English Department Faculty
English Faculty
Robert Don Adams, Professor
radams@fau.edu â–ª DW 303J
Modern and Contemporary Literature, Gay and Lesbian Literature, Literature and Philosophy
Claudia Amadori, University Instructor; Assistant Director of PELS
camadori@fau.edu â–ª CU 356
College Writing, Interpretation of Drama
Stephanie Anderson, Assistant Professor
andersonstep@fau.edu â–ª CU 326
Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Journalism
Stacey Balkan, Associate Professor
sbalkan@fau.edu â–ª CU 325
Environmental & Energy Humanities, Lit & Environment, Global Anglophone Lits, Postcolonial Studies, Climate Fictions, Cycling Studies
Barclay Barrios, Professor; Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, DFSCAL
bbarrios@fau.edu â–ª CU 338
Composition and Rhetoric, Computers and Composition, Writing Program Administration, Technorhetoric
Eric L. Berlatsky, Professor; Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, DFSCAL
eberlats@fau.edu â–ª AH 211B
20th-century British and Postcolonial Literatures, Modernism, Postmodernism, Critical Theory, Comics Studies
Janelle Blount, Senior Instructor, Associate Director of the Writing Program
blountj@fau.edu â–ª CU 306B
College Writing, Interpretation of Fiction
Papatya A, Bucak, Associate Professor; Director of English Internships
pbucak@fau.edu â–ª CU 348
Creative Writing, Fiction
Oliver Buckton, Professor; Department Chair
obuckton@fau.edu â–ª CU 306G
19th-century and 20th-century British Literature and Culture, Film, Gender Studies, Spy Fiction, Theory and Criticism
Nico Cassanetti, Senior Instructor
ncassane@fau.edu â–ª CU 331
Composition, Creative Writing, Interpretation of Fiction & Nonfiction
Skye Cervone, Instructor
scervone@fau.edu â–ª CU 342
Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature; Literary Theory, Animal Studies & Biopolitics, 20th & 21st-century Literature
Nikki Chasteen, Instructor
nchastee@fau.edu â–ª CU 350
Rhetoric, Composition, Technical and Professional Communication, Writing Center Studies
ClarissaChenovick, Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
cchenovick@fau.edu â–ª CU 353
Renaissance Literature, Medieval and Early Modern Devotional Writing, History of Science and Medicine, History of Reading and Voice, Translation and Multilingualism
Julianna Cohen, Instructor
juliannac@fau.edu â–ª remote
Rhetoric and Composition, Writing Program AdministrationÌý
Melissa Criscuolo, University Instructor
mgarc112@fau.edu â–ª CU 318
College Writing I & II; Interpretation of Fiction, Nonfiction,Ìý Poetry, Drama; Intro to Creative Writing; Professional WritingÌý
Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Professor
sdagbovi@fau.edu â–ª CU 323
African American Literature, Literature of the African Diaspora, Critical Mixed Race Studies, Theories of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, Popular Culture
Victoria Fedden, Instructor
vfedden@fau.edu â–ª 319Ìý
College Writing I and II, Interpretation of Poetry
Regis M. Fox, Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
mannr@fau.edu â–ª CU 346
African American Literary and Cultural Studies, Feminist Theory, Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Tiffant Frost, University Instructor
tfrost3@fau.edu â–ª CU 355
College Writing, Interpretation of Fiction
Andrew Furman, Professor
afurman@fau.edu â–ª CU 360
20th-century American and Multi-ethnic Literature, Judaic Studies, Creative Writing, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction
Madison Garber, Instructor
mgarber2016@fau.edu â–ª CU 340
Creative Writing, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction, College Writing
Sheryl Gifford, University Instructor
sgifford@fau.edu â–ª CU 358
College Writing, Interpretation of Drama
Taylor Hagood, Professor
thagood@fau.edu â–ª CU 343
