Faculty

University of Idaho

Dept. of English
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441102
Moscow, ID 83844-1102

Fall 2007

Faculty in the Department of English

For a list of Teaching Assistants, click here.

Go here for a list of all department personnel.

Main English office: 208-885-6156. Fax: 208-885-5944
Name Area Rank/Position Office Telephone Email Education
Douglas Q. Adams Linguistics Professor Brink 228 208-885-6561 dqadams@uidaho.edu A.B., 1968, A.M., 1971, Ph.D., 1972, Univ. of Chicago
Deb Allen   Financial Tech Brink 200 208-885-6157 djallen@uidaho.edu  
Reenie L. Arnold Business Writing Lecturer Brink 115 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 reenie@uidaho.edu B.S., 1992, M.A., 1998, Univ. of Idaho
Victoria M. Arthur Composition, British Lit. Lecturer Brink 209 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 varthur@uidaho.edu B.A., 1987, Univ. of Puget Sound, M.A., 1999, Western Washington Univ. (Bellingham); Ph.D, 2006, Washington State University
Kim M. Barnes Creative Writing Associate Professor Brink 130 208-885-2621 kbarnes@uidaho.edu B.A., 1983, Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, Idaho); M.A., 1985, Washington State Univ.; M.F.A., 1995, Univ. of Montana (Missoula)
Susan F. Beegel American Lit. Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Editor of the Hemingway Review 14 Terhune Dr., Phippsburg, ME 04562 207-389-2839 editor@hemingwaysociety.org B.A., 1976, Wellesley College (Wellesley, Massachusetts); M.A., 1978, M.Phil., 1980, Ph.D., 1986, Yale Univ.
Mary Clearman Blew Creative Writing, British Lit. Professor Brink 212 208-885-7337 mblew@uidaho.edu B.A., 1962, M.A., 1963, Montana; Ph.D., 1969, Missouri
Steven R. Chandler Linguistics Associate Professor, Director of M.A. TESL Program Brink 223 208-885-6918 chandler@uidaho.edu B.A., 1969, M.A., 1972, Kansas State; Ph.D., 1979, Univ. of Texas (Austin)
Sayantani Dasgupta Core Courses Lecturer Brink 127 sdasgupta@vandals.uidaho.edu  
Thomas A. Drake Composition, Core Classes Lecturer Brink 117 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 tdrake@uidaho.edu B.A., 1994, M.A., 1996, Univ. of Idaho
E. Philip Druker Technical Writing Senior Instructor Brink 204 208-885-5704 phild@uidaho.edu B.A., 1969, College of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minn.); M.A., 1983, Univ. of Idaho
Richard W. Fehrenbacher British Lit. Associate Professor, Advisor to English literature majors Brink 202 208-885-5563 fehrenba@uidaho.edu B.A., 1984, Southern Mississippi; M.A., 1986, Univ. of Tennessee (Knoxville); Ph.D. 1992, Duke Univ.
Stephan P. Flores British Lit. Associate Professor, Director of the Univ. Honors Prog. And Advisor to freshmen English majors (last names A to K) Brink 125 and Honors Program Office 885-6156, 885-6147 sflores@uidaho.edu B.A., 1979, Univ. of Oregon (Eugene); M.A., 1981, Ph.D., 1988, Univ. of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Candida Gillis English Education Professor, Director of the M.A.T. Program and Advisor to teaching English majors Brink 215 208-885-6142 cgillis@uidaho.edu B.A., 1965; M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1975, Stanford Univ.
Lillian R. Hatheway   Admin. Asst. Brink 200 208-885-6156 lillianh@uidaho.edu  
Warren J. Hayman Composition, Intro. Lit., Creative Writing Lecturer Brink 123 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 whayman@uidaho.edu B.A., 1987, Univ. of Idaho; M.F.A, 1990, Virginia Commonwealth Univ. (Richmond).
Jean M. Henscheid Core Classes Lecturer Brink 126 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 jeanh@uidaho.edu B.A., 1983, Idaho State Univ.; M.P.A., 1992, Idaho State Univ.; Ph.D., 1996, Eastern Washington Univ.
Walter A. Hesford American Lit. Associate Professor, Dir. of Undergrad Stu. & Advisor to English Minors, Amer. Stud., trans. stu., & Prof. maj. (A-K) Brink 121 208-885-6941 hesford@uidaho.edu B.A., 1968, Trinity College; M.A., 1972, Ph.D., 1975, Harvard Univ.
Debra J. Hieronymus Composition Lecturer Brink 116 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 debrah@uidaho.edu A.A.S., 1993, B.A., 1997, Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, Idaho); M.F.A. Univ of Idaho, 2000
