Administrative Staff:
Allyssa Lile
Academic Department Associate
UW Oshkosh
Email: lilea@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-2232
Office: Radford 218
Learn more about the Academic Department Associate
Duties:
- Serves as assistant to Chair and Associate Chair
- Schedules and maintains English courses
- Schedules Radford Computer Lab
- Maintains department website
- Tracks departmental budget and expenses
- Assigns departmental advisors
- Manages and maintains social media platforms
Faculty and Staff
Abayomi Animashaun
Lecturer (Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2012)
Creative Writing: Poetry, Comparative Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: animasha@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7273
Office: Radford Hall 224
Learn more about Abayomi
Areas of Interest:
Creative Writing: Poetry, Comparative Literature
Classes Taught:
- ENG 405/605 Creative Writing
- ENG 305/505 Creative Writing: Poetry I
- ENG 218 Intro to Multi-Ethnic Literature
- ENG 204 Intro to Creative Writing
- ENG 168 Multi-Ethnic Literature (Quest I)
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Laura Jean Baker
Associate Professor (M.F.A., University of Michigan, 2003)
Associate Department Chair
Creative Writing: Memoir, Women’s Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: bakerl@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 228
Learn more about Laura Jean
Areas of Interest:
Creative Writing: Memoir, Women’s Literature
Courses Taught:
- ENG 308/508 Autobiography: Theory & Practice
- ENG 281 Intro to English Studies
- ENG 226 Modern American Literature
- ENG 224 Women in Literature
- ENG 204 Intro to Creative Writing
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Loren Baybrook
Lecturer (Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1994)
Film Studies, Modern American Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: baybrook@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 203
Learn more about Loren
Areas of Interest:
Film Studies, Modern American Literature
Classes Taught:
- ENG 381/581 Foundations of Literary Criticism
- ENG 379/579 American Poetry
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- ENG 231 Literature and Film
- ENG 214 American Literature II
Karl Boehler
Senior Lecturer (Ph.D., Marquette University, 2005)
Medieval Literature, Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: boehler@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 301
Learn more about Karl
Areas of Interest:
Medieval Literature, Composition
Classes Taught:
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 210 Classical and Medieval Literature
- ENG 211 British Literature I
- ENG 151 British Literature to the 18th Century (Quest I)
- ENG 100 Foundations of College English
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Domenic Bruni
Senior Lecturer (M.A., Oklahoma State University, 1989)
Composition, Film Studies
UW Oshkosh
Email: bruni@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-2265
Office: Radford Hall 313
Learn more about Domenic
Areas of Interest:
Composition, Film Studies
Classes Taught:
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- ENG 231 Literature and Film
- ENG 101 College English I
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Stewart Cole
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2012)
Modern and Contemporary British and Irish Literature, Creative Writing: Poetry
UW Oshkosh
Email: coles@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-424-2260
Office: Radford Hall 225
Learn more about Stewart
Areas of Interest:
Modern and Contemporary British and Irish Literature, Creative Writing: Poetry
Courses Taught:
- ENG 392/592 Special Topics in Literature: Dystopian Visions
- ENG 381 Foundations of Literary Criticism
- ENG 365/565 Modern British Fiction: Love and War in the Modern British Novel
- ENG 358/558 Postcolonial Literature: Nationalism, Rebellion, and Decolonization in Modern Irish Literature
- ENG 310 Honors Advanced Writing
- ENG 306 Advanced Poetry Writing
- ENG 294 Literary Landscapes (Quest III Study Abroad in Ireland)
- ENG 225 Modern British Literature
- ENG 205 Literature from a Global Perspective (Honors Study Abroad in London and Paris)
- ENG 165 Twentieth-Century British Literature (Quest I)
- HNRS 475 Honors Senior Seminar: Animals, Human and Nonhuman
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Diane Crotty
Senior Lecturer (M.A., Bemidji State University, 1988)
Young Adult Literature, Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: crotty@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 219
Learn more about Diane
Areas of Interest:
Young Adult Literature, Composition
Classes Taught:
- ENG 226 Modern American Literature
- ENG 223 Young Adult Literature
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Don Dingledine
Professor (Ph.D., Temple University, 1998)
19th-Century American and African American Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: dingledi@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-424-7270
Office: Radford Hall 308
Learn more about Don
Areas of Interest:
