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Department of English College of Arts & Letters

Meet Us

Department Leadership

Torsa Ghosal, Ph.D.

Chair

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Jonas Cope, Ph. D.

Graduate Program Coordinator

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Julian Heather, Ph.D.

Vice Chair

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Hogan Hayes, Ph.D.

Vice Chair

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Professors

Jonas Cope, Ph. D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Poetry, close-reading, etymology, grammar and syntax, nineteenth-century novels

Susan Fanetti, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: English Education, American Literature, Popular Literature, and Culture/Genre Literature

Jason Gieger, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Film Studies

Julian Heather, Ph.D.

Professor

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Amy Heckathorn, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Rhetoric, Writing, and the Teaching of Writing

Reiko Komiyama, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Applied Linguistics and TESOL

Hellen Lee, Ph.D.

Professor

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Joshua McKinney

Creative Writing

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Mi-Suk Seo, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: TESOL & Applied Linguistics

David Toise, Ph.D.

Professor

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Kim Zarins, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Medieval Literature, British Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, and Poetry

Associate Professors

John Clark, Ph.D.

Emeritus-Associate Professor

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Angela Clark-Oates, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Writing Studies, Writing Program Administration, and Composition and Rhetoric

Hogan Hayes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Rhetoric and Writing or Composition Education

Angela Laflen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Rhetoric and Composition; Professional and Technical Writing; and Online Writing Pedagogy

Rosa Martinez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: American Literature and Chicana/Latina/o Literature

Christine Montgomery, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: African-American Literature and Neo-Slave Narratives

Torsa Ghosal, Ph.D.

Literature Committee

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Brett (Samuel) Williams, MFA

Associate Professor

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Lecturer Faculty

Amy Anderson

Lecturer

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  • Areas of Teaching: Composition

Matthew Barrish

Lecturer

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Daniel Bethel

Lecturer

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Jessica Cuckovich

Lecturer

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Mona Dobson

Lecturer

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  • Areas of Teaching: Composition

Susan Durosko

Lecturer

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  • Areas of Teaching: Composition

Patricia Hake

Lecturer

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  • Areas of Teaching: Composition

Lisa Harper

Lecturer

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  • Areas of Teaching: Composition

Doris Huber

Lecturer

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  • Areas of Teaching: Composition

Janet Iverson

Lecturer

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Matt Kronzer

Lecturer

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Kendon Kurzer

Lecturer

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Carrie LaPorte

Lecturer

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Dakota Lenz

Lecturer

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Karen Levy

Lecturer

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Jesus Limon-Guzman

Lecturer

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Cynthia Linville

Lecturer

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Hsiang (Sean) Liu

Lecturer

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Luna Loganayagam

Lecturer

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Evan Manzanetti

Lecturer

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Evan Martinak

Lecturer

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Nicole McNeal

Lecturer

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Ann Michaels

Lecturer

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Denise Pica

Lecturer

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Carolyn Pickrel

Lecturer

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Courtney Rasmussen

Lecturer

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Parisa Samadi

Lecturer

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Jason Schilling

Lecturer

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Ann Shadden

Lecturer

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Jeremy Trimble

Lecturer

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Teaching Associates

Jennifer Benatar

Teaching Associate

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Joe'l Barajas

Teaching Associate

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Ann Marie Manca

Teaching Associate

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Program Coordinators

Susan Fanetti

English Education/Pre-Credential

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Torsa Ghosal

Literature Committee

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Hogan Hayes

Writing Program

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  • Location: Calaveras Hall 107
  • Phone: (916) 278-5729

Reiko Komiyama, Ph.D.

TESOL

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Brett Williams

Creative Writing

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Administrative Staff

Jolie Roberts

Administrative Analyst

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Sarah Oshel

Outreach, Retention, and Student Success Professional

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Brianna Renner

Administrative Support Coordinator I

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Vacant Position

Administrative Support Assistant II

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Total Members: 65