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Chris Butler

Christopher Butler

Teaching Specialist

  • Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (in progress)
  • M.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
  • M.A., University of Notre Dame
  • B.A., Miami University

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    Areas of Expertise

    • International development
    • Social movements
    • Political ecology/environmental issues
    • Sports
    • Gender

    Michael Cheyne

    Mike Cheyne

    Graduate School Fellow


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          Bradley Deane

          Brad Deane

          Associate Professor

          • Ph.D., Northwestern University
          • B.A., University of Michigan
          • Alumni Association Teaching Award

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          Areas of Expertise

          • Nineteenth Century British Literature

          Julie Eckerle

          Julie Eckerle

          Associate Professor
          Assistant Chair of the Humanities Division

          • Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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          Areas of Expertise

          • Early Modern British Literature
          • Women’s Writing and Representations of Gender in Literature
          • Early Modern Life Writing

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          David Ericksen

          Assistant Professor

          • Ph.D., University of Illinois

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            Areas of Expertise

            • American Literature before the Civil War
            • Creative Writing

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            Janet Schrunk Ericksen

            Associate Professor

            • Ph.D., University of Illinois
            • Alumni Association Teaching Award
            • Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award

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            Areas of Expertise

            • Old English Literature
            • Middle English Literature
            • Old Norse-Icelandic Literature
            • History of the English Language

            Rebecca Gercken

            Becca Gercken

            Associate Professor

            • Ph.D., University of Miami

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            Areas of Expertise

            • American Indian Literature
            • Multicultural Literature

            Vicki Graham

            Vicki Graham

            Professor

            • Ph.D. University of California
            • M.A., University of California
            • B.A., San Francisco State University

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            Areas of Expertise

            • Poetry and poetics
            • 20th Century British and American poetry
            • Nature poetry
            • Eco-criticism
            • Creative writing

            Athena Kildegaard

            Athena Kildegaard

            Teaching Specialist

            • M.A.T., University of Chicago
            • B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College

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              Areas of Expertise

              • Poetry
              • Creative writing about the natural world

              Christine Kolaya

              Chrissy Kolaya

              Assistant Professor

              • M.F.A., Indiana University
              • B.A., Loyola University

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              Areas of Expertise

              • Poetry
              • Creative Writing
              • Fiction and Short Stories

              Michael Lackey

              Michael Lackey

              Associate Professor

              • Ph.D., University of Kentucky

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              Areas of Expertise

              • Twentieth-century Intellectual History
              • God and Religion in Literature
              • Atheism

              Argie Manolis

              Argie Manolis

              Coordinator of Community Engagement

              • M.F.A., Arizona State University
              • B.A., Kent State University
              • B.S., Kent State University
              • Morris Academic Staff Award

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              Areas of Expertise

              • Project planning/coordination
              • Reflective practices
              • Program assessment
              • Creative Writing

              Chris Miller

              Brook Miller

              Associate Professor

              • Ph.D., Indiana University

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              Brian Parmeter

              Brian Parmeter

              Teaching Specialist

              • M.S., Michigan Technological University

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                Areas of Expertise

                • Visual Rhetoric

                Nancy Pederson

                Nancy Pederson

                Teaching Specialist

                • M.A., University of Minnesota

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                  Areas of Expertise

                  • English as a Second Language

                  Tisha Turk

                  Tisha Turk

                  Associate Professor
                  Writing Center Director

                  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

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                  Areas of Expertise

                  • Fan Videos
                  • Composition Studies
                  • Writing Centers and Peer Tutoring
                  • Narrative Theory
                  • History of the Novel in English
                  • Gender and Sexuality Studies




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