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Ms. Shannon Abbott
Instructor
Online
254-968-9039

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Academic Degrees:
MFA in Creative Writing Nonfiction, Pacific U
MA in Writing, U of North Texas
Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, U of North Texas

Specializations: Creative Writing, Rhetoric, and Literary Analysis

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Ms. Shanda Adams
Visiting Instructor
O.A Grant 239B
254-968-9039

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Dr. Jeanelle Barrett

Associate Professor/Graduate Director

O. A. Grant 331
254-968-9281

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Dr. Elson Bond
Professional Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 313
254-968-9320

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Ms. Danielle Brady
Instructor
O.A Grant 318
254-968-9750

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Academic Degrees:
MA in English, Tarleton State U
BA in English, Texas Tech U

Specializations: Composition, Feminist Rhetorics, and Fan Studies

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Dr. Jacob Brewer
Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 324
254-968-5629

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Academic Degrees:
PhD, U of Louisiana at Lafayette
MFA, Oklahoma State U
BA, U of Wisconsin-Madison

Specializations: Creative Writing (Fiction); Renaissance and Medieval Literature; Film

Notable Publications: “Diamond Skin and Bones of Jewel” in Old Moon Quarterly #8; “Ballad of the Absent Dawn” in Propagule #6.

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Ms. Shannon Cearley
Instructor
O. A. Grant 307
254-968-9039

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Ms. Megan Cline
Instructor
O. A. Grant 317
254-968-9039

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Ms. Elizabeth “Liz” Cozby
Visiting Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 239B
254-968-9039

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Ms. Hayley Danley
Instructor
O. A. Grant 314
254-968-5633

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Academic Degrees:
MA in English, Tarleton State U
BA, Tarleton State U

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Ms. Jill Davis-Steele
Instructor
O. A. Grant 321
254-968-5416

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Academic Degrees:
MS in English, Texas A&M–Commerce U
BS in Psychology, Tarleton State U

Specializations: Composition, Pop Culture Rhetoric, Literature

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Mr. Stephen Dillard
Visiting Instructor
O. A. Grant 239B
254-968-9039

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Dr. Sam Dodson
Professor
FWB1 263G and O. A. Grant 336
254-968-9034

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in English, U of Nebraska-Lincoln
MA, U of Iowa
BS in Ed, U of Nebraska-Omaha

Specializations: 20th Century American Poetry, Film Studies: New Hollywood

Notable Publications: Berryman’s Henry: Living at the Intersection of Need and Art (Rodopi), 2006.

Big Life: A Poetic Memoir Complete with Fiction OR “… send my roots rain” (The Black Mountain Press), 2021.

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Dr. Kristina Downs
Assistant Professor and
Executive Director, Texas Folklore Society
O. A. Grant 210
254-459-5446

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in Folklore, Indiana U
MA in Folklore, George Mason U
BA in Latin American Studies, College of William and Mary

Specializations: Folklore, Digital Culture, Folk Narrative

Notable Publications: Advancing Folkloristics (Indiana UP, 2021) (co-editor)

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Ms. Barbara Green
Visiting Instructor
O. A. Grant 239B
254-968-9039

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Ms. Renae Green
Instructor
O. A. Grant 337
 254-968-9036

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Academic Degrees:
MFA in Creative Writing, Lindenwood U
BA in Elementary Education and English, Houston Baptist U

Specializations: Freshman Writing, Literature, Creative Writing

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Mr. Matt Hilts
Instructor
O. A. Grant 306
254-968-9296

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Dr. Katrina Hinson
Associate Professor and Director, University Writing Center

O. A. Grant 239C
254-968-1704

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in Rhetoric, Writing and Professional Communication, East Carolina U
MA in English – Literature, East Carolina U
BA in English-Writing, East Carolina U     

Certifications: The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Association of Colleges and Universities badge.

Specializations: Rhetoric, Professional Writing, Literature

Notable Publications: Hinson, K. (2025). Review of The End of Genre: Curations and Experiments in Intentional Discourses. Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Journal, 8(3).

Hinson, K. & Oldman, R. (2020) “Women in British Crime Procedurals” (Book Chapter).

Hinson, K., & Sword, B. (2019). “Illness Narratives and Facebook: Living Illness Well.” Humanities, 8(2), 106.

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Mr. Hank Jones
Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 311
254-968-9284

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Ms. Natalie Julian
Instructor
O. A. Grant 335
254-968-7617

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Ms. Lisa LaTouche
Instructor/FYW Coordinator
O. A. Grant 323
254-968-9318

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Academic Degrees:
MAT in English, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BA in English, U of California,  Santa Barbara

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Ms. Hannah Lindsey
Visiting Instructor
O. A. Grant 239B
1-254-968-9039

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Ms. Jeri Martin
Instructor
O. A. Grant 308
254-968-1682

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Dr. Kathleen Mollick
Professor/Director of Composition
O. A. Grant 329
254-968-9037

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in Rhetoric, Texas Woman’s U
MA in English, Tarleton State U
BA in Secondary English, Eastern Washington U
BA in English, Western Washington U

Specializations: Presidential discourse, composition theory, popular culture

Notable Publications:
“Genre Studies and MAD Magazine: Changing Genres in the 1950s and 1960s.” Seeing Mad: Essays on Mad Magazine’s Humor and Legacy from Cover to Fold- in. John Bird and Judith Lee, eds. U of Missouri P. 2020.

