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- Dr. Deb BalzhiserBalzhiserDebAssociate ProfessorEmail: dm45@txstate.eduOffice: FH ASBN 101Phone: 512-245-7660
Specializations:
Social Media, Media Effects, Document Design, Developing Writers
Recent Classes Taught:
Rhetorical Theory, Computers & Writing, Digital LiteraciesEducation:
Ph.D. English Studies - Illinois State University, Normal
M.S. Writing - Illinois State University, Normal
B.A. English & Journalism - Western Illinois University - Dr. Suparno BanerjeeBanerjeeSuparnoAssociate ProfessorEmail: sb67@txstate.eduOffice: FH 241Phone: 512-245-3741
Specializations:
Science Fiction, Utopian/Dystopian Literature and Film, Postcolonial Studies, Indian Literature and Culture
Recent Classes Taught:
Science Fiction Studies, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Fiction and ImperialismEducation:
Ph.D. English Literature, 2010 - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
M.A. English Literature, 2002 - Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India
B.A. English Literature, 2000 - Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India
Diploma Russian Language, 1999 - Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India - Mr. Andrew BartonBartonAndrewLecturerEmail: acb134@txstate.eduOffice: NUEC 233Phone: 512-245-6169
Specializations:
Video games, Medieval Literature, Children's Literature, Speculative Fiction, Fantasy Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing II,Education:
M.A. English - Texas State University
B.A. English & Psychology - Texas A&M University - Dr. Rebecca Bell-MetereauBell-MetereauRebeccaProfessorEmail: rb12@txstate.eduOffice: FH 335Phone: 512-245-3725
Specializations:
Gender in Film, Star and Celebrity Studies, Social Influence of Film
Recent Classes Taught:
Transgender and Me Too Movement in Film, Monsters in Film and Literature, Biopics & DocumentaryEducation:
Ph.D. English - Indiana University, Bloomington
M.A. English - Indiana University, Bloomington
B.A. English - Indiana University, Bloomington - Dr. John BlairBlairJohnUniversity Distinguished ProfessorEmail: jblair@txstate.eduOffice: FH 213Phone: 512-245-3722
Specializations:
Creative Writing (Fiction and Poetry), American Literature, Southern Literature, World Poetry, William Faulkner
Recent Classes Taught:
Creative Writing, American LiteratureEducation:
Ph.D. Southern Literature - Tulane University
M.A. English - Florida State University
B.A. English - Florida State University - Mr. Cyrus CassellsCassellsCyrusProfessorEmail: cc37@txstate.eduOffice: FH M14Phone: 512-245-3799
Specializations:
Poetry, Translation, Cultural Criticism, Film & Theater
Recent Classes Taught:
Graduate Form & Theory: Poetry, Confessional Poetry, Topics in Language and Literature: The Translated WorldEducation:
B. A. Film and Broadcasting - Stanford University - Dr. Allan ChavkinChavkinAllanProfessorEmail: ac10@txstate.eduOffice: FH 239Phone: 512-245-3780
Specializations:
Saul Bellow's Fiction, The Family in Contemporary Literature, English Romaniticism and Twentieth-Century Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
Critical Theory and Practice, American Literature, Contemporary FictionEducation:
Ph.D. English - University of Illinois, Urbana
M. A. English - University of Illinois, Urbana
B. A. English cum laude - Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA - Dr. Flore ChevaillierChevaillierFloreSenior Lecturer, Coordinator of Graduate ProgramsEmail: fc@txstate.eduOffice: FH 361Phone: 512-245-7683
Specializations:
Contemporary American Literature, Critical Theory, Women's Studies
Recent Classes Taught:
Experimental Writing and the Body, US Literature 1930-Present, The American NovelEducation:
Ph.D. Florida State University - Tallahassee
Ph.D. Université d’Orléans - France
M.A. Lehigh University - Pennsylvania
M.A. Université d’Orléans - France
B.A. Université d’Orléans - France - Dr. Joanna CollinsCollinsJoannaSenior Lecturer & Assistant Director at the University Writing CenterEmail: j_c1394@txstate.eduOffice: ASBN 100Phone: 512-245-3018
Specializations:
First-year Writing, Composition Studies, Victorian Literature and Culture
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
Ph.D. English - University of Pittsburgh
M.A. English - University of Pittsburgh
B.A. Humanities - The University of Texas at Austin - Mr. Jay CruzCruzJayLecturerEmail: j_c649@txstate.eduOffice: NUEC 234Phone: (512) 245-6169