A. D'Wayne Hodgin Technical Writing, Intro. Literature, Creative Writing Lecturer, Advisor to Creative Writing majors Brink 229 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 dhodgin@uidaho.edu B.A., 1975, Southeastern Louisiana; M.A., 1982, Univ. of Idaho
Cynthia J. Hollenbeck Composition Lecturer Brink 221 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 holl4687@uidaho.edu B.A., 1999, Lewis Clark State College; M.A., 2002, Western Washington Univ. (Bellingham), M.F.A., 2004, Univ. of Idaho
Cheryl Johnson Composition, Intro. Lit. Senior Instructor Brink 222 208-885-7657 cherylj@uidaho.edu B.A., 1970, Univ. of Denver; M.A., 1990, Univ. of Idaho
Janis A. Johnson American Lit., Core Classes Assistant Professor Brink 224 208-885-7743 janjohn@uidaho.edu B.A., 1990, Univ. of Washington; Ph.D., 1999, Tulane Univ. (New Orleans)
Jeff Jones Compositon and Creative Writing Lecturer Brink 115 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 jeffj@uidaho.edu B.A., 1995, Univ. of Colorado at Denver; M. A., 1997, Univ. of Washington; M.F.A., 2005, Univ. of Idaho
Mary Ann Judge Composition Senior Instructor, Director of the Writing Center Writing Center, 3rd floor of Commons 208-885-4300 judge@uidaho.edu B.A., 1985, M.A., 1990, Univ. of Idaho
Ronald E. McFarland Creative Writing, British Lit. Professor Brink 122 208-885-6937 ronmcf@uidaho.edu B.A., 1963, M.A., 1965, Florida State Univ.; Ph.D., 1970, Univ. of Illinois
Jodie A. Nicotra Rhetoric and Composition Assistant Professor, Asst. Director of Writing Brink 227 208-885-5945 jnicotra@uidaho.edu B.S., 1995 (biology), B.A., 1995 (English), Univ. of Pittsburgh; M.A., 2000, Ph.D., 2005, Pennsylvania State Univ.
Sheila R. O'Brien American Lit., Core Classes Associate Professor, Advisor to English freshman majors (last names L to Z) Brink 124 208-885-7874 sobrien@uidaho.edu B.A., 1975, Reed College; M.A., 1981, Univ. of California (Santa Barbara); Ph.D., 1987, Indiana Univ.
Kurt O. Olsson British Lit. Professor, Chair & Advisor to Professional majors (M-Z) Brink 208 208-885-6157 olsson@uidaho.edu B.A., 1962, North Park Univ. (Chicago); M.A., 1963, Columbia Univ.; Ph.D., 1968, Univ. of Chicago
Daniel A. Orozco Creative Writing Assistant Professor Brink 220 208-885-5030 danielo@uidaho.edu B.A., 1979, Stanford Univ.; M.A., 1992, San Francisco State Univ.; M.F.A., 1994, Univ. of Washington
Joy Passanante Creative Writing Senior Instructor, Assoc. Director of Creative Writing and Advisor to Creative Writing majors Brink 203 208-885-7128 joy@uidaho.edu A.B., 1969, Washington Univ. (St. Louis); M.A.T., 1971, Cornell Univ.
Sean R. Prentiss Composition Lecturer Brink 120 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 prentiss@uidaho.edu B.A., 1994, Western State College (Gunnison, Colorado), M.F.A., 2005, Univ. of Idaho
Kurt Queller Linguistics Lecturer Brink B15 208-885-6156
(msgs only)		 kqueller@uidaho.edu B.A., 1976, M. A. 1978, Univ. of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); Ph.D., 1994, Stanford Univ. (Palo Alto, CA)
Brandon R. Schrand Composition, Creative Writing Lecturer, Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program Brink 221 208-885-7407 bschrand@uidaho.edu B.A., 1998, Southern Utah Univ. (Cedar City); M.S., 2003, Utah State Univ. (Logan); M.F.A., Univ. of Idaho, 2006
Elizabeth M. Sloan Core Courses Lecturer Brink 127 esloan@vandals.uidaho.edu  
Gordon P. Thomas Composition and Rhetoric Associate Professor, Director of Writing and Adviser for Writing Minors Brink 213 208-885-6384 thomas@uidaho.edu B.A., 1974, Emory Univ. (Atlanta); M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1985, Univ. of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Karen L. Thompson Technical Writing, Core Classes Lecturer Brink 216 208-885-5714 thompson@uidaho.edu B.A., 1992, M.A., 1994, Univ. of Idaho
Gary Williams American Lit., Core Classes Professor, Director of M.A. English Program Phinney 404 208-885-4348 jgw@uidaho.edu A.B., 1969, Washington Univ. (St. Louis); M.A., 1972, Ph.D., 1973, Cornell Univ.
Robert A. Wrigley Creative Writing Professor, Director of the M.F.A. English Program and Director of Creative Writing majors Brink 217 208-885-6823 rwrigley@uidaho.edu B.A., 1974, Southern Illinois Univ.; M.F.A., 1976, Univ. of Montana (Missoula)

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