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Andrew F. Altschul

Andrew F. Altschul
Assistant Professor & Director, Center for Literary Arts
MFA UC Irvine, 1997
Faculty Offices 214
408-924-4489
andrew.altschul@sjsu.edu

Interests
Creative Writing, Contemporary Fiction , Poetry, and Postmodernism.
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Charanya Arjun
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 227
408-924-4517

 

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Sally Ashton
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 226
408-924-4515
Sally.Ashton.@sjsu.edu

 

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Cindy Baer
Lecturer
| Ph.D. Univ. of Washington, 1994
Faculty Offices 110
408-924-4451
Cindy.Baer@sjsu.edu

Interests: Renaissance & Early Modern Literature; Women Novelists Before 1800; History of the Novel; Rhetoric & Composition; Technical Writing

 

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Tiffany L. Ballard
Lecturer |
M.A. San Jose State University, 2004
Faculty Offices 114
408-924-4448
Tiffany.Ballard@sjsu.edu

 

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Julessa Bass
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 212
408-924-4456
Julessa.Bass@sjsu.edu

 

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A. Noelle Brada-Williams
Associate Professor & M.A. Graduate Coordinator | Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
Faculty Offices 110
408-924-4439
Noelle.Brada-Williams@sjsu.edu

Interests: Ethnic American Literature , 18th-Century British Literature, Parody, Rhetoric & Composition

 

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Clare J. Browne
Lecturer
| Post Graduate Certificate of Education, Cambridge University, 1978; M.A., San Jose State University, 1989
Faculty Offices 217
408-924-4494
Clare.Browne@sjsu.edu

 

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Elizabeth Burchard
Lecturer

Faculty Office 217

Please Note: Currently Available by office appointment only
Elizabeth.Burchard@sjsu.edu


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Dawn Chase
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 126
408-924-4412
Dawn.Chase@sjsu.edu

 

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Balance Chow
Associate Professor
| Ph.D. Univ. of Georgia, 1991
Faculty Offices 224
408-924-4430
Balance.Chow@sjsu.edu

Interests: Literary Theory; Ethnic Literatures; Chinese Literature; Comparative Literature

 

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Gloria Collins
Lecturer
| M.A. San Jose State University, 1980
Faculty Offices 216
408-924-4495
Gloria.Collins@sjsu.edu

Interests: Rhetoric & Composition; ESL; Poetry

 

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Sara E. Cook
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 115
408-924-5073
Sara.Cook@sjsu.edu

 

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Jackie Coughlan |
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 116
408-924-4579
Jackie.Coughlan@sjsu.edu

 

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Bonita M. Cox
Associate Chair and Associate Professor
| Ph.D. Stanford, 1995
Faculty Offices 115
408-924-4449
Bonnie.Cox@sjsu.edu

Interests: Classical & Medieval Literature; British History 500-1500; Celtic Studies; Technical Writing & Editing; Composition & Rhetoric; History of the Language

Please Note: On sabbatical Fall 2008

 

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Robert Cullen
Professor & Coordinator of Teaching Associates
| Ph.D. UCLA, 1981
Faculty Offices 117
408-924-4454
Robert.Cullen@sjsu.edu

Interests: Rhetoric and Composition; American Literature

 

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Paul Douglass
Professor & Director, Steinbeck Center | Ph.D. UCLA, 1981
Faculty Offices 108
408-924-4429
Paul.Douglass@sjsu.edu

Interests: American Literature; Modernism; Byron

 

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Mark Dowdy
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 218
408-924-4433
mark.Dowdy@sjus.eud

 

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Kolette Draegan
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 214
408-924-4491
kolette.draegan@sjsu.edu

 

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Adrienne L. Eastwood
Assistant Professor | Ph.D. Univ. of California, San Diego, 2004
Faculty Offices 116
408-924-4509
Adrienne.Eastwood@sjsu.edu

Interests: Early Modern English Literature and Culture; Shakespeare

 

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John Engell (Chair)
Professor | Ph.D. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1979
Faculty Offices 218
408-924-4499
john.engell@email.sjsu.edu

Interests: Colonial American Literature; American Novel; Native-American Studies; Film &Literature