Specializations:
Disability Studies, Creative Writing-Fiction, Critical Pedagogy
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.A. Literature - Texas State University
M.S. Publishing - University of Houston, Victoria
B.A. English - University of Texas, Pan American - Mr. Doug DorstDorstDougAssociate ProfessorEmail: dd35@txstate.eduOffice: FH M08Phone: 512-245-2163
Specializations:
Fiction, Screenwriting
Recent Classes Taught:
Graduate Fiction Workshop; Point of View; The Experimental NovelEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing (Fiction) - Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
B.A. English and Political Science - Stanford University
J.D. Boalt Hall School of Law - University of California - Berkeley - Ms. Jennifer DuBoisDuBoisJenniferAssistant ProfessorEmail: jjd64@txstate.eduOffice: FH M12Phone: 512-245-3653
Specializations:
Fiction, Narrative Structure, Ethics & Politics in Fiction
Recent Classes Taught:
Narrative Structure, Graduate Fiction Workshop, Ethics & Politics in FictionEducation:
Stegner Fellowship -- Fiction - Stanford University
M.F.A. English - Iowa Writers' Workshop
B.A. Political Science and Philosophy - Tufts University - Dr. Laura Ellis-LaiEllis-LaiLauraSenior LecturerEmail: le17@txstate.eduOffice: FH 202Phone: (512) 245-7678
Specializations:
Rhetoric and Composition, Qualitative Research, and World Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
Technical Writing, Writing and Rhetoric, and World LiteratureEducation:
Ph.D. English - University of Texas at San Antonio
Ed.M. Education - Harvard Graduate School of Education
M.F.A. Creative Writing - Texas State University
B.A. Literature - University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. Psychology - University of California, Santa Cruz - Dr. Joseph FaloccoFaloccoJosephAssociate ProfessorEmail: jf48@txstate.eduOffice: FH 211Phone: 512-245-3729
Specializations:
Shakespeare in Performance, Dramatic Literature, Italian Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
Early Shakespeare, Later Shakespeare, Brit Lit to 1785Education:
PhD, Renaissance Literature - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
MFA, Performance - Roosevelt University
BA, Acting - De Paul University SNL - Mr. Ross FeelerFeelerRossLecturerEmail: wf1044@txstate.eduOffice: FH 365Phone: (512) 245-2163
Specializations:
Creative Writing, American Literature, Composition
Recent Classes Taught:
American Literature Since 1865, Intro to Creative Writing, College Writing IEducation:
M.F.A Creative Writing - Texas State University, San Marcos
B.A. English - University of North Texas, Denton - Ms. Keri FitzgeraldFitzgeraldKeriSenior LecturerEmail: keri.fitzgerald@txstate.eduOffice: ASBN 104APhone: 512-245-4185
Specializations:
Writing Center Studies, Technical Writing, Nature Writing, British Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
British Literature, Arguing for Nature, Technical WritingEducation:
M.A. Literature - Texas State University
B.A. English - Texas State University - Mr. Logan FryFryLoganLecturer
Specializations:
Poetry, Poetics, Creative Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
Introduction to Creative Writing, College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.F.A. Writing (Poetry) - University of Texas, Austin
B.A. English & Creative Writing - Ashland UniversityDownload CV​​​​​​​
- Dr. Geneva M. GanoGanoGeneva M.Associate ProfessorEmail: gmg65@txstate.eduOffice: FH 365Phone: 512-245-7698
Specializations:
American Modernism and Modernist Culture, American Women's Writing, Literature of the U.S. West and Borderlands, Literature and the Arts, Autobiography and Memoir
Recent Classes Taught:
Borderlands Narratives, The Contemporary Memoir, The Work and Career of Sandra CisnerosEducation:
P.h. D. English, Women's and Gender Studies concentration - UCLA
M.A. English - UCLA
B.A. English - Stanford University
- Mr. Tom GrimesGrimesTomProfessorEmail: tg02@txstate.eduOffice: FH M25Phone: 512-245-7690
Specializations:
Nonfiction, fiction, contemporary fiction
Recent Classes Taught:
Nonfiction seminar, "Genre" fiction seminar, Fiction WorkshopEducation:
B.A. Queens College
M.F.A. University of Iowa - Mr. Chad HammettHammettChadSenior LecturerEmail: ch34@txstate.eduOffice: FH 143Phone: (512) 245-7659
Specializations:
Creative Writing, IA Training, General Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
