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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY

In addition to being teachers, HWS professors are researchers and scholars in their fields. Faculty members devote time outside the classroom to engage students in research projects.


Biman Basu

Associate Professor of English (1998)

Ph.D., University of Minnesota at Minneapolis
M.A., North Carolina State University at Raleigh
B.A., Jadavpur Univeristy

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Telephone: 3367
Office: 112 Demarest

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Sarah Berry

Visiting Assistant Professor of English (2008)

Ph.D. Syracuse University, 2008
M.A. Syracuse University, 2000
B.S. Cornell University, 1996

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Telephone: 3359
Office: 210 Demarest Hall

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Eric Bulson

Assistant Professor of English (2009)



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Telephone: 3380
Office: 123D Demarest

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Rob Carson

Assistant Professor of English (2008)

PhD (2008), University of Toronto
MA, Philosophy, Queen's University
MA, English, Queen's University


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Telephone: 3358
Office: 106 Demarest

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Melanie Conroy-Goldman

Associate Professor of English (2002)

M.F.A., Oregon
B.A., Columbia (summa cum laude)

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Telephone: 3374
Office: 111 Demarest

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Stephen Cope

Assistant Professor of English (2011)

Ph.D., University of Caifornia, San Diego, 2005
M.A., University of California, San Diego, 1999
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz (Highest Honors in the College; Highest Honors in the Major), 1996

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Kathryn Cowles

Assistant Professor of English (2011)

M.A., British and American Literature, University of Utah
Ph.D., Creative Writing and English, University of Utah

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Anna Creadick

Associate Professor of English (2001)

Ph.D., English/American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2002
M.A., American Studies, Boston College, 1994
B.S., English and Education, Appalachian State University, 1991

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Telephone: 3871
Office: 113 Demarest

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James Crenner

Emeritus Professor of English (1967)

Ph.D., Iowa
M.F.A., Iowa
M.A., Iowa
B.A., St. Vincent

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Telephone: 3361
Office: 110 Demarest

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Peter M. Cummings

Emeritus Professor of English (1970)

Ph.D., North Carolina
M.A., Cornell
B.A., Cornell

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Telephone: 3359
Office: 108 Demarest

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Laurence Erussard

Chair

Associate Professor of English (2003)

Ph.D. University of Murcia, 2001
M.A., SUNY New Paltz, 1992
B.A., SUNY New Paltz, 1988

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Telephone: 3363
Office: 109 Demarest

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Mary Hess

Instructor of English (2005)

Ph.D. student, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
MA in American History, Michigan State University, 1999
B.A. in English, SUNY Buffalo, 1987

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Telephone: 3085
Office: 123B Demarest

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Grant I. Holly

Professor of English (1970)

Ph.D., University of Rochester
B.A., Wesleyan University

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Telephone: 3365
Office: 107 Demarest

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Kristine Johanson

Assistant Professor of English (2011)



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Yisrael Levin

Assistant Professor of English (2010)

Ph.D., University of Victoria
M.A., Tel Aviv University
B.A., Tel Aviv University


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Elisabeth Lyon

Associate Professor of English (1988)

Ph.D., California at Berkeley
M.A., New York
B.A., California at Berkeley

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Telephone: 3357
Office: 105 Demarest

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Caroline Manring

Assistant Professor of English (2010)



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Nicola Minott-Ahl

Assistant Professor of English (2004)

Ph.D., Comparative Literature, City College of New York, 2003
M.A., Comparative Literature, City College of New York, 1994
B.A., English, City College of New York, 1992

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Telephone: 3362
Office: 108 Demarest

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Daniel O'Connell

Emeritus Professor of English (1971)

Ph.D., Columbia
M.A., Columbia
B.A., Hunter

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Eric Patterson

Associate Professor of English and American Studies (1976)

Ph.D. Yale
M.Phil. Yale
M.A. Yale
A.B. Amherst summa cum laude

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Telephone: 3356
Office: 104 Demarest

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Tom Piazza

Peter Trias Writer-in-Residence (2011)



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David Weiss

Professor of English (1985)

M.A., Johns Hopkins
B.A., California, Berkeley

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Telephone: 3644
Office: 110 Demarest

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