English Department

English Department Fulltime Faculty

This list is a good way to get a feel for the department. You can also find out which instructors share your interests, especially if you need a thesis advisor.

Dr. Emily Clark
  • Associate Professor
  • Interests: Postcolonialism, Modern British Literature, Modern American Literature, Critical Theory
  • Courses taught: Composition I and II, Studies in World Literature, Literary Theory
  • ejclark@uiwtx.edu
Dr. Jo LeCoeur
  • Professor
  • Interests: Contemporary Lit.; Women's Writing; American Lit. (late 18th-contemporary); World Lit. in Translation; Rhetoric/Composition; Genre-Poetry; Slave Narratives
  • Courses Taught: Creative Writing (all genres); African American Lit. and Theory; Lit. of the Deep South; Latina Lit.; Genre-Autobiography; William Faulkner; Edith Wharton
  • lecoeur@uiwtx.edu
Dr. Pat Lonchar
  • Associate Professor
  • Interests: British Literature (Old English-18th century), Medieval Studies, Women's Studies, Holocaust Studies, Rhetoric/Composition, American Literature (Colonial-19th century), Grammar, Writing for the Professions, World Literature in Translation
  • Courses Taught: Restoration Literature, Children's Literature, the Novel, Bibliography/Textual studeies, Pedagogy of English Language and Literature
  • lonchar@uiwtx.edu
Dr. Héctor Pérez
  • Associate Professor
  • Interests: American Lit. (late 19th-early 20th); Latin American Lit. in Translation; Literary Theory; Rhetoric/Composition; World Lit. in Translation
  • Courses Taught: Chicana/o Studies; Radical Discourse; U.S. Minority Literatures; Writing for the Professions; Socio-Linguistics; Realism/Naturalism
Dr. Matthias Schubnell, chair
  • Professor
  • Interests: American Lit. (Colonial-Contemporary); German Lit.; World Lit. in Translation; Rhetoric/Composition; Novel
  • Courses Taught: Native American Studies; Lit. of the Southwest; Willa Cather; M. Scott Momaday; Literature and the Environment
  • schubnel@uiwtx.edu