Film Studies, American Literature, British LiteratureEducation:
M.F.A. Fiction - Texas State University
B.A. English - University of Texas at Austin - Ms. Margaret IlersichIlersichMargaretLecturerEmail: mai16@txstate.eduOffice: FH 106Phone: 512-245-2566
Specializations:
Rhetoric and Composition, Literature, Creative Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing II, Practices in Writing and RhetoricEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing - Texas State University
B.A. English and Creative Writing - The George Washington University - Dr. Rebecca JacksonJacksonRebeccaProfessor and Director, MA Rhetoric and Composition programEmail: Rj10@txstate.eduOffice: FH 245Phone: 512-245-3781
Specializations:
Writing Center Studies, Autoethnography, Qualitative ResearchRecent Classes Taught:
Autoethnography for/as Writing Studies, Writing Center Theory and Practice, Research Methods in Rhetoric and CompositionEducation:
Ph.D. English - Rhetoric and Composition - Texas A&M University
M.A. English - University of Tulsa
B.A. English - Southwest Texas State University - Mr. William JensenJensenWilliamSenior LecturerEmail: wj13@txstate.eduOffice: FH 361Phone: 512 -245-0351
Specializations:
Creative Writing, The American Southwest, Horror Cinema
Recent Classes Taught:
Southwestern Studies, Editing the Professional Publication, College Writing IIEducation:
M.F.A Creative Writing - Texas State University
B.A English - University of South Carolina - Ms. Vanessa Couto JohnsonJohnsonVanessa CoutoLecturerEmail: vj1034@txstate.eduOffice: FH 116Phone: 512-245-2515
Specializations:
Poetry, Creative Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I&II, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, Writing PoetryEducation:
MFA in Creative Writing: Poetry - Texas State University
BA in English and Philosophy (double major) - Rice University - Dr. Roger JonesJonesRogerProfessorEmail: rj03@txstate.eduOffice: FH M22Phone: 512-245-3720
Specializations:
Creative Writing, Poetry; American Literature; Short Story
Recent Classes Taught:
Gary Snyder; Robert Frost; Critical Theory and Practice for MajorsEducation:
Ph.D. Creative Writing - Oklahoma State University
M.A. English - Sam Houston State University
B. A. English - Sam Houston State University - Dr. Katie KapurchKapurchKatieAssociate ProfessorEmail: kk19@txstate.eduOffice: FH 247Phone: 512-245-3822
Specializations:
Pop Culture, The Beatles, Fairy Tales, Victorian Melodrama, Women and Girls in Mythology
Recent Classes Taught:
Adolescent Literature, Mythology, British Literature after 1785, The BeatlesEducation:
Ph.D. Communication Studies, Rhetoric - University of Texas at Austin
M.A. English, Literature - Texas State University
B.A. Communication Studies - St. Edward's University - Ms. Cindy KosmitisKosmitisCindySenior LecturerEmail: lk21@txstate.eduOffice: FH 365Phone: (512) 245-2163
Specializations:
English, Language Arts, Student Teaching
Recent Classes Taught:
Coordinator, English Language Arts Student Teaching ProgramEducation:
M.A. English - Hunter College, City University of New York
- Dr. Eric LeakeLeakeEricAssociate ProfessorEmail: eleake@txstate.eduOffice: FH M13Phone: 512-245-7666
Specializations:
Empathy, nonrational rhetorics, civic literacies, the personal essay
Recent Classes Taught:
Empathy and Writing, History / Theory of Rhetoric, Life StoriesEducation:
Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition - University of Louisville
M.A. English - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
B.A. English - University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Dr. Kathryn LedbetterLedbetterKathrynProfessorEmail: kl11@txstate.eduOffice: FH 242Phone: 512-245-2362
Specializations:
19th Century British literature, British women writers, British Victorian periodicalsRecent Classes Taught:
New Woman Writers, Charles Dickens, Women and LiteratureEducation:
PhD., English - University of South Carolina
M.A., English - University of North Carolina at Charlotte
B.A., History - Missouri State University - Dr. Simon LeeLeeSimonAssistant ProfessorEmail: s_l489@txstate.eduOffice: FH 222Phone: 512-245-8231
Specializations:
20th and 21st-Century British Literature, Working-Class Studies, Cultural Studies, Architecture and Urbanism
Recent Classes Taught:
Critical Theory, 20th-Century British Literature, British Social RealismEducation:
