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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Emeriti FacultyOur faculty is diverse and offers a wide range of approaches to literature. In addition to having expertise in traditional and contemporary forms of literature across a range of historical periods and theoretical perspectives, faculty in the English department specialize in a variety of fields of study: American Studies, African-American Studies, British Studies, Cultural Studies, Global Studies, Journalism, Latino/a Studies, Native American Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Women's Studies. Our faculty concentrates on excellence in teaching and personal concern for our students. Department faculty have achieved many honors, including Chancellor's Awards for Excellence, President's Award for Excellence, and Distinguished Teaching rank. Professors in the English Department typically have an open-door policy and welcome students even beyond normal office hours for extra assistance. In addition to teaching, our faculty is active in research and in publishing their research findings in well-respected scholarly journals, anthologies, and books. Faculty members also present scholarly papers at national and international conferences annually; others read their creative work at prestigious state, national, and international venues. |
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Betty Barnard, LecturerSUNY Fredonia, M.S. in EducationOffice: Fenton 2139 |
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William Boerst, LecturerOffice: Fenton 250 |
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Diane Bohn, SecretaryPoummit Secretarial Award for outstanding service, attitude, creativity, and resourcefulnessOffice: Fenton 277 |
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Kenton Brown, LecturerSUNY Fredonia, M.A.Office: Fenton 251 |
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Matt Brysinski, Teaching AssistantM.A. CandidateOffice: Fenton 238Phone: 716 673-3846 E-mail: Matthew.Brysinski@fredonia.edu I am currently developing my thesis around William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author. I guess I would say I have a knack for Shakespeare, metafiction, and postmodern literature. Sprinkle that with my developing interest in the author function (Barthes, Foucault, Bakhtin, Pirandello) and you get something pretty odd, I'm sure. |
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KimMarie Cole, Associate Professor / Program Coordinator, English Adolescence EducationUniversity of Wisconsin, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 268 |
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Tom Craig, LecturerSUNY Fredonia, M.A.Office: Fenton 250 |
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Albert A. Dunn, Associate ProfessorUniversity of Virginia, Ph.D.
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Sarah Emert, Teaching AssistantM.A. CandidateOffice: Fenton 2138Phone: 716 673-4688 E-mail: Sarah.Emert@fredonia.edu |
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Ron Estes, Visiting Assistant ProfessorOffice: Fenton 274Phone: 716 673-3587 E-mail: Ronald.Estes@fredonia.edu |
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Anne Fearman, LecturerSUNY Fredonia, M.A.Office: Fenton 242a |
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Natalie Gerber, Assistant ProfessorUniversity of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 276 |
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Sarah Gerkensmeyer, LecturerCornell University, M.F.AOffice: Fenton 241Phone: 716 673-3861 E-mail: Sarah.Gerkensmeyer@fredonia.edu I write short stories and am working on a novel. My stories have appeared (or will soon appear) in Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Cream City Review, Sonora Review, North Dakota Quarterly, The Nebraska Review, and elsewhere. During the summer of 2007, I was a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. At SUNY Fredonia, I teach creative writing, freshman composition, and introductory literature courses. |
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John Glovack, LecturerUniversity at Buffalo, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 246 |
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Carolyn Kieber Grady, LecturerSUNY Fredonia, M.A.Office: Fenton 247 |
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Laura Guenther, Teaching AssistantM.A. CandidateOffice: Fenton 2138Phone: 716 673-4688 E-mail: Laura.Guenther@fredonia.edu |
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Virginia Horvath, Professor; Vice President, Academic AffairsKent State University, Ph.D.
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Christina Jarvis, Associate Professor / Director of American StudiesPennsylvania State University, Ph.D.