American Literature and Culture (Faulkner, African American, Southern) and Critical Theory
Jacob Henson, University Instructor
jhenson4@fau.edu â–ª CU 324
College Writing, Interpretation of Fiction, Creative Writing, Professional Writing
Wendy Hinshaw, Associate Dean for Faculty Success, DFSCAL
whinshaw@fau.edu â–ª CU 306J
Contemporary Rhetoric & Composition Theory, Feminist Theory, Literacy Studies, Prison Literature, and Service-Learning
Steve Jones, Instructor
stephenjones@fau.edu â–ª CU 344
20th Century British, Postcolonial, Modernist, and Celtic/Welsh Literature; Film Adaptation; Comics; Art Rock & Concept Albums
Tom Kelly
, Instructor
kellyt2013@fau.edu â–ª CU 316
Poetry Writing, College Composition, Pop Culture Studies
Warren Hill Kelly, University Instructor
wkelly13@fau.edu â–ª CU 345
Professional Writing, Interpretation of Poetry
Sipai Klein, Associate Professor; Director of UCEW
kleins@fau.edu â–ª GSÌý
Mulitmodal Composition, Writing Center Studies, WAC Programs, Rhetoric & Composition Theory
Erin Kiley, University Instructor; MA & MFA Graduate Advisor
ekiley1@fau.edu â–ª CU 329
Professional Writing, Interpretation of Poetry
Ziona Kocher, Assistant Professor
zkocher@fau.edu â–ª CU 344
British Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century, Feminist Theory, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Performance Studies
Eric Nuamah Korankye
, Assistant Professor
ekorankye@fau.edu â–ª CU 338
Rhetoric and Composition, Technical and Professional Communication, Cultural Rhetorics, Legal Rhetorics, Multimodal Writing
Stacy J. Lettman, Associate Professor
lettmans@fau.edu â–ª CU 332
Caribbean Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Cultural Studies, Performance Studies, Africana Studies, Interdisciplinary Research, and Fairytales
Christian David Loeffler
, Instructor
cloeffler@fau.edu â–ª CU 314
Creative Writing, Fiction, Publishing
Carissa Ma, Assistant Professor
mam@fau.edu â–ª CU 351
Global Anglophone Literatures and Criticism, Postcolonial Studies, Affect Studies, Science Fiction and Utopian Studies
Ian MacDonald, Associate Professor
imacdonald@fau.edu â–ª CU 315
Speculative Fiction and Fantasy, African and Diasporic Literature, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Utopian Literature, Globalization and Cosmopolitanism
, Associate Professor
julia.mason@fau.edu â–ª CU 339
Rhetoric & Composition, Professional & Technical Writing, Posthumanism, Cyborg Rhetorics
Becka McKay, Professor; Director of Creative Writing
rmckay3@fau.edu â–ª CU 320
Translation, Creative Writing
David Medina, Assistant Professor
medinad@fau.edu â–ª CU 328
Early Native American Literature, Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century American Literature, Book History, Critical Bibliography
Timothy Miller, Associate Professor
millert@fau.edu â–ª CU 341
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Critical Plant Studies, Literature & Science, Narrative Theory, Game Studies, Middle English Literature
Romeo Oriogun, Assistant Professor
ooriogun@fau.edu â–ª CU 362
Creative Writing, African and Postcolonial Poetics, The Poetics of Migration and Exile, and Gender and Sexuality in African Poetry
Tamar Osborne-Parker, Instructor
tosborn7@fau.edu â–ª CUÌý
College Writing I and II, Interpretation of Creative Nonfiction; Black Horror and Folklore
Richard Potter, University Instructor
rpotter@fau.edu â–ª CU 319
College Writing, Interpretation of Fiction
Joseph D. Precanico, Instructor; Assistant Director of the UCEW
jprecani@fau.edu â–ª CU 340
Composition, Creative Writing, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
Frederick Redman, University Instructor
fredman@fau.edu â–ª CU 327
College Writing, Interpretation of Fiction
Scarlett Rooney, University Instructor
srooney2@fau.edu â–ª CU 352
College Writing, Interpretation of Drama
Lauren Salisbury
, Instructor