Ph.D. English - University of California, Riverside
M.A. English - University of California, Riverside
B.A. English / Art History - Pitzer College - Dr. Daniel LochmanLochmanDanielProfessorEmail: dl02@txstate.eduOffice: FH 218
Specializations:
Early Modern Literature and Culture, Milton, Romance Literature, Pastoral Literature, Cognitive Theory
Recent Classes Taught:
16th-Century Poetry and Prose, Shakespeare, SpenserEducation:
Ph.D. English, Renaissance Literature - University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A. English - Loyola University of Chicago
B.A. English - Loyola University of Chicago - Mr. Joshua LopezLopezJoshuaEmail: jcl93@txstate.eduOffice: FH 141Phone: 512-245-3731
Specializations:
Creative Writing, Technical Communication, First-Year English
Recent Classes Taught:
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M.F.A. Creative Writing (Fiction) - Texas State University, San Marcos
B.A. English - University of California, Irvine - Mr. Chris MargraveMargraveChrisSenior LecturerEmail: cm85@txstate.eduPhone: (512) 245-2163
Specializations:
Creative Writing, American Literature, Mythology, Professional Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
Creative Writing, Mythology, World LiteratureEducation:
M.F.A. Fiction - Texas State University
M.A. Literature - Wake Forest University
B.A. English - University of South Carolina, Columbia - Ms. Whitney MayMayWhitneyLecturerEmail: wm1104@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 309BPhone: (512) 245-6214
Specializations:
Horror, The Gothic, Edgar Allan Poe, Carnivals and Circuses, Doppelgängers
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing II, British Literature After 1785Education:
M.A. Literature - Texas State University
B.A. English - Texas State University - Dr. Kathleen McClancyMcClancy KathleenAssociate ProfessorEmail: krm141@txstate.eduOffice: FH M24Phone: 512-245-3777
Specializations:
Media Studies, Film, Comics, Post-1945 American Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
3340: Special Topics in Language and Literature—Comics and Graphic Narrative; 4350: Senior Seminar in Film—Spike Lee; 5302: Media Studies—Black on FilmEducation:
Ph.D. English - Duke University
M.A. English - Duke University
B.A. English - Yale University - Mr. Robert MeadorMeadorRobertLecturerEmail: r_m445@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 305Phone: (512) 245-6212
Specializations:
Fiction Writing, Nonfiction Writing, Argumentation
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing, Fiction - Texas State University
B.S. Secondary English Education - Dickinson State University - Mr. Kamron MehrinfarMehrinfarKamronLecturerEmail: kjm2@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 309EPhone: 512-245-6217
Specializations:
Composition, Rhetoric, Technical Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing II, College Writing I, Technical WritingEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing, Fiction - Texas State University, San Marcos
B.S. Radio-Televsion-Film - University of Texas, Austin - Dr. Jaime MejÃaMejÃaJaimeAssociate ProfessorEmail: jm31@txstate.eduOffice: FH 135Phone: 512-245-3713
Specializations:
Chicanx Literature, American Literature, Rhetoric and Composition Studies
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing, College Writing II, Practices in Writing and RhetoricEducation:
Ph.D. English - The Ohio State University
M.A. English - Pan American University
B.A. Philosophy and Political Science - North Texas State University - Dr. Scott MogullMogullScottAssociate ProfessorEmail: sam244@txstate.eduPhone: (512) 408-3365
Specializations:
Technical Communication, Scientific Communication, Commercialization of Technology
Recent Classes Taught:
Editing, Technical Marketing, Scientific WritingEducation:
Ph.D. Technical Communication & Rhetoric - Texas Tech University, Lubbock
M.S. Human Centered Design and Engineering - University of Washington, Seattle
M.A. Microbiology - University of Texas, Austin
B.S. Microbiology - Oregon State University, Corvallis
B.S. Psychology - Oregon State University, Corvallis - Dr. Debra MonroeMonroeDebraProfessorEmail: dm24@txstate.eduOffice: FH 348Phone: (512) 245-3777
Specializations:
Fiction writing, Creative Nonfiction, History, Theory of the Novel
Recent Classes Taught:
Graduate Fiction Workshop, Graduate Creative Nonfiction, Form & Theory of FictionEducation:
