Department Faculty

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FACULTY MEMBER	TEACHING/RESEARCH AREAS
Aebersold, Andrea Clinical Assistant Professor WSU-Tri-Cities	20th Century American Literature Ecocriticism Environmental Justice Women Writers
Aebersold, Simon Instructor WSU-Tri-Cities	Technical Writing
Lisa Anderson Clincal Assistant Professor WSU-Tri-Cities
Anderson, Suzanne Instructor WSU-Pullman suzander@mail.wsu.edu	Digital animation, narration and production
Arigo, Christopher Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman chrisarigo@yahoo.com	Poetry writing 20th century poetry and poetics Contemporary poetry and poetics Ecopoetics and Ecocriticism
Arola, Kristin Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Technology and Culture WSU-Pullman arola@wsu.edu	Rhetorics of New Media and Design Composition Pedagogy Multimedia Authoring Digital Technology & Culture Feminist Theory
Bell, Nancy Associate Professor WSU-Pullman nbell@wsu.edu	Applied Linguistics ESL TESOL
Burbick, Joan Professor Emeritus WSU-Pullman burbick@wsu.edu	American literature and culture (especially late 19th and 20th century) Cultural theory Popular culture
Burwick, Kimberly Instructor WSU-Pullman kaburwick@wsu.edu	Composition Creative Writing
Butler, Todd Associate Professor and Chair WSU-Pullman butlert@wsu.edu	17th century literature Law and literature Political epistemology Marriage of knowledge and power in the Renaissance
Buyserie, Beth Senior Instructor and Assistant Director of Composition WSU-Pullman bbuyserie@wsu.edu	Freshman composition Beginning research writing English Education methods Professional & Technical Writing
Cady, Patricia Instructor WSU-Pullman patty.cady@wsu.edu	Composition Professional & Technical Writing
Campbell, Donna Associate Professor WSU-Pullman campbelld@wsu.edu	Nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century American literature Realism, regionalism, and naturalism American women's writing Teaching with technology
Chilson, Peter Professor WSU-Pullman pchilson@mail.wsu.edu	Writing workshops in fiction and literary nonfiction African literature Borderlands Studies Form and theory in writing fiction and literary nonfiction Magazine editing Environmental issues regarding Africa and the American West
Coleman, Elijah Instructor WSU-Pullman coleelij@wsu.edu	Composition Writing and Rhetorical Conventions Technical and Professional Writing
Coomer, Paula Instructor WSU-Pullman coom1286@wsu.edu	Composition Creative Writing Film as Narrative Technical and Professional Writing
Condon, Bill Professor WSU-Pullman bcondon@wsu.edu	Writing assessment Composition pedagogy World civilizations 19th century British literature Computers and writing
Cozza, Vanessa Assistant Professor WSU-Tri-Cities	Rhetoric and Composition
Dasler Johnson, Wendy Associate Professor WSU-Vancouver wjohnson1@vancouver.wsu.edu	'Other' rhetorics History of rhetoric American literature before 1900 Rhetorics of the disciplines Sacred texts and cultures of world religions Writing American Indian Literatures Women studies Poetry
Davis, Andréa Assistant Professor WSU-Tri Cities andrea_davis@tricity.wsu.edu	Rhetoric and Composition
Delahoyde, Michael Clinical Associate Professor WSU-Pullman delahoyd@wsu.edu	Shakespeare Chaucer Medieval/Renaissance Humanities
Mike Edwards Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman mike.edwards@wsu.edu
Eddy, Robert Associate Professor WSU-Pullman eddyr@wsu.edu	Rhetoric and racism Malcolm X rhetoric and the renaming of the U.S.A. Teaching writing to nontraditional students Prison writing and restorative justice Identity and representation issues in writing across cultures
Ericsson, Katherine Instructor WSU-Online kericsson@wsu.edu	Technical and Professional Writing Multimedia Authoring
Ericsson, Patricia Associate Professor and Director of Composition WSU-Pullman ericsson@wsu.edu	Digital rhetorics Composition studies Digital technology and culture Critical technology studies Technical communication Rhetorics of sustainability
Ernest, Anne Instructor, Co-Coordinator, Undergraduate Writing Center Coordinator, Small Group Tutorials WSU-Pullman anneritter@wsu.edu	Composition Writing Tutorial
Fry, Bryan Instructor WSU-Pullman bryanfry@wsu.edu	Creative Writing Editing and Publishing Writing and Research Honors
Goodrich, Rebecca Senior Instructor WSU-Pullman rgoodrich@wsu.edu	Literary nonfiction, personal essay Comics and graphic novels Children's and Young Adult Literature Digital Storytelling
