Faculty

Stacy Aronson

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• M.A., University of Kansas
• B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University

Areas of Expertise

• Spanish Language
• Brazilian Portuguese Language
• 16-17th Century Peninsular Spanish Literature, Particularly by Women Authors
• Literary Representations of Sexual Violence
• Muslim and Jewish Literature of Spain

Severine Bates

Graduate School Fellow

Areas of Expertise

Lisa Bevevino

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., The Ohio State University
• B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Areas of Expertise

• Medieval French Literature
• Latin
• Old Occitan
• Old French

Tammy Berberi

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., Indiana University

Areas of Expertise

• Disability and Aesthetics
• Tristan Corbière
• 19th-century French Literature
• Disability Studies
• Inclusion in Higher Education

Mary Elizabeth Bezanson

Professor

• Ph.D., University of Washington
• M.A., University of Washington
• B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• B.A., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Areas of Expertise

• Rhetorical History and Criticism
• Children's Literature
• Presidential Inaugurals
• Freedom of Speech
• Rhetoric of Picturebooks

Siobhan Bremer

Associate Professor

• M.F.A., Minnesota State University Mankato
• B.S., Winona State University

Areas of Expertise

• Acting
• Voice and Movement
• Directing

Sarah Buchanan

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., University of Minnesota

• Alumni Association Teaching Award

Areas of Expertise

• Francophone Studies
• West African Cinema and Literature
• Maghrebian Cinema and Literature
• Caribbean Literature
• French Cinema

Barbara Burke

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., Purdue University

Areas of Expertise

• Creation and Dissemination Mass Media Stories that Inform our Relationships Between People
• How Marginalized People are Understood by Mainstream Society
• Media Content and Audiences

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

Areas of Expertise

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

Vicente Cabrera Funes

Professor

• Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
• M.A., University of Massachusetts
• B.A., Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito

• Morris Faculty Distinguished Research Award
  Author of five books of Literary Studies.
  Author of five novels.

Areas of Expertise

• Spanish Language
• Contemporary Spanish and Latin American Novel
• Contemporary Hispanic Cinema

Stephen Carey

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., Washington University
• M.A., Washington University
• B.A., Saint Joseph's University

Areas of Expertise

• Medieval European Literature with an emphasis on the 12th and 13th centuries
• Historical Linguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
• Novel Theory
• German and Scandinavian Literature
• Gender Studies

Mike Cheyne

Graduate School Fellow

Areas of Expertise

Mark Collier

Associate Professor, Chair

• Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
• B.A., Columbia University

Areas of Expertise

• Modern Philosophy
• Philosophy of Mind/Cognitive Science
• Moral Psychology

Julia Dabbs

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
• M.A., University of Maryland, College Park
• A.M.L.S., University of Michigan
• B.A., University of Michigan

Areas of Expertise

• Women Artists of the Early Modern Period (1500–1800)
• 17th C. French Sculpture and Art Theory

Brad Deane

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., Northwestern University
• B.A., University of Michigan

• Alumni Association Teaching Award

Areas of Expertise

• Nineteenth Century British Literature

Diane DeJong

Teaching Specialist

Areas of Expertise

• Voice

Dan Demetriou

Assistant Professor

• Ph. D., University of Colorado
• M.A., Texas A&M University
• M.A., Youngstown State University
• B.A., Ambassador University

Areas of Expertise

• Ethics
• Political Philosophy
• Philosophy of Law

Ann DuHamel

Teaching Specialist

• D.M.A., University of Iowa (in progress), Piano Performance and Pedagogy
• M.M., University of Notre Dame, Piano Performance and Literature, concentration in Accompanying
• B.A., College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, Piano Performance, Composition

Areas of Expertise

• Piano

Preston Duncan

Teaching Specialist

• M.M.,Bowling Green State University
• B.M., Indiana University

Areas of Expertise

• Saxophone

Michael Eble

Associate Professor

• M.F.A., University of Mississippi, Oxford
• B.F.A., University of Louisiana

Julie Eckerle

Associate Professor
Assistant Chair of the Humanities Division

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

Areas of Expertise

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

Joel Eisinger

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., Indiana University
• M.F.A., Indiana University
• M.A., Stanford University
• B.A., Indiana University

Areas of Expertise

• History of Photography

David Ericksen

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., University of Illinois

Areas of Expertise

• American Literature before the Civil War
• Creative Writing

Janet Schrunk Ericksen

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., University of Illinois

• Alumni Association Teaching Award
• Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award

Areas of Expertise

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

James Flegel

Lecturer

• D.M.A., University of Minnesota
• M.M., University of Minnesota
• M.A., University of Minnesota
• B.A., St. Olaf College

Areas of Expertise

• Guitar

Kevin Flicker

Teaching Specialist

• B.A., University of Minnesota, Morris
• Apprenticeship, St. John’s University

J. Wesley Flinn

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
• M.M., College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
• B.M., Morehead State University

Areas of Expertise

• Music Theory
• Composition

Pieranna Garavaso

Professor

• Ph.D., University of Nebraska
• M.A., University of Padova (Italy)
• B.A., University of Padova (Italy)

• Alumni Association Teaching Award
• Horace T. Morse-Minnesota Alumni Association Award

Areas of Expertise

• Metaphysics
• Philosophy of Language
• Epistemology
• Frege
• Analytic Feminism