Ph.D Creative Writing/Narrative Theory - University of Utah
M.A. Rhetoric - Kansas State University
B.A. - University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Dr. Susan MorrisonMorrisonSusanProfessor - EnglishEmail: sm18@txstate.eduOffice: FH M12Phone: 512-245-7669
Specializations:
Medieval Comparative Literature, Pre-Conquest British literature ("Beowulf"), Chaucer, Pilgrimage Literature, Environmental Humanities with emphasis on Excrement and Waste
Recent Classes Taught:
Quiet and Silent Women, "Beowulf"’s Literary Hoard, Medieval Women Writers, Chaucer, Medieval European LiteratureEducation:
Ph.D. Comparative Literature - Brown University
A.M. Comparative Literature - Brown University
B.A. German (major), English (minor) - Swarthmore College - Mr. Graeme MullenMullenGraemeLecturerEmail: g_m6@txstate.eduOffice: FH 142Phone: 512-245-7665
Specializations:
Rhetoric, Creative Writing, Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing II, Creative WritingEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing (Fiction) - Texas State University
B.A. Psychology - Stanford University - Mr. Keith NeedhamNeedhamKeithSenior LecturerEmail: kn19@txstate.eduOffice: Flowers Hall 223Phone: 512-245-7657
Specializations:
Student Teacher Preparation
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, U.S. Literature, The Discipline of EnglishEducation:
M.A. English - Texas State University
B.A. English - Texas State University - Ms. Amanda NorthNorthAmandaLecturerEmail: akn11@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 301Phone: (512) 245-6210
Specializations:
Creative Writing-Poetry, Comparative Religion and Literature, British Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
World Literature since 1600, Honors British Literature: Magical Realism, Honors World Literature: Origins of CivilizationsEducation:
M.F.A Creative Writing, Poetry - Texas State University
B.A. Creative Writing and Film Studies - The University of Texas at El Paso - Ms. Paige PowellPaige PowellLecturerEmail: pep42@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 309BPhone: 512-245-6214
Specializations:
Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction, Composition
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing II, Practices in Writing and RhetoricEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing - Texas State University, San Marcos
B.A. English - University of Texas, Arlington - Dr. Cecily ParksParksCecilyAssistant ProfessorEmail: cgp35@txstate.eduOffice: FH 348Phone: 512-245-7679
Specializations:
Poetry and poetics, environmental literature, women writers
Recent Classes Taught:
Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics, American Poetry, Graduate Poetry WorkshopEducation:
Ph.D. English - City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
M.F.A. Poetry - Columbia University
M.A. Poetry - Johns Hopkins University
B.A. English; Art History - Rice University - Dr. Kathleen PeircePeirceKathleenProfessorEmail: kathleenp@txstate.eduOffice: FH 246Phone: 512-245-3711
Specializations:
Creative Writing, Poetry
Recent Classes Taught:
Problems in Language and Literature, Graduate Writing Workshop, Creative Writing: PoetryEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing (Poetry) - University of Iowa - Mr. Danny PetersPetersDannyLecturerEmail: dwp2@txstate.eduOffice: FH 141Phone: (512) 245-3731
Specializations:
Composition, Creative Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
Introduction to Creative Writing, College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.F.A Creative Writing-Fiction - Texas State University, San Marcos
M.A. English - University of Central Oklahoma
B.A Journalism - University of Central Oklahoma - Ms. Francine PilkingtonPilkingtonFrancineLecturerEmail: fp02@txstate.eduOffice: FH 238Phone: 512-245-3734
Specializations:
Creative Writing, Rhetoric, Professional Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing II, Creative WritingEducation:
M.F.A. Texas State University
B.A. Sarah Lawrence College - Dr. Octavio PimentelPimentel OctavioProfessorEmail: p11@txstate.eduOffice: FH 215Phone: 512-245-3724
Specializations:
Compotion Studies, Minority Rhetorics, Literacy Studies, Minority Language and Cultural Issues
Recent Classes Taught:
Critical Theory and Practice,Technical WritingEducation:
Ph.D. Social Foundations of Education, Rhetoric and Composition emphasis - University of Utah
