Throughout the process of gaining your graduate degree, you will be working closely with faculty members. Below is a list of those who currently are involved at the graduate level. It is advisable to look for faculty with similar research interests to your own.
Professor
Pummill 3G | 836-5109 | JBaumlin@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, Brown); Renaissance and Seventeenth-century literature, History of Rhetoric, Critical Theory, Service Learning.
Professor
Pummill 209E | 836-4738 | TitaBaumlin@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, Texas Christian University); Shakespeare; Renaissance Studies; British Drama and Literature.
Professor
Pummill 209D | 836-5867 | CMBiava@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D in Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); TESOL and Linguistics.
Professor and Department Head
Pummill 301 | 836-5107 | WDBlackmon@MissouriState.edu
(University of Denver); Creative Writing, Fiction.
Professor
Pummill 106C | 836-4803 | WilliamBurling@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, Pennsylvania State). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and Film, Utopian Studies, Contemporary Fiction and Drama. Early British and American Drama.
Professor
Pummill 209G | 836-4484 | MBurns@MissouriState.edu
(M.F.A. University of Arkansas); Creative Writing, Poetry.
Assistant Professor
Pummill 3F | 836-5282 | LLCadle@MissouriState.edu
(M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Bowling Green State; Ph.D. in English/Rhetoric and Composition, Bowling Green State); Rhetoric and Composition, especially where those subjects intersect digital spaces.
Associate Professor
Pummill 209C | 836-4793 | MarcusCafagna@MissouriState.edu
(M.F.A., Vermont College); Creative Writing, Poetry.
Calihman, Matthew
Assistant Professor
Pummill 2B | 836-4891 | MatthewCalihman@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, Washington University); African American Literature, Frankfort School Criticism.
Distinguished Professor
Pummill 207B | 836-4798 | JoelChaston@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, University of Utah); Literature for the Young, British Literature, especially Victorian.
Closser, Clark
Professor
Pummill 209F | 836-4805 | ClarkClosser@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, University of Arkansas); Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British and American Literature.
Professor
Pummill 209J | 836-4173 | MichaelEllis@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, University of Kentucky); Old and Middle English Language and Literature, History of the English Language, and Dialects of Present-day English.
Assistant Professor
Pummill 1J | 836-3732 | KFranklin@MissouriState.edu
(A.B.D. in English Education; University of Missouri); English Education; Literacy; National and Ozarks Writing Project.
Assistant Professor
Pummill 4A | 836-5399 | LynGattis@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, Oklahoma State University); Professional and Technical Writing.
Associate Professor
Pummill 106A | 836-5180 | RGholson@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in Folklore, Memorial University of New Foundland); Folklore.
Assistant Professor
Pummill 4H | 836-5332 | THadley@MissouriState.edu
(A.B.D. in English, Texas Tech University); Technical and Professional Writing, Style in Writing, Rhetoric of Grammar, and Technical Editing.
Professor
Pummill 207A | 836-6613 | JHoogestraat@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, University of Chicago); 20th Century Poetry, Literary Theory (including Gender studies, Ethics, and Aesthetics), and Creative Writing-poetry. Just published Winnowing Out Our Souls.
Professor
Pummill 106D | 836-4797 | JudithJohn@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, Kansas State University); Literature for the Young (Children’s and Adolescent); George MacDonald, Renaissance Advice Books, Dragons, English Education, Service Learning.
Associate Professor
Pummill 4E | 836-5866 | Karanikas@MissouriState.edu
(A.B. in Biochemistry, Smith; M.A. in Biophysics, Brandeis; Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Rhetoric, University of Illinois, Chicago); Technical Writing and Communication, Rhetoric.
Professor
Pummill 3D | 836-5422 | EttaMadden@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, University of New Hampshire); Early American Literature, Cultural Studies, Autobiography, Food Studies, Literacy Theory, Religion and Literature, Science and Literature.
Associate Professor and Graduate Director
Pummill 1G | 836-6606 | LMoser@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, University of California, Davis); American Literature and Culture, 1865-present, Asian American Writers, Feminist and Cultural Studies, Literature of the West.
Instructor
Pummill 404A | 836-6811 | RichardNeumann@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, Florida State University); Creative Writing, Fiction; Crime Fiction and Film Noir; Postcolonial Literature and Theory; Modern European Literature, and Form and Theory of Prose.
Assistant Professor
Pummill 209B | 836-5419 | Shawver@MissouriState.edu
(M.F.A., University of Iowa); Creative Writing, Fiction; Form and Theory of Prose
Associate Professor
Pummill 209K | 836-4795 | YiliShi@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, minor in Rhetoric and Composition); Linguistics, TESOL Methods and Composition, Discourse Analysis.
Professor
(Ph.D. in English, SUNY Stony Brook); British Literature especially William Blake, Oral Tradition in Literature.
Pummill 205A | 836-4801 | MarkTrevorSmith@MissouriState.edu | www.marktrevorsmith.net
Instructor
Pummill 4J | 836-5167 | MichaelStowe@MissouriState.edu | www.michaelstowe.net
(M.A. in Writing, Missouri State University); Technical Writing; Writing with Technology; Writing for the Computer Industry.
Associate Professor
Pummill 106B | 836-5418 | JeanStringam@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in English, University of Alberta); Literature for the Young (Children’s and Young Adult).
Assistant Department Head and Coordinator Technical and Professional Writing, Professor
To schedule appointments call 836-5107. | Pummill 4D | 836-4804 | KrisSutliff@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in Professional Writing, Oklahoma State University); Professional and Technical Writing.
Instructor and Editor, Ozarks Watch
Pummill 3J | 836-6608 | JohnRTurner@MissouriState.edu
(MA English, Missouri State University; completed coursework for a Ph.D. in English with an emphasis in technical writing, Oklahoma State University); Professional and Technical Writing; Regulatory Writing for Industry.
Professor
Pummill 4G | 836-5360 | MargaretWeaver@MissouriState.edu
(Ph.D. in Humanities, Specializing in Composition Theory and ESL, University of Texas, Arlington); Rhetorical Theory, Feminist Theory, and Composition Pedagogy.
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