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Listed are members of the ISU Graduate College Graduate Faculty from the English department. The English department majors listed for each faculty member are the majors they can represent on POS committees.

  • ALT = PhD in Applied Linguistics and Technology
  • ENGL = MA in English (Literature or Literature and the Teaching of Reading specializations)
  • CWE = MFA in Creative Writing and Environment
  • RCPC = MA in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication
  • RPC = PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication
  • TESL = MA in TESL/Applied Linguistics
  • LING = Minor in Linguistics (graduate minor only)
  • SP CM = Minor in Speech Communication (graduate minor only)

The online legacy system accessible by faculty and staff, not students, is the Graduate Faculty Database through Summer 2024; beginning Fall 2024 the information will be in Workday.

*Associate member
**Affiliated associate member

NameResearch and Teaching AreasMajors
Anders, Abramrhetoric and composition theory; business and professional communication; creative collaboration and human-centered design; innovation and entrpreneurship; technology-enhanced learningRCPC
RPC
Aune, Jennifer*development of collaborative English links for Learning Communities; communication research regarding the (mis)understanding of science affects scientists’ communication with the general public; literary research on the silence in the Icelandic sagasENGL
RCPC
RPC
Bartlett, Lesleycomposition theory and pedagogy; rhetoric and performance, feminist rhetorics and pedagogies; teacher identity; writing across the curriculumRCPC
RPC
Beckett, Gulbaharsociolinguistics; language socialization; content-based language teaching/learning; project-based language teaching/learning; sociocultural approaches to language teaching/learning; qualitative research methodology; language policyTESL
ALT
LING
Betcher, Gloria*early British drama through the time of Shakespeare; Arthurian legend; medieval British literature and culture; multimedia design; digital humanities; and multimodal communicationENGL
RCPC
RPC
Chapelle, Carolcomputers in applied linguistics; second language acquisition and testing; computer-assisted instructionTESL
ALT
LING
Chukharev, Evgenyhuman language production and comprehension; computational modeling of human memory, learning, and forgetting; semantics-driven machine understanding of natural language; automated text generation from knowledge basesTESL
ALT
LING
Coffelt, Tinainterpersonal and family communication; sexual communication; quantitative and qualitative research methodsRCPC
RPC
Cook, K Lcreative writing (fiction, nonfiction); classic and contemporary short story; short story cycle; forms of fiction, sudden fiction; American West in film and literature; literature of the American Dream; family systems in film and literature; ShakespeareCWE
Cotos, Elenaautomated writing evaluation; intelligent/computer-assisted language learning and assessment; genre analysis; learner corporaTESL
ALT
LING
Dubisar, Abbygendered/feminist rhetorics; activist rhetorics/pedagogy; rhetorics of peace/war; digital and multimodal writing; writing across the curriculum/writing in the disciplines; rhetorical history and theory; disability studiesRCPC
RPC
SP CM
Egbert, Jesse**corpus linguistics; language teaching; grammar foundations; sociolinguisticsALT
Gilchrist, KJ*20th-century literature in English; literature of WWI and modernism; interdisciplinary, collaborative, and international educationENGL
Gray, Bethanycorpus linguistics; register variation; English for Academic Purposes; English grammar and lexico-grammar; disciplinary writing; teaching academic writing; programming for linguistic analysisTESL
ALT
LING
Hegelheimer, Volkercomputer-assisted language learning; language testing; educational technologyTESL
ALT
LING
Huffman, Sarah*genre and discourse analysis; academic writing instruction; systemic functional linguistic approaches to language learning and analysis; graduate writing tutor training TESL
ALT
LING
Kostelnick, Charlesvisual communication in professional writing; literature and visual artRCPC
RPC
LaWare, Maggieinterpersonal and rhetorical communication; women’s communication; visual communicationRCPC
RPC
SP CM
Levis, Johnlinguistics; oral discourse analysisTESL
ALT
LING
Mackiewicz, Jobusiness communication; discourse analysis (especially evaluative texts such as product reviews); technical and professional editing; English and global English grammar; politeness; publications management; research methods in technical and professional communicationRCPC
RPC
TESL
ALT
Marquart, Debrawriting poetry, nonfiction, fiction; intermedia artsCWE
Menefee, Charissawriting for stage and screen, dramatic literature, historical drama, comedy, new play development, performance of literatureCWE
ENGL
Ockey, Garylanguage assessment; quantitative research methodology; second language acquisitionTESL
ALT
LING
Ranalli, Jamescomputer-assisted language learning; self-regulated learning; technology-mediated strategy instruction and strategy use; automated writing evaluation; teaching academic writing; introductory linguistics and linguistic analysisTESL
ALT
LING
Remes, Justinliterature; film studies; experimental cinema; intermedia; aestheticsENGL
Rood, Craigrhetorical criticism; rhetorical theory; rhetorical education; public address; deliberation; rhetoric and violence;
public memory
RCPC
RPC
SP CM
Sams, BrandonEnglish and writing teacher education; curriculum studies; teacher identity; activist, social-justice oriented pedagogies; professional developmentENGL
Shenk, LindaElizabethan court poetry; early modern drama; Shakespeare; international politics and diplomatic culture; Queen Elizabeth I; rhetoric and performance ENGL
Sivils, Matthew19th-century American literature; environmental literature; ecocriticism; textual studies; literature of the American SouthENGL
Slagell, Amyspeech communication; public address; 19th-century women’s oratoryRCPC
RPC
SP CM
Sonsaat-Hegelheimer, Sinemoral communication skills; L2 pronunciation teaching and learning; computer-assisted language learning; linguistics; ESL/EFLTESL
ALT
LING
Torrance, Mark**combining biometric technology (including eye-tracking and keystroke logging) in writing research; cognitive psychologyALT
Tye-Williams, Stacyorganizational communication, workplace dignity, work-life negotiation, gender and communication, narrative, hope, sustainability, community organizing, workplace bullying and harassment. and qualitative methodologyRCPC
RPC
Withers, Jeremyscience fiction; literary theory; nature, ecology, and literature; criticism; medieval literature; film studiesENGL
York, Ericrhetoric of technology, user experience design, technical and professional communication, multimodal composition, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologiesRCPC
RPC
Zuck, Rochelleearly American literature and culture; transnational literatures and cultures; African American literature; Native American literature; print culture and periodical literature; writings of James Fenimore CooperENGL