19th-Century American and African American Literature
Courses Taught:
- ENG 481 Seminar in English Studies: Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
- ENG 396 Literature and History
- ENG 375 American Realism and Naturalism
- ENG 229 Honors African American Literature
- ENG 219 African American Literature
- ENG 213 American Literature I
- ENG 110 Honors Composition
Jennifer Donath
Lecturer (M.A., Marquette University, 1998)
Composition, Modern American Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: donathj@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-0299
Office: Radford Hall 312
Learn more about Jennifer Donath
Areas of Interest:
Composition, Modern American Literature
Classes Taught:
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Kelley Duhatschek
Lecturer (M.A., University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2000)
Composition, Shakespeare
UW Oshkosh
Email: duhatsch@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 219
Learn more about Kelley
Areas of Interest:
Composition, Shakespeare
Classes Taught:
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- ENG 247 Intro to Shakespeare
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Aaron Dunckel
Lecturer (Ph.D, Syracuse University, 1998)
British Literature, Criticism, Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: dunckel@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 307
Learn more about Aaron
Areas of Interest:
British Literature, Criticism, Composition
Classes Taught:
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- ENG 281 Intro to English Studies
- ENG 212 British Literature II
Scott Emmert
Professor (Ph.D., Purdue University 2000)
American Literature / Literature & Film
UW Oshkosh/ UW Fox Valley
Email: emmerts@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 832-2640
Office:
Learn more about Scott
Areas of Interest:
American Literature / Literature & Film
Classes Taught:
- ENG 214 American Literature II
- ENG 231 Literature & Film
Robert Feldman
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1985)
Modern American and European Drama
UW Oshkosh
Email: feldman@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-424-7274
Office: Radford Hall 227
Learn more about Robert
Areas of Interest:
Modern American and European Drama
Courses Taught:
- ENG 380/580 Modern Drama
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 300 Connect
- ENG 228 Honors Modern American Literature
- ENG 226 Modern American Literature
Vivian Foss
Senior Lecturer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison, 1994)
Renaissance Literature, Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: foss@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7276
Office: Radford Hall 232
Learn more about Vivan Foss
Areas of Interest:
Renaissance Literature, Composition
Classes Taught:
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- ENG 224 Women in Literature
- ENG 211 British Literature I
Bill Gillard
Associate Professor (M.F.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2005)
Associate Department Chair for the Access Campuses
Creative Writing, Science Fiction, Poetry, Composition
UW Oshkosh, Fox Cities
Email: gillardw@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-832-2669
Office: UW Fox # 1835
Learn more about Bill
Areas of Interest:
Creative Writing, Science Fiction, Literary Modernism
Classes Taught:
- ENG 231 Literature and Film
- ENG 243 Introduction to Nature Writing
- ENG 247 Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG 250 Introduction to Literary Studies
- ENG 284 Science Fiction
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
- ENG 204 Introduction to Creative Writing
Douglas Haynes
Professor (M.F.A., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2002)
Creative Writing: Non-Fiction, Nature Writing, Poetry; Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: haynesd@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 204
Learn more about Douglas
Areas of Interest:
Creative Writing: Non-Fiction, Nature Writing, Poetry; Composition
Courses Taught:
- ENG 405/605 Creative Writing: Nature Writing
- ENG 310 Honors Advanced Writing
- ENG 243 Intro to Nature Writing
- ENG 204 Intro to Creative Writing
Cary Henson
Senior Lecturer (M.A., Indiana University, 1994)
Comparative Literature, Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: henson@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 307
Learn more about Cary
Areas of Interest:
Comparative Literature, Composition
Classes Taught:
- ENG 381/581 Foundations of Literary Criticism
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 231 Literature and Film
- ENG 227 Modern World Literature
- ENG 110 Honors Composition
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Margaret Hostetler
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Washington, 1996)
Chair, Department of English
Medieval Literature, Linguistics
UW Oshkosh
Email: hostetle@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-424-7281
Office: Radford Hall 220
Learn more about Margaret
Areas of Interest:
Medieval Literature, Linguistics
Courses Taught:
- ENG 701 Seminar in Literature
