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English Faculty
From award-winning poets and technical writers to novelists and scholars who publish on literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, members of the WCU English faculty have practiced the art of writing in both professional and academic settings. They bring a wealth of scholastic, corporate, and organizational experiences to the classroom and encourage students to think critically, communicate effectively, and make the connection between their studies and their professional aspirations.
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Degree & Position |
Areas of Speciality | |
| Ph.D.; Department Head | Medieval Literature; Business/Tech Writing | |
| Mary Adams | Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Director of the Spring Literary Festival | Biblical & 17th C Lit; Creative Writing (Poetry); Professional Writing |
| Elizabeth Addison | Ph.D; Associate Professor | American Lit; Modern British Poetry; Asian Lit in Translation |
| Jim Addison | Ph.D.; Professor | Fairy Tale; James Joyce; Southern Novel |
| Marsha Lee Baker | Ph.D.; Associate Professor | Rhetoric & Composition; Peace and Nonviolence Studies |
| Chandrika Balasubramanian | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Director of TESOL Program | TESOL; Linguistics (Corpus-, Socio-, & Grammar) |
| Christopher Blake | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor | TESOL; World Englishes; Computer Assisted Language Learning |
| Margaret Bruder | Ph.D.; Visiting Assistant Professor | Composition; Film/Media Studies; 20th C American Lit |
| Catherine Carter | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Director of English Education | English Education; Creative Writing (Poetry); American Lit |
| Mae Claxton | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor | Southern Lit; Appalachian Lit; American Lit |
| Annette Debo | Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Director of Literature Program | Lit Theory; Modernism; African American Lit; Women's Lit |
| Pam Duncan | M.A.; Assistant Professor | Creative Writing (Fiction) |
| Deidre Elliott | M.F.A.; Associate Professor, Director of Professional Writing Program | Creative Writing (Non-Fiction); Eco-Lit; Latino Lit |
| Mimi Fenton | Ph.D.; Professor | Milton; Early Modern British Lit |
| Jill Ghnassia | Ph.D.; Professor | Romantic Lit; Comparative 19th C Lit |
| Lynn Gibbons-Beddow | M.S.; Lecturer | Composition |
| Leah Hampton | M.A.; Lecturer | Composition; Business/Technical Writing |
| Elizabeth Heffelfinger | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Director of Motion Picture Studies | Film Studies; Post-WWII Lit & Culture; Media & Cultural Studies |
| Beth Huber | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Director of First-Year Composition Program | Rhetorical Theory; Composition Theory; Political Rhetoric |
| Liz Kelly | M.A.; Lecturer | Composition; Creative Non-Fiction; Southern Lit |
| Brent Kinser | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor | 19th C Lit (Trans-Atlantic); Digital Humanities |
| Brian Lawrence | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor | English Education; Teaching Composition |
| Deepak Pant | M.A.; Lecturer | Composition Theory; TESOL |
| Ken Price | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor | Computer Documentation; Digital Media; Technical Editing |
| Brian Railsback | Ph.D.; Dean of the Honors College | Steinbeck; Creative Writing (fiction); American Lit |
| Ron Rash | M.A.; Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies | Creative Writing (Fiction & Poetry) |
| Laura Samal | Ph.D.; Visiting Assistant Professor | Composition |
| Sandra Saunders | Ph.D.; Visiting Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies | 19th C British Lit; Liberal Studies |
| Bill Spencer | Ph.D.; Visiting Assistant Professor | American Lit; Composition |
| Shara Whitford | M.A.; Lecturer | Composition |
| Laura Wright | Ph.D.; Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Studies | Postcolonial Lit; Gender Studies |
| Murat Yazan | M.A.; Lecturer | Composition |
| Administrative Staff | ||
| Pam Pittman | Administrative Support Associate | |
| Sherri Roper | Administrative Support Associate | |