Teaching Faculty in English Studies
Full-Time Faculty
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Retired Faculty
Part-Time Instructors
Graduate Student Instructors
Full-Time Faculty
A
Brian Attebery,* Professor of English,
Editor of Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
Ph.D. in American Civilization (1979), Brown University
Specialties: • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Children's Literature
• Gender & Literature s• 19th-Century American Literature
Office: LA 232 attebria@isu.edu 208-282-2537
Jennifer Eastman Attebery,* Professor of English; Department Chair; Director, Folklore Program
Ph.D. in Folkore & American Studies (1985), Indiana University
Specialties: • Folkore • Vernacular Texts
• Ethnic Studies
Office: LA 262 attejenn@isu.edu 208-282-2478
C
Tera Cole, Lecturer in English
M.A. in English (2010), Idaho State University
Office: LA 219 coletera@isu.edu 208-282-5372
D
Mark Dodd, Lecturer in English
Ph.D. in English (1991), Washington State University
Specialties: • Victorian & Modern Literature • Drama • Linguistics
• Composition & Rhetoric
Office: Tingey Bldg. 270, Idaho Falls doddmark@isu.edu 208-282-7859
Carlen Donovan, Associate Lecturer in English
M.A. in English (2002), Idaho State University
Specialties: Composition • Film Studies • Cultural Studies
Office: LA 207-H donocarl@isu.edu 208-282-5691
Will Donovan, Lecturer in English
M.A. in English (2007), Idaho State University
Office: LA 218 donowill@isu.edu 208-282-3955
E
Terry Engebretsen,* Associate Professor of English; Interim Director of Graduate Studies in English; Advisor, American Studies
Ph.D. in American Studies (1982), Washington State University
Specialties: • Contemporary Literature • Early American Literature
• Business Communication
Office: LA 207-D engeterr@isu.edu 208-282-2610
G
Susan Goslee, Assistant Professor in English
Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing (2007), University of Utah
Specialties: • Creative Writing
Office: LA 217 sgoslee@isu.edu 208-282-2470
H
Brandon Hall, Lecturer in English
M.A. in English (2002), Idaho State University
Office: LA 207-C hallbran@isu.edu 208-282-4657
Darin L. Hammond, Lecturer in English
M.A. in English (2004), Idaho State University
Office: LA 258-F hammdari@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Hal Hellwig*, Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (1985), University of California – Los Angeles
Specialties: • 19th-Century American Literature • Advanced Composition• Methods of Scholarship
Office: LA 207-E hellharo@isu.edu 208-282-5817
J
Alan Johnson,* Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (1998), University of California – Riverside
Specialties: • Post-Colonial Literature & Theory • Comparative Cultures & Literature
• 19th-Century British Literature
Office: LA 212 johnala2@isu.edu 208-282-2198
Margaret Johnson,* Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (1998), University of Oregon
Specialties: • Composition & Rhetoric • Postmodern American Literature • Film
Office: LA 155 johnmarg@isu.edu 208-282-4353
Sylvia Johnson, Lecturer in English
M.A. in English (2003), Idaho State University
Specialties: • Composition & Rhetoric • Remedial Composition
• Literature
Office: LA 207-B johnsylv@isu.edu 208-282-5481
K
Thomas Klein,* Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (1998), University of Toronto
Specialties: • Old English • History of the English Language
• Diachronic Semantics and Metaphors
Office: LA 233 kleithom@isu.edu 208-282-2308
L
Dawn Lattin, Lecturer in English
M.A. in English (2001), Idaho State University
Specialties: • Rhetoric, Composition Theory, Drama
Office: LA 221 lattdawn@isu.edu 208-282-4658
Sonja Launspach,* Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. in Linguistics (1998), University of South Carolina
Specialties: • Conversation/Discourse Analysis • Sociolinguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
Office: LA 220 sllauns@isu.edu 208-282-2237
M
Tracy Montgomery,* Associate Professor of English
D.A. in English (1987), Idaho State University
Specialties: • Pedagogy • Professional Writing • Genre Study
Office: LA 207-F monttrac@isu.edu 208-282-5612
O
Gary A. Olson, Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (1980) Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Specialties: • Literary Theory • Rhetorical Theory • Feminist Theory and Gender Studies • 19th-Century British Literature
Office: LA 156 golson@isu.edu 208-705-3525
P
Angela Petit,* Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (1999), University of Southern Mississippi
Office: LA 258-E petiange@isu.edu 208-282-2411
Tom Pfister, Lecturer in English
Ph.D. in English (1996), University of Wisconsin – Madison
Specialties: • Restoration & 18th-Century Literature • Aesthetics
• Composition
Office: LA 223 pfisthom@isu.edu 208-282-5308
R
Monica Robinson, Lecturer in English & Speech
J.D. (1984), University of Idaho
Specialty: • Argumentation
Office: LA 229 robinmon@isu.edu 208-282-4366
S
Roger Schmidt,* Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (1989), University of Washington
Specialties: • 18th-Century Literature • History of Sleep
• Book Design
Office: LA 271 schmroge@isu.edu 208-282-2374
Bethany Schultz Hurst, Assistant Professor of English
M.F.A. in Creative Writing (2003), Eastern Washington University
Specialties: • Contemporary Poetry • Creative Writing
Office: LA 156 schubeth@isu.edu 208-282 3542
Debra Shein, Lecturer in English
Ph.D. in English (1998), University of Oregon
Specialties: • 19th & Early 20th-Century American Literature • Early Woman's Movement • American Studies • Instructional Design & Technology • Composition & Rhetoric
Office: LA 258-D sheindeb@isu.edu 208-251-1697
Michael Stubbs, Lecturer in English
D.A. in English (2008), Idaho State University
• Composition • Teaching • Literature and Environment
Office: LA
258-B stubmich@isu.edu 208-282-6277
