Missouri State University

Department of English

Faculty and Staff

As a student in the English department, you reap the benefits of qualified and engaged faculty who come from a variety of research and professional backgrounds.

Dr. James Baumlin

Dr. James Baumlin

Professor

JBaumlin@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 309

I have published extensively in Seventeenth Century English literature (Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton) and in the history of rhetoric (classical, Renaissance, and modern). I have also published widely in critical theories (classical and contemporary)...

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Dr. Tita Baumlin

Dr. Tita Baumlin

Professor

TitaBaumlin@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 209

Research and interests: Shakespeare, British Renaissance Literature, History of Rhetoric, Jungian Interpretation of Literature and Culture, Gender Studies, Arthurian Legend in Literature and Film, Vampire Legend in Fiction and Film, Dramaturg

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Magdalena Berry

Magdalena Berry

Senior Instructor

MagdalenaBerry@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-8841
Office: Siceluff Hall 301

Research and interests: Health literacy, document design.

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Dr. Tina Biava

Dr. Tina Biava

Professor
Coordinator, TESOL Program

CMBiava@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5867
Office: Siceluff Hall 207

Research and interests: The Mimetic Theory of Rene Girard

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Dr. WD Blackmon

Dr. WD Blackmon

Department Head

WDBlackmon@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6565
Office: Siceluff Hall 215

Sara Burge

Sara Burge

Instructor

SaraBurge@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-8940
Office: Siceluff Hall 230

Dr. Lanette Cadle

Dr. Lanette Cadle

Associate Professor

LLCadle@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 210

Research and interests: Digital rhetorics, Writing theory and pedagogy, Creative writing, Publishing, Emerging social software

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Marcus Cafagna

Marcus Cafagna

Professor
Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program

MarcusCafagna@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4793
Office: Siceluff Hall 238

Research and interests: Poetry Writing

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Dr. Matthew Calihman

Dr. Matthew Calihman

Associate Professor

MatthewCalihman@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4266
Office: Siceluff Hall 305

Research and interests: African American literature, Race and ethnicity in U.S. literature and culture

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Dr. Joel Chaston

Dr. Joel Chaston

Distinguished Professor

JoelChaston@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4798
Office: Siceluff Hall 310

Mara Cohen-Ioannides

Mara Cohen-Ioannides

Senior Instructor

MaraIoannides@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4163
Office: Siceluff Hall 208

Research and interests: Ozarks Jewry, History of Haggadot, Greek Jewry

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Tracy Dalton

Tracy Dalton

Senior Instructor

TracyDalton@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6815
Office: Siceluff Hall 302

Research and interests: English/American grammar punctuation, usage, editing, Academic advising

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Jennifer Edwards

Jennifer Edwards

Instructor

JEdwards@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 232

Research and interests: Short story fiction writing, Novel writing, Graphic narrative (criticism and craft)

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Dr. Michael Ellis

Dr. Michael Ellis

Professor

MichaelEllis@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4173
Office: Siceluff Hall 211

Christie Englis

Christie Englis

Academic Administrative Assistant II

CEnglis@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff 215

Dr. Keri Franklin

Dr. Keri Franklin

Associate Professor

KFranklin@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-3732
Office: Siceluff Hall 312

My research centers on teacher development; professional development; literacy, ranging across areas including technology and writing, assessment, writing response groups; and, qualitative and quantitative research focused on the impact of National...

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Dr. Lyn Gattis

Dr. Lyn Gattis

Assistant Professor

LynGattis@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 306

Research and interests: Document design, Content management, Crosscultural communication

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Dr. Rachel Gholson

Dr. Rachel Gholson

Associate Professor

RGholson@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5180
Office: Siceluff Hall 235

Research and interests: Regional Literature, Folklore, Folklore in Literature, Ozarks Studies

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Dr. Ken Gillam

Dr. Ken Gillam

Assistant Professor

KGillam@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6609
Office: Siceluff Hall 307

Barbara Gressel

Barbara Gressel

Academic Administrative Assistant II

BGressel@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6565
Office: Siceluff Hall 215

