Meet Us
- Professors
- Associate Professors
- Assistant Professors
- Lecturer Faculty
- Teaching Associates
- Program Coordinators
- Staff
Professors
Susan Fanetti, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 153
- Phone: (916) 278-5734
- sfanetti@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: English Education, American Literature, Popular Literature, and Culture/Genre Literature
Jason Gieger, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Douglass Hall 204
- Phone: (916) 278-7284
- gieger@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Film Studies
Julian Heather, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 138
- Phone: (916) 278-5394
- jheather@csus.edu
Amy Heckathorn, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 145A
- Phone: (916) 278-5269
- amyheck@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Rhetoric, Writing, and the Teaching of Writing
Reiko Komiyama, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 162
- Phone: (916) 278-5727
- rkomiyama@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Applied Linguistics and TESOL
Hellen Lee, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 113
- Specialty & Interests: Late 19th and early 20th-century U.S. Literatures
Joshua McKinney, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Douglass Hall 201
- Phone: (916) 278-6386
- jmckinney@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Creative Writing
Doug Rice, ABD.
Emeritus - Professor
- Phone: (916) 278-5435
- rice@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Lit. Theory
Mi-Suk Seo, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 158
- Phone: (916) 278-5735
- mseo@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: TESOL & Applied Linguistics
Nancy Sweet, Ph.D.
Professor
- Location: Douglass Hall 217
- Phone: (916) 278-7704
- nsweet@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: 19th Century American Literature, American Women's Writing, and American Gothic
Kim Zarins, Ph.D.
Professor
- Phone: (916) 278-6431
- zarins@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Medieval Literature, British Literature, Children & Young Adult Literature, and Poetry
Associate Professors
John Clark, Ph.D.
Emeritus - Associate Professor
- Location: Douglass Hall 216
- Phone: (916) 278-6128
- jtclark@csus.edu
Angela Clark-Oates, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Phone: (916) 278-5623
- clark-oates@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Writing Studies, Writing Program Administration, and Composition and Rhetoric
Jonas Cope, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 157
- Phone: (916) 278-5720
- jonas.cope@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: British & Irish Literature/Romanticism
Torsa Ghosal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Location: Douglass Hall 219
- Phone: (916) 278-3473
- torsa.ghosal@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Creative Writing, Global Anglophone Literature, Narrative Theory, Critical theory, and Film Criticism
Hogan Hayes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 107
- Phone: (916) 278-5729
- hogan.hayes@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Rhetoric and Writing or Composition Education
Angela Laflen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 111
- Phone: (916) 278-6586
- angela.laflen@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Rhetoric and Composition; Professional and Technical Writing; and Online Writing Pedagogy
Rosa Martinez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Location: Douglass Hall 203
- Phone: (916) 278-6347
- rosa.martinez@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: American Literature and Chicana/Latina/o Literature
Christine Montgomery, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Location: Douglass Hall 202
- Phone: (916) 278-6560
- montgomery@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: African-American Literature and Neo-Slave Narratives
Brett (Samuel) Williams, MFA
Associate Professor
- Location: Calaveras Hall 156
- Phone: (916) 278-5623
- s.b.williams@csus.edu
Assistant Professors
Lecturer Faculty
Amy Anderson
Lecturer
- Phone: email only
- amy.anderson@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Matthew Barrish
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-6587
- matthew.barrish@csus.edu
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Jessica Cuckovich
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-5730
- jc4573@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Susan Durosko
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-5736
- sdurosko@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Jeremy Freeman
Lecturer
- Location: Calaveras Hall 115
- jeremy.freeman@csus.edu
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Patricia Hake
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-6436
- sac65802@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Tim Kahl
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-4835
- timothy.kahl@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Carrie LaPorte
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-3345
- calaport@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Jesus Limon-Guzman
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-4183
- jl452@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Cynthia Linville
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-4183
- clinville@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Ann Michaels
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-3345
- amichaels@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Carolyn Pickrel
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-6925
- cpickrel@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Courtney Rasmussen
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-5726
- cdm268@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Anita Scharf
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-5743
- ascharf@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Children's Literature & Composition
Ann Shadden
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-4183
- ann.shadden@csus.edu
- Website
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Jeremy Trimble
Lecturer
- Phone: (916) 278-6586
- jeremy.trimble@csus.edu
- Areas of Teaching: Composition
Teaching Associates
Program Coordinators
Susan Fanetti
English Education/Pre-Credential
- Location: Calaveras Hall 153
- Phone: (916) 278-5734
- sfanetti@csus.edu
Torsa Ghosal
Literature Committee
- Location: Douglass Hall 219
- Phone: (916) 278-3473
- torsa.ghosal@csus.edu
Joshua McKinney
Creative Writing
- Location: Douglass Hall 201
- Phone: (916) 278-6386
- jmckinney@csus.edu
Nancy Sweet
English MA Graduate
- Location: Douglass Hall 217
- Phone: (916) 278-7704
- engl-grad@csus.edu
Staff
Torsa Ghosal, Ph.D.
Vice Chair
- Location: Douglass Hall 219
- Phone: (916) 278-3473
- torsa.ghosal@csus.edu
Jolie Roberts
Administrative Analyst
- Location: Calaveras Hall 102
- Phone: (916) 278-5745
- engl-aas@csus.edu
Brianna Renner
Administrative Support Coordinator I
- Location: Calaveras Hall 101
- Phone: (916)278-5746
- engl-asc@csus.edu
Currently Vacant
Administrative Support Assistant II
- Location: Calaveras Hall 104
- Phone: (916) 278-2875
- engl@csus.edu