English Department Faculty
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Name |
Contact Info |
Specialty |
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Cindy Baer
Lecturer Ph.D. Univ. of Washington, 1994 |
Faculty Offices 110 408-924-4451 fecitlana@hotmail.com |
Renaissance & Early Modern Literature; Women Novelists Before 1800; History of the Novel; Rhetoric & Composition; Technical Writing |
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Catherine Blecki (Emeritus) Professor Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles |
16th & 17th Century English Literature | |
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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 awilli@email.sjsu.edu |
Ethnic American Literature, 18th-Century British Literature, Parody, Rhetoric & Composition |
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John Brinckwirth Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 105 408-924-4492 jbrinckwirth@yahoo.com |
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Clare Browne Lecturer Post Graduate Certificate of Education, Cambridge University, 1978; M.A., San Jose State University, 1989 |
Faculty Offices 217 408-924-4494 cjbrowne@pacbell.net |
Rhetoric & Composition |
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Alanna Callaway Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 227 408-924-4517 Alanna.Callaway@sjsu.edu |
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Dawn Chase Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 126 408-924-4412 d.e.chase@comcast.net |
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Balance
Chow Associate Professor Ph.D. Univ. of Georgia, 1991 |
Faculty Offices 224 408-924-4430 balancechow@yahoo.com |
Literary Theory; Ethnic Literatures; Chinese Literature; Comparative Literature |
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Susan Colley Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 218 408-924-4433 susancolley@gmail.com |
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Gloria Collins Lecturer M.A. San Jose State University, 1980 |
Faculty Offices 216 408-924-4495 gcollins@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition; ESL; Poetry
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Bonita M. Cox
Associate Professor Career Writing Program Coordinator Ph.D. Stanford, 1995 |
Faculty Offices 115 408-924-4449 bmcox@email.sjsu.edu |
Classical & Medieval Literature; British History 500-1500; Celtic Studies; Technical Writing & Editing; Composition & Rhetoric; History of the Language |
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Robert Cullen Professor Ph.D. UCLA, 1981 |
Faculty Offices 117 408-924-4454 rcullen2000@earthlink.net |
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 pdouglas@email.sjsu.edu |
American Literature; Modernism; Byron |
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Adrienne L. Eastwood Assistant Professor Ph.D. Univ. of California, San Diego, 2004 |
Faculty Offices 116 408-924-4509 eastwood@email.sjsu.edu |
Early Modern English Literature and Culture;
Shakespeare
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Susan Edman Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 226 408-924-1382 susanedman@gmail.com |
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John Engell
(Chair) Professor Teaching Assistant Supervisor Ph.D. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1979 |
Faculty Offices 218 408-924-4499 john.engell@email.sjsu.edu |
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 englishk@email.sjsu.edu |
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 |
Creative Writing; Contemporary Literature; Rhetoric & Composition,
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Andrew Fleck Associate Professor Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University, 2000 |
Faculty Offices 111 408-924-4457 afleck@email.sjsu.edu |
Early Modern British Literature; Shakespeare; the Dutch in English Literature |
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Valerie Frankel Lecturer M.F.A. San Jose State University, 2004 |
Faculty Offices 224 408-924-4512 vfrankel@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Manita Gautam Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 227 408-924-4517 manita.gautam@sjsu.edu |
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Josh Gehl Lecturer M.A. San Jose State University, 2005 |
Faculty Offices 107 408-924-5019 joshua.gehl@sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition |
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Jack Haeger (Emeritus) Professor |
jhhaeger@yahoo.com | |
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Michelle Hager Lecturer M.A. San Jose State University, 2005 |
Faculty Offices 115 408-924-5073 Michelle.Hager@sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Daniel Haley Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 219 408-924-4473 dan.haley@sjcc.edu |
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Jeffrey Hallford Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 108 408-924-4435 challford@nusd.k12.ca.us |
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Lois E. Hamor Lecturer B.A. California Lutheran University, 1966 |
loishamor@earthlink.net | Rhetoric & Composition |
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Katherine D. Harris Assistant Professor Ph.D. City University of New York, 2005 |
Faculty Offices 220 408-924-4475 kharris@email.sjsu.edu |
British Romanticism, Textual Theory, History of the Book, Feminist Theory |
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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 kharriso@email.sjsu.edu |
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 harveysher@yahoo.com |
Contemporary Fiction; Creative Writing; Rhetoric & Composition |
