Department of English

O. Bruce Southard, Associate Professor and Chairperson

(BA, Texas Tech University; MA, PhD, Purdue University)

Michael Aceto, Associate Professor

(BA, University of Connecticut, Storrs; MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin)

Donald Alexander Albright, Associate Professor

(AB, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MFA, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)

Ellen Arnold, Associate Professor

(AB, University of Georgia; MA, Appalachian State University; PhD, Emory University)

Christy Baker, Lecturer

(BS, MA, East Carolina University)

Karen Baldwin, Associate Professor

(AB, Guilford College; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania)

William Banks, Assistant Professor

(BA, MA, Georgia Southern; PhD, Illinois State)

Andrew Bates, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Margaret Bauer, Professor and Rives Chair of Southern Literature

(BA, Louisiana State University; MA, University of Southwestern Louisiana; PhD, University of Tennessee)

Margaret T. Bizzaro, Visiting Assistant Professor

(BA, MA, East Carolina University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)

Patrick Anthony Bizzaro, Professor and Director of University Writing Programs

(BA, MA, State University College, Brockport, New York; PhD, Miami University, Ohio)

Anthony Bleach, Assistant Professor

(BA, Wesleyan University; MA, University College London; PhD, Lehigh University)

Tonita Branan, Visiting Assistant Professor

(BA, Wake Forest University; MA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PhD, Michigan State University)

Richard Branyon, Visiting Assistant Professor

(BA, BS, Clemson University; MBA, MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Joseph Campbell, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Chandra Cerutti, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University; MA, The Pennsylvania State University)

Ludmila Cope, Associate Professor

(BA, Palacky University; MA, PhD, University of Arizona)

Seodial Deena, Professor

(BA, University of Guyana; MA, Chicago State University; PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Slobodanka Dimova, Assistant Professor

(BA, Ss, Cyril and Methodius University; MA, PhD, Purdue University)

Rodney Dotson, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Thomas E. Douglass, Assistant Professor

(BA, Davis and Elkins College; MLS, Indiana University; MA, West Virginia University; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Cheryl Dudasik-Wiggs, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Joanne Dunn, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Michelle S. Eble, Assistant Professor

(BA, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; MAEd, PhD, Georgia State University)

Marie T. Farr, Associate Professor

(BS, Loyola University, Chicago; MA, Purdue University; PhD, University of Washington)

Julie Fay, Professor

(BA, University of Connecticut; MA, Arizona State University; MFA, University of Arizona)

Helena Feder, Assistant Professor

(BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MA, Boston College; PhD, University of California, Davis)

Brian Frizzelle, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Timm Hackett, Lecturer

(BA, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; MA, East Carolina University)

William Hallberg, Associate Professor

(AB, Miami University, Ohio; MFA, Bowling Green State University)

Dana K. Harrington, Associate Professor

(BA, Hendrix College; MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin)

Gregg A. Hecimovich, Assistant Professor

(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MA, PhD, Vanderbilt University)

Brent Henze, Assistant Professor

(BA, Hamilton College; MA, Syracuse University; PhD, Pennsylvania State University)

Thomas Herron, Assistant Professor

(BA, Carleton College; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Ronald W. Hoag, Professor

(BA, Middlebury College; MA, Duke University; MA, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Anthony Holsten, Lecturer

(BA, Florida State University; MA, East Carolina University)

James Craig Holte, Professor

(BA, Columbia University; MA, PhD, University of Cincinnati)

Grace Horne, Lecturer

(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MA, East Carolina University)

Joseph Horst, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Yice Irizarry, Assistant Professor

(BA, Le Moyne College; MA, Purdue University; PhD, Pennsylvania State University)

Donna Kain, Assistant Professor

(BA, University of Central Florida; MA, Northeast Missouri State University; PhD, Iowa State University)

James W. Kirkland, Professor

(AB, MA, University of Florida; PhD, University of Tennessee)

Sally Lawrence, Lecturer

(BS, College of Charleston; MA, East Carolina University)

Donna Lillian, Assistant Professor

(BA York University; BS, University of Western Ontario; MA, University of Toronto; PhD, York University)

Stephanie Manley-Rook, Visiting Assistant Professor

(BA, Howard University; MA, Texas Woman’s University; PhD, Louisiana State University)

