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The directory provides contact information for your Department of English faculty or staff members.

Additional information including office hours, biographies, teaching interests and more can be found on each member’s personalized Faculty Profile link.

Department Chair

Wendolyn Weber, Ph.D., Professor of English and Assistant Department Chair of the English Department

Dr. Wendolyn Weber

Department Chair, Professor of English

Teaching Areas: Film and Media Studies; Literature

[email protected] 303-615-1295 Faculty Profile

Assistant Chair

Andrew Pantos, Ph.D., Professor of Linguistics

Dr. Andrew Pantos

Assistant Chair, Professor of Linguistics

Teaching Area: Linguistics

[email protected] 303-615-1291 Faculty Profile

Faculty

Dr. Christina Angel, Professor of English at Metropolitan State University of Denver

Dr. Christina Angel

Senior Lecturer

Teaching Areas: Film and Media Studies; First Year Writing; Literature

[email protected] 303-615-1264 Faculty Profile
Sam Beer, Ph.D., Professor of Linguistics

Dr. Samuel Beer

Assistant Professor of English

Teaching Area: Linguistics

[email protected] 303 605-5837 Faculty Profile
Cody Chambless, Professor of English

Cody Chambless

Professor of English

Teaching Areas: First Year Writing

[email protected] Faculty Profile
Dr. Jane Chapman Vigil, Professor of English at MSU Denver

Dr. Jane Chapman Vigil

Professor of English

Teaching Areas: First Year Writing; Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Writing

[email protected] 303-615-1256 Faculty Profile
Dr. Chereka Dickerson, Professor of English at MSU Denver

Dr. Chereka Dickerson

Professor of English

Teaching Areas: Film and Media Studies; Literature

[email protected] 303-615-1303 Faculty Profile
Emily Forcier, Ph.D., Professor of English

Emily Forcier

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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Dr. Marina Gorlach, Professor of Linguistics at MSU Denver

Dr. Marina Gorlach

Professor of English, Linguistics Club Faculty Advisor

Teaching Area: Linguistics

[email protected] 303-615-1284 Faculty Profile
Rebecca Gorman Oniell, Ph.D., MSU Denver Department of English

Rebecca Gorman O'Neill

Professor of English

Teaching Area: Creative Writing, Film and Media Studies

[email protected] 303-615-1278 Faculty Profile
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Dr. Charles Hoge Jr

Senior Lecturer

Teaching Areas: First Year Writing; Literature; Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Writing

[email protected] 303-615-1302 Faculty Profile
Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Ph.D., Professor of English

Dr. Elizabeth Kleinfeld

Professor of English, Writing Center Director

Teaching Area: Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Writing

[email protected] 303-615-1316 Faculty Profile
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Dr. Kevin Kohlhauf

Professor of English

Teaching Area: First-Year Writing

[email protected] Faculty Profile
Cynthia Kuhn, Professor of English

Dr. Cynthia Kuhn

Professor of English

Teaching Areas: Creative Writing; Literature, Film and Media Studies

[email protected] 303-615-1267 Faculty Profile
Professor Jason Miller

Dr. Jason Miller

Professor of English

Teaching Areas: Creative Writing; Literature, Film and Media Studies

[email protected] 303-615-1290 Faculty Profile
Jessica Parker, Ph.D., Professor of English

Dr. Jessica Parker

Professor of English

[email protected] 303-615-1254 Faculty Profile
Dr. Vincent Piturro, Professor of Film and Media Studies

Dr. Vincent Piturro

Professor of English, Film Club Faculty Advisor

Teaching Areas: Film and Media Studies

[email protected] 303-615-1308 Faculty Profile
Charlie Potter, Ph.D., Professor of English

Dr. Charlie Potter

Assistant Professor of English

Teaching Area: Secondary Education, First-Year Writing, Literature, Film and Media Studies

[email protected] 303-605-5149 Faculty Profile
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Dr. Luis Rivas

Professor of English

Teaching Areas: First Year Writing; Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Writing

[email protected] 303-615-1268 Faculty Profile
Jonathan Seggelke, Professor of English at Metropolitan State University of Denver

JJ Seggelke

Senior Lecturer, Writing Center Associate Director

Teaching Areas: First Year Writing; Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Writing

[email protected] 303-615-1304 Faculty Profile
Lisa Suter, Professor of English

Dr. Lisa Suter

Associate Professor of English

Teaching Areas: First Year Writing; Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Writing

[email protected] 303-615-1288 Faculty Profile
Craig Svonkin, Ph.D., Professor of English

Dr. Craig Svonkin

Professor of English

Teaching Area: Film and Media Studies; Literature

[email protected] 303-615-1313 Faculty Profile
J.H. Taylor, Ph.d.

