English

Faculty

Seemee Ali
  • Assistant Professor of Great Ideas and English
Lentz Hall 315
·(262) 551-6328
Seemee Ali joined the Carthage faculty in 2008 from Loyola College (Md.), where she had been a visiting assistant professor teaching courses in literature. She is a 1989 graduate of ...
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Maria Carrig
  • Associate Professor of English, Theatre, and Great Ideas
Lentz Hall 311
·(262) 551-5389
Maria Carrig's teaching and research focus on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, as well as the religion and magic beliefs of the early modern period. She earned her B.A. in English ...
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Annette Duncan
  • Director, Supplemental Instruction and Tutoring Program
  • Assistant Professor of English
Lentz Hall 208
·(262) 551-5883
Annette Duncan teaches American Literary Traditions and Methods and Materials of Teaching English. She earned her B.A. from Evangel College and M.A. from the University of Nebraska. She joined the ...
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Allison Gruber
  • Adjunct Faculty, Western Heritage and English
Lentz Hall 232A
·(262) 551-6041
Allison Gruber is a cross-genre writer whose poetry and prose have appeared in a variety of literary journals including Pindeldyboz, The Stickman Review, and 580-Split. Her plays and hybrid works ...
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Alyson Kiesel
  • Assistant Professor of English
Lentz Hall 242
·(262) 551-2117
Alyson Kiesel earned her B.A. in English magna cum laude from Amherst College and her Ph.D. from New York University. She specializes in nineteenth-century British literature. Her interests include the ...
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Richard Meier
  • Assistant Professor of English
  • Writer in Residence
Lentz Hall 333
·(262) 551-5937
Richard Meier held a full-time position as visiting poet at Columbia College in Chicago from 2007 to 2008. From 2002 to 2005, he was a visiting assistant professor of English ...
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Donald Michie
  • Professor Emeritus of English
Lentz Hall 335
·(262) 551-5982
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Jean Preston
  • Director, Writing Center
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
Hedberg Library 224
·(262) 597-8179
Jean Preston earned her B.A. from Carthage College in English, with minors in Classics and Women's/Gender Studies, and holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing/Poetry from the University of Southern Maine ...
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Leonard Schulze
  • Chair of the Division of Fine Arts
  • Professor of Communication and Digital Media
  • Professor of English
  • Director of the Augustine Institute
Johnson Arts Center 131
·(262) 551-2120
Leonard Schulze teaches courses in the history and structure of the English language, human symbolic activity, rhetoric and persuasion, communication and community, cinema studies, and Western Heritage. He also serves ...
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Pamela Smiley
  • Chair of the English Department
  • Professor of English
Lentz Hall 313
·(262) 551-5896
Pamela Smiley teaches the novel, introduction to literature, and Heritage studies. During 1994-1995, she was a visiting Fulbright professor in Seoul, Korea. She has conducted extensive research work in literature ...
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David Steege
  • Associate Provost
  • Professor of English
Lentz Hall 317
·(262) 551-5847
David Steege teaches American literature, Mark Twain, the novel and the short story. He has presented and published papers on British children's literature and writing pedagogy. He was named Carthage ...
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Alan Wallace
  • Assistant Professor of English
Lentz Hall 214
·(262) 865-2555
Alan Wallace maintains a variety of interests, including outdoor education, new course development, and writing. He has a strong background in education, joining the faculty after teaching at the Prairie ...
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