English

Ellensburg
Language and Literature 423

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http://www.cwu.edu/~english/graduate.html
See the English department Web site for additional information on undergraduate and graduate education and career opportunities in English

Faculty and Staff

Chair
Vacant

Graduate Director
Christopher Schedler

Professors
Liahna Armstrong, Ph.D., American literature, popular culture, film
Patsy Callaghan, D.A., rhetoric, world literature, English education
Toni Culjak, Ph.D., American, world and multicultural literature, film
Bobby Cummings, Ph.D., rhetoric, English education, computer composition
Loretta Gray, Ph.D., applied linguistics, composition
Charles Xingzhong Li, Ph.D., linguistics, TESOL, linguistic approaches to literature
Terry Martin, Ph.D., English education, women’s literature
Steven Olson, Ph.D., American literature, film
Paulus Pimomo, Ph.D., British literature, post colonial studies
Joseph Powell, M.F.A., creative writing, modern poetry
Sura Rath, Ph.D., literary critical theory, literature of the South
Gerald J. Stacy, Ph.D., English Renaissance literature
Christine A. Sutphin, Ph.D., Victorian literature, English novel, women’s literature
Associate Professors
Laila Abdalla, Ph.D., English medieval and Renaissance literature
George Drake, Ph.D., British literature, English novel

Assistant Professors
Christopher Schedler, Ph.D., American and multicultural literature
Katharine Whitcomb, M.F.A., creative writing

Emeritus Professors
Robert M. Benton, , Ph.D., American literature
Philip B. Garrison, M.A., non-fiction and poetry writing, world and Chicano literature
Mark W. Halperin, M.F.A., poetry writing, folk literature, modern poetry
John L. Vifian, Ph.D., 18th-century literature, English novel

Staff
Theresa Stevens, secretary supervisor
Jo Richards, office assistant II

Department Information

Overview
The English department offers two options for the Master of Arts degree: Master of Arts, English (Literature) and Master of Arts, English (TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).