Department of English & Theater Arts

Nora McBurney, Administrative Assistant
637 College Hall
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Email: mcburne655@duq.edu
Phone: 412.396.6420
Fax: 412.396.1112

Department News and Events

University Commencement

Friday, May 3
5:00 p.m.
A.J. Palumbo Center

College of Liberal Arts Diploma Ceremony

Saturday, May 4
9:00 a.m.
A.J. Palumbo Center 

English Festival

Thursday, May 9
8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Department office closed:

Thursday, May 9 (holy day)
Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day) 

Please see the News and Events page for exciting faculty news and information on these
upcoming events.

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Faculty & Staff


Spring 2013 Faculty Office Hours


Full-Time Faculty

 

barnhiselGreg Barnhisel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Rhetoric & Composition, Modernism
Director of First-Year Writing
412.396.6432
637E College Hall
barnhiselg@duq.edu

 


Craig BernierCraig Bernier, M.F.A.

Instructor of Writing
412.396.4643
625 College Hall
bernierc@duq.edu

 

 

gerra-boscoGerra Bosco, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
412.396.4923
341 Mellon Hall
boscog@duq.edu

 

 

Anne BrannenAnne Brannen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
 Medieval Literature & Drama, Twentieth C. Irish Literature

412.396.6433
626 College Hall
brannen@duq.edu


 

runquistBeth Buhot Runquist, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor
412.396.5165
621 College Hall
buhot826@duq.edu  

 



Linda CallananLaura Callanan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Victorian Literature & Culture, Literary Theory
Director of Graduate Studies
412.396.1278
631A College Hall
callananl@duq.edu

 

Ava CipriAva Cipri, M.F.A.

Instructor of Writing
412.396.4115
627 College Hall
cipria@duq.edu

 

 

Laura EngelLaura Engel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Restoration & Eighteenth C. Literatures, Dramatic Literature, Feminist Theory

Director of Women's and Gender Studies
412.396.1425
632A College Hall
engell784@duq.edu


John FriedJohn Fried, M.F.A., M.A.

Assistant Professor
412.396.6428
624 College Hall
friedj@duq.edu

 

 

Kathy Glass, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
African-American Literature, Women's Studies

Director of Undergraduate Studies
412.396.1424
629 College Hall
glassk@duq.edu

 

Susan HowardSusan K. Howard, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
The Novel, British Literature of the Long Eighteenth C.
412.396.6441
622 College Hall
howard@duq.edu

 

 

jonesBettina Jones, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor
412.396.5165
621 College Hall 
jonesb@duq.edu

 

 

 

Linda KinnahanLinda Arbaugh Kinnahan, Ph.D.

Professor
Twentieth C. American & British Poetry, Feminist Theory

412.396.6440
623 College Hall
kinnahan@duq.edu

 

TKinnahanThomas P. Kinnahan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
American LIterature

412.396.6439
630A College Hall
kinnahant@duq.edu

 

KurlandStuart M. Kurland, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Literature of the English Renaissance, Shakespeare

412.396.6424
630B College Hall
kurland@duq.edu

 


LaneJohn E. Lane, Jr., M.A.

Associate Professor
Director of Theater Arts

412.396.6429
632A/B College Hall
lanej@duq.edu

 

 

Jessica McCortJessica McCort, Ph.D.

Instructor of Writing
412.396.4115
627 College Hall
mccortj@duq.edu

 

 

Magali MichaelMagali Cornier Michael, Ph.D.

Professor
Contemporary British & American Fiction, Feminist Theory
Department Chair

412.396.5560
637C College Hall
michael@duq.edu

 

Emad MirmotahariEmad Mirmotahari, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
African, African-American, & black diasporic literatures, World Literature

412.396.6414
628 College Hall
mirmotaharie@duq.edu

 

James PurdyJames P. Purdy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Rhetoric & Composition, Writing & Technology
Director of the University Writing Center

412.396.1293
620 College Hall
purdyj@duq.edu

 

Danielle St HilaireDanielle A. St. Hilaire, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
British Renaissance Poetry, Milton

412.396.6435
632B College Hall
sthilaired@duq.edu

 

Judy SuhJudy Suh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
British Modernism, Postcolonial Theory
 
412.396.1426
631B College Hall
suhj@duq.edu

 

 

Timothy VincentTimothy Vincent, Ph.D.