- ENG 384/584 Sociolinguistics
- ENG 383/583 Intro to English Linguistics
- ENG 346/546 Chaucer and His Age
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- ENG 210 Classical and Medieval Literature
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Jordan Landry
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2000)
American and Women’s Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: landry@uwosh.edu
Learn more about Jordan
Areas of Interest:
American and Women’s Literature
Courses Taught:
- Eng 391 Gay & Lesbian Literature
Samantha Looker-Koenigs
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011)
Director of First-Year Writing
Rhetoric and Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: lookers@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 223
Learn more about Samantha
Areas of Interest:
Rhetoric and Composition
Courses Taught:
- ENG 714 Studying Rhetoric and Writing
- ENG 481 Seminar in English Studies
- ENG 387/587 Special Topics in Rhetoric and Composition
- ENG 385 Topics in Professional and Digital Writing
- ENG 322/522 Theories of Rhetoric and Writing
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Roberta Maguire
Professor (Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1997)
African American and Southern Literature, Criticism
UW Oshkosh
Email: maguire@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-0862
Office: Radford Hall 315
Learn more about Roberta
Areas of Interest:
African American and Southern Literature, Criticism
Courses Taught:
- ENG 481 Seminar in English Studies: Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
- ENG 381/581 Foundations of Literary Criticism
- ENG 229 Honors African American Literature
Pascale Manning
Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 2013)
19th-Century Literature and Science, Native Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: manningp@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7342
Office: Radford Hall 306
Learn more about Pascale
Areas of Interest:
19th-Century Literature and Science, Native Literature
Courses Taught:
- ENG 342 Literature of the Romantic Era
- ENG 369/569 Literature of the Victorian Period
- ENG 370 Native American Literature II
- ENG 212 British Literature II
- ENG 220 Native American Literature I
- ENG 227 Modern World Literature
- ENG 310 Honors Advanced Writing
- HNRS 275 Culture Connection (Honors Study Abroad in London and Paris)
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Stephen McCabe
Lecturer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2009)
Creative Writing: Fiction, Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: mccabes@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7290
Office: Radford Hall 310
Learn more about Stephen
Areas of Interest:
Creative Writing: Fiction, Composition
Classes Taught:
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 303 Creative Writing: Fiction I
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- ENG 226 Modern American Literature
- ENG 214 American Literature II
- ENG 204 Intro to Creative Writing
- ENG 100 Foundations of College English
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Crystal Mueller
Senior Lecturer (Ph.D., Marquette University, 2005)
Director of the Writing Center
Medieval and Early Modern Literature, Rhetoric and Composition)
UW Oshkosh
Email: muellec@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-0505, (920) 424-0916
Office: Student Success Center 107
Learn more about Crystal
Areas of Interest:
Medieval and Early Modern Literature, Rhetoric and Composition
Classes Taught:
- ENG 281 Intro to English Studies
- ENG 211 British Literature I
- ENG 151 British Literature to the 18th Century (Quest I)
- ENG 100 Foundations of College English
Adam Ochonicky
Lecturer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2014)
Film Studies, Composition
UW Oshkosh
Email: ochonica@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7290
Office: Radford Hall 310
Learn more about Adam
Areas of Interest:
Film Studies, American Literature and Culture, Media Studies, Regionalism
Classes Taught:
- English 390/590 Film and Literary Studies: Archival Texts: Surveillance, Voyeurism, and Memory
- English 385 Professional and Digital Writing: Mediated Forms of Curating, Archiving, and Sharing
- English 378/578 Modern American Novel
- English 376/576 Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: Regional Narratives
- English 366/566 Science Fiction
- English 231 Literature and Film: Horror Adaptations
- English 226 Modern American Literature
- English 219 African American Literature
- English 214 American Literature II: 1865 to the Present
- English 213 American Literature I: Beginnings to 1865
- Honors 275 Culture Connection
- RTF 344 Prime-Time Television Writing
- Writing 310 Honors: Advanced Composition
- Writing 288 Connect: Advanced Writing: Technology and Culture
- Writing 287 Advanced Writing: Technology and Culture
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Publications:
The American Midwest in Film and Literature: Nostalgia, Violence, and Regionalism. Indiana University Press, 2020.
