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Allen, Catherine Nicole, PhD, 2020
Ascherl, Andrew
PhD, 2012
Professor of English, University of New Mexico
Bao, Yintong
PhD, 2020
Heidi I. Bohn
PhD 2010
Attorney, Assistant Federal Public Defender in Lynchburg, Virginia
Brown, David, MA, 2018
Burdman, Javier
MA 2011
PhD program, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Capps, Hunter, PhD 2020
Colasurdo, Michael
MA 2010
Collins, David
PhD, 2014
Crawford, Ryan
MA 2010
Cross, Donald
PhD 2016
Postdoc, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Darrell, Ciahnan
PhD 2017
Author of the Pen Hemingway-nominated novel, A Lifetime of Men, and a contributing editor at The Marginalia Review of Books.
Drizou, Myrto
PhD, 2012
Assistant Professor of English, Valdosta State University, Georgia
Dunn, Ian
MA 2010
Elin, Stephen M
MA 2010
Farinacci, Mairead, MA 2020
Gorelick, Nathan
PhD 2010
Assistant Professor English Department, Utah Valley University
Herron, Shane
PhD 2011
Assistant Professor of English, Furman University
Herzog, Matthew, PhD 2021
Jowsey, Nicole
PhD 2011
Assistant Professor of the Practice in Interdisciplinary Studies, Medaille College
Kim, Hyemin
PhD 2015
Adjunct assistant professor at CUNY/Baruch and CUNY/City Tech
Lee, Kyungah
MA 2011
PhD Program Department of Philosophy, Claremont Graduate University
Logan, Ian
MA 2010
MacDonald, Megan
PhD, 2012
Instructor, English, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
Melonic, Emina
PhD, 2019
Meng, Chunying, MA 2019
Murphy, Jonathan W
PhD 2010
Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi
Pascatore, Russell
MA 2010
Currently on the PhD program, Department of Classics, University of Southern California
Pelaez, Sol, PhD 2010
Assistant Professor, Foreign Languages Department, Mississippi State University
Robaina, Juan, PhD 2020
Tatar, Doruk, PhD 2019
Wright, Melissa, PhD 2020
Zhai, Yitian, PhD 2020
Zheng, Tian, MA 2019
Adamek, Philip
PhD, 2005
Associate Professor of English, Kagoshima, Prefectural College Japan
Ali, Barish
PhD, 2005
Department of English, Buffalo State College
Aso, Takahashi, PhD, 1996
Kyorin University, Faculty Foreign Language
Baxter, Annie
MA, 2002
Baxter-Kauf, Michael J.
PhD, 2007
Program Director at Minnesota Urban Debate League, Coaches Debate at St. Paul Central high school
Barnett, Stuart, PhD
Department of English, Central Connecticut State University
Caruso, Jennifer
PhD 2005
English Department, Marion College, Wisconsin
Chakraborty, Prasanta
PhD 2004
Associate Professor of English, University of Delhi, India
Chang, Pi-Chun
MA 2002
Cheng, Sinkkwan, PhD 1995
Clements, Cal
Coelen, Marcus
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, literature and literary theory, psychoanalyst
Colleran, Daniel
MA 2005
English Department, Laguardia Community College
Conroy, Melaine
MA 2005
PhD in French, Stanford University, 2012
Assistant Professor of French, The University of Memphis
Countryman, Lisa
MA 2004
Grant Writer & Clinic Liaison at St. Anthony Foundation, Owner at Countryman Translations
Crispi, Luca
PhD 2001
UCD James Joyce Research Centre, School of English Drama and Film, University College Dublin, Ireland
Cruz, Decio Torres
PhD 1998
Federal University of Bahia
Cucu, Sorin Radu
PhD 2007
LaGuardia Community College, CUNY
De Carneri, Marina, PhD 2003
Practicing Psychoanalyst
Devenney, Christopher, PhD 1999
Garrido, Juan Manuel
MA 2006
Associate Professor University Diego Portales. Santiago, Chile
Gauch, Suzanne
Case Western University, Department of Modern Languages and Literature
Gerwin, Elizabeth
PhD 2003
Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Canada
Gingerich, Stephen
PhD 2002
Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Cleveland State University
Gill, Lydia
Lecturer of Spanish
PhD University of Texas at Austin
MA in Comparative Literature and 2nd MA in Spanish from University of New York at Buffalo
Goodnough, Jessica
MA 2009
