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Northwest Missouri State University

Meet the Faculty

Teaching and Research
Kori Binette Joyce Carol Oats, the field of whiteness studies, and cultural representations of gender
Dr. Richard Black Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture; American Regionalism, especially Texas literature; American Social Realism; Creative Writing (Fiction)
Dr. Wayne Chandler Shakespeare, Early British Literature, Science-Fiction and Fantasy
David Collins Composition and introduction to literature
Steve Frogge Composition and introduction to literature
Dr. John Gallaher Twentieth-century American poetry and contemporary American poetry
Robin Gallaher Composition pedagogy with special attention to all levels of freshman composition
Tom Hardee Annie Dillard, Flannery O'Connor, Camus, Dostoyevski, Conrad, Cervantes, Hawthorne, colonial America, and ancient mythology
Dr. Michael Hobbs (Department Chair) Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature, Modern and Contemporary American Poetry, Native American Literature
Terri Johnston Composition, introduction to literature, developmental English, and Technical Writing
Paul Jones Composition and literature
Roger Kirschbaum Writing center, contemporary poetry and poetry publications.
Brenda Lewis Composition and literature
Dr. Bruce Litte Modern British and American fiction and drama, comparative and world literature, and English language linguistics
Dr. Jeffrey Loomis English, American and Comparitive Drama; Religion and Literature; Post-Colonial Literature
Dr. Nancy Mayer American Romantics, including Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman and especially Dickinson; Victorian Women Novelists; Ethics of Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction
Dr. Ildiko Olasz American Romantics, including Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman and especially Dickinson; Victorian Women Novelists; Ethics of Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction
Dr. Beth Richards Modern and Contemporary American and British Literature, Women's Literature
Luke Rolfes Composition, web and technology, writing center
Brenda Ryan Composition and Introduction to Literature
Dr. Jenny Rytting Medieval literature
Dr. Tom Smith English education
Richard Sonnenmoser Creative writing (fiction), American fiction, Philip Roth, Vladimir Nabokov, composition and literature
Kenton Wilcox World literature, linguistics, contemporary philosophy, and queer theory