Faculty & Staff

Mark Baard
Special Instructor of Journalism
B.S., Syracuse University
Stace Budzko
Special Instructor of Writing
M.F.A., Emerson College; B.A., St. Michael's College
Christopher Craig
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., M.A., Tufts University; B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston
Dan DeGooyer, Jr.
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Montana; B.S., University of Utah
Matthew Elliott
Chair, Department of English
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., M.A., University of Maryland, College Park; B.A., Catholic University of America
Lisa Falvey
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.A., William Patterson University; B.S., Russell Sage College
Mikal Gaines
Dissertation Fellow
Ph.D. candidate, M.A., The College of William and Mary; B.A., Hampton University
Katie Liesener
Special Instructor of Writing
M.S., Boston University; B.A., Millikin University
Kelly McGuire
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., M.A. Brandeis University; B.A., University of New Mexico
David Palumbo
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., Tufts University; M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo; B.M., Vanderbilt University
Mary Elizabeth Pope
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., B.S., Central Michigan University
Lisa M. Stepanski
Professor of English
Coordinator, First Year Seminars and Writing Program
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; M.A., B.A., Boston College

