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When creating a thesis committee or an exam committee, students should be aware of English professors’ particular areas of expertise.  Students who decide to write a thesis are advised to choose three faculty members who have expertise in their chosen thesis topic.  Students who select the exam option should choose one faculty member from three of the four possible areas that they wish to be tested on:  (1) Early British Literature (2) Later British Literature (3) American Literature (4) Composition/Rhetoric

Early British Literature (Prior to 1789)

Professor Mita Choudhury, Assistant Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  British Literature, Theatre and Performance Studies, Postcolonial Discourse, Gender and Technology, Globalization and Postmodernism
Contact Information:  CLO 276 (219) 989-2262 or choudhur@calumet.purdue.edu

Professor Colin Fewer, Associate Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  Linguistics, Early British Literature
Contact Information:  CLO 286 (219) 989-2657 or fewer@calumet.purdue.edu

Professor Colette Morrow, Associate Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses TaughtWomen's and Gender Studies, Early Modern British Literature and Rhetoric, Feminist Theories (Global Feminisms), Chicana Literature and Rhetoric, Global Leadership
Contact Information:  CLO 288 (219) 989-2256 or morrow@calumet.purdue.edu

 Professor Robert Selig, Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  British Literature, Shakespeare
Contact Information:  CLO 282 (219) 989-2649 or shake911@aol.com

Later British Literature (1790 and later)

Professor. Robert Selig, Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  British Literature, Shakespeare
Contact Information:  CLO 282 (219) 989-2649 or shake911@aol.com

American Literature

Professor Dennis Barbour, Associate Professor of English, Head of the Department of English and Philosophy
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  American Literature, British Literature (Medieval, 18th, 19th, 20th Centuries).  Bible as Literature (Old and New Testaments)
Contact Information:  CLO 217A (219) 989-2261 or barbour@calumet.purdue.edu

Professor Jane Campbell, Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  American Literature, African American Literature, Contemporary American Fiction, Ethnic and Global Literatures, Women’s Studies, Media Studies
Contact Information:  CLO 274 (219) 989-2413 or campbell@calumet.purdue.edu

Professor James (Andy) Miller, Assistant Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses TaughtFilm History and Aesthetics, Popular Culture and New Media, 20th Century American Literature, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Folklore and Oral Communication
Contact Information:  CLO 272 (219) 989-2683 or millerja@calumet.purdue.edu

Professor Clement Stacy, Associate Professor of English
Area of Specialization / Courses Taught:  American Literature
Contact Information: CLO 221 (219) 989-2245 or csstacy@calumet.purdue.edu

Composition/Rhetoric

Professor Karen Bishop-Morris, Assistant Professor of English, Director of the Writing Center
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  Advanced Composition, Writing Centers
Contact Information:  CLO 225 (219) 989-2646 or morrisk@calumet.purdue.edu

Professor Carolyn Boiarsky, Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught: Professional Writing, Technical Writing, Business Writing, Magazine Feature Writing, News Writing, Developing Public Information Programs, Writing & Designing Newsletters, Brochures, Flyers
Contact Information:  CLO 229 (219) 989-2207 or boiarsc@calumet.purdue.edu

Professor Lizbeth Bryant, Associate Professor of English, Director of Composition
Areas of Specialization / Courses TaughtTeaching Writing, Writing Program Administration, Writing Assessment, Voice in Writing, Early American Literature
Contact Information:  CLO 223 (219) 989-2653 or bryant@calumet.purdue.edu

Professor Mark Mabrito, Associate Professor of English
Areas of Specialization/Courses Taught: Computers and the Teaching of Writing, Writing for New Media, Workplace Writing, Rhetoric and Composition
Contact Information: CLO 280 (219) 989-2651 or mmabrito@purdue.edu

Literary Theory and Research

Professor Daniel Punday, Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  Literary Theory, Contemporary Literature Narrative and Fiction
Contact Information:  CLO 278 (219) 989-2686 or punday@calumet.purdue.edu

Creative Writing and Poetry

Professor Michael Dobberstein, Associate Professor of English
Areas of Specialization / Courses Taught:  Creative Writing, Poetry, Modern Poetry
Contact Information:  CLO 219(219) 989-2364 or dobbermk@calumet.purdue.edu

English as a Second Language

Professor Mohammed Errihani, Assistant Professor of English
Director, English Language Program

Areas of Specialization / Courses TaughtEnglish as a Second Language, Language Policy, Sociolinguistics, Rhetoric, North African Languages
Contact Information:  CLO 264 (219) 989-2657 or errihani@calumet.purdue.edu

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