Core Faculty

Name	Email	Areas of Interest
Jessica Berman, Professor	jberman@umbc.edu	20th century narrative; cultural studies; literary and feminist theory
Ryan Bloom, Lecturer	rbloom2@umbc.edu	Literary translation; creative writing; composition
Helen J Burgess, Associate Professor	burgess@umbc.edu	New media authoring; visual literacy; electronic literature; digital humanities
Christopher Corbett, Professor of the Practice	corbett@umbc.edu	Journalism; news and feature writing
Lindsay DiCuirci, Assistant Professor	dicuirci@umbc.edu	Colonial/U.S. literature to 1900; periodical publishing; African American literature; women's literary history
Brian Dunnigan, Lecturer	bdunni@umbc.edu	Composition; subversive literature of race, class and gender
Ralphael Falco, Professor	falco@umbc.edu	English Renaissance literature; 20th century American poetry
Michael Fallon, Senior Lecturer	fallon@umbc.edu	Creative writing; 20th century poetry; American literature
Robin I. Farabaugh, Senior Lecturer	rfarabaugh@umbc.edu	English Renaissance literature; Shakespeare; fiction writing
Jean Fernandez, Associate Professor	jfernand@umbc.edu	Victorian Literature; Literature and Empire; narratology, autobiography
Carolyn H. Fitzpatrick, Senior Lecturer; Associate Director, Writing and Rhetoric Division	cfitzpat@umbc.edu	American literature; rhetoric and composition
Piotr K. Gwiazda, Associate Professor	gwiazda@umbc.edu	American literature and culture; modern and contemporary poetry; poetic theory and translation; creative writing
Mary Hickernell, Instructor and Coordinator of the Writing Center	hickerne@umbc.edu	Composition and rhetoric; technical writing
Mitzi Mabe, Instructor	mabe@umbc.edu	Composition; interpersonal communication; applied behavioral science
Jennifer Maher, Associate Professor	jmaher@umbc.edu	Rhetoric of technology; critical theory; qualitative research methods; professional communication
Lucille McCarthy, Professor	mccarthy@umbc.edu	Rhetoric and composition; writing in the professions
Anthony M. McGurrin, Instructor	mcgurrin@umbc.edu	20th century poetry; verse drama; creative writing
Kathryn McKinley, Associate Professor	kmckinle@umbc.edu	Medieval literature
Gail Orgelfinger, Senior Lecturer	orgelfin@umbc.edu	Medieval Studies; Shakespeare
Michele Osherow, Associate Professor; Director of Judaic Studies	mosherow@umbc.edu	Shakespeare; drama; the Bible as literature; Jewish American literature
Nicole Pekarske, Lecturer	nicolep@umbc.edu	Creative writing; composition
Deborah Rudacille, Visiting Professor	rdeborah@umbc.edu	Visiting Professor of the Practice
Jody Shipka, Associate Professor	shipka@umbc.edu	Rhetoric and composition; multimodal discourse; activity theory; play theory
Sally Shivnan, Senior Lecturer, Director of Writing and Rhetoric	shivnan@umbc.edu	Creative writing
Orianne Smith, Associate Professor and Chair	osmith@umbc.edu	British Romanticism
Holly T. Sneeringer, Lecturer	hollys@umbc.edu	Composition
Emeritus Faculty
Kenneth H. Baldwin, Associate Professor Emeritus		American literature; autobiography; popular fiction and film
J. Leeds Barroll, Professor Emeritus		English Renaissance drama and poetry
Linda Benson, Instructor Emeritus		American literature; composition and rhetoric; women's studies
William Edinger, Associate Professor Emeritus		Samuel Johnson; 18th century literature
Joan Korenman, Professor Emeritus
Lawrence Lasher, Associate Professor Emeritus