“Nostalgia and Retcons: The Many Returns, Homecomings, and Revisions of the Halloween Franchise (1978-2018).” Adaptation vol. 13, no 3, 2020.
“‘Something to be haunted by’: Adaptive monsters and regional narratives in ‘The Forbidden’ and Candyman.” Horror Studies vol. 11, no. 1, 2020, pp. 101-122.
“Introduction: Special Dossier on Fargo (FX, 2014-).” Middle West Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2019, pp. 65-70.
“Twin Peaks: Episode 2.22 and Beyond.” In Television Finales: From “Howdy Doody” to “Girls”, edited by Douglas L. Howard and David Bianculli, Syracuse University Press, 2018, pp. 415-424.
“The Spectral Present: Landscapes of Absence in Once Upon a Time in Anatolia and The Headless Woman.” Screening the Past, special dossier on “Materializing Absence in Film and Media,” no. 43, April 2018.
“‘A Better Civilization’ Through Tourism: Cultural Appropriation in The Marble Faun.” Nineteenth-Century Literature, vol. 70, no. 2, September 2015, pp. 221-237.
“The Millennial Midwest: Nostalgic Violence in the Twenty-First Century.” Quarterly Review of Film and Video, vol. 32, no. 2, February 2015, pp. 124-140.
James (Duke) Pesta
Associate Professor (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1997)
Renaissance Prose and Poetry
UW Oshkosh
Email: pestaj@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 210
Learn more about Duke
Areas of Interest:
Renaissance Prose and Poetry
Courses Taught:
- ENG 481 Seminar in English Studies
- ENG 448 Shakespeare
- ENG 396 Literature and History
- ENG 353 Early Modern British Literature
- ENG 347/547 Shakespeare I
- ENG 247 Intro to Shakespeare
- ENG 236 Foundations of Western Literature
- ENG 227 Modern World Literature
- ENG 210 Classical and Medieval Literature
- ENG 151 British Literature to the 18th Century
Alayne Peterson
Associate Professor (MFA in Writing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999)
UW Fond du Lac
Email: petersona@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-929-1196
Office: C-224 (Fond du Lac campus Classroom Bldg)
Learn more about Alayne
Areas of Interest:
Science Fiction/Fantasy literature, film, and television; creative writing; the works of Philip K. Dick; the works of William Gibson; the films of Hayao Miyazaki
Courses Taught:
- ENG 101 College Writing and Critical Reading
- ENG 102 Critical Writing, Reading, and Research
- ENG 203/204 Creative Writing I and II. Writing-intensive sophomore-level literature courses for non-majors
- ENG 285 Literature of Nature; ENG 284 Science Fiction in Literature and Film (“Apocalypse Now-ish”);
- ENG 266 Modern Literature (“The Existential Crisis”); ENG 270 Survey of British Literature (“Here There Be Monsters”);
- ENG 272 Survey of American Literature (“In the American Grain”); ENG 277 Film Studies (“The Works of Hayao Miyazaki”)
Ron Rindo
Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 1989)
Creative Writing: Fiction, 19th-Century American Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: rindo@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 201
Learn more about Ron
Areas of Interest:
Creative Writing: Fiction, 19th-Century American Literature
Courses Taught:
- ENG 709 Special Topics in Creative Writing
- ENG 372/572 The American Short Story
- ENG 350/550 Study Tour: American Writers in Paris
- ENG 343/543 Nature Writing
- ENG 304/504 Advanced Fiction Writing
- ENG 303/503 Creative Writing: Fiction I
- ENG 300 Advanced Writing (Connect)
- ENG 213 American Literature I
- ENG 153 American Literature through the Civil War (Quest I)
