English Faculty
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
Dr. Jeanelle Barrett
Associate Professor
Graduate Director
O. A. Grant 331
254-968-9281
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Certifications: The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) 
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Dr. Elson Bond
Professional Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 313
254-968-9320
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Certifications: The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)
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Dr. Danielle Brady
Professional Assistant Professor
Writing Center Director
O.A Grant 239C
254-968-9750
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Academic Degrees:
PhD, Texas Woman’s University
MA, Tarleton State University
BA in English, Texas Tech University
Specializations: Composition, Feminist Rhetorics, Fan Studies
Dr. Jacob Brewer
Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 334
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.
Dr. Elizabeth “Liz” Cozby
Professional Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 332
254-576-5125
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Ms. Jill Davis
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
Mr. Stephen Dillard
Instructor
O. A. Grant 314
254-459-5633
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Dr. Sam Dodson
Professor
C. A. B. 340
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.
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)
Ms. Haylee Fowler
Visiting Instructor
O. A. Grant 239B
254-968-9039
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Ms. Debra Glasgow
Visiting Instructor
O. A. Grant 239B
254-968-9039
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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
Dr. Dylan Henderson
Professional Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 316
254-968-9026
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Academic Degrees:
PhD in English Literature, Purdue University
MA, U of Arkansas
MLIS, U of Oklahoma
BA, U of Tulsa
BA, Oklahoma State U
Specializations: Weird Fiction, H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, Composition
Notable Publications: H. P. Lovecraft and the Genesis of the Modern Weird Tale (forthcoming from McFarland and Company);
“Biophilia, New Urbanism, and ‘He’: H. P. Lovecraft’s Contribution to Environmental Thought” (Studies in the Fantastic 2026);
“‘Cold Words, Heartless and Miserable’: Tolkien’s Approach to Supernatural Horror” (Journal of Tolkien Research 2025).
Dr. Katrina Hinson
Professor
O. A. Grant 329
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)
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.
Dr. Amber Hunsaker
Assistant Professor
Writing Program Administrator
O. A. Grant 318
254-576-6147
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Dr. Gwendolyn Inocencio
Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 330
254-567-6148
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Academic Degrees:
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, Texas A&M U
MSJ, Texas A&M U
BA in English and French, Sam Houston State U
Specializations: More-than-human rhetorics, Ecosemiotics, Professional and Technical Writing and Editing
Notable Publications: “Wikipedia as Editorial Microcosm: Wikipedia Articles and the Teaching of Applied Comprehensive Editing” (Kairos, Fall 2022).
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
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.
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)
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.
Dr. Justin Rogers
Professional Assistant Professor
O. A. Grant 306
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
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.
Ms. Joanna Spangler
Instructor
Tarleton Today Coordinator
O. A. Grant 311
254-968-9930
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Academic Degrees:
MA and BA, Tarleton State U
Certifications: The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)
Specializations: Tarleton Today, Composition, History
Dr. Ben Sword
Associate Professor
Associate Dean
O. A. Grant 326
254-968-9039
Biographical Information
Academic Degrees:
PhD in Rhetoric – Texas Woman’s University
MA in English – Tarleton State University
BA in English – Howard Payne University
Specializations: Rhetorical Theory, Disability Rhetoric Composition
Notable Publications:
Hinson, K., & Sword, B.. “Illness Narratives and Facebook: Living Illness Well.”
Mr. Steven Thayer
Instructor
O. A. Grant 312
254-968-9285
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Certifications: The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)
Dr. Preston Waltrip
Assistant Professor
C. A. B. 340
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.”
Dr. Anne Widmayer
Professor
Department Head
O. A. Grant 326
254-968-9039
Biographical Information
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.
English Adjuncts
Adjunct Faculty members can be reached at 254-968-9039.
Tarleton Today Team
Tarleton Today staff can be reached at 254-968-9039.
| Ms. Megan Cline |
| Ms. Hayley Danley |
| Ms. Sarah Horning |
| Ms. LaVeeda Newsome |
| Ms. Lisa Thomas-McNew |
| Ms. Joanna Spangler, Coordinator, O. A. Grant 311, 254-968-9930 |
| Ms. Amanda Witherspoon |
| Ms. Zhuwen Zhang |