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	Andrew F. Altschul *Assistant Professor - On Sabbatical* MFA, University of California, Irvine, 1997 Faculty Offices 214 408-924-4489 Andrew.Altschul@sjsu.edu Interests: Creative Writing, Contemporary Fiction, Poetry, Postmodernism.

	Sally Ashton Lecturer Faculty Offices 222 408-924-4491 Sally.Ashton.@sjsu.edu

	Cindy Baer Lecturer & Career and Professional Writing Coordinator PhD, University 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

	Tiffany L. Ballard Lecturer MA, San José State University, 2004 Faculty Offices Leave of Absence AY 12-13 Tiffany.Ballard@sjsu.edu

	Priya Banwait Teaching Associate Faculty Offices 226 408-924-4515 Priya.Banwait@sjsu.edu

	Noelle Brada-Williams *Professor,MA Advisor and Coordinator* PhD, 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, Film and Literature, and Rhetoric & Composition

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

	Elizabeth Burchard Lecturer Faculty Offices Currently available by office appointment only Elizabeth.Burchard@sjsu.edu

	Balance Chow Associate Professor PhD, University of Georgia, 1991 Faculty Offices 224 408-924-4430 Balance.Chow@sjsu.edu Interests: Literary Theory, Ethnic Literature, Chinese Literature, Comparative Literature

	Gloria Collins Lecturer & Writing Skills Test Coordinator MA, San José State University, 1980 Faculty Offices 216 408-924-4495 Gloria.Collins@sjsu.edu Interests: Rhetoric & Composition, ESL, Poetry

	Sara E. Cook Lecturer Faculty Offices 115 408-924-4423 Sara.Cook@sjsu.edu

	Bonita M. Cox Associate Chair & Associate Professor PhD, Stanford, 1995 Faculty Offices 102 408-924-4449 Bonnie.Cox@sjsu.edu Interests: Classical & Medieval Literature, British History 500-1500, Celtic Studies, Technical Writing & Editing, Composition & Rhetoric, History of the Language.

	Robert Cullen Professor & Teaching Associates Coordinator PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1981 Faculty Offices 117 408-924-4454 Robert.Cullen@sjsu.edu Interests: Rhetoric and Composition, American Literature

	Sean Donaho *Lecturer* MA, University of N. Carolina, 2010 Faculty Offices 118

	Rosa del Duca Lecturer rdelduca@gmail.com

	Paul Douglass *Professor* PhD, UCLA, 1981 Faculty Offices 103 408-924-4429 Paul.Douglass@sjsu.edu Interests: American Literature, Modernism, Byron

	Mark Dowdy Lecturer Faculty Offices 109 408-924-4447 Mark.Dowdy@sjsu.edu

	Adrienne L. Eastwood *Associate Professor & Dorothy Wright Committee Chair* PhD, University of California, San Diego, 2004 Faculty Offices 116 408-924-4509 Adrienne.Eastwood@sjsu.edu Interests: Early Modern English Literature and Culture, Shakespeare

	John Engell *Chair, Professor* PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1979 Faculty Offices 218 408-924-4499 John.Engell@sjsu.edu Interests: Colonial American Literature, American Novel, Native-American Studies, Film & Literature

	Karen English *Lecturer* PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992 Faculty Offices 221 408-924-4506 Karen.English@sjsu.edu Interests: American Transcendentalism, Autobiography

	Kate Evans Lecturer PhD, University of Washington, 2000 Faculty Offices 222 408-924-4491 Kate.Evans@sjsu.edu Interests: Creative Writing, Contemporary Literature, Rhetoric & Composition

	Andrew Fleck **Associate Professor, Honors Program Advisor & Graduate Committee Chair (Spring) PhD, 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

	Gayathri Goel *Teaching Associate* Faculty Offices 227 408-924-4517 gayathri.goel@sjsu.edu

	Jessy Goodman *Teaching Associate* Faculty Offices 112 408-924-4486 jessy.goodman@sjsu.edu

	Leah Griesmann *Lecturer* MA, Boston University, 2005 Faculty Offices 107 408-924-4488 leah.griesmann@sjsu.edu

	Michelle Hager *Lecturer and Writing Center Director* MA, San José State University, 2005 Faculty Offices 115 408-924-5073 Michelle.Hager@sjsu.edu Interests: Grammar, Fantasy Literature, Children's Literature, Young Adult Literature, Technical Writing, Rhetoric & Composition, and Professional Editing & Career Writing

	Jeffrey Hallford *Lecturer* MA, San José State University, 1995. Faculty Offices 108 408-924-4435 Jeffrey.Hallford@sjsu.edu Interests: Poetry, Secondary English Education.