lsalisbury@fau.edu â–ª remote
Online Writing Instruction, Rhetoric and CompositionÌý
Jason Schwartz, Professor; Sigma Tau Delta Faculty Advisor
jschwart@fau.edu â–ª CU 357
Creative Writing, Fiction
Alexander Slotkin, Assistant Professor; Sigma Tau Delta Faculty Advisor
aslotkin@fau.edu â–ª CU 349
Rhetoric & Composition, Tech/Prof Communication, Cultural Rhetorics, Jewish Rhetorics, Multimodality, Public Memory
Taryne Jade Taylor, Associate Professor
ttaylor5@fau.edu â–ª CU 313
SFF, Afro-, Indigenous, & Latinx Futurisms, Transnational Feminist Theory & Latina Feminisms, Utopian Literature, 19th-C British & Global Anglophone Literature
Carla Thomas, Associate Professor
carlathomas@fau.edu â–ª CU 347
Old/Middle English Language & Lit, Medieval Poetics, Manuscript Studies, Medieval Gender & Sexuality, Vernacularity & Multilingualism, Diversity & Inclusivity in Medieval Studies, History of the English Language
Dorothea Trotter, InstructorÌý
dtrotte2@fau.edu â–ª CU 312
Transnational and Postcolonial Literature, Cultural Studies, and Intermediality Studies
Julieann Ulin, Associate Professor; Associate Department Chair
julin@fau.edu â–ª CU 349
Irish Literature, Transatlantic Modernism
Cynthia Wedding, Instructor
cwedding2014@fau.edu â–ª CU
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James White, Instructor
jameswhite2013@fau.edu â–ª remote
Composition, Creative Writing, Poetry, and Professional Writing
Irma J. Zamora Fuerte, Assistant Professor
izamora@fau.edu â–ª CU 322
US Latinx Literatures and Cultures, Popular Culture, Transnational Latinidades
Julianne Zvolensky, University Instructor; Assistant Director of WAC
jzvolensky@fau.edu â–ª GS 215C & CU 324
College Writing
Emeritus & Retired Faculty
Steve Blakemore, Professor Emeritus
sblakemo@fau.edu
18th-century Transatlantic Literature and Culture, Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, Joel Barlow
, Professor Emeritus
faraci@fau.edu
Linguistics and Medieval Literature
Jeffrey R. Galin, Professor Emeritus
jgalin@fau.edu
Composition, Literacy, Technology, Intellectual Property, and Writing Program Administration
John C. Leeds, Associate Professor (Retired)
jleeds@fau.edu
British Renaissance Literature, Renaissance Latin Literature
, Professor Emeritus
jlow@fau.edu
Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, Renaissance Literature and Early Modern Culture, Modern and Contemporary Drama
, Professor Emeritus
cmcguirk@fau.edu
18th-century British Literature, Scottish Studies, Contemporary Fiction
Dan MurtaughÌýProfessor Emeritus
dmurtaug@fau.edu
Medieval and Renaissance British Literature
Mark Scroggins, Professor Emeritus
mscroggi@fau.edu
20th-century American Literature, Poetry, Modernism, and Post-Modernism, Creative Writing
Affiliated Faculty
Berger, Alan L., Raddock Eminent Scholar Chair for Holocaust Studies, Director of the The Center for the Study of Values and Violence after Auschwitz
rberger@fau.edu â–ª AH 118
Literature of the Holocaust, Modern Jewish Thought, Jewish Theology, Jewish American Literatureow
Shusterman, Richard, Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and English, Director of the Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵCenter for Body, Mind, and Culture
shuster1@fau.edu â–ª SO 124
American Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics and Political Theory, Philosophy of Language and Mind, Contemporary Continental Philosophy, Literary Criticism and Theory, Modernism and Postmodernism
English Office
Contact & Location
English Department Office
Culture & Society (CU) 306
email: english@fau.edu
phone: (561) 297-3830
fax: (561) 297-3807
Mailing Address
Department of English
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CU Bldg. Ste. 306
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
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