English 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

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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Melissa Febos

, M.F.A.

Assistant Professor of English

Phone: (315) 792-3028
Office: 121 DePerno Hall

B.A. Eugene Lang College
M.F.A. Sara Lawrence College
2010 and 2011 MacDowell Colony fellow

Areas of Interest:

Writing (fiction and nonfiction)

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Jiajia He

, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of English

Phone: (315) 792-5292
Office: 112 DePerno Hall

B.A. Beijing International Studies University
M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Areas of Interest:

Composition studies
TESL/TEFL methodology
Second language literacy
Second language acquisition
ESL teaching and research

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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: R305 Romano Hall

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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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

Chair, English

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