Faculty and Staff
- O'Brien, Timothy (Webpage)
- Professor, Department Chair
- Ph.D. in English, University of California, 1981
- M.A. in English, University of California, 1975
- B.A. in English, University of California, 1973
obrien@usna.edu 410-293-6201 Sampson 223
Research interests
Middle English literature; Robert Frost; satire
- Fermo, Deborah
- CDR, USNR
- Senior Instructor, Associate Chair
fermo@usna.edu 410-293-6212 Sampson 255
- Albaugh, Kurt
- LT, USN
- Instructor, Writing Center Director
albaugh@usna.edu 410-293-6238 Sampson 236
Research interests
British Colonial Literatures; Augustan Rome; Deliberative Rhetoric
- McWilliams, Mark B.
- Associate Professor, Honors Advisor, VGEP Advisor
- Ph.D., English Literature, University of Virginia, 2002
- M.A., English Literature, University of Virginia, 1995
- B.A., English Literature, College of William and Mary, 1991
mcwillia@usna.edu 410-293-6227 Sampson 206
Research interests
American literature and culture; food studies
- Shaffer, Thomas J.
- Associate Professor, Senior Academic Advisor
tshaffer@usna.edu 410-293-6220 Sampson 212
Research interests
Theatre history and dramatic literature; pre-1865 American literature; literature of the eighteenth-century Atlantic; dramaturgy; gender theory; performance studies
- Allen-Emerson, Michelle
- Associate Professor
meallen@usna.edu 410-293-6229 Sampson 254
Research interests
Victorian literature and culture; sanitary reform; nineteenth-century print culture; literature of the British Empire; postcolonial literature
- Beckman, John A.
- Associate Professor
beckman@usna.edu 410-293-6206 Sampson 250
Research interests
American literature and culture; African-American literature and culture; critical theory; creative writing
- Berman, Neil D. (Webpage)
- Professor
berman@usna.edu 41-293-6209 Sampson 207
Research interests
Contemporary American literature; film; literature of sport
- Booth, Allyson A.
- Professor
abooth@usna.edu 410-293-6201 Sampson 253
Research interests
Modern British literature; literature of World War I; poetry; popular culture
- Bushnell, William S.
- LCDR, USN
- Master Instructor
bushnell@usna.edu 410-293-6232 Sampson 252
Research interests
Modern and contemporary American literature; film studies; war literature
- Clark, Audrey Wu
- Assistant Professor
wuclark@usna.edu 410-293-6208 Sampson 244
Research interests
Asian American literature; African American literature; Multi-Ethnic literature; Twentieth-Century American Literature; Critical race theory
- Cone, R. Temple (Webpage)
- Assistant Professor
cone@usna.edu 410-293-6225 Sampson 203
Research interests
Ecocriticism and ecological poetry; contemporary Irish poetry and political violence; creative writing (poetry)
- Drew, Anne Marie
- Professor
drew@usna.edu 410-293-6216 Sampson 208
Research interests
Drama; Shakespeare
- Fetrow, Fred M.
- Professor
fetrow@usna.edu 410-293-6234 Sampson 201
Research interests
Robert Hayden; African-American literature
- Fleming, Bruce E.
- Professor
fleming@usna.edu 410-293-6219 Sampson 210
Research interests
Modernism; creative writing; usable philosophy
- Gilliland, C. Herbert
- Professor
gillilan@usna.edu 410-293-6203 Sampson 211
Research interests
Renaissance and 17th Century; Naval and sea literature; U.S. Navy African Squadron; science fiction (especially Heinlein)
- Growney, Patrick
- LCDR, USNR
- Master Instructor
growney@usna.edu 410-293-6210 Sampson 229
- Hill, John M. (Webpage)
- Professor
- Ph.D., English, University of Washington, 1971
- B.A., English, University of Washington, 1966
jhill@usna.edu 410-293-6205 Sampson 248
Research interests
Old and Middle English language, literature, and culture; applied anthropology and psychology
- Johnston, Eileen T.
- Associate Professor
johnston@usna.edu 410-293-6204 Sampson 205
Research interests
Nineteenth-century British literature (especially Tennyson, Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, and George Eliot); religion and literature; Ignatian and desert spirituality; contemporary fiction; Philip Larkin
- Koss, Erika
- Adjunct Professor
koss@usna.edu 410-293-6244 Sampson 242
- Larabee, Mark D. (Webpage)
- CDR, USN
- Associate Professor, Permanent Military Professor
larabee@usna.edu 410-293-6214 Sampson 202
Research interests
Modern British literature; Joseph Conrad; literature of World War I; literature of the sea; space and place in literature
- Loggins, Vernon
- Assistant Professor
loggins@usna.edu 410-293-6224 Sampson 233
- Mace, Nancy A. (Webpage)
- Professor
- Ph. D. in English, The Pennsylvania State University, 1989
- M. A. in English, Bucknell University, 1982
mace@usna.edu 410-293-6215 Sampson 204
Research interests
Henry Fielding; eighteenth-century British novel and theatre; publishing history; eighteenth-century music publishing
- MacLean, Aaron
- 1stLt, USMC
- Instructor
maclean@usna.edu 410-293-6213 Sampson 213
- McGhan, Jillian Danback
- LT, USN
- Instructor
danback@usna.edu 410-293-6228 Sampson 228
Research interests
Post-Colonial Literature; Modern American Literature; Depictions of 9/11 in Film and Literature.
- Nolan, Charles J. (Webpage)
- Professor
- Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1977
- A.M. University of Illinois, 1969
- B.S. Saint Louis University, 1964 (Magna Cum Laude)
nolan@usna.edu 410-293-6235 Sampson 251
Research interests
American Literature; Hemingway
- Parker, Michael P. (Webpage)
- Professor
mparker@usna.edu 410-293-6211 Sampson 209
Research interests
Seventeenth-century poetry; Annapolis and Naval Academy history; literature of death and dying
- Rainey, Thomas
- LT, USN
- Instructor
rainey@usna.edu 410-293-6236 Sampson 232
- Ryan, John
- LCDR, USN
- Junior Permanent Military Professor
jryan@usna.edu 410-293-6231 Sampson 236
- Salinas, Jason (Webpage)
- LCDR, USN
- Master Instructor
salinas@usna.edu 410-293-6233 Sampson 235
Research interests
Ancient Greek and Near-Eastern literature; philosophy and literature.
- Stanlake, Christy L
- Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., Theatre-Criticism, Literature, and History, Ohio State University, 2002
- M.A., Theatre-Criticism, Literature, and History, University of Oklahoma, 1997
- B.B.S., English Literature, Hardin-Simmons University, 1994
stanlake@usna.edu 410-293-6217 Sampson 249
Research interests
Theatrical theories, literature, and history; Native American studies, literature, literary theories, and cultural theories; new play development; text into performance; directing; theatre for social change
- Steimsma, Shaun
- Adjunct Professor
stiemsma@usna.edu 410-293-6226 Sampson 230
- Ward, Thomas
- Assistant Professor
tward@usna.edu 410-293-6203 Sampson 240
- Wickham, Micheal
- LT, USN
- Instructor
wickham@usna.edu 410-293-6207 Sampson 234
Research interests
Mythology and Folklore; Speculative Fiction; Postmodernism; Metafiction
- Wright, Edward
- LT, USN
- Instructor
ewright@usna.edu 410-293-6226 Sampson 230