Academic administrative assistant

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Earl Holmer

Earl Holmer

Senior Instructor

EarlHolmer@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 202

Research and interests: Private and Public Rhetoric, Creative Non-fiction, Travel Writing, Handicapped Issues

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Dr. Jane Hoogestraat

Dr. Jane Hoogestraat

Professor
Literature Coordinator

JHoogestraat@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6613
Office: Siceluff Hall 234

Research and interests: 20th and 21st Century Poetry, Modernism, Literary Theory, including Aesthetics, Creative Writing--Poetry, Advanced Academic Writing

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Dr. Judith John

Dr. Judith John

Professor

JudithJohn@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4797
Office: Siceluff Hall 237

Research and interests: Children’s and Adolescent Literature, Fantasy (esp. high fantasy and dragons), Censorship, Literacy

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Suzi Jordan

Suzi Jordan

Per Course Faculty

SJordan@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-8365
Office: Siceluff Hall 236

Dr. Marianthe Karanikas

Dr. Marianthe Karanikas

Associate Professor

Karanikas@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5866
Office: Siceluff Hall 308

Dr. Lanya Lamouria

Dr. Lanya Lamouria

Assistant Professor

LLamouria@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 212

Research and interests: Victorian literature

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Dr. Etta Madden

Dr. Etta Madden

Professor

EttaMadden@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5422
Office: Siceluff Hall 311

Research and interests: LEGACY: A Journal of American Women Writers (journal of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers), Communal Studies Association, Editorial Board Member

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Dr. Linda Moser

Dr. Linda Moser

Associate Professor

LMoser@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6606
Office: Siceluff Hall 345

Dr. Richard Neumann

Dr. Richard Neumann

Senior Instructor

RichardNeumann@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6811
Office: Siceluff Hall 240

Research and interests: Postcolonial and Modern European Literature, History, Narrative Theory, Fiction Writing

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Angelia Northrip-Rivera

Angelia Northrip-Rivera

Senior Instructor
BSEd Advisor

AngeliaNorthrip@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4171
Office: Siceluff Hall 346

Research and interests: Studying and writing about Children’s Literature, Managing Associate Editor of Moon City Press, Teaching courses via ITV

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Lori Rogers

Lori Rogers

Instructor

LoriRogers@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 340

Research and interests: Discipline-specific Writing, Discourse Theory

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Dr. Yili Shi

Dr. Yili Shi

Professor

YiliShi@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4795
Office: Siceluff Hall 201

Research and interests: Chinese linguistics, Discourse-pragmatics, Comparative studies of Chinese and English discourse grammar, English as a second/foreign language

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Michael Stowe

Michael Stowe

Senior Instructor

MichaelStowe@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5167
Office: Siceluff Hall 341

Dr. Kristene Sutliff

Dr. Kristene Sutliff

Professor

KrisSutliff@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4804
Office: Siceluff Hall 343

Stephen Talley

Stephen Talley

Distributed User Supp Specialist

SteveTalley@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4154
Office: Siceluff Hall 318

John Turner

John Turner

Senior Instructor
Managing Editor of OzarksWatch Magazine

JohnRTurner@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 339

Research and interests: Creative non-fiction, Scientific literature, Editing, Publishing, Regulatory writing, Online education

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Dr. Margaret Weaver

Dr. Margaret Weaver

Professor

MargaretWeaver@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5360
Office: Siceluff Hall 210

Research and interests: Composition theory and pedagogy, Rhetorical theory, History of rhetoric, Feminist theory and rhetoric

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Dr. Shannon Wooden

Dr. Shannon Wooden

Associate Professor

SRWooden@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 206

Research and interests: British Literature, Literature and Science, Literature and Medicine, Gender Studies, Popular Culture, Pedagogy

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Emeriti faculty

Dr. Leigh Henson

Dr. Leigh Henson

Emeritus Professor

DLHenson@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5107
Office: Siceluff Hall 215

Dr. Jean Stringam

Research and interests: Research and publication in 19th Century Canadian Young Adult Adventure Fiction, Fiction writing for children and young adults, Taught with Missouri London Program, F2008, Exchange Professor, Qingdao University, People’s Republic o

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