Department of English, Theatre and Languages

English, Theatre and Languages
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6246
Fax: 910.775.4092
Email: etl@uncp.edu

Location: Dial Humanities Building, Suite 103
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faculty and staff

CHAIRPERSON

	Dennis Sigmon, Professor and Chair Email: dennis.sigmon@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6312 Office: Dial Humanities 105 Ph.D., Purdue University Areas: English Literature and Languages



ENGLISH FACULTY
	Dayle Bailey, Lecturer Email: dayle.bailey@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6814 Office: Dial 138A M.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke Areas: English Composition/Education

	Nancy W. Barrineau, Professor Email: nancy.barrineau@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6429 Office: Dial Humanities 116 Ph.D., University of Georgia Areas: American Literature and Literary Theory Home Page: www.uncp.edu/home/nwb

	Loreen Bessire, Lecturer Email: loreen.bessire@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6857 Office: Sirius 154 M. A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke Area: Composition

	Nancy Britt, Lecturer Email: nancy.britt@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6246 Office: Mimosa 147

	Monika Brown, Professor Email: monika.brown@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6257 Office: Dial Humanities 110 Ph.D., Duke University Areas: British Novel, World Literature, Victorian Studies, Literature in Music and Film, Composition & English Education Home Page: www.uncp.edu/home/monika/

	Mark Canada, Professor Email: mark.canada@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6431 Office: Dial Humanities 118 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas: American Literature and English Language Home Page: www.uncp.edu/home/canada

	Susan Cannata, Associate Professor Email: cannata@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6806 Office: Dial Humanities 119 Ph.D., University of New Mexico Areas: Victorian Literature and The Novel Home Page: www.uncp.edu/home/cannata

	Youngsuk Chae, Assistant Professor Email: youngsuk.chae@uncp.edu Phone: 775-4290 Office: Dial Humanities 249 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Areas: Postcolonial literature, World literature, Asian American literature

	Teagan Decker, Assistant Professor and Director of the University Writing Center Email: teagan.decker@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6437 Office: Dial 131A Ph.D., University of Washington Areas: Composition, Rhetoric, Language

	Michael Fairley, Lecturer Email: michael.fairley@uncp.edu michaelf@richmond.cc.nc.us Phone: 910.521.6246 Office: M.A., North Carolina A & T University Areas: English, African American Literature, Communications

	Jan Gane, Lecturer E-mail: jan.gane@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5753 Office: Dial Humanities 250 M.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke Area: Composition

	Kim Gunter, Assistant Professor and Director of Composition Email: kim.gunter@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6359 Office: Dial Humanities 248 Ph.D., University of Illinois Areas: Composition, GLBTQ Studies

	Anita R. Guynn, Assistant Professor Email: anita.guynn@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6880 Office: Sirius 155 Ph.D., University of South Carolina Area: Composition

	Jim Helgeson, Email: jim.helgeson@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6487 Office: Dial Humanities 138C Ph.D., Indiana University M.A., University of Iowa B.A., Yale University Areas: Modern American Literary Theory, History of the Novel

	Karen Helgeson, Associate Professor Email: helgeson@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6436 Office: Dial Humanities 108 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas: Modernism, Creative Writing, and Contemporary Literature Faculty Advisor, Student Publication, The Aurochs

	Steven Hedgpeth, Lecturer Email: steven.hedgpeth@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.5802 Office: Sirius 150 M.A. University of North Carolina at Pembroke Areas: Composition & Literature

	Scott Hicks, Assistant Professor Email: scott.hicks@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4032 Office: Dial Humanities 104B Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Areas: African American Literature, 20th Century American Literature, Environmental Literature

	Deana C. Johnson, Lecturer and Director of College Opportunity Program Email: deana.johnson@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6470 Office: D. F. Lowry, Office 126 M.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke

	Ginny Jones, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate English Education Email: virginia.jones@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6887 Office: Dial Humanities 154 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro Areas: Rhetoric and Composition, American Literature

	Brigitte Knight, Lecturer Email: knightbm@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6484 Office: Dial Humanities 138B M.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke Areas: Composition

	Roger A. Ladd, Assistant Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in English Education Email: roger.ladd@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6624 Office: Dial Humanities 121A Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison Areas: Medieval Studies, British Literature, Composition

	Ron Layne, Lecturer Email:layner@sandhills.edu Phone: 910.521.6246

	Walter Lewallen, Lecturer Email: walter.lewallen@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.4154 Office: Sirius 156 Ph.D., University of South Florida Areas: 20th Century British & American Literature/Theory

	Jonathan P. Lewis, Assistant Professor Email: jon.lewis@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6886 Office: Dial Humanities 113 Ph.D., University of California at Riverside Areas: 20th and 21st Century American, British, and Irish Literature and Film, Composition

	Virginia K. McClanahan, Professor Email: kay.mcclanahan@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6633 Office: Dial Humanities 120 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Areas: Speech, Linguistics, English as a Second Language