 

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Karen English
Lecturer | Ph.D. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992
Faculty Offices 221
408-924-4506
Karen.English@sjsu.edu

Interests: American Transcendentalism; Autobiography

 

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Kate Evans
Co-Director of
Center for Literary Arts & Lecturer | Ph.D. University of Washington, 2000
Faculty Offices 222
408-924-4496
CLA Director: 408-924-4489
Kate.Evans@sjsu.edu

Interests: Creative Writing; Contemporary Literature; Rhetoric & Composition

 

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Andrew Fleck
Associate Professor & Honors Coordinator | Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University, 2000
Faculty Offices 111
408-924-4457
Andrew.Fleck@sjsu.edu

Interests: Early Modern British Literature; Shakespeare; the Dutch in English Literature

 

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Rick Flynn
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 226
408-924-4515
Richard.Flynn@sjsu.edu

 

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Valerie Frankel
Lecturer
| M.F.A. San Jose State University, 2004
Faculty Offices 224
408-924-4512
valerie.frankel@sjsu.edu

 

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Cathy Gabor
Assistant Professor
| Ph.D. Texas Christian University, 2004
Faculty Offices 107
408-924-4488
catherine.gabor@sjsu.edu

Interests: Writing processes in electronic environments; service-learning and K-12/college collaborative literacies; composition & rhetoric

 

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Lurie Chair

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Michelle Hager
Lecturer | M.A. San Jose State University, 2005
Faculty Offices 115
408-924-5073
Michelle.Hager@sjsu.edu

 

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Jeffrey Hallford
Lecturer
Faculty Offices 108
408-924-4435
Jeffrey.Hallford@sjsus.edu

 

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Lois E. Hamor
Lecturer | B.A. California Lutheran University, 1966
Lois.Hamor@sjsu.edu

Please Note: Currently available by email only

 

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Katherine D. Harris
Assistant Professor | Ph.D. City University of New York, 2005
Faculty Offices 220
408-924-4475
Katherine.Harris@sjsu.edu

Interests: British Romanticism, Textual Theory, History of the Book, Feminist Theory, Digital/Hypertextual Studies

 

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Kelly Harrison
Co-Director of
Center for Literary Arts& Lecturer | M.F.A. San Jose State University, 2004
Faculty Offices 222
408-924-4496
Kelly.Harrison@sjsu.edu

Interests: Rhetoric & Composition, Creative Writing

 

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Sherri Harvey
Lecturer | B.A. Indiana University, 1992; M.A. CSU Hayward, 1997
Faculty Offices 212
408-924-4456
Sherri.Harvey@sjsu.edu

Interests: Contemporary Fiction; Creative Writing; Rhetoric & Composition

 

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Anne Heffron
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 118
408-924-4428
Anne.Heffron-Iwanaga@sjsu.edu

 

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Allison Heisch
Professor | Ph.D. Harvard, 1977
Faculty Offices 107
408-924-4434
Allison.Heisch@sjsu.edu

Interests: Renaissance Literature; Historiography; Critical Thinking & Writing; Interdisciplinary Arts & Humanities

 

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Daniel Hendel De La O
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 213
408-924-4490
springfieldshopper@gmail.com

 

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John H. Hessler
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 105
408-924-4601
John.Hessler@sjsu.edu

 

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Lara Hubel
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 227
408-924-4517
larahubel@gmail.com

 

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Leslie Jacoby
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 219
408-924-4473
Leslie.Jacoby@sjsu.edu

 

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Robert James
Lecturer | M.F.A. San Jose State University, 2004
Faculty Offices 109
408-924-5089
Robert.James@sjsu.edu

Interests: Creative Writing (fiction, nonfiction)

 

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Ben Jonas
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 213
408-924-4418
Ben.Jonas@sjsu.edu

 

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Maria Judnick
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 226
408-924-1382
mjudnick@gmail.com

 

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Persis Karim
Associate Professor & Majors Advisor | Ph.D. University of Texas, 1998
Faculty Offices 216
408-924-4476
Persis.Karim@sjsu.edu

