We are pleased to welcome to our faculty for the 2012-2013 academic year our new postdoctoral fellows Dr. Brad Bannon (University of Western Ontario), Dr. Christopher Black (Oklahoma State University), and Dr. Megan Faragher (SUNY Buffalo). We also welcome our new lecturer in English, Dr. Josh Reid (University of Kentucky), our new lecturer in Spanish, Ms. Liv Halaas Detwiler (Concordia College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst), and our new lecturer in Japanese, Dr. Akio Hasegawa (SUNY Buffalo).
Faculty
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Dr. Judith B. Slagle (1999), Professor of English Literature and Language Department Chair BS, 1983, and MA, 1985, East Tennessee State University PhD, 1991, University of Tennessee Areas of specialization: Restoration & 18th-Century Literature, British Romanticists/Joanna Baillie, Textual Editing CV Website |
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Dr. Mark Baumgartner (2011), Assistant Professor of English BA, 1999, Knox College MFA, 2005, Bowling Green State University PhD, 2010, University of Nevada-Las Vegas Areas of Specialization: Creative Writing--Fiction, Contemporary Fiction and Criticism, American Literature CV |
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Dr. Michael A. Cody (2001) Associate Professor of English BA, 1993, University of North Carolina, Asheville MA, 1995, Western Carolina University PhD, 2000, University of South Carolina Areas of Specialization: Early American Literature, Native American Literature, Creative Writing CV Website |
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Dr. Thomas Crofts (2004), Associate Professor of English |
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Dr. Will Crooke (2008), Associate Professor of German and French BA, 1984, Florida State University MA, 1997, and PhD, 2003, University of California, Berkeley Areas of Specialization: Comparative Literature (German, French, and Italian), Film CV |
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Dr. Yousif A. Elhindi (1998), Associate Professor of English BA, 1975, University of Khartoum MA, 1981, University of Sheffield PhD, 1995, Oklahoma State University Areas of Specialization: Linguistics and TESOL CV Website |
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Dr. Matthew Fehskens (2011), Assistant Professor of Spanish BS Indiana University, 2004 MA Bowling Green State University, 2006 PhD University of Cincinnati, 2011, Romance Languages/Spanish Areas of Specialization and Interests: Transatlantic Studies, Hispanic Modernism, 19th and 20th Century Spanish and Spanish-American Literature, Literary Criticism, Creative Writing. |
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Dr. Jesse Graves (2008), Assistant Professor of English |
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Ms. Kathleen Grover (1976), Assistant Professor of English BA, 1964, Florida State University MA, 1967, Memphis State University Areas of Specialization: Literature, Ethics, and Values, Contemporary Appalachian Literature, Animals in Literature CV |
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Dr. Darryl E. Haley (1999), Associate Professor of English Director of Technical Writing Minor BA, 1992, University of Arkansas MA, 1994, University of Arkansas, Little Rock PhD, 1999, University of Alabama Areas of Specialization: Classical and Modern Rhetoric; Technical Writing; Composition; 20th Century American Drama; American Literature CV |
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Dr. Ken Hall (1999), Professor of Spanish BA, 1975, Furman University MA, 1978, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill PhD, 1986, University of Arizona Areas of Specialization: Spanish, Contemporary Latin American Narrative and Film, Asian Film CV |
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Dr. Karen Harrington (1986), Associate Professor of French BA, 1973, and MA, California State University, Northridge PhD, 1986, University of California, Los Angeles Areas of Interest: French, French Poetry, 19th Century French Literature CV |
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Dr. Katrina Heil (2007), Associate Professor of Spanish Assistant Chair for Foreign Language BA, 1998, Trinity University MA, 2000, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill PhD, 2006, University of Texas, Austin Areas of Interest: Spanish, Contemporary Spanish Literature, Literary Theory, Transatlantic Studies CV |
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Dr. Mark Holland (1986),Professor of English BA, 1972, Heidelberg College MA, 1977, and PhD, 1984, Miami University Areas of Specialization: American Literature, Mythology CV |
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Dr. Thomas Alan Holmes (1996), Professor of English Associate Dean for Curriculum and Interdisciplinary Programs Mockingbird Faculty Technical Advisor SASCOL Faculty Advisor BA, 1981, MA, 1985, and PhD, 1990, University of Alabama Areas of Specialization: American Literature, African American Literature CV Website |
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Dr. Scott Honeycutt (2013), Professor of English |
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Dr. Don Johnson (1983), Professor of English ETSU Poet in Residence ETSU Foundation Research Reward, 1991 BA, 1964, and MA, 1966, University of Hawaii PhD, 1969, University of Wisconsin, Madison Areas of Specialization: British Literature, Poetry, Contemporary American Poetry, Sport Literature CV |