“Elizabeth II and Princess Diana: Saving the Monarchy.” Global Women Leaders: Studies in Feminist Political  Rhetoric. Michele Lockhart and Kathleen Mollick, eds. Lexington Books.  2014.

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Dr. Walter Moore
Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 334
254-968-9039

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in American Studies and English, Purdue U
MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry), Texas State U
BA in English, DePauw U

Specializations: Creative Writing (poetry), Contemporary U.S. Literature, American Studies & Film

Notable Publications: Tulsa Non-Poems, 2024, EMP Books.

My Lungs are a Dive Bar, 2019, EMP Books.

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Ms. Carrie Morrow
Instructor
O. A. Grant 325
254-459-5501

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Dr. Moumin Quazi
Professor
Online and O. A. Grant 239F
254-968-9283

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in English, U of North Texas
MA in English, U of North Texas
MA in Biblical Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
BFA (Radio/TV/Film), Texas Christian University

Certifications: The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Association of Colleges and Universities badge.

Specializations: Literature, Theory, Writing

Notable Publications: Migratory Words (Lamar University Literary Press, 2016)

“Sri Lankan Postcolonial Inversion and a “Thousand Mirrors” of Resistance,” In the Crossfire of History: Revisiting Women’s War Resistance Discourse, edited by Fayeza Hasanat and Lava Asaad. Rutgers UP, September 2022.

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Dr. Justin Rogers
Instructor
O. A. Grant 332
254-968-9039

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in  English, Texas A&M U
MA, New Mexico Highlands U
BA, Schreiner U

Specializations: 19th Century British Literature, Supernatural Fiction, Theories of Art

Notable Publication: “Imagination, Reading, and Cognitive Development: Early Insights in Edith Nesbit’s The Enchanted Castle.” The Incredible Nineteenth Century: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fairy Tale. vol. 3, no. 1, 12 May 2025, https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/I19/article/view/2602

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Dr. Mark Shipman
Professor
O. A. Grant 336
254-968-9035

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in English, U of North Texas
MAT, Tarleton State U
MBA, Tarleton State U

Specialization: Twentieth-Century American fiction

Notable publication: “Using a Heraclitean Approach in Teaching The Great Gatsby.” Approaches to Teaching Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Nancy P. VanArsdale. Modern Language Association, 2009.

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Ms. Joanna Spangler
Instructor
O. A. Grant 330
254-968-9930

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Academic Degrees:
MA and BA, Tarleton State U

Certifications: The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Association of Colleges and Universities badge.

Specializations: Tarleton Today, Composition, History

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Dr. Ben Sword
Associate Professor/Associate Dean
O. A. Grant 326
254-968-9893

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Mr. Steven Thayer
Instructor
O. A. Grant 312
254-968-9285

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Ms. Lisa Thomas-McNew
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O. A. Grant 310
254-459-7106

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Dr. Preston Waltrip
Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 315
254-968-9621

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in English, U of California, Riverside
MA, Texas Christian U
BA, U of Dallas

Specializations: American literature, literary theory, the novel

Notable publications: “Recovering the Lost Dream of the Past: Historical Memory and the Present in Carmen Boullosa’s Texas: The Great Theft.” American Literary History, 2022,vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 542-560.”

“Imagining Past, Present, and Future: Totalization and the Face-to-Face Encounter in Carmen Boullosa’s Heavens on Earth.” Science Fiction and the Historical Novel: Days of Future Pasts, edited by Ian MacDonald and Kate Polak, 2024, Liverpool UP, pp. 175-190.”

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Dr. Anne Widmayer
Professor/Department Head
O. A. Grant 326
254-968-9039

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Academic Degrees:
PhD in English Language and Literature, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MA, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BA with Honors in English and American Literature, Brown U

Specializations: 18th-Century British Literature, Gender Studies, Genre Studies

Notable Publications: Gender and Emotion in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Raging Women and Crying Men. Liverpool UP, 2024. Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment.
https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781835537008

Theatre and the Novel, from Behn to Fielding. Liverpool UP, 2015. Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment. SVEC 2015: 07, ISBN-13: 978-0-7294-1165-3.

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English Adjuncts

Adjunct Faculty members can be reached at 254-968-9039.

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Ms. Lindsey Bonneauonline
Ms. Anna Brittainonline
Mr. Greg Coleman online
Ms. Mandi Crumonline
Ms. Meredith Deedsonline
Ms. Sara Floresonline
Dr. Marianna Georgeonline
Dr. Jessica Griffith (Professional Writing)online
Ms. Sarah Horning (Tarleton Today)online
Ms. Leslie Johnsononline
Mr. Johnathon Kessleronline
Dr. Sheri McClure (Professional Writing)online
Ms. LaVeeda Newsome (Tarleton Today)online
Mr. Daniel Ooionline
Dr. Staci Perryman-Clarkonline
Ms. Carolyn Richeyonline
Ms. Lynn Scheeleonline
Dr. Matt Sherwood (Professional Writing)online
Ms. Marisela Trevinoonline
Ms. Kayla Westonline
Ms. Amanda Witherspoon (Tarleton Today)online
Ms. Carrie Wylieonline
Ms. Zhuwen Zhang (Tarleton Today)online