Tom Genova

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., UC Santa Cruz
• M.A., UC Santa Cruz
• D.E.A., Universidad de Salamanca
• B.A., Georgetown University

Areas of Expertise

• 19th and 20th-century Spanish American literature
• Hemispheric studies
• The historical novel
• Race in the Americas
• Afro-latinidades

Becca Gercken

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., University of Miami

Areas of Expertise

• American Indian Literature
• Multicultural Literature

Vicki Graham

Professor

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

Areas of Expertise

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

Melissa Hanson

Areas of Expertise

• Voice

Annette Helder

Teaching Specialist

• B.A. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Areas of Expertise

• Piano

Scott Horey

Teaching Specialist

• D.M.A., University of Minnesota
• M.M.A., University of Minnesota
• B.A., University of Maine

Areas of Expertise

• Percussion
• Percussion Coaching
• Drum Set Coaching

Athena Kildegaard

Teaching Specialist

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

Areas of Expertise

• Poetry
• Creative writing about the natural world

Roxanne Klemetson

Teaching Specialist

• B.A., Bethel University, St. Paul

Areas of Expertise

• Piano

John Kleinwolterink

Teaching Specialist

Areas of Expertise

• Music education methods

Chrissy Kolaya

Assistant Professor

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

Areas of Expertise

• Poetry
• Creative Writing
• Fiction and Short Stories

Peter Koprince

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., University of North Dakota
• M.A., University of North Dakota
• B.A., Wake Forest University

Areas of Expertise

• Humor Communication, Specifically Humor Used in Education
• Online Communities
• Nonverbal Communication

Michael Lackey

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Areas of Expertise

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

Jessica Larson

Professor

• M.F.A., University of Colorado
• B.A., University of Minnesota, Morris

Lory Lemke

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Areas of Expertise

• Epistemology
• Metaphysics

Emily Lyman

Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

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

Areas of Expertise

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

Kristi Miller

Teaching Specialist

Areas of Expertise

• Voice

Brook Miller

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., Indiana University

Randy Morken

Teaching Specialist

Areas of Expertise

• Organ
• Piano

Anthony Ocaña

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., North Dakota State University

Areas of Expertise

• Management of conflict in personal and professional lives
• Communication Research Methods
• Organizational Communication
• Intercultural Communication

Clara Osowski

Teaching Specialist

• M.A., University of Iowa
• B. M., North Dakota State University

Areas of Expertise

• Voice

Denise Odello

Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., University of California
• M.A., University of California
• B.M., University of California

Areas of Expertise

• Musicology
• Ethnomusicology
• Oboe

Mike Odello

Teaching Specialist

• B.M., University of California, Irvine

Areas of Expertise

• Tuba
• Brass and Percussion Techniques

Tracy Otten

Associate Professor

• M.F.A., University of South Dakota
• Palackeho Univerzita, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• B.S., North Dakota State University

Brian Parmeter

Teaching Specialist

• M.S., Michigan Technological University

Areas of Expertise

• Visual Rhetoric

Riccardo Pizzinato

Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

Nancy Pederson

Teaching Specialist

• M.A., University of Minnesota

Areas of Expertise

• English as a Second Language

Theresa Peper

Teaching Specialist

Areas of Expertise

Windy González Roberts

Teaching Specialist

• M.Ed., Concordia College
• B.S., Lesley University

• UMM César Chávez Award
• Faculty-Staff Community Service Award

Areas of Expertise

• Spanish language
• Methods of Teaching Foreign Language
• Instructional Technologies in Language Instruction and Methodology
• Latino community issues

Adam Rossmiller

Lecturer

Areas of Expertise

• Trumpet

Joel Salvo

Graduate School Fellow

Areas of Expertise

• Strings
• String Techniques
• Chamber Orchestra

Jimmy Schryver

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., Cornell University
• M.A., Cornell University
• B.A., Boston University

Areas of Expertise

• Archaeology (Medieval and Garden)
• Eastern Mediterranean (Late Antiquity through Late Medieval)
• Frankish Cyprus (1191-1489 CE)
• Material Culture of Identity and Cultural Interaction

Ray Schultz

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., Wayne State University
• M.A., Wayne State University
• B.A., New York University

Areas of Expertise

• Theatre History and Literature
• Shakespeare
• Acting and Directing

Jason Squinobal

Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

• Jazz
• Saxophone

Therese Sutula

Teaching Specialist

Areas of Expertise

Lindsey Thompson

Graduate School Fellow

Areas of Expertise

Simon Tillier

Teaching Specialist

• D.M.A., College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
• M.M., University of Calgary, Canada
• B.M., Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK

Areas of Expertise

• Symphonic Winds
• Chamber Music
• Conducting
• Woodwind Techniques
• Clarinet

Amy Toscani

Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor

Areas of Expertise

Tisha Turk

Associate Professor
Writing Center Director

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Areas of Expertise

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

Lee Varpness

Teaching Specialist

• B.A. University of Minnesota, Morris

Areas of Expertise

• Trombone
• Euphonium

James Wojtaszek

Associate Professor

• Ph.D., Rutgers University
• M.A., Kent State University
• B.A., Kent State University

Areas of Expertise

• Spanish Language
• 19th and Early 20th Century Spanish Peninsular Literature
• Role of Modernity in Spain’s “Generation of 1898”
• Anarchism
• Marxism and Utopianism in 19th Century Spain
• Spanish Romanticism
• The Practice and Theory of Translation