Faculty & Staff

Faculty and Staff contact information for the English Department.

Faculty

Paul Barickman

Assistant Professor

barickmanp@denison.edu

740-587-6460

Sylvia Brown

Associate Professor

browns@denison.edu

740-587-5792

Amy Butcher

Associate Professor

butchera@denison.edu

Michael Croley

Associate Professor

croleym@denison.edu

740-587-6570

Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach

Assistant Professor

dasbachj@denison.edu

Peter Grandbois

Professor

grandboisp@denison.edu

740-587-5793

Jennifer Leonard ’09

Visiting Assistant Professor

leonardj@denison.edu

Yen Loh

Assistant Professor

lohy@denison.edu

740-587-6752

Diana Adesola Mafe

Professor

Director of the Lisska Center for Intellectual Engagement

mafed@denison.edu

740-587-6237

Regina Martin

Associate Professor

The Dominick Consolo Endowed Professorship

martinr@denison.edu

740-587-5681

Michael Mayne

Assistant Professor

Chair of Queer Studies

maynem@denison.edu

740-587-6207

Alan Miller

Professor of Practice

millerad@denison.edu

740-587-8520

Fred Porcheddu-Engel ’87

Professor

porcheddu@denison.edu

740-587-6246

Jack Shuler

Professor

Director of Journalism

shulerj@denison.edu

740-587-6244

Margot Singer

Professor (English/Creative Writing)

Director of Creative Writing

Director of Strategy for the Arts

The Thomas B. Fordham Chair in Creative Writing

singerm@denison.edu

740-587-5741

Matthew Smalley

Associate Professor

smalleym@denison.edu

740-587-6568

Doug Swift

Visiting Assistant Professor

swiftd@denison.edu

740-587-5335

James Weaver

Associate Professor

Chair of English

Lorena Woodrow Burke Endowed Chair of English

weaverj@denison.edu

740-587-5794

Staff

Jean McCalmont

Academic Administrative Assistant

mccalmontj@denison.edu

740-587-6207

Emeriti Faculty

David Baker

Professor Emeritus

baker@denison.edu

740-587-6419

Brenda Boyle

Professor Emerita

boyleb@denison.edu

Kirk Combe

Professor Emeritus

combe@denison.edu

Linda Krumholz

Professor Emerita

krumholz@denison.edu

Lisa McDonnell

Associate Professor Emerita

William W. Nichols

Professor Emeritus

nichols@denison.edu

Dennis Read

Associate Professor Emeritus

read@denison.edu

Sandy Runzo

Professor Emerita

runzo@denison.edu

740-587-6494

Anne Shaver

Professor Emerita

4shaver@bellsouth.net

Charles Stoneburner

Professor Emeritus

stoneburn@denison.edu

Ann Townsend ’85

Professor Emerita

townsend@denison.edu

740-587-6331

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