Administrative Staff:
Allyssa Nicholas
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
- Maintains department website
- Tracks departmental budget and expenses
- Assigns departmental advisors
- Manages and maintains social media platforms
- Hires and supervises student workers
Faculty and Staff
Abayomi Animashaun
Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2012)
Creative Writing: Poetry, Comparative Literature
Oshkosh Campus
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)
Creative Writing: Memoir, Women’s Literature
Oshkosh Campus
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
Senior Lecturer (Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1994)
Film Studies, Modern American Literature
Oshkosh Campus
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
Oshkosh Campus
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
Oshkosh Campus
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)
Cross-appointed to the Environmental Studies Program
Modern British and Irish Literature, Ecocriticism/Animal Studies, Creative Writing: Poetry
Oshkosh Campus
Email: coles@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-424-2260
Office: Radford Hall 225
Website: stewart-cole.com
Learn more about Stewart
Areas of Interest:
Modern British and Irish Literature, Ecocriticism/Animal Studies, Creative Writing: Poetry
Courses Taught:
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ENG/ES 399 Utopian/Dystopian Literature
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ENG 381 Foundations of Literary Criticism
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ENG 365 Modern British Fiction: Love and War in the Modern British Novel
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ENG/ES 360 Literary Animal Studies
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ENG 358 Postcolonial Literature: Nationalism, Rebellion, and Decolonization in Modern Irish Literature
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ENG 294 Literary Landscapes (Quest III Study Abroad in Ireland)
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ENG 225 Modern British Literature
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ENG 205 Literature from a Global Perspective (Honors College Study Abroad in Paris)
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ENG 165 Twentieth-Century British Literature (Quest I)
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ES 282 Environmental Humanities
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HNRS 475 Honors Senior Seminar: Animals, Human and Nonhuman
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HNRS 275 Culture Connection
Don Dingledine
Professor (Ph.D., Temple University, 1998)
19th-Century American and African American Literature
Oshkosh Campus
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
She/Her/Hers
Lecturer (M.A., Marquette University, 1998)
Composition, Modern American Literature
Oshkosh Campus
Email: donathj@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 312
Learn more about Jennifer Donath
Areas of Interest:
Composition, Modern American Literature
Classes Taught:
- ENG 226 Modern American Literature
- WRT 100 Foundations of College Writing
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
- WRT 287 Advanced Writing
- WRT 288 Connect: Advanced Writing
Kelley Duhatschek
She/Her/Hers
Lecturer (M.A., University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2000)
Composition, Shakespeare
Oshkosh Campus
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
Oshkosh Campus
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
He/Him/His
Professor (Ph.D., Purdue University 2000)
American Literature, Literature & Film
Oshkosh and Fox Campus
Email: emmerts@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 832-2640
Office:
Learn more about Scott
Areas of Interest:
American Literature / Literature & Film
Classes Taught:
- WRT 188 First-Year College Writing
- WRT 287/288 Advanced Writing
- ENG 213 American Literature I
- ENG 214 American Literature II
- ENG 219 African American Literature
- ENG 226 Modern American Literature
- ENG 231 Literature & Film
- RTF 150 Introduction to Film
Robert Feldman
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1985)
Modern American and European Drama
Oshkosh Campus
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
Bill Gillard
Professor (M.F.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2005)
Associate Department Chair for the Access Campuses
Creative Writing, Science Fiction, Poetry, Composition
Oshkosh and Fox Campus
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
Oshkosh Campus
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
He/Him/His
Senior Lecturer (M.A., Indiana University, 1994)
Composition, Modern World Literature, Genocide Film and Literature
Oshkosh Campus
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
Oshkosh Campus
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
Valerie Jahns
Senior Lecturer II
Composition, Fantasy/Pop Culture, Fiction, Scottish Literature.
Fox and Oshkosh Campus
Email: jahnsv@uwosh.edu
Phone: N/A
Office: Fox and Oshkosh
Learn more about Valerie
Areas of Interest:
Composition, fantasy/pop culture, fiction, Scottish literature.
Courses Taught:
- All levels of composition from Foundations to Advanced
- Developmental Reading
- Learning Skills
- Business Writing
Ula Klein
Associate Professor (PhD, Stony Brook University, 2013)
18th-century literature; women’s and gender studies
Oshkosh Campus
Email: kleinu@uwosh.edu
Phone:
Office:
Learn more about Ula
Areas of Interest:
18th-century literature; women’s and gender studies
Courses Taught:
- WG STDS 201
- WG STDS 232
- WG STDS 390
- WG STDS 435
Jordan Landry
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2000)
American and Women’s Literature
Oshkosh Campus
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
She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011)
Associate Department Chair
Director of First-Year Writing
Rhetoric and Composition
Oshkosh Campus
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
Pascale Manning
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 2013)
19th-Century Literature and Science, Native Literature
Oshkosh Campus
Email: manningp@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7342
Office: Radford Hall 306
Website: pascalemanning.com
Learn more about Pascale
Areas of Interest:
19th-Century Literature and Science, Native Literature
Courses Taught:
- ENG 342 Literature of the Romantic Era
- ENG 359 Literature and Science
- ENG 352 The Nineteenth-Century Novel
- ENG 370 Native American Literature II
- ENG 212 British Literature II
- ENG 220 Native American Literature I
- HNRS 275 Culture Connection (Honors Study Abroad in London and Paris)
Christina Marty
Director of the Writing Center for the Access Campuses
Writing Center Studies: Helping students learn how to shape their own ideas and thoughts about the world through critical reading and writing.
