Faculty
Bachelor of Arts Degree • School of Arts and Sciences
English Major
Faculty
Frank Bergmann
, Ph.D.Professor of English/German
Phone: (315) 792-3149
Office: 255 White Hall
Neues Gymnasium Ravensburg, Germany
M.A. University of Arkansas
Ph.D. University of Tübingen, Germany
Areas of Interest:
American literature; emphasis on upstate New York
World literature; emphasis on the fairy tale
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John D. Cormican
, Ph.D.Professor of English
Phone: (315) 792-3185
Office: 174 Gordon Science Center
B.A., M.A. Ball State University
Ph.D. University of Michigan
M.S.W. Syracuse University
Areas of Interest:
Composition
English language
Linguistics
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Jason R. Denman
, Ph.D.Associate Professor of English
Phone: (315) 792-3265
Office: 204 Faculty Center
Chair, English
B.A. in English, Summa Cum Laude, University of California, Davis
M.A. in English, University of California, Irvine
Ph.D. in English, University of California, Irvine
Areas of Interest:
Early British literature
Seventeenth-century drama and lyric poetry
Shakespeare, Beaumont and Fletcher, Milton, Dryden
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Mary Anne Hutchinson
, Ph.D.Professor of English
Phone: (315) 792-3221
Office: 116 DePerno Hall
Chair, Fine Arts
Area Head for Fine Arts and Humanities
B.A. Utica College
M.A., Ph.D. Syracuse University
Areas of Interest:
British literature prior to 1800
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Mary Ann Janda
, Ph.D.Professor of English
Phone: (315) 792-3325
Office: 201 Faculty Center
Director, Writing Center
Director of the Mohawk Valley Writing Project
B.A. and M.A. English Literature, University of Illinois at Chicago
Ph.D. Composition and Rhetoric, University of Illinois at Chicago
Areas of Interest:
Life writing
Freshman writing
Writing about disability
Writing about nature
Writing communities
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Gary F. Leising
, Ph.D.Associate Professor of English
Phone: (315) 223-2381
Office: 310 Romano Hall
B.A. University of Dayton, Ohio
M.F.A. University of South Carolina
Ph.D. University of Cincinnati
Areas of Interest:
Creative writing (primarily poetry)
Poetry in English since 1900
Prosody
Creative writing pedagogy
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Diane Matza
, Ph.D.Professor of English
Phone: (315) 792-3259
Office: R204 Romano Hall
Director of the Honors Program
B.A. University of Michigan
M.A. Wesleyan University
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University
Areas of Interest:
American studies
20th century American literature
Ethnic literature
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Lisa M. Orr
, Ph.D.Professor of English
Phone: (315) 792-3058
Office: 131 Library Concourse
Chair, Liberal Studies
B.A. Syracuse University
M.A. State University of New York at Binghamton
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of Interest:
Early twentieth century American literature
Working-class literature
Literature of the supernatural
Creative writing
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Suzanne R. Richardson
, M.F.A.Assistant Professor of Creative Non-Fiction
Phone: (315) 223-2464
Office: 121 DePerno Hall
B.A. Creative Writing and Literature, Bard College
M.F.A Fiction/Nonfiction, University of New Mexico
Areas of interest
Creative Writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry)
Nonfiction (memoir, reportage, experimental, lyric)
Creative Writing Pedagogy
19th Century American Lit
Composition
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James M. Scannell
, Ph.D.Associate Professor of English
Phone: (315) 792-3113
Office: R307 Romano Hall
B.A. Middlebury College
M.A. University of Virginia
Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook
Areas of Interest:
British nineteenth and twentieth century literature
Aesthetics
Aesthetic theory
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Barbara L. Witucki
, Ph.D.Associate Professor of English
Phone: (315) 792-3829
Office: 201 ECJS Building
B.A. Music Theory, Hunter College, CUNY
M.A. English, Villanova University
M.A. and Ph.D. Classical Languages and Literature, New York University
Areas of Interest:
Greco-Roman epic
Reception of classical literature in the long eighteenth century
Development of the novel
Careers in English
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"The English program instilled in me all the knowledge I needed to wade through the difficulties of an English grad school program."
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