Dr. J. H. Taylor

Professor of English

Teaching Areas: First Year Writing; Linguistics; Literature

[email protected] 303-615-1312 Faculty Profile
Dr. Pam Troyer, Professor of English at MSU Denver

Dr. Pamela Troyer

Professor of English

Teaching Area: Literature

[email protected] 303-615-1297 Faculty Profile
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Anthony Yarbrough

Professor of English

Teaching Area: First-Year Writing

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Justin Young, Ph.D., Director of First Year Writing

Dr. Justin Young

Associate Professor of English, Writing Program Administrator

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-615-1257

Staff

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Robert Brian

Program Coordinator

[email protected] 303-605-7696
Heather Ehrenstrasser, Office Coordinator

Heather Ehrenstrasser

Office Coordinator

[email protected] 303-605-5932

Full-Time Faculty Office hours

Part-Time Faculty

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Todd Battistelli

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]
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Eleanor Binnings

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5135
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Caitrin Blake

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]
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Tom Carlson

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]
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Kelly Comcowich

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5137
Jackson Culpepper, Professor of English

Jackson Culpepper, Ph.D.

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]
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Erika de la Torre

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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Dr. Tor Ehler

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5139
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Rogelio Garcia

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]
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Paul Gomez

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-615-0775
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Casandra Hernandez

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]
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Erica Hoffmeister

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-615-0775
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Trent Hudley

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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Holly Hunt

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5143
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John (Jack) Kennedy

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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Robert Kloss

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5145
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Kristina Leonard

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5146
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Eileen (Elle) Mooney

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]
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Robert Ortiz

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5149
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Courtney Osborn

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]
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Dr. Melissa Root

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5158
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Nicole Servino

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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Leslie Stewart-Gordon

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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Susan Stokley

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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David Tasker, Professor of English

David Tasker, Ph.D.

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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Andrea Troncoso

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-605-5160
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Robert Andrew Watson

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

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Daniel Westby

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected] 303-615-0775
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Carolynn Wilcox

Teaching Area: First Year Writing

[email protected]

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Retired Faculty

We have had the great honor of working beside, teaching with, and learning from our esteemed colleagues

James Aubrey, Ph.D., Professor of English

James Aubrey, Ph.D.

Professor of Literature, Film and Media Studies

B.S. Air Force Academy; M.A. Northwestern University; Ph.D. University of Washington (Seattle)

Cindy Carlson, Ph.D.

Dr. Cindy Carlson

Full Professor

B.A. University of Colorado; J.D. from University of Colorado Law School; M.A. University of Colorado; Ph.D., Columbia University

Theresa Crater, Ph.D.

Dr. Theresa Crater

Professor of English

B.A., University of North Carolina Greensboro; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington; M.A. in Counseling, University of Colorado at Boulder

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Dr. Sandra Doe, Retired Professor of English at MSU Denver

Dr. Sandra Maresh Doe

Professor of English

B.A., Doane College; M.A., University of Denver; Ed.D. University of Northern Colorado

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Gloria Eastman, Ph.D.

Dr. Gloria S. Eastman

Professor of English

B.A., Valparaiso University; M.A. in Education, University of Colorado at Boulder; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder

Renee Ruderman, Ph.D.

Renee Ruderman

Associate Professor Emeritus of English

B.A., New York University; M.A., University of Denver; M.A. in Counseling University of Colorado

[email protected]
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Vance S. Aandahl

Associate Professor Emeritus of English

B.A., M.A., University of Colorado

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Dr. Charles E. Allbee

Professor of English

B.A., M.A., Adams State College; D.A., University of Northern Colorado

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Dr. Bruce Degi

Professor of English

B.A., M.L.A., Texas Christian University; Ph.D., University of Denver

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Dr. Jan Delasara

Professor Emeritus of English

B.A., State University of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri

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Dr. Elsie G. Haley

Professor of English

B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., University of Denver

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Dr. Elizabeth Holtze

Professor of English

B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska

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Dr. Larry B. Langton

Professor Emeritus of English

B.A., M.A., Wichita State University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

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Dr. Linda Lang-Peralta

Professor Emeritus of English

B.A., M.A., California State-Long Beach; Ph.D., University of California-Irvine

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Dr. M. Edwin Low

Professor of English

B.A., M.A., Indiana State University; Ph.D., University of Colorado

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Dr. Megan B. McClard

Professor Emeritus of English

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Denver

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Dr. Annette B. McElhiney

Professor Emeritus of English and Women’s Studies

B.A., M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of Denver

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Dr. Stephanie (Robin) Ormes Quizar

Professor Emeritus of English

B.A. Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado

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Dr. Jackie Swensson

Professor Emeritus of English

B.S., University of Southern Mississippi; M.Ed., Colorado State University; Ph.D., University of Colorado

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Dr. Gwendolyn A. Thomas

Professor Emeritus of English

B.A., Bennett College; M.A., Temple University; Ph.D., University of Denver

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In Memoriam

Paul D. Farkas, Associate Professor of English
B.A., St. Edwards University; M.A., University of New Orleans; Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Joan R. Griffin, Professor of English
B.A., College of St. Theresa; M.A., South Dakota State University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska

William T. Hamilton, Professor of English
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Eugene W. Saxe, Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Indiana State University; Ph.D., University of Denver

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Campus Location:
King Center
4th floor

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 173362
Campus Box 32
Denver, Colorado 80217-3362

Phone: 303-615-1800

Fax: 720-778-5760

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