Gordon, Lynn Associate Professor WSU-Pullman gordonl@wsu.edu	Linguistics English grammar History of English Syntax Syntax and morphology of Native American languages
Grauman, Dale Instructor WSU-Pullman dgrauman@wsu.edu	Composition
Grigar, Dene Associate Professor WSU-Vancouver dgrigar@vancouver.wsu.edu	Multimedia Narrative Performance and Installations Ephemeral Writing and Technologies Electronic Literature
Hamlin, William Professor and Director of Graduate Studies WSU-Pullman whamlin@wsu.edu	Shakespeare English and continental literature, 1500-1700 Renaissance drama Montaigne Histories of early modern philosophy and religion
Hammond, Alexander Associate Professor Emeritus WSU-Pullman hammonda@wsu.edu Unavailable to serve on Grad Student committees	American literature (colonial - present) Humanities (ancient world) Introduction to literature; film and literature American fiction Class/labor/gender in American literature American drama
Hanly, Michael Professor WSU-Pullman hanly@wsu.edu	Medieval literature and culture Humanities Textual editing Paleography Graduate research
Hegglund, Jon Associate Professor and Vice Chair WSU-Pullman hegglund@wsu.edu	20th century British literature Film studies Literary theory Postcolonial literature
Hellegers, Desiree Associate Professor WSU-Vancouver desiree.hellegers@vancouver.wsu.edu	17th century literature
Hill, Crag Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman cahill@wsu.edu	Literary criticism and young adult literature The efficacy of utilizing young adult literature across the curriculum Males & multiliteracies Classroom discourse Evolution of comics
Hunter, Leeann Clinical Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman leeann.hunter@wsu.edu
Huyck, David Clinical Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman dhuyck@wsu.edu	Digital Technology and Culture
Irom, Bimbisar Clinical Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman b.irom@wsu.edu	20th and 21st century American literature Political Theory The Novel Transnational American Studies Digital Humanities 9/11 literature and ethical philosophy Hybrid pedagogy
Johnson-Shull, Lisa Writing Center Director/Writing Program Co-Director/Instructor WSU-Pullman lisaj@wsu.edu	Writing Center theory and practice Writing Program Administration Writing pedagogy and assessment
Kennedy, George Professor WSU-Pullman gkennedy@wsu.edu	Technical communication Rhetoric/composition 19th century British fiction (Victorians) Early 20th century British (Edwardians and Georgians)
Kittell, Linda Clinical Associate Professor WSU-Pullman lkittell@wsu.edu	Fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction Greek and Roman myth American Indian myth and story Composition Modern and contemporary literature Theory and pedagogy Sports literature
Kuo, Alex Professor Emeritus Writer in Residence WSU-Pullman alexkuo@wsu.edu	Contemporary poetry Creative writing (all genres) Native American literature American West literature
Law, Richard Professor Emeritus WSU-Pullman rlaw@wsu.edu Unavailable to serve on Grad Student committees	20th century American literature Literature of the American South
Lee, Debbie Professor WSU-Pullman deblee@wsu.edu	18th and 19th-Century British Literature 18th and 19th-Century Visual Cultures Art History and Printmaking William Hogarth and William Blake British Social History (representations of single mothers, prostitutes, and poor women) History of Science Transatlantic Issues (slavery, hybridity) Travel Literature Creative Nonfiction
Levy, Buddy Clinical Associate Professor WSU-Pullman buddy@buddylevy.com	Technical & Professional Writing Creative Writing, all genres American Indian Literature Adventure/Lifestyle/Journalism
Lewis, Thabiti Associate Professor WSU-Vancouver thabiti@vancouver.wsu.edu	20th Century African American literatureToni Cade BambaraCritical race theory and Sport culture Black Masculinity Studies
Luders, Lesa Senior Instructor WSU-Pullman luders@wsu.edu	Creative Writing Technical and Professional Writing
McAuley, Kirk Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies WSU-Pullman lmcauley@wsu.edu	Eighteenth-Century Studies Early American and British literature and culture (including poetry & non-fiction prose) to 1900 Transatlantic Studies Print Culture Travel and Empire Writing Gender Environmental Criticism