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Anne Heffron Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 118 408-924-4428 anneheffron@comcast.net |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Allison Heisch Professor Ph.D. Harvard, 1977 |
Faculty Offices 107 408-924-4434 heisch@email.sjsu.edu |
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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William Hopkins Lecturer M.F.A. UCLA, 1973 |
Faculty Offices 222 408-924-4494 |
Rhetoric & Composition
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| Scott Hymas (Emeritus) |
sshymas@hotmail.com |
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Robert
James Lecturer M.F.A. San Jose State University, 2004 |
Faculty Offices 109 408-924-5089 rfjames2001@hotmail.com |
Creative Writing (fiction, nonfiction)
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Ben Jonas Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 213 408-924-4490 ben.jonas@gmail.com |
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Persis
Karim Associate Professor Ph.D. University of Texas, 1998 (on sabbatical Fall 2007) |
Faculty Offices 216 408-924-4476 pkarim@email.sjsu.edu |
Comparative Literature; Creative Writing; Ethnic American Literature; Postcolonial Literature; Iranian Diaspora Literature |
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Don Keesey (Emeritus) Professor Ph.D. |
dkeesey@email.sjsu.edu | |
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Stacey Knapp Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 227 408-924-4518 knapps7@gmail.com |
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Revathi Krishnaswamy Associate Professor Ph.D. Kent State University, 1990 |
Faculty Offices 125 408-924-1384 rkrishna@email.sjsu.edu |
19th- & 20th-Century British Fiction; Colonial & Post-Colonial Literature; Critical Theory |
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Linda Lappin Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 105 408-924-4601 captainlappin@netzero.net |
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Kara Levy Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 221 408-924-4505 karalevy@gmail.com |
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Leanne Lindelof Lecturer M.F.A. San Jose State University, 2005 |
Faculty Offices 114 408-924-4436 llindelof@aol.com |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Craig Lore Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 221 408-924-4505 clore@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition |
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Jonathan Lovell Professor Director, San Jose Area Writing Project & English Education Co-Coordinator Ph.D. Yale, 1980 |
Faculty Offices 109 408-924-4437 jhlovell@pacbell.net jlovell@email.sjsu.edu |
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 smaio@email.sjsu.edu |
Creative Writing Poetry; Critical Theory; Modern Poetry |
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Charles Mcleod Lecturer M.F.A. University of Virginia, 2006 |
Faculty Offices 106 408-924-5087 charles.mcleod@sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition |
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Joan McMillan Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 218 408-924-4433 jmcmill@sonic.net |
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David Mesher
Professor Ph.D. University of Washington, 1978 |
Faculty Offices 220 408-924-4440 mesher@email.sjsu.edu |
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 Miller2go@earthlink.net |
Creative Writing: Nonfiction
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Linda C. Mitchell
Professor Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1996 |
Faculty Offices 117 408-924-4453 linda.mitchell@sjsu.edu |
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 nmoody@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric and Composition |
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Kristine Morrella Lecturer |
bmorella@aol.com | Rhetoric and Composition |
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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 jmurphy5@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition |
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Manjari Ohala
Professor Ph.D. UCLA, 1972 |
Faculty Offices 116 408-924-4579 manju@trill.berkeley.edu |
Phonetics; Phonology; Sociolinguistics; Indo-Aryan Linguistics; Chair, LLD |
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Arlene Okerlund
(Emeritus) Professor Ph.D. University of California San Diego, 1969 |
okerlund@email.sjsu.edu | English Renaissance Literature; Shakespeare; Spenser; Marlowe |
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Claudia Parker Lecturer |
Rhetoric & Composition | |
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Michelle Perry Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 226 408-924-1382 Michelle.Perry@sjsu.edu |
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Lucy Poindexter Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 114 408-924-4436 Lucy.Poindexter@sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition
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John Pollock
Professor Advisement Coordinator & Honors Program Advisor Ph.D. University of California Davis, 1971 |
Faculty Offices 111 408-924-4442 jpollock@email.sjsu.edu |
17th-Century British Literature; Poetry |
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Dennis Quinn Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 116 408-924-4579 quinndj@gmail.com |
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Scott Rice Professor Ph.D. Arizona, 1968 |
Faculty Offices 109 408-924-4447 |
Rhetoric & Composition;
Freshman
Composition;
18th-Century British Novel; Smollett; Satire; Children's Literature |
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Gabriele Rico (Emeritus) Professor Ph.D. Stanford, 1976 |
Faculty Offices 114 408-924-4436 g_rico@comcast.net larico@rcn.com |
Rhetoric & Composition; Creative Arts.
