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Faculty and Staff

English & Languages
Dr. Jeanelle BarrettDr. Jeanelle Barrett
Department Head, English & Languages and Associate Professor
Email: jbarrett@tarleton.edu
Office: O A Grant 327
Phone: 254-968-9039
B.A., English, University of Central Oklahoma, 1994
M.A., English linguistics, Purdue University, 1997
Ph.D., English linguistics, Purdue University, 2000

Teaching Interests: Linguistics, grammars and technical writing

Research Interests: Linguistics, technical writing and humor studies

Ms. Sandra D. BeatyMs. Sandra D. Beaty
Assistant Professor
Email: sbeaty@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 337
Phone: (254) 968-9025
B.A., Utah State University, 1973
MEd, Sul Ross State University, 1982

Research Interests: Technical Writing, American Literature,and Writing Proficiency

Ms. Loretta L BristerMs. Loretta L Brister
Assistant Professor
Email: brister@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 327
Phone: (254) 968-9039
B.A., Tarleton State University, 1983
MAT, Tarleton State University, 1985
Dr. Julie A ChappellDr. Julie A Chappell
Professor
Email: chappell@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 312
Phone: (254) 968-9320
B.A., University of California San Diego, 1983
M.A., University of Washington
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1989

Research Interests: Medieval-Early Modern British Literature, Textual studies, Medieval sermon studies

Dr. Samuel F. DodsonDr. Samuel F. Dodson
Professor
Email: dodson@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 315
Phone: (254) 968-9034
B.A., University of Nebraska - Omaha, 1981
M.A., University of Lowa, 1985
Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 1995

Research Interests: Modern American poetry, Film studies, Poetry performance

Mr. Michael D DooleyMr. Michael D Dooley
Assistant Professor
Email: dooley@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 332
Phone: (254) 968-9322
B.A., Tarleton State University, 1998
M.A., Tarleton State University, 2001
Mary L EtzelMary L Etzel
Administrative Assistant III
Email: etzel@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 327
Phone: (254) 968-9039
Dr. Brian M FehlerDr. Brian M Fehler
Assistant Professor
Email: fehler@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 318
Phone: (254) 968-9036
B.A., Texas Wesleyan University, 1999
M.A., Texas Christian University, 2001
Ph.D., Texas Christian University, 2005

Research Interests: History of rhetoric, "New" rhetoric, History of composition pedagogy

Ms. Mary Lanell GonzalesMs. Mary Lanell Gonzales
Instructor
Email: gonzales@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 314
Phone: (254) 968-9280
B.A., Tarleton State University, 1992
M.A., Tarleton State University, 1994
Mr. William H Jones, Jr.Mr. William H Jones, Jr.
Instructor
Email: wjones@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 311
Phone: (254) 968-9284
B.A., Tarleton State University, 1994
M.A., Tarleton State University, 1996
Ms. Benedda M. KonvickaMs. Benedda M. Konvicka
Assistant Professor
Email: bkonvicka@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 336
Phone: (254) 968-9286
B.A., Texas Woman's University, 1969
M.A., Northern Arizona University, 1983
Dr. Jennifer Novak LaddDr. Jennifer Novak Ladd
Assistant Professor
Email: ladd@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 327
Phone: 254-968-9039

Ph.D., Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication, The University of Minnesota, December 2007

M.A., English, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999

B.A., English, The University of Arkansas, 1997, Phi Beta Kappa

Research Interests: Theories of Rhetoric Composition, and Technical Communication, Writing in the Disciplines, The Rhetoric of Medicine, Science, and Religion

Mr. Charles N. LillyMr. Charles N. Lilly
Assistant Professor
Email: lilly@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 324
Phone: (254) 968-9323
B.A., North Texas State University, 1982
M.A., North Texas State University, 1987
Ms. Katherine LincolnMs. Katherine Lincoln
Assistant Professor
Email: klincoln@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 333
Phone: (254) 968-9043
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1981
M.A., University of Houston, 1985
Dr. Bertha Cecilia Marrugo- PuelloDr. Bertha Cecilia Marrugo- Puello
Assistant Professor
Email: mpuello@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 306
Phone: 254-968-9324
Ms. Minerva M. McCutchenMs. Minerva M. McCutchen
Instructor
Email: mccutchen@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 320
Phone: (254) 968-9042
B.A., University of Mary Hardin Baylor, 1994
M.A., Tarleton State University, 1996
Dr. Kathleen A. MollickDr. Kathleen A. Mollick
Associate Professor
Email: kmollick@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 329
Phone: (254) 968-9037

