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Graduate Faculty Directory

Members of the graduate faculty have the depth and breadth of preparation and experience to offer students a full and well-balanced curriculum. They hold degrees from universities throughout the United States and include dedicated, published scholars committed to providing expert instruction within small seminar classes. In the creative writing program, resident faculty and renowned guest writers work with our students in intimate classes with a workshop atmosphere.
  

Full Time Graduate Faculty Profile:

Linda Barnes
Professor
Email: barnesla@apsu.edu
Phone:  (931) 221-7119
Office:  Harned Hall, Rm 215

 

Beatrix Brockman
Assistant Professor
email: brockmanb@apsu.edu

Phone: (931) 221-7847
Office: Harned Hall, Rm 103

 

Ph.D. (Vanderbilt). 

American Literature, Southern Writers. Coordinator of Honors Program.

 

Ph.D. German(Vanderbilt)
M.A. English (Austin Peay State University)

German  Literature

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

Linda Davis
Associate Professor
Email: davisl@apsu.edu
Phone:  (931) 221-7892
Office:  Harned Hall, Rm 204

EdD (Tennessee State University)

English Education

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. 

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

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.

Katherine Honea

Assistant Professor

E-mail:  honeak@apsu.edu

Phone: (931) 221-7117

Office: Harned Hall, Rm 223

 

Ph.D. (University of Florida)

Spanish (Hispanic Linguistics)

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.

 
David Major
Associate Professor
Email:  majord@apsu.edu
Phone: (931) 221-7927
Office: Harned Hall, Rm 228

Ph.D. (Oklahoma State).
 
Technical Writing.

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 142

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.

 

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