Interests: Comparative Literature; Creative Writing; Ethnic American Literature; Postcolonial Literature; Iranian Diaspora Literature; editor of Globalizing Literary Studies

 

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Revathi Krishnaswamy
Associate Professor |
Ph.D. Kent State University, 1990

Faculty Offices 125
408-924-1384
Revathi.Krishnaswamy@sjsu.edu

Interests: 19th- & 20th-Century British Fiction; Colonial & Post-Colonial Literature; Critical Theory

 

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Linda Lappin
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 105
408-924-4601
inda.Lappin@sjsu.edu

 

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Kara Levy
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 221
408-924-4505
Kara.Levy@sjsu.edu

 

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Leanne Lindelof
Lecturer |
M.F.A. San Jose State University, 2005
Faculty Offices 114
408-924-4436
Leanne.Lindelof@sjsu.edu

 

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Craig Lore
Lecturer
Faculty Offices 221
408-924-4505
Craig.Lore@sjsu.edu

 

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Jonathan Lovell
Professor
& Director, San Jose Area Writing Project & English Education Co-Coordinator | Ph.D. Yale, 1980
Faculty Offices 127
408-924-4437
jJonathan.Lovell@sjsu.edu

Interests: Theory and Practice in the Teaching of Writing, K-14; Theory and Practice in the Teaching of English, 7-12; Reader Response Theory

 

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Samuel Maio
Professor
| Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1986
Faculty Offices 223
408-924-4483
Samuel.Maio@sjsu.edu

Interests: Creative Writing Poetry; Critical Theory; Modern Poetry

Please Note: On sabbatical Fall 2008

 

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Matt McCoy
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 213
408-924-4418
Matthew.McCoy@sjsu.edu

 

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Joan McMillan
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 218
408-924-4433
Joan.McMillan@sjsu.edu

 

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Oana Melnic
Lecturer
| MA San Jose State University, 2003
Faculty Offices 217
408-924-4493
Oana.Melnic@sjsu.edu

 

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David Mesher
Professor | Ph.D. University of Washington, 1978
Faculty Offices 220
408-924-4440
D.Mesher@sjsu.edu

Interests: Modern, Post-Modern, Post-Colonial & Comparative Literature

 

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Cathleen Miller
Assistant Professor | MFA Penn State, 1997
Faculty Offices 125
408-924-4441
Cathleen.Miller@sjsu.edu

Interests: Creative Writing: Nonfiction

 

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Linda C. Mitchell
Professor & Director of
Writing Center | Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1996
Faculty Offices 117
408-924-4453
linda.mitchell@sjsu.edu

Interests: 17th & 18th Century, Language Theory/Grammar; English Education; History of Rhetoric

 

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Neli Moody
Lecturer | M.F.A. San Jose State University, 2006
Faculty Offices 217
408-924-4494
Neli.Moody@sjsu.edu

 

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Kristine Morrella
Lecturer

Kristine.Mornella@sjsu.edu

Please Note: Currenly available by email only

 

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Carlos Mujal
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 212
408-924-4485
Carlos.Mujal@sjsu.edu

 

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John Murphy
Lecturer |
M.A. San Diego State University, 1985; MLS, San Jose State University, 1996
Faculty Offices 215
408-924-5064
John.Murphy@sjsu.edu

 

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Tanja Nathanael
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 226
408-924-1382
tnathanael@aol.com

 

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William Paisley
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 213
408-924-4490
William.Paisley@sjsu.edu

 

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Lucy Poindexter
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 114
408-924-4436
Lucy.Poindexter@sjsu.edu

 

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Lecturer

Faculty Offices 117
408.924.4453
Sarah.Prasad@sjsu.edu



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Dennis Quinn
Lecturer
Faculty Offices 116
408-924-4579
Dennis.Quinn@sjsu.edu

 

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Laura Raffaelli
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 114
408-924-4448
Laura.Raffaelli@sjsu.edu

 

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Elizabeth Revencu
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 109
408-924-5089
Elizabeth.Vascan@sjsu.ed

 

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Scott Rice
Professor
| Ph.D. Arizona, 1968
Faculty Offices 109
408-924-4447
Scott.Rice@sjsu.edu

