English Faculty

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Graduate Faculty

Anne Herrington, Professor and Chair of the Department of English, B.A., Susquehanna, 1970; M.A., Vermont, 1974; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1983.

Nicholas Knowles Bromell, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, B.A., Amherst, 1972; M.A., Stanford, 1979; Ph.D., 1987.

Jenny S. Spencer, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Graduate Studies, B.A., Iowa, 1973; M.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1982.

Dara Wier, Professor and Director of M.F.A. Program, B.S., Longwood College, 1971; M.F.A., Bowling Green, 1974.

Jenny Adams, Assistant Professor,  California at Los Angeles, 1992; A.M., Chicago, 1994; Ph.D., 2000.

Joseph Bartolomeo, Associate Professor, A.B., Georgetown, 1980; M.A., Harvard, 1982; Ph.D., 1986.

Joseph Black, Assistant Professor,  B.A., Toronto, 1985; M.A., Carleton University, Ottawa, 1986; Ph.D., Toronto, 1996.

Deborah Carlin, Associate Professor, B.A., California at San Diego, 1979; M.A., Harvard, 1983; Ph.D., 1987; M.S.W., Smith, 1994.

Stephen Clingman, Professor, B.A., Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1976; (Hons), 1977; D.Phil., Oxford, England, 1983.

Christine Cooper, Assistant Professor, B.A., Rochester, 1990; M.A., Michigan, 1992; Ph.D., 1995.

Suzanne Daly, Assistant Professor, B.A., Pennsylvania, 1993; M.A., Columbia, 1995; Ph.D., 2002.

Laura Doyle, Associate Professor, B.A., Beloit, 1979; M.A., Illinois, 1981; Ph.D., Brandeis, 1987.

Lee R. Edwards, Professor and Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, B.A., Swarthmore, 1962; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1965; Ph.D., California at San Diego, 1969.

Martín Espada, Associate Professor, B.A., Wisconsin at Madison, 1981; J.D., Northeastern, 1985.

Kirby Farrell, Professor, B.A., Clark, 1964; M.A., Rutgers, 1968; Ph.D., 1972.

James A. Freeman, Professor, B.A., Amherst, 1956; Ph.D., Minnesota, 1968.

Ernest Gallo, Professor, B.A., St. John's, 1954; M.A., New York, 1957; Ph.D., 1965.

Peter Gizzi, Associate Professor,  B.A., New York University, 1986; M.F.A., Brown, 1991; Ph.D., New York at Buffalo, 1997.

Stephen J. Harris, Assistant Professor,  B.A., Bishop's University, 1988; M.A.,  Ottawa, 1991; Ph.D., Loyola, 1998.

Haivan Hoang, Assistant Professor,  B.A., California at Berkeley, 1996; M.A., California State University at Hayward, 1999; Ph.D., Ohio State, 2004.

Noy Holland, Assistant Professor, B.A., Middlebury College, 1984; M.F.A., Florida, 1994.

Ruth Jennison, Assistant Professor,  B.A., Bryn Mawr, 1996; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 2004.

Arthur Kinney, Professor, B.A., Syracuse, 1955; M.S., Columbia, 1956; Ph.D., Michigan, 1963.

Randall Knoper, Associate Professor, B.A., Iowa, 1977; M.A., Indiana, 1981; Ph.D., 1986.

Donna LeCourt, Associate Professor,  B.S., Fitchburg State, 1985; M.A., Washington State, 1987; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1993.

James Leheny, Professor, B.A., Connecticut, 1961; M.A., Washington, 1963; Ph.D., 1968.

Mason I. Lowance, Jr., Professor, B.A., Princeton, 1960; B.A., Oxford, 1964; M.A., 1966; Ph.D., Emory, 1967.

Sabina Murray, Assistant Professor,  B.A., Mount Holyoke, 1989; M.A., Texas, 1994.

John R. Nelson, Jr., Professor, B.A., Hamilton College, 1959; M.A., Maine, 1962; Ph.D., Oregon, 1967.

Margaret O'Brien, Associate Professor and Director of the Irish Studies Program, B.A., Mount Holyoke, 1967; M.A., University College, Dublin, 1970; Ph.D., Trinity College, Dublin, 1976.

Joseph T. Skerrett, Jr.,  Professor, B.A., Saint Francis College, 1964; M.A., Johns Hopkins, 1965; M. Phil., Yale, 1972; Ph.D., 1975.

Charlotte K. Spivack,  Professor, B.A., New York at Albany, 1947; M.A., Cornell, 1948; Ph.D., Missouri, 1954.

James Tate, Professor, B.A., Kansas State College of Pittsburg, 1965; M.F.A., Iowa, 1967.

Ron Welburn, Associate Professor, B.A., Lincoln, 1968; M.A., Arizona, 1971; Ph.D., New York, 1983.

James E. Young,Professor, B.A., California at Santa Cruz, 1973; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1976; Ph.D., California at Santa Cruz, 1983.

Adam Zucker, Assistant Professor,  B.A., Brown, 1994; M.A., Columbia, 1997; Ph.D., 2004.

Faculty Emeriti

Jeremiah T. Allen, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Thomas L. Ashton, Professor Emeritus  (2001).

Robert E. Bagg, Professor Emeritus  (1997).

Nancy Lee Beaty, Associate Professor Emerita  (1986). 

George Carey,Professor Emeritus (1994).

David R. Clark, Professor Emeritus (1985). 

John Clayton, Professor Emeritus(2001).

Robert P. Creed, Professor Emeritus  (1996).

George Cuomo, Professor Emeritus (1994).

Peter Elbow, Professor Emeritus (2000).

Andrew Fetler, Professor Emeritus (1990).

Roberts W. French,Professor Emeritus (1993).

Walker Gibson,Professor Emeritus  (1984).

Raymond Gozzi, Associate Professor Emeritus(1990).

John Hicks,Professor Emeritus (1984).

Priscilla Gibson Hicks,Associate Professor Emerita (1986).

Ernest H. Hofer,Professor Emeritus  (1987).

Floriana Hogan,Associate Professor Emerita  (1979).

Robert Hoopes, Professor Emeritus (1990).

Leonta Horrigan,Associate Professor Emerita (1986).

John Hunt, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Donald Junkins, Professor Emeritus (1995).

G. Stanley Koehler, Professor Emeritus (1988).

Joseph Langland,Professor Emeritus (1979).

Paul L. Mariani, Professor Emeritus  (2000).

Jay Neugeboren, Professor Emeritus  (2000).

William G. O'Donnell,Professor Emeritus (1987).

Alex Page,Professor Emeritus (1987).

David Paroissien, Professor Emeritus  (2001).

David Porter, Professor Emeritus (1995).

Meredith B. Raymond, Professor Emerita(1992).

Seymour Rudin, Professor Emeritus  (1985).

Kathleen M. Swaim, Professor Emerita  (1999).

John C. Weston, Professor Emeritus  (1986).

Michael Wolff, Professor Emeritus (1995).