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Faculty and Staff by Area

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Creative Writing Faculty

Dalton, John
Associate Professor
M.F.A. University of Iowa

Steven M. Schreiner

Associate Professor
Ph.D. Wayne State University

Howard Schwartz

Professor

M.A. Washington University; Honorary Doctorate, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Nanora Sweet

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Mary Troy

Associate Professor
Director of MFA Program

MFA, University of Arkansas

Eamonn Wall

Professor
Jefferson Smurfit Endowed Professor of Irish Studies

Ph.D. City University of New York

 

English Education

Nancy Robb Singer

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Benjamin Torbert

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Duke University

Eric Turley
Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jane Zeni
Professor Emeritus
Ed.D. University of Missouri-St. Louis

 

Literature Faculty

Deborah Aldrich-Watson

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Columbia University

Joseph Carroll

Professor

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley

Richard M. Cook
Professor
Associate Department Chair
Graduate M.A. Director
Ph.D. University of Michigan

Sylvia Cook

Professor

Ph.D. University of Michigan

Sally Barr Ebest

Professor

Ph.D., Indiana University

Kathy Gentile

Associate Professor
Director, Women’s and Gender Studies
Ph.D., University of Oregon.

Frank Grady

Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Susan M. Grant

Associate Teaching Professor

Assistant Coordinator of the Master of Fine Arts program

M.M., M.A. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville     

Barbara Kachur
Professor of English
Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., Ohio State University 

William Mayhan

Associate Teaching Professor
Ph.D. Washington University

Nanora Sweet

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Williamson, Jane
Professor Emeritus

Peter Wolfe

Curators' Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Writing Faculty

Jeanne Allison
Assistant Teaching Professor
Coordinator, Writing Certificate Program

M.A. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Melissa Burgess

Teaching Assistant

B.S. Saint Louis University; B.A. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Paula Coalier

Assistant Teaching Professor
M.A. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Bonnie Colemire
Adjunct Lecturer
M.A. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Pier Davis

Adjunct Lecturer
M.A. University of Arkansas

Suellynn Duffey

Associate Professor

Writing Program Administrator

Ph.D. The Ohio State University

James A. Duffy
Adjunct Lecturer
M.A. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Katy Dwiggins

Teaching Assistant

B.A. Eastern Illinois University

Sally Barr Ebest

Professor

Ph.D., Indiana University

Susan M. Grant

Associate Teaching Professor

Assistant Coordinator of the Master of Fine Arts program

M.M., M.A. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville     

Glenn Irwin
Assistant Teaching Professor

M.F.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis

Priscilla Johnson

Teaching Assistant

B.A. Western Kentucky University

William Klein

Teaching Professor

Assistant Writing Program Administrator

Ph.D. Michigan Technological University

Deborah Maltby

Assistant Teaching Professor

Ph.D. University of Missouri–Kansas City

William Mayhan

Associate Teaching Professor
Ph.D. Washington University

Colleen McKee
Adjunct Lecturer
M.F.A. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Scott McKelvie

Associate Teaching Professor
M.A. Washington University

Lyman L. Peters, Jr.

Associate Teaching Professor

M.A. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Syliva Rathbun
Teaching Assistant
B.A. Illinois College

Ellen Reich

Adjunct Lecturer

Fred Robinson
Adjunct Lecturer

M.A. (abt) East Carolina University

David Rota

Associate Teaching Professor

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Diane Scollay
Academic Director Gateway Writing and Lecturer In English
M.Ed. University of Missouri-St. Louis
M.A. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Nancy Robb Singer

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of Missouri-St. Louis

Lynn M. Staley
Assistant Teaching Professor
Coordinator of Business Writing Program

Ph.D. in English, Saint Louis University

Benjamin Torbert

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Duke University

Barbara vanVoorden

Associate Teaching Professor

M.A. Washington University

Vogel, Barbara
Adjunct Lecturer
M.A. Cornell University; ABD Washington University

Drucilla M. Wall

Assistant Teaching Professor

Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jaime Wood
Teaching Assistant
MA Colorado State University

Zeni, Jane
Professor Emeritus
Ed.D. University of Missouri - St. Louis

 

Staff

Karen Bartoni
Departmental Administrative Associate

Gloria Henderson
Departmental Administrative Assistant

Mary F. Pasek
Departmental Administrative Assistant

David Linzee
Writing Lab Supervisor
B.A. Vassar College; M.A. Southern Illinois University