Hair, Lindsey
PhD 2008
Harnesberger, Jill
PhD 2008
Assistant Professor, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Fort Valley State University
Hagglund, Martin
MA 2005
Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, Yale University
Harrington, Thea
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College at Keystone College
Herbert, Stacy
PhD 2002
Hewson, Mark
PhD 2001
Teaches Literature and Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, Australia
Hickerson, Crystal
MA 2008
PhD Program, Comparative Literature, UC Irvine
Hsiao, Li-Chun
PhD 2004
Assistant Professor, Nat’l Taiwan University
Ivanchikova, Alla
PhD 2008
Professor, English and Comparative Literature, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Jackson, Kimberly
PhD 2005
Associate Professor of English, Florida Gulf Coast University
James, Deveryle
PhD 2008
Jobling, Ian
PhD 2002
Kang, Kyoung-Yee
MA 2006
Kates, Joshua
Full Professor, English Department, Indiana University
Keegan, Bridget, PhD 1994
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Professor of English, Creighton University
Koch-Gibson, Jennifer, PhD 1999
Kwon, Jieun
PhD 2009
Luftig, Jonathan
PhD 2003
Lecturer, Morgan State University
Luszczynska, Ana
PhD 2004
Assistant Professor of English at Florida International University, Miami
McGhee, Kim, PhD 1998
Mcneil, Brian
PhD 2004
Market Development Manager at Parker Hannifin, Shangai, China
Militello, Joseph, PhD 1994
Miyamoto, Keiko
PhD 2005
English Department, Seinan Gakuin University
Muscau, Francesca
PhD 2006
South Bank University, London, England
Nelson, Lycette, PhD 1990
Nickard, Gary
PhD 2006
Associate Professor
Department of Art, University at Buffalo
Pardini, Samuel
PhD 2005
Assistant Professor, Elon University
Park, Mijeong, PhD 2007
Assistant Professor, English, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Penny, Laura
PhD 2006
Department of English, Mount Saint Vincent University
Penasack, Amy
MA 2001
Pfau, Thomas
Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English & Professor of German and Director of Graduate Studies: Carolina-Duke Program in German, Duke University
Pillai, Johann
Associate Professor, Comparative Literature, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Piloiu, Rares
PhD 2006
Polgar, Antoine
PhD 2002
Adjunct instructor at Champlain College
Polyium, Montree
2002
Lecturer, English and Literature, Department of Western Languages and Linguistics, Mahasarakham University
Pound, Scott, PhD 2001
Assistant Professor of English, Lakehead University
Rashidaian, Ziba, PhD 1995
Associate Professor of English, Southeastern Louisiana University
Rheingold, Hugh, PhD 2000
Rudnicki, Marc
PhD 2002
Assistant Professor, George Mason University
Safit, Ilan
PhD 2003
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Pace University
Sayre, Gordon, PhD 1993
Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Oregon
Schatz, Anna, PhD 1999
Schmitz, Andrew
PhD 1997
Associate Professor, English, D’Youville College
Sharp, Michele, PhD 1995
Smith, Jessica
MA 2005
Spain, Andrea
PhD 2009
Assistant Professor Department of English. Mississippi State University
Stoekle, Alan, PhD 1980
Professor Emeritus, French. Penn State University
Stone, Ray
PhD 2006
Staat, Wim, PhD 1994
Thiele, Kathrin
PhD 2007
Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University
Thomas, Tammis, PhD 1995, MA 1989
Professor, English, University of Houston, Downtown
Tuhkanen, Mikko
PhD 2005
Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies, Texas A&T University
Valbuena, Olga
Associate Professor of English, Wake Forest University
VanWesenbeeck, Birger
PhD 2006
Assistant Professor, English Department, SUNY Fedonia
Verstraete, Ginette
PhD 1991
Professor of Cultuurwetenschappen (Comparative Arts and Media), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Zimnik, Nina, PhD 1997
Professor, University of Lucerne, Germany
Zlotsky, Andres
PhD 2002