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NIU English Department Faculty and Staff

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Craig Abbott     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
Bibliographical and textual studies, 20th-century American literature (especially poetry)
Christine Abbott     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
Professional and Technical Writing
Melissa Adams-Campbell     (click for details)
Assistant Professor
Early American Literature, Transatlantic and Transnational Colonial and Romantic Period Literature, Gender Studies
Manahari Adhikari     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Maria C. Alderson     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, Developmental Writing
Virginia Altmaier     (click for details)
Office Support Specialist
Graduate Program
Katherine W. Andraski     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, Developmental Writing
Meg Augustine     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Rhetoric, Literature
Patricia E. Austin     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, ESL, Practical Writing
Gulsat Aygen     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Linguistics
William Baker     (click for details)
Professor
Distinguished Research Professor, Board of Trustees Professor, 19th-century British Literature, Bibliography
Scott Balcerzak     (click for details)
Assistant Professor
Film and Media Studies
Ashley Bartelt     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Alexandra Bennett     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Renaissance English Literature and Drama, Modern British & American Drama
John Benson     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Rhetoric
Technical Communication
Gerald M. Berkowitz     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
Shakespeare, Modern British and American Drama
Laura J. Bird     (click for details)
Instructor
Essay Composition, Grammar, English as a Second Language, Student Teaching Supervision
Betty J. Birner     (click for details)
Professor
Linguistics, Cognitive Science
Nathan Boes     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Joseph W. Bonomo     (click for details)
Assistant Professor
Writing Creative Non-fiction, Literary Non-fiction, 20th-century American Literature
John M. Bradley     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, Developmental Writing
Andrew Burt     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Robyn Byrd     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
David Bywaters     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
Restoration and 18th-century Literature, Grammar, Essay Composition
Susan F. Callahan     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
Coordinator of Teacher Preparation and Development for the College of Liberal Arts and Science

English Education, Advanced Composition
Edward Callary     (click for details)
Professor
Linguistics
Anne Canavan     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Jordan Canzonetta     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Philip Case     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Rhiannon Catherwood     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Ting-Ting Chan     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Chia-Feng Chang     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant 1
Nicole Clifton     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Medieval Literature and Language
Suzanne E. Coffield     (click for details)
Instructor
Director, Writers' Workshop; Tutor Training
Frank Court     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
19th-century British Literature, Literature & Cultural Studies, Walter Pater, Bibliography and Criticism
Cory Cox     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Erin Cross     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Lara Crowley     (click for details)
Assistant Professor
Renaissance English Literature
Tim Crowley     (click for details)
Assistant Professor
Renaissance English Literature
Rosanna D'Orazio     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Michael Day     (click for details)
Professor

