About Our Faculty & Staff

English Department

Expertise

• Communication
• Psychology
• Rhetorical power of mass media
• Writing

Education

• M.A., Communication, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2004
• B.A., Psychology, Fort Lewis College, 2001

Areas of expertise

• British literature
• Young adult literature
• Honors education

Education

• Ph.D.  University of New Mexico
• M.A.   Boston University
• B.L.S. Boston University

Expertise

• African-American Literature
• Chicana/o Literature and Cultural Production
• 20th Century American Literature
• Post-Colonial Theory
• Literature by Women of Color
• Border Studies
• Chicana/o Studies

Education: 

• Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2000
• B.A., St. Mary’s University, 1991

Expertise

• Composition Pedagogy
• Composition Theory
• Ecocritical Theory
• Literary Nonfiction
• Literature of the Environment
• Rhetorical Theory

Education

• Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada - Reno, 2001
• M.A., English, Utah State University, 1996
• B.A., English, Utah State University, 1993
• B.A., Journalism, Utah State University, 1993

Expertise

• American Literature
• Women's Literature
• 19th Century American Women Writers
• Feminist Theory
• English Education
• Adolescent Literature
• Literature of the Environment

Education

• Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1996
• M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1991
• B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1988

Expertise

• Academic Writing
• African American Studies
• Critical Multicultural Studies
• Critical Pedagogy
• Environmental Issues
• History

Education

• M.S., Writing and Literature, Utah State University, 2005    
• B.A., English, University of California, Berkley, 1971

Expertise

• American literature
• Ecocritical theory
• Literary and media theory
• Literature of the environment
• Media studies
• Mid-19th to early 20th century American cultural history
• Popular culture
• Shakespeare

Education

• Ph.D., American Civilization, University of Texas at Austin, 1982
• M.A., English, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1976
• B.A., English, Abilene Christian University, 1974

Expertise

• How rhetoric and writing can improve communication for the public good
• Argumentation
• Community-based learning and research 
• Conflict resolution

Education

• Ph.D., Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona
• M.A., English (Emphasis: Rhetoric and Composition), Georgia State University
• B.A., Political Science, Emory University

Expertise

• Cultural Studies
• Media Studies
• Stereotyping
• Media History and Criticism
• Radio
• Literary and Media Theory
• Queer Theory

Education

• Ph.D., The University of Texas, Austin, 2000
• M.A., Auburn University, 1988
• B.A., Auburn University, 1986

Areas of expertise

• Creative Writing
• Literature of the Environment
• Environmental Philosophy
• Photography (film and digital)
• Art History

Education
MS (NASAD accredited MFA) Photography - Illinois Institute of Design (academic concentrations in philosophy and art history)

BA Wheaton College, Illinois - Psychology

Expertise

• Fiction
• Creative nonfiction
• Poetry
• Women’s literature
• Literature of place
• Literature of the West

Education

• Ph.D., English, Georgia State University, 2013
• MFA, Creative Writing, University of Southern Maine Stonecoast, 2005
• B.A., English, Fort Lewis College, 1997

Expertise

• Journalism
• Folklore
• Media Law
• Media Ethics
• Gender, Race, and Class in Media
• Media Theory

Education

• Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 1992
• M.A., University of Missouri, Columbia, 1986
• B.A., Southern Illinois University, 1983

Interests

• Documentary filmmaking 
• Multimedia production 
• Motion graphics and animation 
• Media literacy 
• Broadcast journalism 
• Cultural studies 
• Interdisciplinary studies 
• Performance cinema

Education

• M.F.A., University of Denver, 2008
• B.A., Fort Lewis College, 2002

Expertise 

• Writing & composition 
• Twentieth century American literature 
• Literature of the West 
• History of the American west 

Education

• Ph.D., University of Missouri, English and History with a focus on American literature and history, 2015
• M.A., University of Nebraska, English Literature, 2006
• B.A., University of Nebraska, English Language and Literature, 2005