	Lois E. Hamor Lecturer BA, California Lutheran University, 1966 Lois.Hamor@sjsu.edu Please Note: Currently available by email only

	Judith Harper *Lecturer* Faculty Offices 107 408-924-4419 Judith.Harper@sjsu.edu

	Katherine D. Harris *Assistant Professor* PhD, City University of New York, 2005 Faculty Offices 220 408-924-4475 Katherine.Harris@sjsu.edu Website Interests: British Romanticism, Textual Theory, History of the Book, Feminist Theory, Digital/Hypertextual Studies

	Kelly Harrison Lecturer & Director of Writing Programs MFA, San José State University, 2004 Faculty Offices 222 408-924-4496 Kelly.Harrison@sjsu.edu Interests: Rhetoric & Composition, Creative Writing

	Sherri Harvey *Lecturer* BA, Indiana University, 1992; MA, California State University, Hayward, 1997 Faculty Offices 212 408-924-4456 Sherri.Harvey@sjsu.edu Interests: Contemporary Fiction, Creative Writing, Rhetoric & Composition

	Daniel Hendel De Lao Lecturer Faculty Offices 111 408-924-5019 Daniel.Hendeldelao@sjsu.edu

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

	Randy Holaday Teaching Associate Faculty Offices 226 408-924-4515 Randy.Holaday@sjsu.edu

	Nicole Hughes Lecturer, Center for Literary Arts Director MFA, San José State University Faculty Offices 214 408-924-4600 Nicole.Hughes@sjsu.edu

	Leslie Jacoby Lecturer MA, San José State University Faculty Offices 105 408-924-4601 Leslie.Jacoby@sjsu.edu Interests: Medieval Studies, 14th-Century French Falconry, Children's Literature, Art History

	Robert James *Lecturer* MFA, San José State University, 2004 Faculty Offices 109 408-924-5089 Robert.James@sjsu.edu Interests: Creative Writing (fiction, nonfiction)

	Persis Karim *Professor* PhD, 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

	Sheree Kirby *Lecturer* MFA, Warren Wilson College Faculty Offices 114 408-924-4448 Sheree.Kirby@sjsu.edu

	Stacey Knapp Lecturer Faculty Offices 217 408-924-4493 Stacey.Knapp@sjsu.edu

	Revathi Krishnaswamy Associate Professor & Curriculum Coordinator PhD, 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

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

	Nicholas Leither *Lecturer* Nicholas.Leither@sjsu.edu

	Leanne Lindelof Lecturer MFA, San José State University, 2005 Faculty Offices 114 408-924-4436 Leanne.Lindelof@sjsu.edu

	Laimin Lo Lecturer Faculty Offices 218 408-924-4499 Laimin.Lo@sjsu.edu

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

	Jonathan Lovell Professor & *San José Area Writing Project Director& English Education Co-Coordinator* PhD, Yale, 1980 Faculty Offices 127 408-924-4437 Jonathan.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

	Samuel Maio Professor PhD, University of Southern California, 1986 Faculty Offices 223 408-924-4483 Samuel.Maio@sjsu.edu Interests: Creative Writing Poetry, Critical Theory, Modern Poetry

	Nicole Maranhas *Lecturer* Faculty Offices 128 408-924-4434 Nicole.Maranhas@sjsu.edu

	Katherine Masters *Lecturer* MA, Linguistics, University of California, Davis, 2010 Faculty Offices 217 408-924-4493 Katherine.Masters@sjsu.edu

	Alicia McClintic Teaching Associate Faculty Offices 112 408-924-4479 Alicia.McClintic@sjsu.edu

	Joan McMillan Lecturer Faculty Offices 109 408-924-4447 Joan.McMillan@sjsu.edu

	Oana Melnic Lecturer MA, San José State University, 2003 Faculty Offices Currently on Leave of Absence Oana.Melnic@sjsu.edu

	David Mesher Professor PhD University of Washington, 1978 Faculty Offices 220 408-924-4440 David.Mesher@sjsu.edu Interests: Modern, Post-Modern, Post-Colonial & Comparative Literature

	Cathleen Miller Assistant Professor & *Reed Magazine* *Advisor* MFA, Penn State, 1997 Faculty Offices 125 408-924-4441 Cathleen.Miller@sjsu.edu Interests: Creative Writing: Nonfiction

	Linda C. Mitchell Professor PhD, 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

	Mandana Mohsenzadegan *Lecturer* Faculty Offices 108 408-924-4433 Mandana.Mohsenzadegan@sjsu.edu

