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Faculty Email
Linda Benson
Jessica Berman, Chair
Ryan Bloom
Arnold Blumberg
Margaret Brofman
Helen Burgess
Margie Burns
Elsa Collins
Christopher Corbett
Julie Donovan
Brian Dunnigan
William Edinger
Raphael Falco
Michael Fallon
Robin Farabaugh
Jean Fernandez
Peter Fettner
Joanna Findlay
Carol Fitzpatrick
Sarah Gardenghi
Ivy Goodman
Piotr Gwiazda
Linda Harris
Laurie Hess
Mary Hickernell
Rosemary Hutzler
Kathleen Kidd
Donald Killgallon
Mitzi Mabe
Philip Macek
Jennifer Maher
Lucille McCarthy
Anthony McGurrin
Vicki Meade
Laura Oliver
Gail Orgelfinger
Lena Cowen Orlin
Michele Osherow
Nicole Pekarske
Diane Putzel
Danika Rockett
John Rowell
Virginia Schmidt
Jody Shipka
Sally Shivnan
Diana Sims
Yashoda Singh
Andrew Skomra
Almeta Sly-Thompson
Orianne Smith
Holly Sneeringer
Carole Stewart
Ray Terhorst, Jr
April Walters
Kenneth Weiss
Rachel Wilkinson
EMERITI
Kenneth H. Baldwin
Leeds Barroll
Joan Korenman |
The
English Department
takes great pride in our combination of award-winning research
and deep commitment to students and teaching. Our faculty are
among the most productive researchers at UMBC and have interests
in a wide range of specialties in literature, writing, communication,
and technology. Special strengths of the department include: Literature
and Culture, Literature and Science, Cultural and Historical Studies,
Composition Theory and Practice, Journalism and Communication,
and the Literature of Diversity. Among English faculty are winners
of Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Fulbright
Fellowships as well as recipients of the American Studies Network
Prize, the James Thurber Prize for Comic Fiction, the James N. Britton Award for Inquiry in the Language Arts, and Baltimore
Magazine´s Best of the Web award. Our faculty are deeply
committed to teaching, from first-year seminars to senior capstone
research courses and beyond. We emphasize student engagement in
reading, discussion, and writing and encourage active learning
among our students. Students acknowledge the superior teaching
in our department by awarding English faculty high teaching evaluations.
They consistently praise the power of English courses to change
their thinking and writing throughout their college careers and
later in the workforce. We pride ourselves on our accessibility.
Every English Department course offers an opportunity for close
contact between students and faculty. Our office doors are usually
open, and we urge students to drop by. We take formal advising
and mentoring seriously. As a result English majors are well-prepared
to compete for graduate school admission, major fellowships, and
top jobs. We also actively encourage students to engage in research
and to submit their work to conferences and journals. Faculty
mentors have helped students complete work that has appeared in
the UMBC Review, at national undergraduate research conferences,
and in newspapers and journals.
Core
Faculty
Ms. Linda Benson, Instructor
(American literature;
composition and rhetoric; women´s studies)
Dr. Jessica Berman, Associate Professor & Chair
(20th
century narrative; cultural studies; literary and feminist theory)
Dr. Helen Burgess, Assistant Professor
Mr. Christopher Corbett, Professor of the Practice
(Journalism;
news and feature writing)
Dr. William Edinger, Associate Professor
(Samuel
Johnson; 18th century literature)
Dr. Raphael Falco, Professor
(English Renaissance
literature; 20th century American poetry)
Mr. Michael Fallon, Senior Lecturer & Associate Director, Writing and Rhetoric Division
(creative writing;
20th century poetry; American literature)
Dr. Robin I. Farabaugh, Senior Lecturer
(English Renaissance
literature; Shakespeare; fiction writing)
Dr. Jean Fernandez, Assistant Professor
(Victorian
Literature; Literature and Empire; narratology, autobiography)
Ms. Carolyn H. Fitzpatrick, Senior Lecturer and Director, Writing
and Rhetoric Division
(American literature; rhetoric
and composition)
Dr. Piotr K. Gwiazda, Assistant Professor
(20th
century American poetry)
Ms. Linda R. Harris, Instructor
Ccomposition;
technical writing)
Ms. Mary Hickernell, Instructor and Coordinator
of the Writing Center
Ccomposition and rhetoric; technical
writing)
Ms. Mitzi Mabe, Instructor
(Composition; interpersonal
communication; applied behavioral science)
Dr. Jennifer Maher, Assistant Professor
(rhetoric of technology, critical theory, qualitative research methods, and professional communication)
Dr. Lucille McCarthy, Professor
(rhetoric and
composition; writing in the professions)
Mr. Anthony M. McGurrin, Instructor
(20th century
poetry; verse drama; creative writing)
Dr. Gail Orgelfinger, Senior Lecturer
(Medieval Studies;
Shakespeare)
Dr. Lena Cowen Orlin, Professor& Executive Director
of the Shakespeare Association of America
(Shakespeare
and Elizabethan drama; early modern English cultural studies)
Dr. Michele Osherow, Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Humanities
(Shakespeare; drama)
Dr. Jody Shipka, Assistant Professor
(Rhetoric and Composition; Multimodal Discourse; Activity Theory; Play Theory)
Ms. Sally Shivnan, Senior Lecturer
(creative writing;
English as a second language)
Dr. Orianne Smith, Assistant Professor
(British Romanticism)
Dr. Carole Stewart, Assistant Professor
(American literature)
Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Kenneth H. Baldwin, Associate Professor Emeritus
(American literature; autobiography; popular fiction and film)
Dr. J. Leeds Barroll, Professor Emeritus
(English
Renaissance drama and poetry)
Dr. Joan Korenman, Professor Emerita
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