Sarah K. Scott — Associate Professor of English, Department Chair

B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
M.A., Ph.D. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Areas of Interest: Shakespeare and early modern drama, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies. http://www.skssite.org

Thomas Bligh — Assistant Professor of English, Director of Creative Writing Program

B.A. Mount St. Mary's University
M.A. Miami University
Ph.D. Florida State University

Areas of Interest: Creative writing, the short story, twentieth-century American literature, creative nonfiction, travel writing, editing and publishing.

John Bugbee — Assistant Professor of English

B.A., Williams College
M.A. (religious studies), University of Virginia
M.A., PhD. (English), University of Virginia

Areas of Interest: Middle English, especially Chaucer and his contemporaries; English poetry; medieval theology, especially monastic; modern-period philosophy, especially Charles Saunders Peirce; religion-science dialogues; and contemporary theology in relation to its roots.

Peter Dorsey — Professor

B.A. St. Joseph's University
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Areas of Interest: Early American literature, including the literature of the American Revolution, African-American literature, the American Renaissance and American autobiography.

Robert Ducharme — Emeritus Professor

B.A., M.A. University of Notre Dame
M.A. John Carroll University
M.A. New York University
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

Areas of Interest: Film study, English romanticism, Russian fiction, Japanese literature and culture, Latin American fiction, and modern Irish literature.

Sr. Anne Higgins — Lecturer

B.A. St. Joseph College, Emmitsburg
MLA The Johns Hopkins University

Areas of Interest: Creative writing, poetry, modern and contemporary poetry, and freshman seminar.

Carol Hinds— University Professor

B.A. Saint Mary College
M.A. (English) University of Kansas
M.A. (Liberal Studies) St. John's College
Ph.D. University of Virginia

Areas of Interest: Eighteenth-century British literature, The Catholic Imagination, and Victorian literature.

Roberta LePage McFadden — Lecturer

B.A. St. Olaf College
M.A., Ph.D. Fordham University

Areas of Interest: Seventeenth-century British prose and nineteenth-century romantic poetry.

Indrani Mitra — Associate Professor of English

B.A. Presidency College (India)
M.A. University of Calcutta
Ph.D. Kent State University

Areas of Interest: Post-colonial literature from Africa, India, and the Caribbean countries; women writers; gender and cultural studies; environmental literature and criticism.

David Z. Wehner — Associate Professor of English

B.A. Williams College
M.A. University of Colorado at Boulder
Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Areas of Interest: Nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature, and history and theory of secularization.