	Neli Moody *Lecturer* MFA, San José State University, 2006 Faculty Offices 217 408-924-4494 Neli.Moody@sjsu.edu

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

	John Murphy Lecturer MA, San Diego State University, 1985; MLS, San José State University, 1996 Faculty Offices 215 408-924-5064 John.Murphy@sjsu.edu

	Peter O'Sullivan *Lecturer* Faculty Offices 128 408-924-4663 Peter.O'Sullivan@sjsu.edu

	Alesya Petty *Teaching Associate* Faculty Offices 227 408-924-4517 Alesya.Petty@sjsu.edu

	Sarah Prasad Lecturer Faculty Offices 212 408-924-4456 Sarah.Prasad@sjsu.edu

	Avantika Rohatgi Lecturer Ph.D. , Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1985; MA Indiana University, 1984 Faculty Offices 116 408-924-4579 Avantika.Rohatgi@sjsu.edu Interests: Rhetoric, Composition, British and American Literature, ESL, Global Literature

	Ilyssa Russ Teaching Associate Faculty Offices 227 408-924-4518 Ilyssa.Russ@sjsu.edu

	Ed Sams *Lecturer* MA, University of Tennessee, 1975; MFA, San José State University, 2004 Faculty Offices 212 408-924-4485 Edwin.Sams@sjsu.edu

	Georgia Saratsiotis Lecturer Faculty Offices 219 408-924-4473 Georgia.Saratsiotis@sjsu.edu

	E.D. "Sweeney" Schragg Lecturer BA Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1995 ; MFA, Fiction Writing, San José State University, 2003 Faculty Offices 111 408-924-5019 Sweeney.Schragg@sjsu.edu

	Ted Shank *Lecturer* Faculty Offices 116 408-924-4579 Ted.Shank@sjsu.edu

	Lee Sherry *Lecturer* Faculty Offices 221 408-924-4505 Lee.Sherry@sjsu.edu

	Susan Shillinglaw Professor, Major Advisor & Publicity Chair PhD University of North Carolina, 1985 Faculty Offices 118 408-924-4487 Susan.Shillinglaw@sjsu.edu Interests: American Literature, Steinbeck

	Inga Silva Lecturer BS Nursing, 1995; MA English, San José State, 2000 Faculty Offices 224 408-924-4512 Inga.Silva@sjsu.edu

	Dalia Sirkin *Lecturer* Faculty Offices 109 408-924-5089 Dalia.Sirkin@sjsu.edu

	Alan Soldofsky Professor, Creative Writing and MFA Director& Poets & Writers Coalition Faculty Advisor MFA, Iowa, 1972 Faculty Offices 106 408-924-4432 Alan.Soldofsky@sjsu.edu Interests: Contemporary Poetry, Modern American Poetry, Robinson Jeffers

	Owen Sonntag *Teaching Associate* Faculty Offices 226 408-924-1382 Owen.Sonntag@sjsu.edu

	Julie Sparks *Lecturer* PhD, Penn State, 1999 Faculty Offices 128 408-924-4434 Julie.Sparks@sjsu.edu Interests: Bernard Shaw, Drama, British Literature, World Literature, Rhetoric and Composition

	Nancy Stork *Professor & Majors Advisor* PhD, 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

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

	Nick Taylor Assistant Professor, Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies Director & Creative Writing Chair (Spring) MFA, Virginia, 2005 Faculty Offices 219 408-924-4458 Nicholas.Taylor@sjsu.edu Interests: Creative Writing - Fiction

	Andrew Tucker Teaching Associate Faculty Offices 226 408-924-1382 Andrew.Tucker@sjsu.edu

	Roohi Vora Lecturer MA, San José State University, 2003 Faculty Offices 118 408-924-4428 Roohi.Vora@sjsu.edu

	Mary Warner *Associate Professor, English Education Director, Co-Director of the San José Area Writing Project* PhD, 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

	Alexandria White *Lecturer* Alexandria.White@sjsu.edu

	Mary Williams Lecturer Faculty Offices 215 408-924-5063 Mary.Williams@sjsu.edu

	William Wilson Professor PhD, Virginia, 1979 Faculty Offices 223 408-924-4510 William.Wilson@sjsu.edu Interests: 19th-Century British Literature, Contemporary Irish Literature

	Allison Winston Lecturer Faculty Offices 107 408-924-4419 Allison.Winston@sjsu.edu

	Candice Wynne *Lecturer* Faculty Offices 224 408-924-4512 Candice.Wynne@sjsu.edu

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