162 rkomiyama@csus.edu 5727 TWR 1:30-2:30PM
Asst. Prof. Ph.D., Northern Arizon University -- applied linguistics, ESL/EFL
LEE, Hellen CLV  113 hellen.lee@csus.edu 6371 MW 4:30-5:30PM
Asst. Prof. Ph.D., UC San Diego -- Late 19th/early 20th c. US lit, multi-ethnic US lit, cultural studies 
MADDEN, David CLV 156 maddendw@csus.edu 5623 on leave Spring 2013
Professor Ph.D., UC Davis -- American and Irish literature
McKEE, Sue LSN 2200E mckees@csus.edu 6725  
Professor M.A., CSU Sacramento -- TESOL, internships
McKINNEY, Joshua DH  201 jmckinney@csus.edu 6386 MW 10-11AM; F 1-2PM
Professor Ph.D., University of Denver -- creative writing, literature
MELZER, Dan CLV  151 melzer@csus.edu 6925 T 12:30-1:30PM; W 3-4PM
Assoc. Prof. Ph.D., Florida State University -- composition
RICE, Doug DH  218 drice@csus.edu 5435 MW 4:30-5:30PM; T 5:30-6:30PM
Professor M.A., Duquesne University -- creative writing
RIDLEY, Chauncey DH  216 cridley@saclink.csus.edu 6128  
Professor Ph.D., Michigan State University -- American and Ethnic literature
SEO, Mi-Suk CLV  158 mseo@csus.edu 5735 MW 3-4PM; R 12-1PM
Asst. Prof. Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -- TESOL
SMITH, Cherryl CLV  157 smithc@csus.edu 5720 MW 3-4:15PM
Professor Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara -- composition, creative writing, pedagogy
SWEET, Nancy DH  217 nsweet@csus.edu 7704 on sabbatical Spring 2013
Assoc. Prof. Ph.D., Columbia -- 19th c. American lit, American women's writing, American gothic
TOISE, David CLV  163 dwtoise@csus.edu 6404 T 6-7PM; W 5-6PM; R 3-4PM
Professor Ph.D., Rutgers -- British literature
WANLASS, Susan CLV  155 wanlass@csus.edu 5732 T 12-12:30PM, 3:10-3:50PM; R 12:45-1:15PM, 3:40-4:15PM
Professor Ph.D., North Carolina, Chapel Hill -- American literature, composition
YEN, Julie CLV  160 julie.yen@csus.edu 6176 MW 3-4:10PM
Professor Ph.D., Brown -- British literature, critical theory, Asian American lit, composition
ZARINS, Kim CLV  159 zarins@saclink.csus.edu 6431 MR 3-4:15PM
Asst. Prof. Ph.D., Cornell University -- Medieval and children's literature

Please note: CLV refers to Calaveras Hall, DH refers to Douglass Hall, and LSN refers to Lassen Hall. All phone numbers have a 278- prefix.

 

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