M.A. Composition Studies - California State University, Chico
B.A. English and Spanish - California State University, Chico - Mr. Daniel PricePriceDanielSenior LecturerEmail: dprice@txstate.eduOffice: FH 238Phone: 512-245-3734
Specializations:
Internships, Technical Writing, Freshman Comp
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, Internships in English, Technical WritingEducation:
M.A. English - Miami University, Oxford - Ms. Tiffany RaineyRaineyTiffanyLecturerEmail: tiffany.rainey@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 309CPhone: (512) 245-6215
Specializations:
Rhetoric and Writing, Autoethnographic Research, Critical Disability Studies
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.A. Rhetoric and Composition - Texas State University
B.A. English - Texas State University
A.S. - Lamar State College - Orange - Dr. Sara RamÃrezRamÃrezSaraAssistant ProfessorEmail: s_r662@txstate.eduOffice: FH 131Phone: (512) 245-3718
Specializations:
Chicanx and women of color cultural productions, narratives of trauma, feminist theory and editorial praxis, queer of color thought, decolonial methodologies
Recent Classes Taught:
Chicanx Narratives of Trauma, The Interdisciplinary Approach to Literature: Gloria Anzaldúa, (Decolonizing) American Literature before 1865Education:
Ph.D. Comparative Ethnic Studies - University of California, Berkeley
M.A. English - University of Texas at San Antonio
B.A. English and Pre-Professional Sciences - University of Notre Dame - Benjamin ReedReedBenjaminSenior Lecturer & IA coordinatorEmail: ben-reed@txstate.eduOffice: FH 215Phone: (512) 245-7675
Benjamin Reed, Senior Lecturer & IA Coordinator
Specializations:
The Modern Novel, Creative Writing, Research and Citation
Recent Classes Taught:
World Literature since 1600, US Literature since 1865, Introduction to Creative WritingEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing - Texas State University
B.A. English - University of Texas, Austin - Dr. James ReevesReevesJamesAssistant ProfessorEmail: j_r1223@txstate.eduOffice: FH 249Phone: 512-245-7697
Specializations:
Eighteenth-Century British Literature, Romanticism, Religion and Literature, Satire, Postcolonialism
Recent Classes Taught:
British Novels, British Literature, 1750–1800, The Postsecular Eighteenth CenturyEducation:
Ph.D. English - University of California, Los Angeles
M.A. English - University of California, Los Angeles
M.St. English Studies (1550–1780) - University of Oxford (St Edmund Hall)
B.A. English, Creative Writing - Texas Tech University - Ms. Hillary ReyesReyesHillaryLecturer in English and Faculty Supervisor in Office of Educator PreparationEmail: hr1049@txstate.eduOffice: Flowers Hall 214Phone: 512-245-3717
Specializations:
College Writing, Educator Preparation
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I&IIEducation:
M.A. Literature - Texas State University, San Marcos
B.A. English - Texas A&M University, College Station - Mr. Richard RobertsonRobertsonRichardLecturerEmail: rr1427@txstate.eduOffice: FH 360Phone: 512-245-5273
Specializations:
Composition, Creative Writing, American Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.F.A. Fiction - Texas State University
B.A. English - Rutgers University - Dr. Teya RosenbergRosenbergTeyaProfessorEmail: tr11@txstate.eduOffice: FH M19Phone: 512-245-7685
Specializations:
Children's Literature, Magical Realism and Fantasy, Picturebook theory and history, Newfoundland folktale picturebooks
Recent Classes Taught:
Children's Literature, Advanced Studies Children's/Adolescent Lit, The Postsecular Eighteenth Century, History of Children's Literature, Canadian LiteratureEducation:
Ph.D English - University of Alberta
M.A. English - Carleton University
B. A. English (Honours) - Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Mr. Sean RoseRoseSeanSenior LecturerEmail: sgr24@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 309GPhone: (512) 245-6219
Specializations:
Creative Writing, Technical Communication, Rhetoric and Composition
Recent Classes Taught:
Creative Writing: Fiction, Introduction to Creative Writing, Technical WritingEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing, Fiction - Texas State University
B.A. English and Journalism - University of Kentucky - Dr. Aimee RoundtreeRoundtreeAimeeProfessor, Associate Dean for Research - College of Liberal ArtsEmail: ajr121@txstate.eduOffice: FH 313Phone: 512-245-2317
