LCDR, USNAssociate Chair, Assistant Professor Ed.D. (Entrepreneurial Leadership in Education), Johns Hopkins UniversityM.A. (English), University of Maryland, College ParkM.A. (National Security & Strategic Studies), U.S. Naval War CollegeM.A. (International Relations), Salve Regina UniversityB.A. (Political Science), Tulane University
Research Interests
Human Error, Composition Assessment, Learning Orientation, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Rhetoric, Naval Professional Writing, Graphic Novels and Comic Book Storytelling
Adjunct InstructorM.A. Liberal Arts, St. John's CollegePost Graduate Certificate in Education, Oxford UniversityBA / MA (Oxon) English Literature and Language, Oxford University
Research Interests
The Great Books of Western Civilization; history of English Language; James Joyce's Ulysses; the works of Louisa M Alcott; poetry composition; Classical Ballet
Assistant ProfessorPh.D. (English), University of North Carolina at Chapel HillM.A. (English), Brandeis UniversityB.A. (English & Philosophy), Columbia University
Research Interests
African American Fiction, Contemporary American Fiction, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics
ProfessorPh.D., University of Wisconsin, MadisonM.F.A. (Creative Writing), University of VirginiaM.A. (Creative Writing), Hollins UniversityB.A., Washington and Lee University
LT, USN Master Instructor M.A. (Writing), Johns Hopkins UniversityM.A. (Public Diplomacy), University of Southern CaliforniaB.A. (Political Science), Brown University
Research Interests
Creative Nonfiction, Multi-ethnic Literature, Health and Wellness, Travel Writing, Memoir, Strategic Communication
Adjunct InstructorP.hD. (English), University of SheffieldM.A. (Nineteenth Century Studies), University of SheffieldB.A. (English, History), University of Scranton
Research Interests
Early Gothic British literature, class and servant narratives, narrative theory, Eighteenth Century print culture, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century women's writing, Gothic and Horror media studies, Weird Fiction, Eco-Gothic
Maj, USMCSenior InstructorM.A. (English), National UniversityM.S. (Applied Mathematics), Columbia UniversityPost Graduate Certificate (Advanced Structures and Failure Analysis), Stanford UniversityB.A. (English and Political Science), University of Delaware
Research Interests
American Literature, Creative Nonfiction, Nature Writing, Science Fiction, Metafiction
ProfessorPh.D. (Theatre-Criticism, Literature, and History), Ohio State UniversityM.A. (Theatre-Criticism, Literature, and History), University of OklahomaB.B.S., Hardin-Simmons University
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; documentary theatre
Adjunct InstructorM.A. (Eastern Classics), St. John’s College, Santa FeM.A. (Liberal Arts), St. John’s College, AnnapolisB.A. (Philosophy, History, Literature), Hood College
Research Interests
Poetry, epic and lyric (esp. Homer, Vergil, Sappho); Drama, ancient and modern (tragedy, comedy, Shakespeare, August Wilson); The Novel as a mode of Freedom (esp. in Cervantes, George Eliot, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison); Slavery and Freedom as speech and deed (Plato, Herodotus, Fred. Douglass, Lincoln)
Assistant ProfessorPh.D., Florida State UniversityM.F.A. (Shakespeare and Performance), Mary Baldwin UniversityM.Litt. (Shakespeare and Performance), Mary Baldwin UniversityB.A. (English and Theatre), Washington and Lee University
Research Interests
Early Modern Drama, Shakespeare, Performance Studies, Modern Drama, Dramaturgy, and Directing for the Theatre
Adjunct InstructorPh.D. (English), University of Maryland, College ParkM.A. (English), University of Maryland, College ParkB.A. (English), Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests
Rhetoric and Composition, Education, Writing Tutor Strategies, Online Communication
Adjunct InstructorM.A. (Military History) Norwich UniversityM.A. (English Literature) Washington CollegeB.A. (American Literature and History) Vermont College of Norwich UniversityGraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning from Norwich University
Research Interests
F. Scott Fitzgerald, British Romanticism, American Transcendentalism, Alternative Education, Dystopian Literature, War Literature, Nature Writing.
Assistant ProfessorPh.D., New York UniversityB.A., Columbia University
Research Interests
Twentieth- and twenty-first-century British and Anglophone literatures; poetry and poetics; global studies; postcolonial literature and theory; Irish literature and cultural criticism
Adjunct InstructorM.S.Ed. (Literacy), Loyola University of Maryland B.A. (English Literature—Creative Non-fiction Writing), Notre Dame University of Maryland
Research Interests
Dystopian Literature, Developmental Literacy, Critical literacy pedagogy as a predictor of student post-secondary success, Critical Race Theory, Creative Non-fiction, the essay and memoir