Faculty

Language and Literature Faculty 
 
Sean Benson
Education: B.A., M.A.T. University of Iowa; Ph.D. Saint Louis University
Expertise: Renaissance and Medieval literature; Shakespeare
James Brownlee
Education: B.A. Wheaton College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Expertise: late 19th and 20th Century American literature; African American literature; religion and literature
Diane Chambers
Education: B.S. Bemidji State University; M.A. University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D. The Ohio State University
Expertise: 19th Century British literature; women writers; diaries, memoir and autobiography
Steven Jensen
Education: B.S. University of Cincinnati; M.S., Ph.D. The Ohio State University
Expertise: pre-20th Century American literature; literary theory; religion and literature
Leslie Nielsen
Education: B.A. University of Akron; M.A. The Ohio State University
Expertise: writing; literature, especially poetry and women writers; arts and faith; general humanities
Randi Pahlau
Education: A.A., B.S., M.A. Kent State University
Expertise: Civil War literature; American realism; British Victorian and Renaissance literature; composition
Cindy Ries
Education: B.S. Malone College; M.A. College of Mount St. Joseph; PhD. University of Akron
Expertise: basic and developmental writing; retention of developmental students; English education
Cherie Parsons
Education: B.A. Mount Vernon Nazarene College; M.A. University of Akron
Expertise: linguistics; composition pedagogy; English education
Greg Summers
Education: B.A. The Ohio State University; M.A. John Carroll University
Expertise: composition and rhetoric; ESL; writing center instruction and tutoring
Julia Villaseņor
Education: B.A. University of the Americas; M.A. University of Akron; Ph.D. Kent State University
Expertise: linguistics; Latin America; Latinos in the U.S.;  translation
 
 
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