FULL-TIME ENGLISH FACULTY

Cantrell, Mark. Assistant Professor of English (2009). B.F.A., University of Georgia, 1993; B.A., University of Georgia, 1996; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005.

Ellzey, Mary Elizabeth. Professor of English (1989); Chair, Department of English and Modern Languages. B.A., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1969; M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1971; Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1988.

Hanrahan, Heidi. Assistant Professor of English (2007). B.A., Roanoke College, 1999; M.A. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2001; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2005.

Lewin, James. Professor of English (1995); Coordinator, Minor in Print Journalism. B.A., Oberlin College, 1967; M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994.

Loewen-Schmidt, Chadley J. Assistant Professor of English (2009). B.A., California State University-Fresno, 1999; M.A., Rutgers University, 2003; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2009.

Messenger, Carrie. Assistant Professor of English (2010). B.A., Yale University, 1994; M.F.A., Iowa Writers' Workshop, 2000; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago 2010.

Nixon, Timothy K. Associate Professor of English (2006); B.A., Belmont University, 1987; M.A., The College of William and Mary, 1992; Ph.D., The George Washington University, 2005.

Shurbutt, Sylvia Bailey. Professor of English (1987); Coordinator of English Language Arts 5-Adult and Appalachian Studies Programs. B.A., West Georgia College, 1965; M.A., Georgia Southern College, 1974; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1982.

Wenger, Christy I. Assistant Professor of English (2011); Director of Rhetoric and Composition. B.A., Susquehanna University, 2004; M.A., Drew University, 2005; Ph.D., Lehigh University, 2011.

Associated English Faculty

Beaty, Evan. Adjunct Professor of English (2011). B.A., Texas Tech University, 2005; M.F.A., University of Virginia, 2009.

Becker, Helen P. Adjunct Professor of English (2004). B.A., The Ohio State University, 1967; M.A., Ed. D., The George Washington University, 1968, 1985.

Bosley, Cassie. Adjunct Professor of English (2009). B.A.,University of Maryland, 1971; M.F.A., Naropa University, 2008.

Clark, Ann. Adjunct Professor of English (2012).

Edwards, Pamela. Adjunct Professor of English (2005).

Goldsborough, Melanie. Adjunct Professor of English (2011). B.A., Shippensburg University, 2002; M.A., Shepherd University, 2012.

Hale, Phillip. Adjunct Professor of English (2010). B.A., University of Maryland, 1978; M.S., The George Washington University, 1983.

Healey, Elizabeth. Adjunct Professor of English (2012). B.A., James Madison University, 1990; M.A., University of Colorado, 2003.

Hershey, Robert. Adjunct Professor of English (2002). A.A., Hagerstown Junior College, 1962; B.A., Towson State College, 1968; M.L.A., Western Maryland College, 1977.

Lawrenson, William. Adjunct Professor of English (2009). B.A., San Jose State University, 2002; M.A. American University, 2004.

Lunsford, Robert C. Adjunct Professor English (2010). B.A., University of Maryland, 1972; M.Ed., Michigan State University, 1976; Ph.D., Sheffield University, 2005.

McDonald, Louise. Adjunct Professor of English (2009). B.A., Carleton College, 1987; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1999.

Meads, Rachael. Director of Student Development and Adjunct Professor of English (1994). B.A., Shepherd College, 1992; M.A., West Virginia University, 1994.

Northrop, Abby. Adjunct Professor of English (2007). B.A., The New School University, 1974; M.A., Columbia University, 1975.

Pate, James. Adjunct Professor of English (2010). B.A., University of Memphis, 1996; M.A., University of Memphis, 1998; M.F.A., Iowa Writers' Workshop, 2000; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2009.

Spence, Judy A. Adjunct Professor of English (2012). B.A., Shepherd University, 2008; M.A., University of Maryland, 2011.

Wilkes, Hannah M. Adjunct Professor of English (2011). B.A., University of Charleston, 2008; M.A., University of Alabama, 2011.

Administrative Staff

Brenda Feltner. Administrative Assistant, B.S., Shepherd College.

Faculty Emeritus

Bufithis, Philip. Professor Emeritus of English (1971). B.A., Elizabethtown College, 1965; Overseas Certificate, Nottingham University, England, 1964; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1967, 1971.

Carter, Charles Professor of English (1972). B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1965; M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972.