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.
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Emily Clark, Ph.D., Associate Professor Interests: Postcolonialism, Modern British Literature, Modern American Literature, Critical Theory Courses taught: Composition I and II, Studies in World Literature, Literary Theory |
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TIsh Harding, A.B.D., Instructor AD 340A * 829-6028 lharding@uiwtx.edu |
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Elizabeth Mathews, Instructorr Interests: Composition, African American Literature, and Gender Studies Courses Taught: Composition I, Composition II, Business and Technical Writing, and American Literature |
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Dr. Jo LeCoeur, Ph.D., 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 |
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Pat Lonchar, Ph.D., 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 |
| Christopher Paris, Ph.D., Associate Professor AD 353 * 829-3803 paris@uiwtx.edu |
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Héctor Pérez, Ph.D., 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 |
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David Pryor, Ph.D., Instrucotr Interests: Composition Studies, American Literature, Modernism, Film Studies, Eastern Philosophy Courses Taught: American Literature, Composition 1, Composition 2, Writing for the Professions, World Literary Studies. |
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Matthias Schubnell. Ph.D., Professor AD 351 *
829-3892 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 |
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Tanja Stampfl, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Interests: World Literature, American Literature, Composition and Rhetoric, Gender and Race Studies,Post-colonial Theory and Literature, Genre Studies Course Taught: Composition, World Literature, Literary Theory, The Arab Novel, Contemporary Arab Literature, Publishing and Editing |
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Mary Beth Swofford, Ph.D., Associate Professor HIT 200D * 829-3807 swofford@uiwtx.edu |