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Allen R. Dunn, Head
Bill J. Hardwig, Director of Graduate Studies

Professors
Anderson, M.G. (Young Professor), PhD – Vanderbilt
Atwill, J.M., PhD – Purdue
Billone, A.C., PhD – Princeton
Dean, M.L., MFA – Michigan
Dunn, A.R. (Carroll Teaching Professor), PhD – Washington
Elias, A.J., PhD – Penn State
Garner, Jr., S.B., PhD – Princeton
Haddox, T.F., PhD – Vanderbilt
Henry, N.E. (Distinguished Humanities Professor), PhD – Chicago
Hirschfeld, H.A. (Young Teaching Professor), PhD – Duke
Howes, L.L., PhD – Columbia
Jennings, L.D. (Distinguished Humanities Professor), PhD – North Carolina
Knight, M., MFA – Virginia
Liuzza, R.M., PhD – Yale
Lofaro, M.A., PhD – Maryland
Maland, C. (Bruce Professor), PhD – Michigan
Ndigirigi, J.G., PhD – California (Los Angeles)
Papke, M.E. (Hodges Teaching Professor), PhD – McGill (Canada)
Stillman, R.E. (Curry Professor), PhD – Pennsylvania

Associate Professors
Chiles, K.L., PhD – Northwestern
Cohen-Vrignaud, G.G., PhD – Chicago
Coleman, D.D., PhD – Stanford
Dzon, M.C., PhD – Toronto (Canada)
Griffin, M., PhD – California (Los Angeles)
Hardwig, W.J., PhD – Florida
Hirst, R.K., PhD – Rensselaer Polytechnic
King, L.M., PhD – Kansas
Lee, B.F., PhD – Virginia
Morey, S.W., PhD – Florida
Ringer, J.M., PhD – New Hampshire
Saenkhum, T., PhD – Arizona State
Schoenbach, L.M., PhD – Virginia
Seshagiri, U.S., PhD – Illinois
Welch, A.K., PhD – Yale

Assistant Professors
Gonzalez, L.C., PhD – Arizona
Grieser, J.A., PhD – Georgetown
Havens, H.C., PhD – McGill (Canada)
Hebert, C.J., MFA – Michigan
Huth, T., PhD – Kansas
Palis, E.M., PhD – Pennsylvania

Distinguished Lecturer
Barrow, R., PhD – Iowa
Brouwers, M.H., PhD – Western Michigan
Harris, S.C., PhD – Tennessee
Hoffer, L.A., PhD – Penn State
Larsen, W.B., PhD – Tennessee
MacCartey, K.D., PhD – Warwick (UK)
Murphy, A.A., PhD – George Washington
Nicks, R.J.G., PhD – Florida
Smith, E.S., PhD – S. Mississippi

Senior Lecturers
Addicott, R.M., PhD – Florida
Bannon, B.D., PhD – Western Ontario
Brawn, W.A., PhD – Louisiana State
Dean, L.M., PhD – Tennessee
Gentry, E., MA – Tennessee
Greene, T.C., PhD – Tennessee
Knox, L.B., MA – Indiana
MacKenzie, S.H., PhD – Tennessee
McCue, K., MA – Tennessee
McKinstry, D.K., PhD – Tennessee
Meredith, E.G., MA – Tennessee
Newburn, H.F., PhD – Illinois (Carbondale)
Sheffield, C.L., MA – Radford
Spirko, R.L., PhD – North Carolina

Lecturers
Akers, H.S., PhD – Georgia
Baker, H.D., PhD – Georgia State
Bistline, E.N., PhD – Texas Tech
Han, J.S., PhD – Indiana (Bloomington)
Langendorfer, A., PhD – Ohio
Massey, K.L., PhD – Tennessee
McLeod, J.P., PhD – Tennessee
Melton, S.E., PhD – Tennessee
Snellen, A.M., PhD – Tennessee
Swanson, V.H., PhD – Tennessee
Tabone, M.A., PhD – Tennessee
Turner, S.A., PhD – Virginia
Wallace, D.D., PhD – Tennessee
Yost, R., M.A. – Tennessee

Writing Center Director
Benson, K.F., EdD – Tennessee

The Department of English offers the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with a major in English, and the Master of Fine Arts with a major in Creative Writing. Concentrations for the MA are available in: Literature, Criticism, and Textual Studies (thesis or non-thesis option); and Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics (thesis option only); and concentrations for the PhD are available in Creative Writing (with creative dissertation); Literature, Criticism, and Textual Studies; and Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics.

Detailed information about the master’s and doctoral programs and individual graduate courses may be obtained by writing the Director of Graduate Studies in English, 306 McClung Tower. A prospective student may contact the Office of Graduate Admissions for procedures and for other admissions information. For additional information, please visit the Graduate Studies in English pages through the Department of English website.

The Department of English does not accept students in non-degree or provisional status. A student who wishes to enter the department must apply in degree-seeking status for his/her application to receive consideration for admission to any graduate program in English.

Important Note: Students enrolling in English graduate courses must first register in the Office of the Director of Graduate Studies in 306 McClung Tower.

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