Specializations:
STEM Communication, Research Methods, Digital Media, User Experience
Recent Classes Taught:
Science and Medical Communication, Usability Research Methods, Digital MediaEducation:
Ph.D. English - University of Texas at Austin
M.A. English - University of Texas at Austin - Ms. Emily RybarskiRybarskiEmilyLecturerEmail: e_r235@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 305Phone: 512-245-6212
Specializations:
Rhetoric, Composition
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.A. Rhetoric and Composition - Texas State University
B.A. English - Texas State University - Mr. Alan SchaeferSchaeferAlanSenior LecturerEmail: es46@txstate.eduOffice: FH 215Phone: 512-245-3723
Specializations:
Technical Writing, College Writing, European Cinema of the 1950s-1970s, Popular Music, Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
Sophomore Literature, Technical Writing, European Cinema of the 1960sEducation:
M.A. Literature - Texas State University, San Marcos
B.A. Comparative Literature - University of Texas, Austin - Dr. Leah SchwebelSchwebelLeahAssistant ProfessorEmail: las235@txstate.eduOffice: FH 213Phone: 5112-245-6220
Specializations:
Middle English Literature, Medieval Italian Literature, Roman Antiquity, Intertextuality
Recent Classes Taught:
Chaucer, Dante, Boccaccio, Development of EnglishEducation:
Ph.D English - University of Connecticut
M.A. English - McGill University
B.A. English - McGill University - Ms. Shannon ShawShawShannonLecturerEmail: ss54997@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 304Phone: (512) 245-6211
Specializations:
Early American Literature, Transcendentalism, Gender Studies, Critical Race Studies
Recent Classes Taught:
Early American Literature before 1865, College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.A. Literature - Texas State UniversityB.A. English - Texas State University
- Ms. Laura SimsSimsLauraSenior LecturerEmail: ls68@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 309FPhone: (512) 245-6218
Specializations:
Early World Literature, Student Teacher Preparation, First-Year Composition
Recent Classes Taught:
World Literature Before 1600, College Writing IEducation:
M.A. Literature - Texas State University - Dr. Elizabeth Skerpan-WheelerSkerpan-WheelerElizabethProfessorEmail: es10@txstate.eduOffice: FH 243Phone: 512-245-3727
Specializations:
Milton, Seventeenth Century Poetry and Prose, History of Rhetoric
Recent Classes Taught:
Milton, Shakespeare, Literary ScholarshipEducation:
Ph.D. Renaissance and Seventeenth Century English Literature - University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A. English and American Literature - University of Wisconsin, Madison
A.B. English - Miami University (Ohio) - Dr. Victoria SmithSmithVictoriaChair - Department of EnglishEmail: vs13@txstate.eduOffice: FH 365Phone: 512 245-3010
Specializations:
Feminist and Literary Theory, LBGTQ Studies, Film and Television, 20th/21st Century British and American Women novelists
Recent Classes Taught:
Mainstream Queer Cinema, 20th and 21st Century Women Novelists, Critical Theory and PracticeEducation:
Ph.D. History of Consciousness - University of California, Santa Cruz
M.A. English - University of Texas, Austin
B.A. English - Pomona College - Ms. Katherine StingleyStingleyKatherineLecturerEmail: kms8@txstate.eduOffice: FH M20Phone: 512-245-7688
Specializations:
Creative Writing, Composition, British Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
B.A. English and Theatre - Texas State University
M.F.A. Creative Writing - Texas State University - Mr. Cedric SynnestvedtSynnestvedtCedricLecturerEmail: cs1855@txstate.eduOffice: FH 360Phone: 512-245-5273
Specializations:
Creative Writing, Essay Writing, Technical Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing IEducation:
M.F.A. Fiction - Texas State University, San Marcos
B.A. Modern Literary Studies - University of California, Santa Cruz - Dr. Robert TallyTallyRobertProfessorEmail: rt25@txstate.eduOffice: FH M09Phone: 512-245-3016
Specializations:
Spatial Literary Studies, Critical Theory, U.S. and World Literature, History of Criticism
Recent Classes Taught:
World Literature to 1600, The American Novel, Studies in Literary GenreEducation:
J.D., Law, - Duke University School of Law
Ph.D., Critical and Cultural Studies - University of Pittsburgh