Menchaca, David Assistant Professor WSU-Vancouver menchaca@vancouver.wsu.edu	Rhetoric and Composition Rhetoric of Technology Professional Writing Critical/Cultural Game Studies Information Design Technology and Pedagogy
Moe, Aaron Blackburn Postdoctoral Fellow aaron.m.moe@email.wsu.edu	American Literature 1865-1945 American Literature 1945-Present 20th Century Poetry and Poetics Ecocriticism Animal Rhetorics Zoopoetics Digital Humanities
Monroe, Barbara Associate Professor WSU-Pullman bjmonroe@wsu.edu	indigenous rhetoric of the Plateau Indians cultural and class differences in rhetoric, learning styles, and interactive patterns critical literacies and pedagogies, online and off
Narayanan, Pavithra Associate Professor WSU-Vancouver pavithra@vancouver.wsu.edu	Film Globalization Gender issues Political economy South Asian feminism Postcolonial Literature Documentary films
Oforlea, Aaron Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman aoforlea@ad.wsu.edu	African American Literature 20th-Century American Literature African American Intellectual Traditions and Literary Theory African American Folklore African American Rhetoric Literacy Studies
Olson, Wendy Assistant Professor WSU-Vancouver wmolson@vancouver.wsu.edu	Basic Writing Critical Literacy Political Economy History and Theory of Composition History and Theory of Rhetoric
Orr, Leonard Professor WSU-Vancouver orr@vancouver.wsu.edu	19th & 20th Century British, Irish, and American literature Critical Theory and History of Criticism Modernism Representations of the Holocaust Postcolonial and literature of exile Creative Writing: Poetry
Pastor, Mary Ellen Instructor WSU-Pullman	Composition
Powers, Laura Instructor WSU-Pullman laura.powers@wsu.edu	Composition
Reed, T.V. Professor WSU-Pullman reedtv@wsu.edu	Contemporary U.S. Literary theory Popular culture Digital diversity Multiethnic contemporary American literature Ecocriticism
Robertson, Kandy Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Writing Programs WSU-Vancouver kandy_robertson@vancouver.wsu.edu	Writing and Research Introduction to English Studies
Rohrbach, Augusta Associate Professor WSU-Pullman rohrbach@wsu.edu	19th Century US Lit and Cult History of the Book Critical Race and Gender Studies
Roman, Camille Professor Emeritus WSU-Pullman roman@wsu.edu Unavailable to serve on Grad Student committees	Multiethnic American Poetries & Cultures Women Writers Modernisms Writing & Research WWII-Cold War Cultures (Film & Poetry) Pacific Rim American Poetries U.S. Immigration Poetries African & Caribbean-American Poetries American Censorship Culture (Literature, Music, & Visual Arts) 20th & 21st c. American Book Publishing Cultures
Ross, Susan Professor WSU-Pullman suross@wsu.edu	Journalism International Mass Media Law Public Policy Economics Cultural Studies Social Movements Peace Studies
Russo, Linda Clinical Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman lrusso@wsu.edu	Poetry & Poetics Creative writing Women's Writing Post-WWII American poetry
Sanchez, Rachel Instructor WSU-Pullman rachel_sanchez@wsu.edu	Composition
Sena, Leslie Instructor WSU-Pullman senal@wsu.edu	Composition Common Reading Assessment ESL Learning Communities Technical and Professional Writing
Siegel, Carol Professor WSU-Vancouver siegel@vancouver.wsu.edu	Representation of sexuality in literature and film Contemporary youth cultures Changes in the discourses of feminism Theories of Foucault, Deleuze & other theorists of sexuality & gender
Siler, Elizabeth Clinical Assistant Professor ESL Specialist WSU-Pullman elizabethsiler@gmail.com	English as a second language Second language reading Studies on paraphrase and plagiarism
Springer, Heather Instructor WSU-Pullman heather.springer@wsu.edu	Composition and Basic Writing Teaching/Research
Strawn, April Instructor WSU-Pullman april.strawn@wsu.edu	Composition
Victor Villanueva Regents Professor WSU-Pullman victorv@wsu.edu	Classical and Contemporary Rhetoric Rhetoric and Political Economy Rhetoric and Racism Pre-Columbian Indigenous Rhetorics Composition Theory
Watts, Kate Instructor WSU-Pullman kate.watts@wsu.edu	Composition
Roger Whitson Assistant Professor WSU-Pullman roger.whitson@wsu.edu	19th C British Literature, esp. William Blake Digital Humanities Digital and Hybrid Pedagogy Steampunk Comics and Graphic Novels Speculative Realism and Object-Oriented Ontology Media History and Archaeology

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