Susan Swetnam,* Professor of English, Director of Composition
Ph.D. in English (1979), University of Michigan
Specialties: • Western American Literature & Culture • Creative Writing, Nonfiction • Narrative History & Theory
Office: LA 234 swetsusa@isu.edu 208-282-2782
V
Matthew VanWinkle, Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (2006), Boston College
Specialties: • British Romantic and Victorian Poetry
• 19th-Century Gothic
Office: LA 226 vanwmatt@isu.edu 208-282-4272
W
Curtis Whitaker,* Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. in English (2001), University of California – Los Angeles
Specialties: • Literature of the Seventeenth Century (Late Renaissance) • Literature and Science • Literature and the Environment
Office: LA 258-C whitaker@isu.edu 208-282-2742
Jessica Winston,* Professor of English,
Director of Graduate Studies in English
Ph.D. in English (2002), University of California – Santa Barbara
Specialties: • Shakespeare • Early Modern Literature• Dramatic Tragedy
Office: LA 239 winsjess@isu.edu 208-282-2895
Brent Wolter,* Associate Professor of English
Ph.D. in Applied Language Studies (2005), University of Wales at Swansea
Specialties: • TESOL Methodology • Second Language Acquisition • Linguistics
Office: LA 225 woltbren@isu.edu 208-282-2119
Lynn Worsham,* Professor of English
Ph.D. in Humanities (1988), University of Texas at Arlington
Specialties: Postcolonial Literature • Women’s Literature • Critical Theory • Rhetorical Theory • Feminism and Gender Studies
Office: LA 157 worsham@isu.edu 208-282-2210
Retired Faculty
Dante Cantrill, Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. in English (1974), University of Washington
Specialties: • History of Ideas
cantdant@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Janne Goldbeck, Professor Emerita (retired 2006)
Ph.D. in English (1972), University of Oklahoma
Specialties: • Medieval Literature • Gender Studies • 20th-Century American Literature
goldh@isu.edu 208-282-2478
John Kijinski, Professor of English (retired 2007)
Ph.D. in English (1985), University of Wisconsin
Specialties: • Victorian Literature
208-282-2478
Kathleen King, Professor Emerita (retired 2007)
Ph.D. in English (1984), University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Specialties: • Creative Writing • Contemporary Literature • Composition
kingkath@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Part-Time Instructors
Ted Bonman, Instructor in English
Office: TBD bonmtheo@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Debbie Brooks, Instructor in English
Office: LA 227 broodebb@isu.edu 208-282-4659
Vickie Christensen, Instructor in English
Office: Idaho Falls campus chrivick@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Michelle Coates, Instructor in English
Office: Idaho Falls campus coatmich@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Matt English, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (2011), Idaho State University
Office: TBD englmat2@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Janna Graham, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (2003), Idaho State University
Specialties: • Sociolinguistics • Second Language Acquisition
• Composition
Office: LA 272-A grahjann@isu.edu 208-282-5372
Erin Gray, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (2011), Idaho State University
Office: TBD grayerin@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Jacob Haeberle, Instructor in English
Office: Idaho Falls campus haebjaco@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Dana Harker, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (2011), Idaho State University
Office: Idaho Falls campus clemdana@isu.edu 208-282-2467
Greg Olsen, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (2010) Idaho State University
Specialty: • Humor Analysis
Office: Idaho Falls campus olsegreg@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Lisa Plaster, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (2013), Idaho State Univerrsity
Office: Idaho Falls campus plaslisa@isu.edu
208-282-2478
Penelope Reedy, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (1997), Idaho State University
Specialties: • Literature of the American West • Bloomsbury/Woolf
• The Lost Generation
Office: LA 228 reedpene@isu.edu 208-282-4660
Kelly Ricken, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (2011), Idaho State University
Office: LA 258-G rickkell@isu.edu 208-282-4362
Keith Vanbezooyen, Instructor in English
Nancy D. Wall, Instructor in English
M.A. in English (2007), Idaho State University
Specialties: • Composition: Creative Writing, Creative Non-Fiction
Office: LA 214 wallnanc@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Tammy Wood, Instructor in English
Office: Idaho Falls campus woodtam2@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Graduate Student Instructors
Elise Barker
Office: LA 242 barkelis@isu.edu 208-282-2893
Corinna Barrett
Office: LA 222 barrcor2@isu.edu 208-282-6062
Christopher Brock
Office: LA 222 brocchr2@isu.edu 208-282-6062
Amy Brumfield
Office: Idaho Falls campus brumamy@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Margaux Burleson
Office: LA 158 burlmarg@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Tyler Chadwick
Office: LA 272 chadtyleisu.edu 208-282-5374
Jacob Claflin
Office: 242 clafjaco@isu.edu 208-282-2893
Seth Clark
Office: LA 258-A clarset2@@isu.edu 208-282-2639
Steve Hall
Office: LA 215 hallstev@@isu.edu 208-282-3499
Scott Holman
Office: LA 207-A holmscot@@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Rita Katsilometes
Office: LA 258-G katsrita@isu.edu 208-282-4362
Melinda Linscott
Office: LA 242 evanmel2@isu.edu 208-242-8868
Marcos Norris
Office: LA 158 norrmarc@isu.edu 208-282-2478
Theodore Owen
Office: LA 222 owentheo@isu.edu 208-282-6062
Ryan Topper
Office: LA 258-A toppryan@isu.edu 208-282-2639
Diane Yerka
Office: LA 222 hadedian@isu.edu 208-282-6062