Roberta Martin, Associate Professor

(BA, University of Redlands; MA, PhD, University of Colorado)

Randall Martoccia, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Melissa Matyjasik-Parsons, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Danielle Melvin, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Jennifer Memolo, Lecturer

(BA, Birmingham-Southern College; MA, East Carolina University)

Sean Memolo, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Joyce I. Middleton, Associate Professor

(BA, MA, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park)

Gera Miles, Lecturer

(BA, Virginia Military Institute; MA, University of Virginia)

Marilyn Miller, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Jerry L. Mills, Visiting Professor

(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MA, PhD, Harvard University)

Rachel Mills, Visiting Assistant Professor

(BA, College of Misericordia; MA, West Virginia University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Marianne Montgomery, Assistant Professor

(AB, Wellesley College; MA, PhD, University of Virginia)

Bryan Oesterreich, Lecturer

(BA, MFA, University of North Carolina, Wilmington)

Debra O’Neal, Lecturer

(BS, Penn State University; MS, University of Pennsylvania)

Donald E. Palumbo, Professor

(AB, The University of Chicago; MA, PhD, The University of Michigan)

Kenneth Parille, Assistant Professor

(BA, Central Connecticut State University; MA, PhD, University of Virginia)

Michael M. Parker, Lecturer

(BA, Ohio State University; MA, East Carolina University)

Carla Pastor, Lecturer

(BA, University College of Belize; MA, East Carolina University)

John Patterson, Lecturer

(BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MA, East Carolina University)

Brian Perry, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Barri Piner, Lecturer

(BA, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; MA, East Carolina University)

Lisa Proctor, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Angela Raper, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Gary Redding, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Javier Reyes, Lecturer

(BA, LeMoyne College; MA, University of Virginia, Charlottesville)

Lorraine Robinson, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Diane Rodman, Lecturer

(BA, North Carolina Wesleyan College; MA, East Carolina University)

Roger Schlobin, Visiting Assistant Professor

(BA, C.W. Post; MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison; PhD, The Ohio State University)

Wendy B. Sharer, Assistant Professor

(BA, Hamilton College; MA, Syracuse University; PhD, Pennsylvania State University)

Michele T. Sharp, Associate Professor

(BA, Oklahoma State University; MA, PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo)

E. Thomson Shields, Associate Professor

(BA, Bucknell University; MA, Western Kentucky University; PhD, University of Tennessee)

Nicole Sidhu, Assistant Professor

(BA, University of Toronto; MA, PhD, Rutgers University)

Robert Siegel, Associate Professor

(BA, San Francisco State University; MFA, Brooklyn College)

Jennifer Sisk, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Catherine Smith, Professor

(BA, University of South Carolina; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Harold M. Snyder, Lecturer

(BA, MA, Ohio State University; MA, East Carolina University)

Sherry G. Southard, Associate Professor

(BS, MA, PhD, Purdue University)

Kristi Southern, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

W. Keats Sparrow, Professor

(AB, MA, East Carolina University; PhD, University of Kentucky)

Charles W. Sullivan III, Distinguished Research Professor and Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor

(AB, MA, State University of New York, Albany; DA, PhD, University of Oregon, Eugene)

Sandra K. Tawake, Associate Professor

(BA, MA, Ohio University; MA, PhD, University of Hawaii)

Richard C. Taylor, Associate Professor

(BA, Franklin and Marshall College; MA, Millersville University; PhD, Pennsylvania State University)

Laureen A. Tedesco, Assistant Professor

(BA, Nicholls State University; MA, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; PhD, Texas A & M University)

Janice K. Tovey, Associate Professor

(BS, MA, Illinois State University; PhD, Purdue University)

Mikko Tuhkanen, Assistant Professor

(MA, PhD, The University of Tampere, Finland)

Dennis Turner, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)

Reginald Watson, Associate Professor

(BA, North Carolina Central University; MA, East Carolina University; PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

Stephanie West-Puckett, Lecturer

(BA, North Carolina Wesleyan College; MA, East Carolina University)

Lynn Whichard, Lecturer

(BS, MA, East Carolina University)

Luke Whisnant, Associate Professor

(BA, East Carolina University; MFA, Washington University)

David Wilson-Okamura, Assistant Professor

(BA, Stanford University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago)

Sheryll Wood, Lecturer

(BA, MA, East Carolina University)