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Ed Sams Instructor M.A. Univ. of Tennessee, 1975 |
Faculty Offices 212 408-924-4485 ed@curiouschapbooks.com |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Robert Swart Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 215 408-924-5063 torsionism@hotmail.com |
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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 |
Rhetoric & Composition |
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Robert Selinske Lecturer M.A. Columbia Teachers College, 1966 |
Faculty Offices 215 408-924-5063 rnlselinske@aol.com |
Rhetoric & Composition |
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Gary Shapiro Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 227 408-924-4518 gary@rattlebrain.com |
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Susan Shillinglaw
Professor Ph.D. Univ. of North Carolina, 1985 |
Faculty Offices 118 408-924-4487 shilling@email.sjsu.edu sshillingl@aol.com |
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 isilva@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Alan Soldofsky
Professor MFA Program Director MFA Iowa, 1972 |
Faculty Offices 106 408-924-4432 soldofsk@email.sjsu.edu |
Contemporary Poetry; Modern American Poetry; Robinson Jeffers.
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Carlos Alan Solis Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 213 408-924-4418 csolis@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Julie Sparks
Lecturer Ph.D. Penn State, 1999 |
Faculty Offices 217 408-924-4493 julie.sparks@hotmail.com |
Bernard Shaw; Drama; British Literature; World Literature; Rhetoric and Composition |
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Tiffany Sprugasci Lecturer M.A. San Jose State University, 2004 |
Faculty Offices 114 408-924-4448 tsprugas@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Nancy Stork (Assoc. Chair) Professor Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1985 |
Faculty Offices 218 408-924-4477 nstork@email.sjsu.edu |
Medieval Literature |
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Ralph Strachan Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 105 408-924-4492 rstracha@email.sjsu.edu |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Nick Taylor Assistant Professor Advisor/Editor, Reed Magazine MFA University of Virginia |
Faculty Offices 219 408-924-4458 nicholas.p.taylor@gmail.com |
Creative writing fiction |
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Roohi Vora M.A. San Jose State University, 2003 |
Faculty Offices 118 408-924-4428 roohivora@yahoo.com |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Mary
Warner Assistant Professor Associate Director, San Jose Area Writing Project & English Education Co-Coordinator Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1992 |
Faculty Offices 109 408-924-4417 mwarner@email.sjsu.edu |
Young Adult Literature; Bible as Literature; Professional Development of Secondary-Level English Teachers
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Dan White Lecturer |
Faculty Offices 108 408-924-4435 Dwhitescruz@yahoo.com |
Rhetoric & Composition
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Mary Williams Teaching Associate |
Faculty Offices 226 408-924-4515 marytw53@gmail.com |
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William Wilson Professor Ph.D. Virginia, 1979 |
Faculty Offices 223 408-924-4510 drwawilson@hotmail.com |
19th-Century British Literature; Contemporary Irish Literature |
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