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
Assistant Professor (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)
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
Bill Gillard
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
Ula Klein
Associate Professor (PhD, Stony Brook University, 2013)
18th-century literature; women’s and gender studies
UW Oshkosh
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
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)
Associate Department Chair
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)
- Malcolm Allen (Professor Emeritus)
- Vivian Foss (Senior Lecturer Emerita)