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Dr. Karen Kornweibel (2007), Associate Professor of English Director, Honors-in-Discipline Programs, The Honors College BA, 1994, University of California, San Diego MA, 1997, and PhD, 2000, University of Texas, Austin Areas of Specialization: Comparative Literature, African American Literature, Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature CV |
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Dr. Shawna Lichtenwalner (2005), Associate Professor of English Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies BA, 1994, Nebraska Wesleyan University MA, 1996, University of Nebraska PhD, 2004, Auburn University CV |
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Dr. Tess Lloyd (1996), Professor of English Advisor, Appalachian Studies Minor BA, 1974, Duke University MA, 1982, Pennsylvania State University PhD, 1996, University of North Carolina Areas of Specialization: Folklore and Appalachian Literature CV |
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Dr. Theresa McGarry (2004), Associate Professor of English |
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Dr. Stanton C. McManus (2013), Assistant Professor of English Director of Film Studies Minor BA, 1997, MA, 2002, and PhD, 2008, University of Michigan Areas of Specialization: Comparative Literature; Film Studies; Aesthetics and Politics; Critical Theory; Transition Studies; 20th- and 21st-century European Cultural Studies
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Dr. Martha Michieka (2006), Associate Professor of English Director of Linguistics Minor BEd, 1991, Kenyatta University, Kenya MA, 2002, and PhD, 2006, Purdue University Areas of Specialization: TESOL, Sociolinguistics CV Website |
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Dr. Jerome Mwinyelle (2004), Assistant Professor of Spanish BA, 1989, University of Ghana MA, 1995, Temple University PhD, 2005, University of Texas, Austin Areas of Interest: Spanish Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis CV Website |
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Dr. Ardis Nelson (1994), Professor of Spanish Director, Language and Culture Resource Center Director, Graduate Certificate in Health Care Translation and Interpretation BA, 1965, Oberlin College MA, 1972, Middlebury College, Madrid Ph.D., 1980, Indiana University, Bloomington Areas of Interest: Central American and Cuban Literature; Hispanic Cinema; Translation; Interpretation; Service-Learning CV |
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Dr. Kevin E. O'Donnell (1993), Professor of English Director of Environmental Studies Minor BA, 1984, Kent State University MA, 1987, and PhD, 1993, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Areas of Specialization: Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Composition, Environmental Writing CV Website |
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Dr. Robert Sawyer (2001), Professor of English BA, 1979, Stetson University MA, 1987, Western Carolina University PhD, 1997, University of Georgia Areas of Specialization: The Victorians, Shakespeare, and Shakespearean Appropriation CV |
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Dr. Phyllis Thompson (2005), Associate Professor of English Director of Women's Studies Program Secondary Education Coordinator BA, 1983, University of North Carolina, Greensboro MA, 1992, Appalachian State University PhD, 2003, Louisiana State University Areas of Specialization: CV Website |
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Dr. Frederick O. Waage (1978), Professor of English AB, 1965, and PhD, 1971, Princeton University Areas of Specialization: Environmental Literature, Renaissance Literature, and Creative Writing CV |
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Dr. Katherine Weiss (2006), Associate Professor of English Assistant Chair for Undergraduate Studies SASCOL Faculty Advisor MPhil, 1997, Trinity College, Dublin MA, 1999, California State University PhD, 2002, University of Reading (UK) Areas of Specialization: Modern and Contemporary Drama, Irish Literature CV |
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Dr. Daniel Westover (2010), Assistant Professor of English BA, 2000, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah MA and MFA, 2003, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA PhD, 2008, University of Wales, United Kingdom Areas of Specialization: Modern and Contemporary British Literature, Welsh Writing in English, and Poetry and Poetics CV |
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Dr. Brad Bannon, Postdoctoral Fellow of English BA, 2003, St. Michael's College MA, 2008, University of Vermont PhD, 2012, University of Western Ontario Areas of Specialization: American Literature, Coleridge, Philosophy and Literature CV |
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Dr. Christopher Black, Postdoctoral Fellow of English BA, 2000, California State University, Long Beach MA, 2006, California State University, Fullerton PhD, 2012, Oklahoma State University Areas of Specialization: Early American Literature, Native American Literature, Crime and Punishment in Antebellum Literature, Composition Studies CV |
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Dr. Jessie Nichole Bray, Postdoctoral Fellow of English BA, 2003, Middle Tennessee State University MA, 2005, University of South Carolina-Columbia PhD, 2010, University of South Carolina-Columbia Areas of Specialization: Nineteenth-Century American and British Literature; Postcolonialism and Amerindian Studies; Textual Editing; Literature and Science. CV |
