Faculty & Courses - English
Courses
- English Composition
- Introduction to Literature
- World Literature
- British Literature
- American Literature
- Loomings Practicum
- Old and Middle English Literature
- Shakespeare
- Renaissance Literature
- Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature
- Classical Mythology
- The Novel
- Short Story
- Poetry
- Drama
- Film
- Creative Writing
- Advanced Composition
- Writing Fiction
- Young Adult Literature in Language Arts
- Romantic Literature
- Victorian Literature
- Twentieth Century British Literature
- American Literature from 1945 to the Present
- Literary Criticism
- Christianity and Literature
- The Vikings: History and Literature
- Legends of King Arthur
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Methods of Teaching Language Arts
- Language and Literature Seminar
- Special Topics
Faculty
Dr. George Nicholas
Ph.D. English (University of Southern Illinois)
M.A. English, (University of Tennessee)
B.A. English and History (University of South Alabama)
Research Interests: Old English poetry, Old Norse poetry and prose, Icelandic saga, Arthurian literature, Shakespeare.
Dr. Julia Bowen
Ph.D. English (Duquesne University)
M.A. English (Duquesne University)
B.A. English (University of Dallas)
Research Interests: The iconography of Queen Elizabeth I, Seventeenth-Century poetry, Restoration poetry, Restoration drama, film and literature, Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century novels.
Dr. Steve Mirarchi
Ph.D. English (Brandeis University)
B.A. English (Penn State University)
Additional post-doctoral work in Catholic theology and spirituality at Kenrick School of Theology and Creighton University
Research Interests: Catholic fiction, early American literature, religion and literature
Dr. Michael Stigman
Ph.D. English (University of Kansas)
M.Ed. English (Lynchburg College)
B.S. English (Liberty University)
Research Interests: The short story form, modernist literature, and postcolonial theory and fiction, the last of these because of his interest in the interaction between nations and cultures, as they appear in fictional accounts. Most of his free reading time he gives to contemporary short stories and non-fiction essays.
Dr. Sarah Young
Ph.D. English (University of Kansas)
M.A. English (University of Kansas)
B.A. English and German (Baker University)
Research interests: Music and literature, Literature of World War I, Modernism, 20th-Century Women writers, Women’s travel writing
Katie Rieger
Ph.D. English (Oklahoma State University (Anticipated May 2021))
M.A. Technical Writing (Missouri State University)
B.A. Professional Writing (Missouri State University)
Research Interests: The intersection of intercultural communication and writing; evidence-based innovations in educational technology; and community and environmental writing