Instructor of Writing
412.396.4643
625 College Hall
vincent841@duq.edu

 

 

Daniel WatkinsDaniel P. Watkins, Ph.D.

Professor
Nineteenth C. British Literature, Literary Theory

412.396.6438
619 College Hall
watkins@duq.edu

 

 

Frederick Newberry, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
American Literature
newberryf@duq.edu

 

Adjunct Faculty

 

Lisa Barreiro
412.396.1531
632 College Hall
barreirol@duq.edu

 

begnalMichael Begnal
412.396.1531
632 College Hall
begnalm@duq.edu

 

 

 

benjaminClint Benjamin
412.396.6431
630 College Hall
benjaminc@duq.edu

 

 

 

chesterAndrea Chester
412.396.6427
631 College Hall
chestera@duq.edu

 

 

 

gentryNicholas Gentry
412.396.1531
632 College Hall
gentryn@duq.edu

 

 

 

gipkoChristine Gipko
412.396.6431
630 College Hall
gipkoc@duq.edu

 

 

 

F.J. Hartland
412.396.6429
623A College Hall
hartlandf@duq.edu

 

 

houghtonPaul Houghton, Ph.D.
412.396.1531
632 College Hall
houghtonp@duq.edu

 

 

 

kirchnerBill Kirchner
412.396.1531
632 College Hall
kirchnerw@duq.edu

 

 

 

loveNancy Love
412.396.5873
623A College Hall
loven@duq.edu

 

 

 

manningJon Manning
412.396.6427
631 College Hall
manningj951@duq.edu

 

 

 

marcumCarl Marcum
412.396.1531
632 College Hall
marcumc@duq.edu

 

 

 

mertzRebecca Mertz
412.396.6427
631 College Hall
mertzr@duq.edu

 

 

 

poteetMark Poteet, Ph.D.
412.396.6431
630 College Hall
poteetw@duq.edu

 

 

 

SowardsRobin Sowards, Ph.D.
412.396.6427
631 College Hall
sowardsr@duq.edu

 

 

 

thompsonMark Thompson
412.396.5873
623A College Hall
thompsonm553@duq.edu

 

 

 

lwilliamsLorena Williams
412.396.6427
631 College Hall
willia59@duq.edu

 

 

 

wolfLaurin Wolf
412.396.1531
632 College Hall
wolfl1@duq.edu

 

 

 

zelesnickJoshua Zelesnick
412.396.6431
630 College Hall
zelesnickj@duq.edu

 

 

 

Teaching Assistants

All Teaching Assistants are located in 639A College Hall.

 

Lindsey Albracht
albrachtl@duq.edu

 


bienasKatelyn Bienas
bienask@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

butcherIan Butcher
butcheri@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

crilleyMariah Crilley
crilleym@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

durkinMatthew Durkin
durkinm@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

heilmanMatthew Heilman
heilmanm@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

higaJade Higa
higaj@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

kaneJennifer Kane
kanej2@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

kunsaAshley Kunsa
kunsaa@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

lennoxEthan Lennox
lennoxe@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

luckenbillRachel Luckenbill
luckenbillr@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

panutsosMarcie Panutsos
panutsos824@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

parishMary Parish
parishm@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

readCheryl Read
readc@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

reznikAlexandra Reznik
reznika@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

richterShannon Richter
richters@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

rutterEmily Rutter
ruttere@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

sarkarShawon Sarkar
sarkars@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

stoyanoffJeff Stoyanoff
stoyanoffj@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

tavelaSara Tavela
tavelas@duq.edu

 

 

 

 

Staff

 

Nora McBurney
Administrative Assistant
412.396.6420
412.396.1112 (fax)
637 College Hall
mcburne655@duq.edu

 

Will Powell
Graduate Assistant
powellw1@duq.edu