Interests: Rhetoric & Composition; Freshman Composition; 18th-Century British Novel;
Smollett; Satire; Children's Literature

 

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Avantika Rohatgi
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 214
408-924-4491
Avantika.Rohatgi@sjsu.edu

 

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Ed Sams
Lecturer | M.A. Univ. of Tennessee, 1975
Faculty Offices 212
408-924-4485
Edwin.Sams@sjsu.edu

 

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Georgia Saratsiotis
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 227
408-924-4517
Georgia.Saratsiotis@sjsu.edu

 

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Lee.Sherry@sjsu.edu
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E.D. "Sweeney" Schragg
Lecturer
| B.A. Literature, Univ. of California Santa Cruz, 1995
M.F.A., Fiction Writing, San Jose State University, 2003
Faculty Offices 107
408-924-5019
sweeney.schragg@sjsu.edu

 

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Robert Selinske
Lecturer
| M.A. Columbia Teachers College, 1966
Faculty Offices 215
408-924-5063
Robert.Selinske@sjsu.edu

 

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Gary Shapiro
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 227
408-924-4518
Gary.Shapiro@sjsu.edu

 

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Susan Shillinglaw
Professor & Major Advisor
| Ph.D. Univ. of North Carolina, 1985
Faculty Offices 118
408-924-4487
Susan.Shillinglaw@sjsu.edu

Interests: American Literature; Steinbeck

 

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Inga Silva
Lecturer |
B.S. Nursing, 1995; MFA Creative Writing, San Jose State, 2000
Faculty Offices 224
408-924-4512
Inga.Silva@sjsu.edu

 

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Alan Soldofsky
Professor &MFA Program Director | MFA Iowa, 1972
Faculty Offices 106
408-924-4432
Alan.Soldofsky@sjsu.edu

Interests: Contemporary Poetry; Modern American Poetry; Robinson Jeffers

 

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Julie Sparks
Lecturer | Ph.D. Penn State, 1999
Faculty Offices 217
408-924-4493
Julie.Sparks@sjsu.edu

Interests: Bernard Shaw; Drama; British Literature; World Literature; Rhetoric and Composition

 

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Heather Stanger
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 213
408-924-4418
Heather.Stanger@sjsu.edu

 

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Nancy Stork
Professor, Director of Composition & Career & Professional Writing Coordinator | Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1985
Faculty Offices 218
408-924-4477
Nancy.Stork@sjsu.edu

Interests: Medieval Literature; Editor of Translations from the Inquisition Record of Jacques Fournier

On sabbatical Spring 2009

 

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Ralph Strachan
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 105
408-924-4492
Ralph.Strachan@sjsu.edu

 

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Nick Taylor
Assistant Professor & Advisor/Editor,Reed Magazine | MFA University of Virginia
Faculty Offices 219
408-924-4458
nicholas.taylor@sjsu.edu

Interests: Creative Writing - Fiction

 

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Ruth.Trimble@sjsu.edu
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Roohi Vora
Lecturer
| M.A. San Jose State University, 2003
Faculty Offices 118
408-924-4428
Roohi.Vora@sjsu.edu

 

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Mary Warner
Associate Professor & Associate Director, San Jose Area Writing Project & English Education Co-Coordinator | Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1992
Faculty Offices 127
408-924-4417
Mary.Warner@sjsu.edu

Interests: Young Adult Literature; Bible as Literature; Professional Development of Secondary-Level English Teachers

On sabbatical Spring 2009

 

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Dan White
Lecturer
Faculty Offices 108
408-924-4435
Daniel.White@sjsu.edu

 

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Mary Williams
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 226
408-924-4515
Mary.Williams@sjsu.edu

 

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William Wilson
Professor
| Ph.D. Virginia, 1979
Faculty Offices 223
408-924-4510
William.Wilson@sjsu.edu

Interests: 19th-Century British Literature; Contemporary Irish Literature

 

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Candice Wynne
Teaching Associate

Faculty Offices 227
408-924-4518
Candice.Wynne@sjsu.edu

 

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Hailing Xiao
Lecturer

Faculty Offices 219
408-924-4473
Hailing.Xiao@sjsu.edu