Christine Roth
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida, 2001)
19th-Century British Literature, Shakespeare Studies
UW Oshkosh
Email: roth@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7287
Office: Radford Hall 207
Learn more about Christine
Areas of Interest:
19th-Century British Literature, Beat Generation Literature, Shakespeare Studies
Courses Taught:
- ENG 481 Seminar in English Studies
- ENG 356/556 Special Topics in British and/or Irish Literature: The British Children’s Novel
- ENG 369/569 Literature of the Victorian Period
- ENG 354/554 Studies in Travel, Literature, and Culture
- ENG 310 Honors Advanced Composition
- ENG 281 Intro to English Studies
- ENG 212 British Literature II
Paul Sager
Senior Lecturer
Composition
Email: sagerp@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920)929-1185
Office: Classroom Building 213
Learn more about Paul
Areas of Interest:
Developmental Reading and Writing
Courses Taught:
- ENG 099
- ENG 100
- WBIS 188
- ACAD 100
Troy Schoultz
Master of Science in Teaching – English/Creative Writing emphasis, UW-Stevens Point 2009
Lecturer
Creative Writing, Poetry
Email: schoultzt@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920)929-1185
Office: Radford Hall 222
Learn more about Troy
Areas of Interest:
Creative Writing: Poetry and Short Fiction
Courses Taught:
- LEA 102,
- LEA 103,
- English 101
- English 102
- English 100
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Lisa Schreibersdorf
Associate Professor
UW Fond du Lac
Email:
Phone:
Office:
Learn more about Lisa
Areas of Interest:
Courses Taught:
Julie Shaffer
Professor (Ph.D., University of Washington, 1989)
18th- and 19th-Century British Novel, Women’s Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: shaffer@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7288
Office: Radford Hall 208
Learn more about Julie
Areas of Interest:
18th- and 19th-Century British Novel, Women’s Literature
Courses Taught:
- ENG 396/596 Literature and History
- ENG 364/564 19th-Century English Novel
- ENG 363/563 18th-Century English Novel
- ENG 332/532 Early Women Writers
- ENG 224 Women in Literature
- ENG 212 British Literature II
- WBIS 188 Writing-Based Inquiry Seminar: Helping
Loren Snyder
Senior Lecturer
Composition
UW Fox Valley
Email: snyderl@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920/832-2650
Office: UW Fox Valley #1842
Learn more about Loren
Areas of Interest:
Composition, Journalism, Advertising & Communications
Courses Taught:
- WBIS 188
- COMM 103
- COMM 218
- RTF 150
Kristin Vielbig
Senior Lecturer (M.A., South Dakota State University, 2000)
Composition, Multi-Ethnic Literature
UW Oshkosh
Email: vielbigk@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7340
Office: Radford Hall 304
Learn more about Kristin
Areas of Interest:
Composition, Multi-Ethnic Literature
Classes Taught:
- ENG 312 Advanced Writing
- ENG 218 Intro to Multi-Ethnic Literature
- ENG 168 Multi-Ethnic Literature (Quest I)
- ENG 101 College English I
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
Michael Wirkus
Associate Lecturer
Composition
UW Fox Valley
Email: wirkusm@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 832-2683
Office: M1837
Learn more about Michael
Areas of Interest:
Composition
Classes Taught:
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
- ACAD 100
- ENG 102 online
Emeritus:
- Norlisha Crawford (Associate Professor Emerita)
- Marguerite Helmers (Professor Emerita)
- Paul Klemp (Professor Emeritus)