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Doug Johnston, LecturerSUNY Buffalo, Ed. M.Office: Fenton 246 |
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Scott Johnston, Associate Professor / Coordinator English Composition ProgramUniversity of Nevada, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 263 |
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Jenna Letersky, Teaching AssistantM.A. CandidateOffice: Fenton 2138Phone: 716 673-4688 E-mail: Jenna.Letersky@fredonia.edu My interests are American literature and specifically the role of the "American dream" in terms of its representation by authors through gender, culture, and the course of history. I'd like to examine the lesser known works for a different perspective as well. |
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En-Shu Robin Liao, Assistant ProfessorTeachers College, Columbia University, Ed.D.Office: Fenton 258Phone: 716 673-3851 E-mail: En-Shu.Liao@fredonia.edu Research
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Saundra Liggins, Associate Professor / Coordinator of African American StudiesUniversity of California, San Diego, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 264 My research/teaching
interests are in women's literature, African American literature and culture,
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Susan Lord, LecturerSUNY Fredonia, M.A.Office: Fenton 248 |
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Brandon Martin, LecturerOffice: Fenton 251Phone: 716 673-3863 Email: Brandon.Martin@fredonia.edu |
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Adrienne McCormick, Associate Professor / Department Chair
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Susan McGee, LecturerM.A. SUNY FredoniaOffice: Fenton 247Phone: 716 673-4716 E-mail: Susan.McGee@fredonia.edu |
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Shannon McRae, Associate ProfessorUniversity of Washington, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 257 |
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Jeanette McVicker, Professor
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Terence D. Mosher, Associate ProfessorUniversity of Michigan, Ph.D.
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Malcolm Nelson, SUNY Distinguished Teaching ProfessorNorthwestern University, Ph.D.
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Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Associate ProfessorOhio State University, M.F.A.
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Dustin Parsons, Visiting Assistant ProfessorBowling Green State University, M.F.A.;
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Elmer Ploetz, LecturerUniversity at Buffalo, M.A.Office: Fenton 250 |
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Angela Rosebrough, LecturerOffice: Fenton 238 |
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Gareth Sebouhian, LecturerOffice: Fenton 251Phone: 716 673-3863 E-mail: Gareth.Sebouhian@fredonia.edu |
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Ann Siegle Drege, Assistant ProfessorUniversity of North Dakota, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 256 |
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Bruce Simon, Associate Professor / Associate ChairPrinceton University, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 279 |
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Susan Spangler, Assistant ProfessorIllinois State University , Ph.D.Office: Fenton 266 My ongoing research interests focus on regression under stress in student teachers and issues in composition and rhetoric, particularly writing assessment. My pedagogical interests include contact zones, small group instructional diagnosis, and teaching for social justice. To view information on my current courses and my teaching portfolio, click on my name and you’ll be directed to my website. |
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Theodore L. Steinberg, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Director Fredonia Honors ProgramUniversity of Illinois, Ph.D.
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James Thomas Stevens, Associate Professor / Coordinator of American Indian StudiesBrown University, M.F.A.Office: Fenton 269 |
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John J. Stinson, ProfessorNew York University, Ph.D.
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Emily VanDette, Assistant ProfessorPennsylvania State University, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 259Phone: 716 673-3853 Email: Emily.VanDette@fredonia.edu My primary area of research and teaching is pre-20th-century American literature. My special interest is the recovery of early American women's literature. My recent research projects have explored the politicizing potential of family representations in women's fiction. I teach classes in pre-20th century American literature, including American Literary Roots, Realism and Naturalism in American Literature, the American Literature Survey, and 19th-century American Women Writers. |
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Birger Vanwesenbeeck, Assistant ProfessorUniversity at Buffalo, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 237Phone: 716 673-3847 Email: Birger.Vanwesenbeeck@fredonia.edu My primary research interests are American literature, continental philosophy (Derrida), and contemporary fiction. I am currently co-editing (with Crystal Alberts and Chris Leise) a work with essays on William Gaddis, and I am at work on a book manuscript tentatively entitled "The Critical Communities of Gaddis, Pynchon, and DeLillo." Since 2001 I have been a regular book reviewer for the Belgian daily newspaper De Tijd. |
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Iclal Vanwesenbeeck, Assistant ProfessorUniversity at Buffalo, Ph.D.Office: Fenton 240 |
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Christopher Vogt, LecturerM.A. SUNY FredoniaOffice: Fenton 238Phone: 716 673-3846 Email: Christopher.Vogt@fredonia.edu |
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Melinda Wendell, Visiting Assistant ProfessorSUNY Fredonia, M.A.Office: Fenton 254 |
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