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Alyson J. Kiesel
Chair, English Department; Associate Professor of English
Professor Kiesel earned a B.A. in English from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from New York University. She specializes in 19th-century British literature.
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Seemee Ali
Director, Western Heritage Program; Associate Professor of Great Ideas and English
Professor Seemee Ali teaches courses in the interdisciplinary Great Ideas Program and English Department and is the director of the Western Heritage Program. Since joining the Carthage faculty in 2008, she has taught classes on Homer, Dante, William Faulkner, and Salman Rushdie, in addition to leading study tours in Rome to study the philosophic and literary dimensions of Shakespeare’s Roman plays.
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Shannon Brennan
Director, Writing Development; Assistant Professor of English
Shannon Brennan is an Assistant Professor of English and Director of Writing Development at Carthage. She earned her B.A. degrees in English and theater from the University of Maryland, her M.A. in English from Fordham University, and her Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Maria Carrig
Professor of English, Theatre, and Great Ideas
Maria Carrig specializes in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, as well as magic and witchcraft beliefs of the early modern period. She also teaches the classical tradition, early horror fiction and the Senior Seminar in literary theory. She coordinates the Shakespeare Sonnet Festival as well as Carthage’s annual trip to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario.
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Annette Duncan
Associate Professor of English
Professor Annette Duncan earned her B.A. from Evangel College and M.A. from the University of Nebraska. She teaches American Literary Traditions and Methods and Materials of Teaching English.
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David García
Professor of English
David García is an English Professor at Carthage College specializing in British Romanticism. His current research interests include the role of faculty in remaking the academy through curricular and pedagogical innovation and of making a case for the humanities in modern society.
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Richard Meier
Associate Professor of English; Writer in Residence
Richard Meier directs the Creative Writing Program, an emphasis within the English Department. He also curates and directs the Visiting Writers Series, through which writers of national prominence give public readings and meet with Carthage students.
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Pamela Smiley
Maxwell Distinguished Professor in English; Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
Prof. Smiley has conducted extensive research work in literature and composition, expository writing, creative writing, and women’s studies. At Carthage, she teaches courses in introductory and topics in literature, Shakespeare, and advanced writing.
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David Steege
Senior Associate Provost; Professor of English
Senior Associate Provost David Steege has presented and published papers on British children’s literature and writing pedagogy. He teaches courses in American literature, Mark Twain, and literary genres, and serves as the faculty sponsor for the Carthage chapter of Alpha Chi, the National College Honor Scholarship Society and Director of J-Term.
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Additional Faculty
Bethany Kanter
Adjunct Faculty, English
bkanter@carthage.edu
Jean Preston
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English and Western Heritage
mpreston@carthage.edu