AAS, Everett Community College, 1985
B.A., Western Washington University, 1987
B.A.Ed., Eastern Washington University, 1996
M.A., Tarleton State University, 2000
Ph.D., Texas Woman's University, 2007

Research Interests: Presidential/political rhetoric, History of rhetoric, History of composition pedagogy, American popular culture

Ms. Alice A NewsomeMs. Alice A Newsome
Assistant Professor
Email: anewsom@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 338
Phone: (254) 968-9026

B.A., East Texas State University, 1981
M.Ed., Tarleton State University, 1985

Ms. Esther R. OtwellMs. Esther R. Otwell
Assistant Professor
Email: otwell@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 334
Phone: (254) 968-9318

AA, Tarrant County Junior College, 1969
B.A., Texas Christian University, 1971
M.A., University of Texas at Arlington, 1974

Dr. Moumin M. QuaziDr. Moumin M. Quazi
Associate Professor
Email: quazi@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 307
Phone: (254) 968-9283
B.F.A, Radio/TV/Film, Texas Christian University
M.A., Biblical Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
M.A., English, University of North Texas
Ph.D., English, University of North Texas

Teaching Interests: Critical Theory, Intro to Literature, Classical Literature, 19th and 20th Century British Lit

Research Interests: Postcolonial Theory, Salman Rushdie, South Asian Literature and Culture Studies

Ms. Carolyn RicheyMs. Carolyn Richey
Visiting Instructor
Email: richey@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 317
Phone: 254-968-9511
Dr. Marilyn RobitailleDr. Marilyn Robitaille
Associate Professor
Email: robitaille@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 310
Phone: (254) 968-9281

B.A., Tarleton State University, 1973
M.A., Middlebury College, 1979
Ph.D., Texas Woman's University, 1995

Research Interests: Eighteenth-Century British literature, English language-arts pedagogy, Film studies,Editing and publication

Dr. B. Mark ShipmanDr. B. Mark Shipman
Professor
Email: shipman@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 316
Phone: (254) 968-9035

B.S., Tarleton State University, 1978
MBA, Tarleton State University, 1980
MAT, Tarleton State University, 1988
Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1994

Research Interests: American literature, British literature since 1700, Wordsworth romanticism

Mr. Burton D. SmithMr. Burton D. Smith
Assistant Professor
Email: bsmith@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 308
Phone: (254) 968-9319
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1969
M.S., Naval Post-Graduate School, 1982
M.A., University of Texas-San Antonio, 1993
Mr. Benjamin M. SwordMr. Benjamin M. Sword
Assistant Professor
Email: sword@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 330
Phone: (254) 968-9038
B.A., Howard Payne University, 2002
M.A., Tarleton State University, 2005
Dr. Marcy L TanterDr. Marcy L Tanter
Associate Professor
Email: tanter@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 331
Phone: (254) 968-9282

B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1986
M.A., University of South California, Columbia
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1996

Research Interests: Research Interest -Post -1700 to pre-1925 American literature, African American literature, Emily Dickinson

Ms. Andrea ThompsonMs. Andrea Thompson
Visiting Instructor
Email: athompson@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 321
Phone: 254-968-9892
Mr. Edward P. Tober, Jr.Mr. Edward P. Tober, Jr.
Assistant Professor
Email: tober@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 335
Phone: (254) 968-9285
B.A., Tarleton State University, 1988
MAT, Tarleton State University, 1990
Dr. Ivelisse UrbánDr. Ivelisse Urbán
Assistant Professor
Email: urban@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 323
Phone: (254) 968-9829

BBA, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
MBA, Syracuse University, 1987
MA, SUNY-Albany, 1991
PhD, New York University, 2001

Research Interests: Poetic Theory, Philosophical Approaches to Literature, Modernismo.