Oshkosh, Fox and FDL Campus
Email: martyc@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-832-2867
Office: UW Fox Cities room 1837
Learn more about Christina
Areas of Interest:
Writing Center Studies: Helping students learn how to shape their own ideas and thoughts about the world through critical reading and writing.
Courses Taught:
- Writing 100
- Writing 188
Stephen McCabe
Lecturer (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2009)
Creative Writing: Fiction, Composition
Oshkosh Campus
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
She/Her/Hers
Writing Center Director and Coordinator of Developmental Writing
Writing, Professional Writing, Medieval and Early Modern Literature.
Oshkosh, Fox and FDL Campus
Email: muellec@uwosh.edu
Office: Student Success Center 107
Learn more about Crystal
Areas of Interest:
Writing Center pedagogy and praxis; Writing assessment; Equity and systems of power.
Classes Taught:
- English 704 – Methods of Research
- English 714 – Seminar in Writing and Rhetoric: Writing Center Theory and Administration
- English 391 / 591 – Special Topics in Literature: Gender(ed) Identity Constructions
- English 387/587 – Special Topics in Rhetoric: The Rhetoric of Laughter
- English 387 / 587 – Special Topics in Rhetoric: Working Effectively with Writers
- Interdisciplinary Studies 384Q3 – Collaboration and Community: Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
- Writing 288 / 287 – Connect: Advanced Writing
- English 388 – Grant Writing Foundations
- English 281 – Introduction to English Studies
- English 207 – Introduction to Professional Writing
- English 211Q2S – Technology and Ethics: Sustainability and British Literature to the 18th Century
- English 206Q2IK – Writing, Community, and Collaboration: Rhetoric, or the Art of Moving Souls
- English 224 – Women in Literature
- English 211 – British Literature I: Medieval and Early Modern Literature
- English 210 – Classical and Medieval Literature
- English 151Q1s – Revolution: Sustainability and British Literature to the 18th Century
- Writing 188 – First-Year College Writing: The Doors of Perception
- Writing 188 – First-Year College Writing: American Political Comedy
- Writing 100 – Foundations of College English (100-level, basic writing)
Adam Ochonicky
He/Him/His
Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2014)
Film Studies, Composition
Oshkosh Campus
Email: ochonica@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-0862
Office: Radford Hall 314
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 Pesta
Associate Professor (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1997)
Oshkosh Campus
Email: pestaj@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 210
Learn more about James
Areas of Interest:
Courses Taught:
Alayne Peterson
Associate Professor (MFA in Writing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999)
Fond du Lac Campus
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
Oshkosh Campus
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
She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor (Ph.D., University of Florida, 2001)
Director of the English Graduate Program
19th-Century British Literature, Shakespeare Studies, Postcolonial Literature
Oshkosh Campus
Email: roth@uwosh.edu
Phone: (920) 424-7287
Office: Radford Hall 207
Learn more about Christine
Areas of Interest:
19th-Century British Literature, Critical Animal Studies, Shakespeare Studies, Expatriate Literature
Courses Taught:
- ENG 369/569 Literature of the Victorian Period
- ENG 358/558 Postcolonial Literature
- ENG 347/547 Shakespeare I
- ENG 354/554 Studies in Travel, Literature, and Culture: Expatriate Writers in Paris
- ENG 356/556 Special Topics in British and/or Irish Literature: The British Children’s Novel
- ENG 310 Honors Advanced Writing
- ENG 247 Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG 223 Young Adult Literature
- ENG 212 British Literature II
Paul Sager
Senior Lecturer
Composition
FDL Campus
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
Lydia Sanders
Lecturer (MFA, Eastern Kentucky University)
Writing
Oshkosh Campus
Email: sanderslk@uwosh.edu
Office: Radford Hall 309
Learn more about Lydia
Areas of Interest:
Creative Writing/ Fiction; Composition; Linguistics
Courses Taught:
- WRT 188
- WRT 287
- WRT 288
Lisa Schreibersdorf
Associate Professor
FDL Campus
Learn more about Lisa
Areas of Interest:
Courses Taught:
Loren Snyder
Senior Lecturer
Composition
Fox Campus
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
Anne Stevens
Faculty/ Dean of College of Letters and Science
Eighteenth-Century Literature
Oshkosh Campus
Email: stevensa@uwosh.edu
Phone: 920-424-1302
Office: Sage 3640
Learn more about Anne
Areas of Interest:
Eighteenth-century literature and literary theory.
Kristin Vielbig
Senior Lecturer (M.A., South Dakota State University, 2000)
Composition, Multi-Ethnic Literature
Oshkosh Campus
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
Learn more about Kristin
Areas of Interest:
Classes Taught:
Michael Wirkus
Lecturer
Composition, Reading and Study Skills
Fox and Oshkosh Campus
Email: wirkusm@uwosh.edu
Office: UW Fox #1837
Learn more about Michael
Areas of Interest:
Composition, Reading and Study Skills.
Classes Taught:
- WRT 99
- WRT 100
- WRT 188 First Year College Writing
- ACAD 100
- ACAD 169
- INTRDSCP 101
Emeritus:
- Norlisha Crawford (Associate Professor Emerita)
- Marguerite Helmers (Professor Emerita)
- Paul Klemp (Professor Emeritus)
- Malcolm Allen (Professor Emeritus)
- Vivian Foss (Senior Lecturer Emerita)
- Julie Schaffer (Professor Emeritus)
- Roberta Maguire (Professor Emeritus)