Illinois Wesleyan: Department of English Faculty and Staff

Department of English Faculty and Staff

Full-time Faculty

	Robert Bray, R. Forrest Colwell Professor of American Literature 19^th century American poetry, Anglophone Caribbean literature, Abraham Lincoln
	Mary Ann Bushman, Associate Professor of English and IWU Writing Program Director Shakespeare, humanities, Renaissance literature, British poetry (medieval-18^thcentury)
	Wes Chapman, Associate Professor of English and Department Chair Literary theory, poetry, modernism, postmodernism
	Lynn DeVore, Associate Professor of English Creative writing (fiction), modernism, contemporary American literature
	Joanne Diaz, Assistant Professor of English Creative writing (poetry), early modern literature
	Pamela Muirhead, Associate Professor of English 19^th and 20^th century American literature, African American literature
	Kathleen O'Gorman, Professor of English 20^th century British and Irish literature, 20^th century Latin American fiction, 20^th century experimental fiction, 20^th century women writers, American drama
	James Plath, Professor of English Journalism, creative writing (fiction), American literature since 1850
	Alison Sainsbury, Associate Professor of English Post-colonial literature, British Imperialist discourse, women's studies, creative non-fiction
	Dan Terkla, Professor of English and Humanities Coordinator Medieval studies, Beat writers, travel narratives, interdisciplinary humanities
	Michael Theune, Associate Professor of English Creative writing (poetry), contemporary American poetry, British romanticism

Visiting and Adjunct Faculty

	Dave Kindred, Adjunct Professor of English
	Zarina Mullan Plath, Adjunct Instructor of English
	Brandi Reissenweber, Adjunct Instructor of English
	Bobbie Silk, Adjunct Instructor of English

Professors Emeriti
Barbara Bowman
James McGowan

Staff

Office Coordinator: Kathie Bradley

Student Assistants: Audra Kuchling, Ashley Nykolajiszyn-DeSantis, wRenRuthven (Iggy) Romack, Bryn Saunders, and Korey Williams