M.A., Literature - University of Pittsburgh
A.B., Philosophy, Duke University - Mr. James ThompsonThompsonJamesLecturerEmail: jat186@txstate.eduOffice: NUEC 234Phone: (512) 245-6169
Specializations:
Poetry, Composition, Literature and the Arts
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing Poetry - Texas State University
B.A. English - Alma College - Dr. Graeme Wend-WalkerWend-WalkerGraemeAssociate ProfessorEmail: graeme@txstate.eduOffice: FH 240Phone: 512-245-7883
Specializations:
YA Literature, Children's Literature, SF, Fantasy, Horror
Recent Classes Taught:
Critical Theory and Practice, Children's Literature, Adolescent LiteratureEducation:
Ph.D. Russell Hoban (author) - Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
B.A. (Hons.) English - Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
B.A. English (Double Major) - Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia - Dr. Julie McCormick WengWengJulie McCormickAssistant ProfessorEmail: j_m1457@txstate.eduOffice: FH 250Phone: 512-245-7688
Specializations:
Twentieth Century British Literature, Irish Studies, Modernism, Postcolonial Studies, James Joyce, Science and Technology, Gender and Women's Studies
Recent Classes Taught:
James Joyce / Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Modern Poetry, Twentieth Century British Literature, World Literature Since 1600Education:
Ph.D. English - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
M.A. English - Texas A&M University
B.A. English - Texas A&M University - Dr. Miriam WilliamsWilliamsMiriamProfessor, Associate ChairEmail: mw32@txstate.eduOffice: FH 132Phone: 512-245-3015
Specializations:
Technical Communication, Public Policy Writing, Race & Ethnicity in Technical Communication, Plain Language, Critical Discourse Analysis
Recent Classes Taught:
Writing for Government, Language Problems in Multicultural Environments, Editing the Professional PublicationEducation:
Ph.D. Technical Communication & Rhetoric - Texas Tech University
M.A. Technical Communication - Texas State University
M.A. Public Administration - University of HoustonB.S. Economics - University of Houston
- Mr. Connor WilsonWilsonConnorLecturerEmail: cw1515@txstate.eduOffice: FH 251Phone: (512) 245-7688
Specializations:
Rhetoric & Composition, Technical Communication, Public History
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing IIEducation:
M.A. English - Texas State UniversityB.A. History - University of Oklahoma
M.A. History - Texas State University
- Dr. Nancy WilsonWilsonNancyAssociate Professor and Director of Lower-Division StudiesEmail: nancywilson@txstate.eduOffice: FH 360Phone: 512-245-5273
Specializations:
Composition Pedagogy and Theory, Writing Center Theory and Practice, Writing Program Administration, Feminist Rhetoric
Recent Classes Taught:
Women's Rhetoric, Composition Pedagogy, Composition TheoryEducation:
Ph.D. in English, University of Texas at San Antonio
M.A. in English, Texas State University
B.A. in English, University of Oklahoma - Mr. Steve WilsonWilsonSteveProfessor, Associate ChairEmail: sw13@txstate.eduOffice: FH 349Phone: 512-245-7680
Specializations:
Poetry of the US, the Beat Generation, US Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Irish Literature
Recent Classes Taught:
Graduate Poetry Workshop, Women of the Beat Generation, The Literature of ResistanceEducation:
M.F.A. in Creative Writing - Wichita State University
M.A. in English - Texas State University
B.A. in Letters - University of Oklahoma - Ms. Ann WinchellWinchellAnnLecturerEmail: aw38@txstate.eduOffice: LAMP 309FPhone: 512-245-6218
Specializations:
Composition, Video Game Writing, Fiction Writing
Recent Classes Taught:
College Writing I, College Writing II, Practices in Writing and RhetoricEducation:
M.F.A. Creative Writing - Fiction - Texas State University
B.A. English - Eastern Washington University - Dr. Pinfan ZhuZhuPinfanProfessorEmail: pz10@txstate.eduOffice: FH M18Phone: 512-245-3013
Specializations:
International technical communication, applied linguistics, ESL learning, translation studies, visual rhetoric, and technical writing
Recent Classes Taught:
International Technical Communication, Discourse Analysis, and Technical WritingEducation:
MPh. D. Technical Communication & Rhetoric - Texas Tech University
M.A. Applied Linguistics - Kunming University of Technology, China
B. A. English Literature - Guangxi Normal University