Dr. Mallory R. YoungDr. Mallory R. Young
Professor
Email: myoung@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 322
Phone: (254) 968-9041
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1974
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1979

Research Interests: Comparative literature, British literature, women's literature and popular culture.

Adjuncts
Dr. Elson BondDr. Elson Bond
Adjunct Faculty
Email: ebond@tarleton.edu
Office: O.A. Grant 304
Phone: 254-968-9830
Ms. Jessica BramblettMs. Jessica Bramblett
Adjunct Faculty
Email: bramblett@tarleton.edu
Office: O.A. Grant 304
Phone: 254-968-9830
Ms. Marsha DeckerMs. Marsha Decker
Adjunct Faculty
Email: decker@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 210c
Phone: 254-968-9327
Mr. Stephen DillardMr. Stephen Dillard
Adjunct Faculty
Email: dillard@tarleton.edu
Office: O.A. Grant 210c
Phone: 254-968-9327
Mr. James (Mike) FraleyMr. James (Mike) Fraley
Graduate Laboratory Assistant II
Email: james.fraley@go.tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 210
Phone: 254-968-1814
Ms. Barbara Godinez- MartinezMs. Barbara Godinez- Martinez
Adjunct Faculty
Email: godinez@tarleton.edu
Office: O.A. Grant 327
Phone: 254-968-9039
Ms. Joyce GorganMs. Joyce Gorgan
Adjunct Faculty
Email: gorgan@tarleton.edu
Office: Waco Campus
Phone: 254-968-9039
Ms. Melanie HaasMs. Melanie Haas
Adjunct Faculty
Email: mhaas@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 304
Phone: 254-968-9830
Kristyn HammondKristyn Hammond
Adjunct Faculty
Email: khammond@tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 304
Phone: 254-968-9830
Ms. Chelsae HayMs. Chelsae Hay
Graduate Laboratory Assistant I
Email: chelsae.hay@go.tarleton.edu
Office: OAG 210
Phone: 254-968-1814
Ms. Alexa HernandezMs. Alexa Hernandez
Graduate Laboratory Assistant 1
Email: alexa.hernandez@go.tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 210
Phone: 254-968-1814
Ms. Mailys Hutteau- ToupillierMs. Mailys Hutteau- Toupillier
Graduate Laboratory Assistant 1
Email: mailys.hutteau@go.tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 304
Phone: 254-968-9830
Ms. Kathryn Jones- MaloneMs. Kathryn Jones- Malone
Adjunct Faculty
Email: kmalone@tarleton.edu
Office: OAG 304
Phone: 254-968-9830
Ms. Jeri MartinMs. Jeri Martin
Graduate Laboratory Assistant 1
Email: jeri.martin@go.tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 327
Phone: 254-968-9039
Dr. Barbara McGregorDr. Barbara McGregor
Adjunct Faculty
Email: bmcgregor@tarleton.edu
Office: O.A. Grant 313
Phone: 254-968-9750
Ms. Carolyn Ordiway-ThiemMs. Carolyn Ordiway-Thiem
Graduate Laboratory Assistant I
Email: carolyn.ordiwaythiem@go.tarleton.edu
Office: OAG 210
Phone: 254-968-1814
Ms. Dondi RatliffMs. Dondi Ratliff
Graduate Laboratory Assistant I
Email: dondi.ratliff@go.tarleton.edu
Office: OA Grant 327
Phone: 254-968-9039
Ms. Keri SchaeferMs. Keri Schaefer
Adjunct Faculty
Email: schaefer@tarleton.edu
Office: OAG 304
Phone: 254-968-9830
Ms. Lisa Thomas-McNewMs. Lisa Thomas-McNew
Adjunct Faculty
Email: thomasmcnew@tarleton.edu
Office: OAG 304
Phone: 254-968-9830
Ms. Molly ThorntonMs. Molly Thornton
Adjunct Faculty
Email: thornton@tarleton.ede
Office: O.A. Grant 304
Phone: 254-968-9830