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Anne Brannen

Associate Professor of English

Education:
B.A., University of New Mexico
M.A., San Francisco State University
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Areas of Specialization:
Medieval Literature and Drama
20th Century Irish Literature
Paleography


Laura Engel

Assistant Professor

Education:
B.A., Bryn Mawr College
M.A., Columbia University
M.Phil., Columbia University
Ph.D., Columbia University

Areas of Specialization:
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literatures
Dramatic Literature
Theatre History
British Women Writers
Feminist Theory
Performance Studies


Susan K. Howard

Associate Professor of English

Education:
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., University of California, San Diego
C. Phil., University of California, San Diego
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego

Areas of Specialization:
African-American Literature
Black Feminist Critical Theory
American Literature
Women's Studies
American Studies
Black Studies


Stuart M. Kurland

Associate Professor of English

Education:
B.A., Dartmouth College
M.A., University of Chicago
Ph.D., University of Chicago

Areas of Specialization:
Literature and Drama of the English Renaissance


Albert C. Labriola

Professor of English and Distinguished University Professor

Education:
B.Ed., Duquesne University
M.A., Columbia University
M.A., University of Virginia
Ph.D., University of Virginia

Areas of Specialization:
Early Modern English Literature


John LaneJohn Lane

Assistant Professor
Theater Program Director

Education:
B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College
M.A., University of Pittsburgh

Areas of Specialization:


Daniel P. Watkings

Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies

Education:
B.A., University of Northern Alabama
M.A., Auburn University
Ph.D., University of Maryland

Areas of Specialization:
British Romanticism
Victorian Literature
Literary Theory
African American Literature


Ralph C. Boettcher

Professor Emeritus of English

Education:
B.A., University of Detroit
M.A., Columbia University in the City of New York
M.Phil., Columbia University in the City of New York
Ph.D., Columbia University in the City of New York

Areas of Specialization:
Contemporary English Literature
Comparative Medieval Literature