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Dr. Megan Faragher, Postdoctoral Fellow of English BA, 2006, Arizona State University MA, 2009, SUNY-Buffalo PhD, 2012, SUNY-Buffalo Areas of Specialization: Modern British and Irish Literature; Formalism and Critical Theory; Propaganda and Information Studies. CV |
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Dr. Susan L. Keller, Postdoctoral Fellow of English BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998 MA, University of New Mexico, 2000 PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008 |
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Dr. Rod Overaa, Postdoctoral Fellow of English BA 2001, MFA 2006; and PhD 2010; University of Washington Areas of Specialization: Modernism, 19th and 20th Century Anglo-American Literature, American Transcendentalism, Postmodern/Contemporary Literature and Theory, Asian American Literature, Eastern Religion and Philosophy, Creative Writing CV. |
Lecturers
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Dr. Michael Briggs (2008), Lecturer of English Composition/RODP Coordinator BA, 1983; MA, 1986; EdD., 2010, East Tennessee State University |
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Ms. Pat Buck (2005), Lecturer of English AB, 1971, Radcliffe College MA 1988, East Tennessee State University Areas of Specialization CV Website |
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Ms. Lijuan Cao (2007), Lecturer of Chinese MA, 2007, Texas Tech University Areas of Specialization: Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Chinese Character Acquisition, Second Language Reading CV |
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Ms. Liv Halaas Detwiler (2012), Lecturer of Spanish BA, 2004, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) MA, 2010, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Areas of Specialization: Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics |
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Dr. Nadege Dufort (2011), Lecturer of French BA English Literatures, Linguistics and Civilizations, 1999, BA French as Foreign Language, 2000, MA French as Foreign Language, 2001, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (Martinique) MA Foreign Literature and Pedagogy, 2005, University of Delaware PhD Francophone Studies, 2009, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2009-2011, University of Vermont Areas of specialization: French Caribbean and Indian Ocean Literatures and Cultures, 20th and 21st century French literature, Culture and Identity through Francophone Cinema, Literature and Cinema of Immigration, Colonialism and Postcolonialism, Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism. |
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Dr. Akio Hasegawa (2013), Lecturer of Japanese BE, 1999, Ritsumeikan University MA, 2006, and PhD, 2011, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Areas of specialization: Semantics, Pragmatics, Japanese Linguistics |
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Ms. Norma Honaker (2009), Lecturer of English BA, 1994, University of Virginia MA, 2004, University of South Carolina Areas of Specialization: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers; War Writings CV |
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Dr. Raluca M. Negrisanu (2009), Lecturer of German BA, 1997, West University, Romania MA, 1998, University of Bucharest, Romania PhD, 2008, University of Tennessee Areas of Interest: German, Applied Linguistics, First Language Attrition, Early Childhood Language Acquisition, Bilingualism CV |
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Dr. Josh Reid (2012), Lecturer of English BA, 2000, Virginia Tech MA, 2004, University of Kentucky MA, 2012, University of Kentucky (Art History) PhD, 2013, University of Kentucky Areas of Specialization: Visual Arts and Literature, Renaissance Literature, Chivalric Romance, Translation Studies, Ecocriticism CV
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Ms. Junko Tezuka-Arnold (2008), Lecturer of Japanese
BA, 1992, Tamagawa University, Tokyo MA, 2000, University of Wisconsin-Madison Areas of interest: Japanese, Japanese Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Second Language Acquisition CV |
Adjunct Faculty
Jasen Bacon, English
Lisa Annette Buchanan, English
Charles Cave, Latin and Greek
Kimberly Crowder, English
Martha Crowe, English
Kendra Dowlatshahi, French
Lela Dowlatshahi, French
Susan Evans, English
Adam Fletcher, English
Larry French, English
Stephen Glass, English
Julia Golden, English
Dr. Styron Harris, English
Terry Hays, English
Jeffrey D. Holland, English
Matthew R. Johnson, English
Abbigail Kinkaid, English
Lucinda Livingston, English
Francine Miller, English
Sarah Mould, Spanish
George Naholi, English
Dennis Prater, English
Ginger Renner, English
Robert A. Russell, English
Susan Shelton, English
Lisa Speer, English
Sallie Trudden, English
Dr. Lila Trujillo, Spanish
Scott Vaughn, English
Elizabeth Edwards Weems, English
Cathy Whaley, English
Lori Ann Wright, English
Emeritus Faculty
Ernest J. Branscomb
Thomas G. Burton
Ronald K. Giles
Styron Harris
Robert J. "Jack" Higgs
Mary G. Hurd
Anne Koehler
Thomas D. Lane
Anne K. LeCroy
John Morefield, CV
James R. Reese
R. Chesla Sharp
Catherine Anne Sherrill
Marcia Songer, CV
Bonny Stanley
Edwin W. Williams
In Memoriam
Karen Cajka--An appreciation of our colleague