English Literature

Book readin'. Lots of dead white guys, though Gina Franco might say differently. Some Lit majors find it funny when Creative Writing majors have to take Literary analysis courses. It's comparable to watching a cat getting sprayed with water.

The English Faculty: Lori Haslem - Chair of the Literature Department. Teaches Shakespeare, Fairy Tales, and others. Robin Metz - Director of the Creative Writing Department. Teaches Students how to write good. Melissa Adams - Visiting Instructor. Emily Anderson - Assistant Prof. Teaches Romantic Literature, Enlightenment Literature, and Film. Monica Berlin - Assistant Prof. Teaches Creative writing and others. Gina Franco - Assistant Prof. Teaches Creative writing, Poetry, Victorian Lit. Nick Regiacorte - Visiting Assistant Prof. Teaches Creative writing, creative non-fiction, composition. Natania Rosenfeld - Associate Prof. Teaches Modern and contemporary literature, postcolonial literature, Jewish literature, poetry, creative writing. Robert Smith - Associate Prof. Teaches American literature, theory, and film studies. Barbara Tannert-Smith - Assistant Prof. Teaches Creative writing, children's literature. Marilyn Webb - Distinguished Professor of Journalism. Teaches Journalism.

Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Robert Hellenga - George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English. Teaches Romantic literature, classical mythology, creative writing, reader-response criticism.