Faculty & Staff Directory

Members of the faculty have the depth and breadth of preparation and experience to offer students a full, well-balanced curriculum.

Regular Faculty and Staff
Linda Barnes Professor Email: barnesla@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7119 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 215	Ph.D. (Vanderbilt). American Literature, Southern Writers. Coordinator of Honors Program.
Mercy Cannon Assistant Professor Email: cannonm@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7893 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 225	Ph.D. (U. Of Tennessee, Knoxville). 18th Century British Lit.
Culley Carson-Grefe Professor Email: carsongrefec@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7596 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 213	Ph.D. (Oregon) French & Spanish
Kenneth Cervelli Assistant Professor Email: cervellik@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7864 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 235	Ph.D. (Southern Illinois) British Romanticism, Literature and The Environment
Sherry Clark Administrative Assistant II Email: clarkso@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7890 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 115	Languages and Literature Department.
Linda Davis Associate Professor Email: davisl@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7892 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 204	EdD (Tennessee State University) English Education
Osvaldo Di Paolo Assistant Professor E-mail: dipaoloo@apsu.edu Phone: 931-2217487 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 216	Ph.D. 19^th, 20^th, and 21^st century Latin American Literature
Arthur Eaves Associate Professor Email: eavesa@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7885 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 222	Ph.D. (Notre Dame). Drama, British Literature.
Jill Eichhorn Associate Professor Email: eichhornje@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-6314 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 143	Ph.D. (Miami of Ohio). American Literature, Women's Studies, Coordinator of Women's Studies.
Taylor Emery Instructor Email: emeryt@apsu.edu Phone: 931-221-1453 Office: FC Education Center APSUFC 117	M.A. (Austin Peay). Composition, World Literature.
Blas Falconer Associate Professor Email: falconerb@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7117 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 223	Ph.D. (Houston). Creative Writing, Poetry
Jill Franks Professor Email: franksj@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7879 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 236 Reggie Forest Instructor Email: forestr@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-6041 office: Memorial Health, RM 112D	Ph.D. (Rutgers). Modern British Literature, Modern Irish Literature.
Dwonna Goldstone Professor Email: goldstoned@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7886 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 220	Ph.D. (Texas). African American and African Literature.
David Guest Associate Professor/Chair Email: guestd@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7860 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 116	Ph.D. (Vanderbilt). Literary Criticism and Theory, American Literature.
Barry Kitterman Professor Email: kittermanb@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7878 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 219	MFA (Montana). Creative Writing, Center of Excellence in Creative Arts Representative.
Harry Clark Maddux Associate Professor Email: madduxh@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7215 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 131	Ph.D. Purdue University Early American Literature
David Major Associate Professor Email: majord@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7927 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 228	Ph.D. (Oklahoma State). Technical Writing.

Wanda McNabb Administrative Assistant II Email: mcnabbw@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7891 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 115	Languages and Literature Department.
Cynthia McWilliams Associate Professor Email: mcwilliamsc@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7874 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 232	Ph.D. (Southern Illinois). Composition and Rhetoric, Linguistics, Chair of Freshmen Writing.
Norbert Puszkar Associate Professor Email: puszkarn@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-6391 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 234	Ph.D. (Southern California) German Literature and History
Jeanie Randall Associate Professor Email: randallj@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7212 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 218	Ph.D. (Georgia). Composition, Medieval Literature
Miguel R. Ruiz-Aviles Professor Email: ruizavilesm@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7855 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 104	Ph.D. (Nebraska). Spanish Literature and History. Director of the Hispanic Cultural Center, Coordinator of the Study Abroad Program Spain.
Steven Ryan Professor Email: ryans@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7871 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 221	Ph.D. (Utah). Fiction, American Literature, Southern Writers.
Daniel P. Shea Associate Professor Email: shead@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7895 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 230	Ph.D. University of Oregon British Victorian
Lynn Sims Assistant Professor Email: simsl@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7339 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 244	Ph.D. Arizona State University History of the English Language
Karen D. Sorenson Professor Email: sorensonk@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-6246 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 216	Ph.D. (Vanderbilt). French Literature and History.
Mickey Wadia Professor Email: wadiam@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7448 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 227	Ph.D. (Southwestern Louisiana). Shakespeare, Technical Writing.
Eloise Weatherspoon Instructor Email: weatherspoone@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7594 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 204	M.A. (Austin Peay). Composition and World Literature.
Charla White-Major Associate Professor Email: white-majorc@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7133 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 212	Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University) 19th Century American Lit. Composition
Timothy Winters Professor Email: winterst@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7118 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 212	Ph.D. (Ohio State). Classical Languages and Literature.
Amy Wright Assistant Professor Email: wrighta@apsu.edu Phone: (931) 221-7714 Office: Harned Hall, Rm 215	Ph.D. (Denver). Creative Writing Non-Fiction
Emeritus Faculty
Thayer W. Beach, Ph.D. Professor of English (1968-1991).
Albert Bekus, Ph.D. Professor of English (1970-2004).
Eleanor Beiswenger, Ph.D. Professor of English (1977-1994).
James Clemmer, M.A. Professor of English (1967-2004).
Don W. Der, Ph.D. Professor of English (1970-1991).
Malcolm S. Glass, M.A. Professor of English (1962-1999).
Nancy Hancock, D.A. Professor of English (1988-2004).
Charles C. Holt, Ph.D. Professor of English (1967-1991).
Edward Eugene Irwin, Professor of English (1962-1998).
Lewis C. Tatham, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of English (1966-1995).
David Till, Ph.D. Professor of English (1971-2004).
John Turner, M.A. Assistant Professor of English (1967-2000).
Charles M. Waters, M.A. Professor of English (1948-1985)
Allene Phy-Olsen, Ph.D. Professor of English (1990-2007). Ramon Magrans, Ph.D Professor of Spanish (1982-2009).

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