	Cynthia Miecznikowski , Assistant Professor Email: cmieczni@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5749 Office: Dial 119 Ph.D., Penn State Areas: Rhetorical History, Theory, & Pedagogy, Critical & Literary Theory, Academic Writing & the Essa

	Jennifer Morgan, Email: jennifer.morgan@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5802 Office: Sirius 152

	Frank B. Myers, Jr., Lecturer Email: frank.myers@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5798 Office: Sirius 158 M.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke Areas: Literature and Composition

	Patsy A. Odom, Lecturer Email:podom@adelphis.net Phone: 910.521.6246 Office: Sirius 156 Areas: Literature and Composition

	Robin Oswald, Lecturer College Opportunity Program Email: robin.oswald@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6469 Office: D. F. Lowry, Office 127 M.A., University of North Carolina at Pembroke Areas: Composition, English Literature

	Sara Oswald, Senior Lecturer and Yearbook Advisor Email: sara.oswald@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6566 Office: Dial Humanities 112 M.A., Rutgers University Areas: British Literature, Composition, Publication Editing and Design

	Jesse Peters, Associate Professor and Dean of Honors College Email: peters@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6841 Office: Old Main, Room 204 Ph.D., University of New Mexico Areas: Native American Literature, Modernism, Language and Rhetoric, Creative Writing Home Page: www.uncp.edu/home/peters

	Melissa A. Schaub, Lecturer Email: melissa.schaub@uncp.edu Phone: 910.522.5794 Office: Dial 133 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison Areas: British Literature and Composition

	Dennis Sigmon, Professor and Chair Email: dennis.sigmon@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6312 Office: Dial Humanities 105 Ph.D., Purdue University Areas: English Literature and Languages

	Shelby D. Stephenson, Professor and Editor of Pembroke Magazine Email: shelby.stephenson@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6433 Office: Dial Humanities 102 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison Areas: American Literature, Creative Writing and Poetry Home Page: www.shelbystephenson.com

	James Thigpen, Lecturer Email: james.thigpen@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6842 Office: Dial 104A

	Charles Tita, Director, Continuing Education & Distance Education Email: charles.tita@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6367 Office: Continuing Education

	Patricia D. Valenti, Professor Email: patricia.valenti@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6430 Office: Dial Humanities 115 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas: American and Women's Literature, English Education

	Richard R. Vela, Professor Email: richard.vela@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6600 Office: Dial Humanities 121 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas: Shakespeare, Film, Contemporary and Latino Literature

THEATRE FACULTY

	Holden G. Hansen, Associate Professor Email: holden.hansen@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6774 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center, 2nd Floor M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin Areas: Creative Drama and Theatre for Young Audiences

	Chet Jordan, Professor and Coordinator of Theatre Email: chet.jordan@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6289 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center 311 Ph.D., Bowling Green State University Areas: Theatre and Speech

	Gary Tremblay, Lecturer, Production Manager, and Technical Director Givens Performing Arts Center Email: gary.tremblay@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6288 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center

	David Underwood, Lecturer and Designer Givens Performing Art Center Email: david.underwood@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6408 Office: Givens Performing Arts Center M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Area: Theater Technology

	Natalie Fields, Costumer/Choregrapher Email: natalie.fields@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6754 Office: GivensPerforming ArtsCenter, 2nd floor
LANGUAGES FACULTY

	Jose Gomez, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Spanish Education Email: jose.gomez@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6432 Office: Dial Humanities 245 Ph.D., Wayne State University Areas: Spanish Language and Spanish American Literature

	Peter Imoro, Lecturer Email: peter.imoro@uncp.edu Phone: 910.775.4033 Office: Dial 244 Ph.D., University of Alberta Areas: Spanish/Hispanic Literature

	Cecilia Lara, Lecturer Email: cecilia.lara@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6246 M.A., Middlebury College Area: Spanish

	Enrique J. Porrua, Assistant Professor Email: enrique.porrua@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6428 Office: Dial Humanities 247 Ph.D., Texas Tech University Areas: Spanish Peninsular Literature and Spanish Language

	Marion Thompson, Lecturer Email: marion.thompson@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6246 M.A., Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Area: French

	Liliana Wendorff, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Spanish Email: liliana.wendorff@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6434 Office: Dial Humanities 246 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Areas: Spanish Language and Spanish American Literature

	Vadim Zyubanov, Visiting Scholar Coordinator, Oral Language Lab Email: vadim.zyubanov@uncp.edu Ph.D., Tomsk State Pedagogical University Areas: Russian & Computer Assisted Language Learning
STAFF

	Emma N. Evans, Administrative Support Associate, English Composition & Spanish Programs Email: emma.evans@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6435 Office: Dial Humanities, 2nd floor, Room 241

	Tina P. Emanuel, Technology Support Technician & Director, ETL Resource Center Email: tina.emanuel@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6358 Office: Dial Humanities 141

	Carolyn Price, Administrative Support Associate Email: carolyn.price@uncp.edu Phone: 910.521.6246 Office: Dial Humanities 107

Updated: Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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