Being a student in our department not only means having opportunities to expand your studies and your horizons, it also means having a supportive faculty who challenge you to be your best. Our faculty members help you develop new skills while fine-tuning the ones you already have.  Our professors exemplify the broad spectrum of opportunities we offer, specializing in literary fields and periods such as American, Children’s, Medieval, and Victorian. Other teachers’ research and teaching are in areas such as English as a Second Language, Foreign Languages, Graphic Narratives, and Linguistics.  Whatever your interests may be, we have a teacher to help you develop them into a career. Ours is a close department with a caring faculty who will help you become the best in your field.

Drew Banghart, PhD, Assistant Professor of English
Elbin Library 26, 336-8298

Steve Criniti, PhD, Professor of English
Elbin Library 30, 336-8197

Stephanie Duffy-Zimmer, PhD, Adjunct Lecturer of English
Elbin Library

Jen Fawkes, PhD, Assistant Professor of English
Elbin Library 28, 336-8258

Shannon Halicki, PhD, Associate Professor of French, Spanish, and Linguistics
Dean of the Honors College, Coordinator of AAWV
Elbin Library 24, 336-8075

Scott Hanna, PhD, Associate Professor of English
Elbin Library 18E, 336-8501

A. Waller Hastings, PhD, Professor of English
Elbin Library 22A, 336-8189

Dominique Hoche, PhD, Professor of English
Elbin Library 25, 336-8202

Jeremy Larance, PhD, Professor of English
Assistant Provost for Innovation and Strategic Planning
Elbin Library 18A, 336-8195

Sydney Longworth, MA, Adjunct Lecturer of English
Elbin Library

Nicole Naegele, MA, Instructor of English
Sigma Tau Delta Advisor
Elbin Library 27, 336-8196

Gerard NeCastro, PhD, Professor of English,
Dean of College of Liberal Arts
Elbin Library 20A/Main Hall 219, 336-8901

Angela Rehbein, PhD, Associate Professor of English
Interim Assistant Department Chairperson
Elbin Library 22C, 336-8818

Marc Seamon, PhD, Adjunct Lecturer of English
Elbin Library

Peter Staffel, PhD, Professor of English
Interim Department Chairperson, Director of the Honors Program
Elbin Library 38, 336-8193

Amanda Tennant, PhD, Assistant Professor of Composition
Director of the Writing Center
Elbin Library 31, 304-336-8337