Director, First-Year Composition Program
Rhetoric, Technical Writing, Composition Pedagogy
Deborah De Rosa     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Later 19th-century American Literature
Michael Dean     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Kristin DeMint     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Jane Denison-Furness     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Susan E. Deskis     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Medieval Literature and Language
Susan L. Dorbeck     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, ESL, Developmental Writing
Brian Edwards     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Ryan Eichberger     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Jeffrey Einboden     (click for details)
Assistant Professor
19th-century American Literature, Comparative Literature
Eric Englert     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Philip E. Eubanks     (click for details)
Professor
Rhetoric and Composition, Professional Writing
Jennifer Fife     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Clarice (Clare) Foland     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
American Literature
Ellen E. Franklin     (click for details)
SPS
Assistant to the Director of First-Year Composition
Stephen Franklin     (click for details)
Visiting Asst. Prof.
Meredith Frederich     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Megan Fry     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Andrea Fryling     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Jeff Gard     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
James Giles     (click for details)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
19th- and 20th-century American Literature, African American Literature, Nelson Algren
Amy Glaves     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Ibis Gomez-Vega     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Twentieth-Century American literature, Ethnic literature, American Drama, Gay & Lesbian literature
David J. Gorman     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Critical Theory, Comparative Literature
Sarah Greenwood     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Barry Grossman     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Lori J. Hall     (click for details)
Office Support Specialist
Undergraduate Program
Marilee Halpin     (click for details)
T-Cert Supervisor
Loren Hecht     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric and Composition
Sarah M. Hedborn     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric and Composition
Ashley Heiberger     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Christine A. Henderson     (click for details)
T-Cert supervisor
Timothy Hendrickson     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Rosalie Hewitt     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
American Literature Rhetoric and Composition
J. Ryan Hibbett     (click for details)
Instructor
C. Eric Hoffman     (click for details)
SPS
Coordinator of Networked Writing and Research
Maxwell Hoover     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
John Ireland     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, Practical Writing
Gail Jacky     (click for details)
SPS
Jeanne D. Jakubowski     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, Developmental Writing
Susan Jardine     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
William Johnson     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
16th- and 17th-century English Literature
Michelle Johnson     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Dirk Johnson     (click for details)
SPS
Creative Non-Fiction, Journalism, Technical and Professional Writing
Jennifer Justice     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Kyle Killebrew     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Zachary Killebrew     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Emily Kingery     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Mark A. Kipperman     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
19th-century British Literature, Poetry, the Victorians and the Romantics, Shakespeare
John V. Knapp     (click for details)
Professor
Modern British and American Literature, English Education
Floyd Knight     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Rikki Knutti     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Nicole Kooistra     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Timothy Koppang     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Mark S. Kotarba     (click for details)
Instructor
Janey Kubly     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Stephanie Kummerer     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric and Composition
Kevin Kutschenreuter     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Gillian Lachanski     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
John Laker     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Elizabeth Lamszus     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Erin Lamz     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Karen Larsen     (click for details)
OSS Sigma Tau Delta
Lori S. Lawson     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, Developmental Writing
Amy K. Levin     (click for details)
Professor, English
Department Chair
Chair of the Department, Women's Studies and women's literature, Museum Studies, Victorian literature, African-American literature
Jeffrey Levin     (click for details)
Field Supervisor for Student Teachers
Daniel Libman     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, Developmental Writing
Alison Lukowski     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Doris M. Macdonald     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Applied Linguistics, TESOL
John Marinan     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Dustin Marquis     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Lindsay Massie     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Brian May     (click for details)
Associate Professor
19th-century British Literature Placement Advisor
Thomas McCann     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Teacher Certification
Kathryn McCord     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Molly A. McNett     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric, Composition, English as Second Language
Glenn Meeter     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
20th-century American Literature, Bible as Literature, Creative Writing
James Mellard     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
20th-century American Literature, Literary Criticism
James Miller     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
Medieval Literature, Old English, Grammar and Linguistics
Bonnie Miller-O'Dell     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Katharine Mudd     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Joseph Mysliwiec     (click for details)
Instructor
Rhetoric and Composition, Literary Study, Shakespeare, Masterpieces: Renaissance through the 20th century
Justin Ness     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Amy Newman     (click for details)
Professor
Creative Writing, 20th Century British and American Literature
Jenae Nichols     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Stephanie Opfer     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Bradley Peters     (click for details)
Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum, Rhetoric and Composition
Paul Petrovic     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Judith Pokorny     (click for details)
SPS
Undergraduate Advising, Teacher Certification
Melina Probst     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Mickey Rau     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Kathleen Renk     (click for details)
Associate Professor
20th-century British Literature, Postcolonial Literature
Jessica L. Reyman     (click for details)
Associate Professor
Rhetoric and Professional Writing
Patricia Lahorra Rickett     (click for details)
Instructor
Amanda Roberts     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Tim Ryan     (click for details)
Assistant Professor
20th Century American Literature & Culture, Modernism, African American Literature, Southern Studies
Amber Rzepka     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
John D. Schaeffer     (click for details)
Professor
Rhetoric, Renaissance and 17th-century literature
Kimberly Schalz     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Mary Sue Schriber     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
19th-century British Literature, Travel Literature, Women’s Studies
Robert Self     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
19th- and 20th-century American Literature, Literature and Film, Film Theory and Criticism
Deborah Seyler     (click for details)
SPS Sigma Tau Delta
Leah Shearer     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Sean Shesgreen     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
18th-century British literature, Literary Studies, Essay Composition
Kelle Sills     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Diane Smith     (click for details)
Office Support Specialist
First-Year Composition Program
Nicole Smith     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Amanda Smothers     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Erika Sparby     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Scott Stalcup     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Fredrik Stark     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Tracy Stephens     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Ellen Stuart     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Diana L. Swanson     (click for details)
Associate Professor of Women's Studies and English
19th and 20th century British Fiction, Feminist Theory, Women’s Studies
Lisabeth Swisher     (click for details)
Instructor
Jennifer Tappa     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Caitriona Terry     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Jana Thompson     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Mark W. Van Wienen     (click for details)
Professor
19th- and 20th-century American Literature
Jan Vander Meer     (click for details)
Office Administrator
English Department
Kimberly Volmer     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Lynne Waldeland     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
20th-century American Literature, Film Studies, the Short Story
Amanda Walsh     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Linda Watson     (click for details)
SPS
Managing Editor of Style
David Wendelin     (click for details)
SPS - NEHS Coordinator
Zachary Wendler     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
William Proctor Williams     (click for details)
Professor Emeritus
Renaissance Drama, Textual Criticism, Bibliography
Kelsey Williams     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Shane Winterhalter     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant
Elizabeth Woolley     (click for details)
Teaching Intern
Xiaoling Zhang     (click for details)
Teaching Assistant