Faculty & Courses - English

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Dr. George Nicholas

Ph.D. English (University of Southern Illinois)
M.A. English, (University of Tennessee)
B.A. English and History (University of South Alabama)

Research Interests: Old English poetry, Old Norse poetry and prose, Icelandic saga, Arthurian literature, Shakespeare.

Dr. Steve Mirarchi

Ph.D. English (Brandeis University)
B.A. English (Penn State University)
Additional post-doctoral work in Catholic theology and spirituality at Kenrick School of Theology and Creighton University
Research Interests: Catholic fiction, early American literature, Myles Connolly, religion and literature

Dr. Julia Bowen

Ph.D. English (Duquesne University)
M.A. English (Duquesne University)
B.A. English (University of Dallas)
Research Interests: The iconography of Queen Elizabeth I, Seventeenth-Century poetry, Restoration poetry, Restoration drama, film and literature, Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century novels.

Dr. Michael Stigman

Ph.D. English (University of Kansas)
M.Ed. English (Lynchburg College)
B.S. English (Liberty University)
Research Interests: The short story form, modernist literature, and postcolonial theory and fiction, the last of these because of his interest in the interaction between nations and cultures, as they appear in fictional accounts. Most of his free reading time he gives to contemporary short stories and non-fiction essays.

Dr. Sarah Young

Ph.D. English (University of Kansas)
M.A. English (University of Kansas)
B.A. English and German (Baker University)
Research interests: Music and literature, Literature of World War I, Modernism, 20th-Century Women writers, Women’s travel writing

Dr. Michelle Zaleski

Ph.D. English (Pennsylvania State University)
M.A. English (Pennsylvania State University)
B.A. English (Boston College)

Research interests: multilingual writing, comparative rhetoric, the history of rhetorical education, writing centers and writing across the curriculum, basic writing reform and community writing 

M.L.A. English Literature (Baker University)
B.A. English, Creative Writing & Composition (Washburn University)

Research interests: Use of critical thinking to synthesize themes in literature and movies as they pertain to morality and culture. Educating with living books to inform and enhance understanding of the human desire to know and experience God in the world. Professional editing and wordsmithing for mass media. Dramatic literature and performance.

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