DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains six levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, (3) Adjunct, (4) Adjunct Research Co-Mentor, (5) Affiliate, and (6) Adjunct Teaching.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Adjunct Research Co-Mentor members may serve as co-chair of a master's or doctoral committee. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one adjunct or affiliate graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

Teaching adjunct members may not serve on graduate committees.

MEMBERS

JOHN BENSKO, Professor, PhD (1985), Florida State University [2016]

THERON BRITT, Associate Professor, PhD (1990), The University of California, Irvine [2013]

LORINDA B. COHOON, Associate Professor, PhD (2001), The University of Southern Mississippi [2018]

TERESA S. DALLE, Associate Professor, PhD (1983), The University of Arizona [2015]

SAGE L. GRAHAM, Associate Professor, PhD (2003), Georgetown University [2016]

CHARLES HALL, Associate Professor, PhD (1983), The University of Florida [2014]

CARY HOLLADAY, Associate Professor, MA (1982), Pennsylvania State University [2014]

KRISTEN D. IVERSEN, Associate Professor, PhD (1996), The University of Denver [2015]

JOSEPH G. JONES, Associate Professor, PhD (2002), The University of Arizona [2015]

LOEL S. KIM, Associate Professor, PhD (1998), Carnegie Mellon University [2016]

ERIC CARL LINK, Professor and Chair, PhD (1995), Purdue University [2014]

SONJA LIVINGSTON, Assistant Professor, MFA (2004), University of New Orleans [2016]

CATHERINE MARTIN, Professor, PhD (1989), The University of California, Santa Cruz [2013]

REGINALD MARTIN, Professor, PhD (1985), The University of Tulsa; M.F.A. (1993), Norwich University [2018]

BRAD MCADON, Associate Professor, PhD (2002), Texas A & M University [2016]

PHILIP MCCARTHY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), The University of Memphis [2015]

LADRICA MENSON-FURR, Associate Professor, PhD (2002), Louisiana State University [2014]

CAREY MICKALITES, Assistant Professor, PhD (2005), Michigan State University [2018]

VERNER D. MITCHELL, Professor, PhD (1995), Rutgers University [2013]

JOSHUA PHILLIPS, Associate Professor, PhD (2001), The University of Chicago [2014]

SUSAN POPHAM, Associate Professor, PhD (2000), The University of Louisville [2018]

GENE A. PLUNKA, Professor, Ph.D (1978), The University of Maryland-College Park [2013]

JEFFREY M. SCRABA, Associate Professor, PhD (2006), Rutgers University [2017]

KATHY LOU SCHULTZ, Associate Professor, PhD (2006), University of Pennsylvania [2018]

STEPHEN TABACHNICK, Professor, PhD (1971), University of Connecticut [2018]

EMILY A. THRUSH, Professor, PhD (1990), Georgia State University [2013]

CYNTHIA G. TUCKER, Professor, PhD (1967), The University of Iowa [2018]

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

CRISTINA MARIA CERVONE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2004), University of Virginia [2018]

SHELBY L. CROSBY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), State University of New York at Buffalo [2014]

DARRYL DOMINGO, Assistant Professor, PhD (2008), University of Toronto [2017]

RONALD FUENTES, Assistant Professor, PhD (2009), University of Washington [2018]

JOHN D. MILES, Assistant Professor, PhD (2009), Duke University [2015]

JAMES W. NEWCOMB, Associate Professor, PhD (1974), The University of Iowa [2018]

DMITRI STANCHEVICI, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), Texas Technological University [2014]

TERRENCE TUCKER, Assistant Professor, PhD (2006), University of Kentucky [2018]

ADJUNCT MEMBERS

JAMES BRASFIELD, MFA (1979), Columbia University [2013]

LEIGH ANN DUCK, PhD (2000), University of Chicago [2015]

ANGELA THEVENOT, Instructor, PhD (2012), The University of Memphis [2016]

ADJUNCT TEACHING MEMBERS

RYAN K. GUTH, PhD (2002), University of Cincinnati [2014]

MARILYN TRIMBLE, MA (1974), Memphis State University [2014]

BRANDY WILSON, PhD (2008), Florida State University [2015]

AFFILIATE MEMBERS

MARK CARL BEHR, MFA (2002), University of Notre Dame [2014]

LESLIE GRAFF, PhD (2009), State University of New York at Buffalo [2015]

COURTNEY MILLER SANTO, Instructor, MFA (2011), The University of Memphis [2014]

NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.