Academics
Faculty
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 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